Christian Prayer and Fasting

O Lord, the God who avenges!
O God who avenges, reveal your splendor!
Rise up, O judge of the earth!
Pay back the proud!
O Lord, how long will the wicked,
how long will the wicked celebrate?
They spew out threats and speak defiantly;
all the evildoers boast.
O Lord, they crush your people;
they oppress the nation that belongs to you.
They kill the […]

The Lord reigns!
He is robed in majesty,
the Lord is robed,
he wears strength around his waist.
Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.
Your throne has been secure from ancient times;
you have always been king.
The waves roar, O Lord,
the waves roar,
the waves roar and crash.
Above the sound of the surging water,
and the mighty waves of the […]

It is fitting to thank the Lord,
and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!
It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning,
and your faithfulness during the night,
to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre,
to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.
For you, O Lord, have made me […]

O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!
Even before the mountains came into existence,
or you brought the world into being,
you were the eternal God.
You make mankind return to the dust,
and say, “Return, O people!”
Yes, in your eyes a thousand years
are like yesterday that quickly passes,
or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.
You […]

I will sing continually about the Lord’s faithful deeds;
to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.
For I say, “Loyal love is permanently established;
in the skies you set up your faithfulness.”
The Lord said,
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:
‘I will give you an eternal […]