April 8, 2024 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
Lamentations 3:52-59
52 “I have been hunted like a
bird
by
those who were my enemies without cause;
53 they flung me alive into the pit
and
cast stones on me;
54 water closed over my head;
I
said, ‘I am lost.’
55 “I called on your name, O Lord,
from
the depths of the pit;
56 you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
your
ear to my cry for help!’
57 You came near when I called on you;
you
said, ‘Do not fear!’
58 “You have taken up my cause,
O Lord;
you
have redeemed my life.
59 You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord;
judge
my cause.
Psalm 34:15-22
15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
and
his ears toward their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to
cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and
delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to
the brokenhearted
and
saves the crushed in spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of
the righteous,
but
the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones;
not
one of them is broken.
21 Affliction will slay the wicked,
and
those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the
life of his servants;
none
of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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