The Lord has hidden his face from our sin. He has blotted out all of our iniquity. For Christ Jesus, the Perfect suffered for the imperfect, the sinless became sin for the sinner. We are forgiven and freed to live in a right relationship with God. He has created within us a clean heart and renewed a right spirit within us. God has restored our joy and given us a willing spirit to do all that he asks. Brothers and sisters, you are forgiven, indeed! Amen.
Leader: 6 Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
ALL: 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
Leader: Today, if only you would hear his voice,
8 “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,
as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
10 For forty years I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,
and they have not known my ways.’
ALL: 6 Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
Leader: 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
ALL: 1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD!
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation!
Leader: 1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
ALL: 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
Leader: 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
ALL: 5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Leader: 6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
ALL: 7 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Leader: 10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
ALL: 11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress!
Leader 1: 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Leader 2: 1 Haleluya. Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana!
ALL: 1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader 1: 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
Leader 2: 1 Haleluya. Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana!
ALL: 1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader 2: The Lord sets the prisoners free;
8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
Leader 1: 1 Haleluya. Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana!
ALL: 1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader 2: 9 The Lord watches over immigrants;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
Leader 1: 1 Haleluya. Ee nafsi yangu, umsifu Bwana!
ALL: 1 Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Leader 1: 1 Cantad a Jehová cántico nuevo;
Cantad a Jehová, toda la tierra.
Leader 2: 1 Oh sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth!
ALL: 2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
Leader 1: 3 Proclamad entre las naciones su gloria,
En todos los pueblos sus maravillas.
Leader 2: 3 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!
ALL: 4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
he is to be feared above all gods.
Leader 1: 5 Porque todos los dioses de los pueblos son ídolos;
Pero Jehová hizo los cielos.
Leader 2: 5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
ALL: 10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!
He will judge the peoples with equity.”
Leader 1: 7a Tributad a Jehová, oh familias de los pueblos,
8 Dad a Jehová la honra debida a su nombre;
Traed ofrendas, y venid a sus atrios.
Leader 2: 7a Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
8 ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering, and come into his courts!
ALL: 9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth!