Proper 16 (usually 12th Sunday after Pentecost), Year A
Written for two voices
Voice 1 — lifts prayers directly to God.
Voice 2 — reflects on the nature of God.
Worship Leader: Hear the grateful words of the Psalmist.
Voice 1:
I give you thanks, O God, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise;
I bow down towards your holy temple
and give thanks to your name
for your steadfast love and your faithfulness;
for you have exalted your name and your word
above everything.
On the day I called, you answered me,
you increased my strength of soul.
All the rulers of the earth shall praise you, O God,
for they have heard the words of your mouth.
They shall sing of the ways of God,
for great is the glory of God.
Voice 2:
For though God is high,
God regards the lowly;
but the haughty,
God perceives from far away.
Voice 1:
Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies.
You stretch out your hand,
and your right hand delivers me.
Voice 2:
God will fulfill God’s purpose for me.
Voice 1:
Your steadfast love, O God, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Voice 2:
Here ends the reading.
May God bless our hearing with understanding.
Psalm 138 appears in the Lectionary for Years A, B and C.
