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Psalm 95:1, 6, 7, 8, 10

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!

From Isaiah 56

Leader: The Lord says to His people: “Maintain justice, and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.

People: “Blessed is the one who keeps the Sabbath, and keeps his hands from evil.”

Leader: The Lord says: “To those who keep My sabbath, who choose the things that please Me and hold fast My covenant, I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever.”

People: And foreigners will join themselves to the Lord, to worship Him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be His servants…

Leader: The Lord says: “I will bring them to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

People: Let us now worship the Lord of all nations. He is worthy of our praise! 

Psalm 46

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!

Psalm 146

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!

1 Peter 2:4–5, 9

4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 9 You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

TR