From Lament to the City of Joy
“Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, His
“Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, His
“Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me?
“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I
“They speak worthlessness to one another; with flattering lips and with a double heart they speak….Who
“Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; let those be turned back and
“For the choir director. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day
“Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath
“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and founds a town with violence! Is
“‘But as for you, O Jacob My servant, do not fear, Nor be dismayed, O Israel!
“Thus says the LORD, ‘Do not learn the way of the nations, and do not be
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of
“In the year that the commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent