Daily Lectionary in Poetry Thursday 18th December 2014

Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26

God’s Covenant with David

A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord,[a] forever;

    with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.

2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;

    your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.

3 You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,

    I have sworn to my servant David:

4 ‘I will establish your descendants forever,

    and build your throne for all generations.

19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said:

    “I have set the crown[a] on one who is mighty,

    I have exalted one chosen from the people.

20 I have found my servant David;

    with my holy oil I have anointed him;

21 my hand shall always remain with him;

    my arm also shall strengthen him.

22 The enemy shall not outwit him,

    the wicked shall not humble him.

23 I will crush his foes before him

    and strike down those who hate him.

24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;

    and in my name his horn shall be exalted.

25 I will set his hand on the sea

    and his right hand on the rivers.

26 He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,

    my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’

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I will sing of your love forever

I will declare you to all I meet

I will build a throne for you

There you will have a seat

God crowned his servant David

He was anointed

Strengthened

And brought free by God

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2Samuel 6:1-11

David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem

6 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 David and all the people with him set out and went from Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who is enthroned on the cherubim. 3 They carried the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio,[a] the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart 4 with the ark of God;[b] and Ahio[c] went in front of the ark. 5 David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the Lord with all their might, with songs[d] and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen shook it. 7 The anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there because he reached out his hand to the ark;[e] and he died there beside the ark of God. 8 David was angry because the Lord had burst forth with an outburst upon Uzzah; so that place is called Perez-uzzah,[f] to this day. 9 David was afraid of the Lord that day; he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come into my care?” 10 So David was unwilling to take the ark of the Lord into his care in the city of David; instead David took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months; and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

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David brought the ark

Dancing and celebrating

But others who touched it

Died as they were touching

David was afraid

Wasn't ready to be in charge

Instead he took it to another house

And they there were blessed

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Hebrews 1:1-4

God Has Spoken by His Son

1 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son,[a] whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. 3 He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains[b] all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

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God came to man in many ways

In days of old that passed

But now he's come in Jesus

Spoken to us through his son

He's a reflection of God's glory

Brings truth through his word

He's superior to angels

We're blessed to him have heard

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