Psalm
65 Prayed
Praying for all the blessings of global evangelization
Praise awaits you, O God, in
your Church;
to
you our vows will be fulfilled.
O Jesus, who hears our prayers,
may
all people come to you.
When we were overwhelmed by
sins,
you
forgave our transgressions.
Blessed are those you choose
and
bring near to live in your presence!
We are filled with the
good things of your house,
of
your holy temple.
For we ourselves are your
temple,
and
your Holy Spirit lives in us.
You answer us with awesome
deeds of
righteousness,
O
Jesus our Saviour.
You are the hope of all the
ends of the earth
and
of the farthest seas.
You formed the mountains by
your power,
having
armed yourself with strength,
you stilled the roaring of the
seas,
the
roaring of their waves.
Now, by you power,
still
the turmoil of the nations,
For your Father gave us you,
his Son,
and
the government is now upon your
shoulders.
Lord Jesus, you are the
Wonderful Counsellor,
the
Mighty God,
the Everlasting Father,
for
anyone who has seen you
has
seen the Father.
You are the Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of your
government and peace
there
will be no end.
You reign on David’s throne
and
over your kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with
justice and righteousness
from
that time on and forever.
The zeal of your Father
has
accomplished this.
Therefore hasten the day, O
Lord,
when
never again will there be
an
infant who lives but a few days,
or
an old man who does not live out his years;
when he who dies at a hundred
will
be thought a mere youth;
when he who fails to reach a
hundred
will
be considered accursed.
When they will build houses and
dwell in them;
they
will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
When no longer will they build
houses and others
live
in them,
or
plant and others eat.
For you have promised
that as the days of a tree,
so
will be the days of your people;
your chosen ones will long
enjoy
the
works of their hands.
They will not toil in
vain
or
bear children doomed to misfortune;
for they will be a people
blessed by you, Lord
Jesus,
they
and their descendants with them.
Before they call you will
answer;
while
they are still speaking you will hear.
The wolf and the lamb will feed
together,
and
the lion will eat straw like the ox,
but
dust will be the serpent’s food.
They will neither harm nor
destroy
on
all your holy mountain.
May those living far away fear
your wonders;
where
morning dawns and evening fades
call
forth songs of joy.
O Jesus, you care for the land
and water it;
you
enrich it abundantly.
The streams of God are filled
with water
to
provide the people with grain,
for
so you have ordained it.
You drench its furrows
and
level its ridges;
you soften it with showers
and
bless its crops.
You crown the year with your bounty,
and
your carts overflow with abundance.
The grasslands of the desert
overflow;
the
hills are clothed with gladness.
The meadows are covered with
flocks
and
the valleys are mantled with grain;
they
shout for joy and sing.
Lord Jesus, you are the farmer
who
went out to sow your seed.
The seed is the Word of God,
and
only you can prepare good soil,
only you can give people a
noble and good heart,
who
hear the word, retain it,
and
by persevering produce a crop.
When
you see the crowds, you have compassion
on
them,
because
they are harassed and helpless,
like
sheep without a shepherd.
You still say to your
disciples,
“The
harvest is plentiful but the workers are
few.”
You have opened our eyes
and
we have seen the fields!
They
are ripe for harvest!
We now ask you, O Lord of the
harvest:
Send
out workers into your harvest field.
Raise up missionaries and
evangelists,
and
give me the boldness
to
tell those around me of your redeeming love.
O Jesus, the Holy Spirit and
your bride the Church
say,
“Come!”
May
all who hear say, “Come!”
Whoever is thirsty, let them
come;
and whoever wishes,
let
them take the free gift of the water of life.
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
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Psalm 65 Prayed
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