April 17, 2024

“22 ¶ Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually. 24 Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them. 25 Let their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents. 26 For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded. 27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness. 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous. 29 But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.”

“30 ¶ I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving. 31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves. 32 The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God, your hearts shall live. 33 For the LORD hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners. 34 Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them. 35 For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. 36 Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it.” (Psalm 69:22-36 NKJV)

God please punish my enemies

turn their plenty to nothing

do not make them righteousness

give them no hope of eternal life

God lift me with Your salvation

I will praise God’s name in song

I will joyously give thanks to God

to seek God is to receive life

God hears the cries of the poor

nor despise those imprisoned

Let heaven and earth praise God

all of Creation shall worship God

for in God’s name we can dwell

Prayerful question: Does my prayer cry out for all of Creation to have Life in God?