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Reader: “Every word of God proves true.”
Response: “He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.”
Scripture: Proverbs 30:1-9
>The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh contain this message.
>I am weary, O God;
>I am weary and worn out, O God.
>I am too stupid to be human,
>and I lack common sense.
>I have not mastered human wisdom,
>nor do I know the Holy One.
>Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
>Who holds the wind in his fists?
>Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
>Who has created the whole wide world?
>What is his name—and his son’s name?
>Tell me if you know!
>Every word of God proves true.
>He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.
>Do not add to his words,
>or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.
>O God, I beg two favors from you;
>let me have them before I die.
>First, help me never to tell a lie.
>Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
>Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
>For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”
>And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
Reader: The word of the Lord
Response: Thanks be to God.
Response: “He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.”
Scripture: Proverbs 30:1-9
>The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh contain this message.
>I am weary, O God;
>I am weary and worn out, O God.
>I am too stupid to be human,
>and I lack common sense.
>I have not mastered human wisdom,
>nor do I know the Holy One.
>Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
>Who holds the wind in his fists?
>Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
>Who has created the whole wide world?
>What is his name—and his son’s name?
>Tell me if you know!
>Every word of God proves true.
>He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.
>Do not add to his words,
>or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.
>O God, I beg two favors from you;
>let me have them before I die.
>First, help me never to tell a lie.
>Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
>Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
>For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”
>And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
Reader: The word of the Lord
Response: Thanks be to God.
