“Remove the heavy yoke of oppression.Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors! Feed the hungry,and help those in trouble.Then your light will shine out from the darkness,and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.

“Keep the Sabbath day holy.Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,but enjoy the Sabbathand speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day.Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.14Then the Lord will be your delight.I will give you great honor

We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord.We have turned our backs on our God.We know how unfair and oppressive we have been,carefully planning our deceitful lies.14Our courts oppose the righteous,and justice is nowhere to be found.Truth stumbles in the streets,and honesty has been outlawed.15Yes, truth is gone,and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.

For the time has come for me to avenge my people,to ransom them from their oppressors.5I was amazed to see that no one intervenedto help the oppressed.So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm,

Lord God my Father,

Purify me and make my thoughts pure so all I am may honor you. Use me to do your will and be your light in the darkness.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen