Oratio: Out of My Distress I Called on the Lord

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In today’s Oratio Hour, Rev. Jonathan Fisk meditates on Psalm Psalm 118:5-14.

5 Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
the Lord answered me and set me free.
6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
7 The Lord is on my side as my helper;
I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in man.
9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in princes.

10 All nations surrounded me;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
12 They surrounded me like bees;
they went out like a fire among thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
13 I was pushed hard,[a] so that I was falling,
but the Lord helped me.

14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.

Footnotes:

Psalm 118:13 Hebrew You (that is, the enemy) pushed me hard

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