Daily Psalm and Prayer – June 20, 2020

Psalm 90
¹Lord, you have been our refuge *
from one generation to another.

²Before the mountains were brought forth,
or the land and the earth were born, *
from age to age you are God.

³You turn us back to the dust and say, *
“Go back, O child of earth.”

⁴For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past *
and like a watch in the night.

⁵You sweep us away like a dream; *
we fade away suddenly like the grass.

⁶In the morning it is green and flourishes; *
in the evening it is dried up and withered.

⁷For we consume away in your displeasure; *
we are afraid because of your wrathful indignation.

⁸Our iniquities you have set before you, *
and our secret sins in the light of your countenance.

⁹When you are angry, all our days are gone; *
we bring our years to an end like a sigh.

¹⁰The span of our life is seventy years,
perhaps in strength even eighty; *
yet the sum of them is but labor and sorrow,
for they pass away quickly and we are gone.

¹¹Who regards the power of your wrath? *
who rightly fears your indignation?

¹²So teach us to number our days *
that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.

¹³Return, O Lord; how long will you tarry? *
be gracious to your servants.

¹⁴Satisfy us by your loving-kindness in the morning; *
so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.

¹⁵Make us glad by the measure of the days that you afflicted us *
and the years in which we suffered adversity.

¹⁶Show your servants your works *
and your splendor to their children.

¹⁷May the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; *
prosper the work of our hands;
prosper our handiwork.

A Collect For Mission
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.