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[Sparkey]

A word from our Sponsor:

PSALM 17:1-10
1 Hear, O Yahweh, the right,
Attend to my loud cry,
Give ear unto my prayer,

• on lips that would not deceive:

2 <From before thee> let my sentence come forth,
||Thine eyes|| behold with equity.
3 Thou hast tested my heart,
Hast made inspection by night,
Hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing,

• <Had I devised evil> my mouth should not have transgressed:
  4 <As for the workings of men>
  By the word of thy lips, have, I, taken heed of the paths of the violent one.

5 Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways,
My footsteps have not been shaken:
6 || I || have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O GOD,
-- Incline thine ear unto me,
Hear thou my speech:
7 Let thy lovingkindness be distinguished, thou Saviour of such as seek refuge
From them who lift themselves up against thy right hand.
8 Guard me, as the pupil of the eye, --
<Under the shadow of thy wings> wilt thou hide me:
9 From the face of lawless ones who have treated me with violence,
The foes of my soul, who come round against me:
10 <Their own fat |heart|> , have they shut up, --
<With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.>


For reflection upon this day,
~Sparrow


"Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing"

Would that we could join in this statement, that we submitted unto His refining until He coudst find nothing [in us]. :onfire