Scripture for Today | Psalm 71:11-20 (with Jeff Sholar)
January 25th, 2023
10 mins 47 secs
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About this Episode
Opening Song:
Lyrics:
Omnipotent yet intimate
By hand you rended heaven
In skin and flesh
In humbleness
The Godhead has descended
Though you handcrafted the cosmos
Though your words have formed the heavens
Heart to heart you speak to me
Hand in hand you’re fathering me
Interstellar yet cellular
You comprehend our complex
From earthquaking
To hearts-breaking
You care for our condition
Yes Jesus Loves me
Yes Jesus Loves me
Yes Jesus Loves me
Heart to heart you speak to me
Yes Jesus Loves me
Yes Spirit Loves me
Yes Father Loves me
Hand in hand you’re fathering
Heart to heart you speak to me
Hand in hand you’re fathering
The cosmic triune deity
Disclosed to me His mystery
Eternally
Restored to me
A love that’s never failing
Passage:
Ps 71:11-20
...and say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him.”
12 O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
13 May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge.
16 With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.
17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18 So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
19 Your righteousness, O God,
reaches the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?
20 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.
Musical Reflection:
Harp Meditation No. 2 by Gretchen Kirby
Reflection Notes:
This modal meditation centers around an intervallic pattern in the right hand that is anchored by deep bass octaves in the left hand and occasional supportive harmonies. Though somewhat haunting, the melodic motif provokes reflection.
Prayer:
O God, you know that we are set in the midst of many grave dangers, and because of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright: Grant that your strength and protection may support us in all dangers and carry us through every temptation; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.