11 December Psalm 40:17 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God. 1 Kings 19:9 At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the Lord came to him, […]
10 December Psalm 139:14-17 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were […]
9 December Psalm 139:17-18a How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! I try to count them—they are more than the sand; Genesis 17:3-6; 15-17 Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall […]
8 December Psalm 39:13 Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more.’ Isaiah 5:1-2 Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted […]
7 December Psalm 139:13-18 For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately […]
6 December Psalm 90:12 So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. Song of Songs 2:10-15 My beloved speaks and says to me: ‘Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the […]
5 December Psalm 139:5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Song of Songs 8:5a Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Mark 1:35 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and […]
4 December Psalm 139:9-10 If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast. Job 4:12-13 ‘Now a word came stealing to me, my ear received the whisper of it. Amid thoughts from […]
3 December Psalm 22:6-7 But I am a worm, and not human; scorned by others, and despised by the people. All who see me mock at me; they make mouths at me, they shake their heads; Exodus 4:2-3a The Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ He said, ‘A staff.’ And he said, ‘Throw it […]
2 December Psalm 86:2-4 Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all day long. Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. Job […]