Job 29–30: Afflicted & Alone
“I cry out to You for help,
but You do not answer me.”
Category: Suffering
Psalms 42–44: Longing & the Living God
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul pants for You, O God.
1 Samuel 21–25: Hated & Hunted
With my voice to Yahweh I shout out:
with my voice to Yahweh
I appeal for grace.
“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered,
was all for sinners’ gain;
Mine, mine was the transgression,
but Thine the deadly pain.
Psalm 118: A Passover Song
After singing a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Job 27–28: Justice & Wisdom
“Till I breathe my last
I will not remove my integrity from me.
I hold fast my righteousness
and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach
any of my days.”
Psalms 39–41: Woes & Wonders
I waited, waited for Yahweh;
And He turned and listened to my cry.
The Cornerstone
The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief corner stone.
This is from Yahweh;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
1 Samuel 16–20: David & Goliath
“You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have reproached.”
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