Opening Litany
(based on Psalm 146)
Praise
the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live
and will sing praises to my God all my whole life
long.
Do not put
your trust in mortals, the powers of this world,
for they
are no help,
when their
breath departs,
they return
to the earth like everyone else
and on that
very day their plans perish.
Happy are those whose help and hope is in
the Lord our God
who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all
that is in them
and who keeps faith for ever
For it is
the Lord our God who executes justice for the oppressed
and gives
food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free and
opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed
down and loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the strangers
and upholds
the orphan and the widow,
but the way
of the wicked the Lord will bring to ruin.
The Lord will reign forever and our God
for all generations.
I will indeed praise the Lord with my
whole life.
~ written by Pastor Dan Bollerud, on Pastor
Dan’s Grace Notes. http://coslcgrace.blogspot.ca/
