When you came down long ago, you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations.

We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds,they are nothing but filthy rags.

Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.22Have you no respect for me? Why don’t you tremble in my presence? I, the Lord, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.

To whom can I give warning? Who will listen when I speak? Their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. They scorn the word of the Lord. They don’t want to listen at all.11So now I am filled with the Lord’s fury. Yes, I am tired of holding it in!

Lord God my Father,

Show your greatness and bring hope to the lost. Give me strength in the struggles so your peace remains intact in me. Protect me from nonsense and keep my heart close and confident in your plan, especially when I don’t understand it.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen