Pentecost | Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35 (with Nick Locke)

Opening Song:
All Your Works are Good by ​​Jill Gullahorn, Julie Lee, and Sandra McCracken

Lyrics:
The moon it marks the seasons
The sun knows when to go down
The ocean holds its creatures
The river knows its bounds
The birds the trees the cattle
And all things great and small
We find our place in creation
Your hand sustains us all

All Your works are good
All Your works are good
From everlasting to everlasting
All Your works are good

He makes the clouds His chariot
He wraps Himself in light
He stretches out the heavens
Like a tent across the sky
He knows our every burden
When darkness veils our eyes
He comes with spring returning
Bringing death to life

As we labor until evening
There’s a message on the wind
Be still and know your maker
Be satisfied in Him

Passage:
My soul, bless the Lord!
Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with majesty and splendor.
2 He wraps himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,
3 laying the beams of his palace
on the waters above,
making the clouds his chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind,
4 and making the winds his messengers,
flames of fire his servants.
5 He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be shaken.
6 You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the water stood above the mountains.
7 At your rebuke the water fled;
at the sound of your thunder they hurried away —
8 mountains rose and valleys sank —
to the place you established for them.
9 You set a boundary they cannot cross;
they will never cover the earth again.

-- Psalms 104:1-9 (CSB)

24 How countless are your works, Lord!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures. -- Psalms 104:24 (CSB)

35 May sinners vanish from the earth
and wicked people be no more.
My soul, bless the Lord!
Hallelujah! -- Psalms 104:35 (CSB)

Musical Reflection:
O Sacred Head Now Wounded by Hans Leo Hassler

Reflection Notes:
This tune by Hassler is most famously set with the text “O Sacred, Now Wounded;” the most common harmonization was popularized by J.S. Bach in his St. Matthew Passion. It conveys the pathos of Christ’s death with deep sincerity.

Prayer: