September 25: Psalm 55; 2 Samuel 14:25–15:12; Ezekiel 16; Luke 18:1–30
Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 55 Psalm 55 (Listen) Cast Your Burden on the Lord To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil1 of David. 55 Give ear to my prayer, O God,<br /> and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!<br />2 Attend to me, and answer me;<br /> I am restless in my complaint and I moan,<br />3 because of the noise of the enemy,<br /> because of the oppression of the wicked.<br /> For they drop trouble upon me,<br /> and in anger they bear a grudge against me.<br /> 4 My heart is in anguish within me;<br /> the terrors of death have fallen upon me.<br />5 Fear and trembling come upon me,<br /> and horror overwhelms me.<br />6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!<br /> I would fly away and be at rest;<br />7 yes, I would wander far away;<br /> I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah<br />8 I would hurry to find a shelter<br /> from the raging wind and tempest.”<br />
