God has revealed two of his dominant qualities: power and goodness. Would we like them to be active? Let us believe and open our hearts.
① 1* 2My soul finds rest in God alone;
from him comes my salvation.
3He alone is my rock and salvation;
with him as my stronghold,
I shall not be overcome.
4How long will you assail with your threats,
all of you, to bring someone down –
as you would pull a wall or smash a fence?
5Indeed they plan to topple me.
They take pleasure in telling lies;
with their mouths they bless,
but in their hearts they curse.
6Find rest in God alone, O my soul;
from him comes my hope.
7He alone is my rock and my salvation;
with him as my stronghold,
I shall not be overcome.
8On God rests my salvation and my honor;
he is my refuge, my mighty rock.
9Trust in him at all times, my people;
pour out your hearts before him;
God is our refuge.
10People of low rank are only a breath,
important people, merely an illusion.
If weighed together they are nothing,
even lighter than a puff of wind.
11Do not set your heart on extortion,
nor your hopes upon corrupt gain.
Even if wealth accumulates,
keep your heart detached.
12God has spoken one word,
and I have heard two things:
that power belongs to God,
13and yours, O God, is also mercy:
you reward each one according to his deeds.
- Still another psalm that seems far removed from believers in peaceful countries. The psalms are the prayer of a people always struggling and suffering violence. Look at the televised news, and the violence of the world will be sufficiently present for us to pray this evening, the prayer of the real world that struggles to survive.
God has spoken one word, and I have heard two things. God revealed at the same time two of his dominant qualities: power and goodness.
