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response reading 57. Psalms 130.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
O LOrd, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,
O LORD, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness;
therefore you are feared.
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
My soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen wait for the morning.
more than watchmen wait for the morning.
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD.
for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.


hymnal 272
1 Out of my bondage, sorrow, and night, Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come!
Into Thy freedom, gladness, and light, Jesus, I come to Thee!
Out of my sickness into Thy health, Out of my want and into Thy wealth,
Out of my sin and into Thyself, Jesus, I come to Thee!
2 Out of my shameful failure and loss, Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come!
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross, Jesus, I come to Thee!
Out of earth’s sorrows into Thy balm, Out of life’s storm and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm, Jesus, I come to Thee!
3 Out of unrest and arrogant pride, Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come!
Into Thy blessed will to abide, Jesus, I come to Thee!
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love, Out of despair into raptures above,
Upward for aye on wings like a dove, Jesus, I come to Thee!
4 Out of the fear and dread of the tomb, Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come!
Into the joy and pleasure, Thine own, Jesus, I come to Thee!
Out of the depths of ruin untold, Into the flock Thy love doth enfold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold, Jesus, I come to Thee!

Judges 10:6-18
6 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the LORD and no longer served him,
7 he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,
8 who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
9 The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was in great distress.
10 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, "We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals."
11 The LORD replied, "When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,
12 the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands?
13 But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!"
15 But the Israelites said to the LORD, "We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now."
16 Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel's misery no longer.
17 When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
18 The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, "Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all those living in Gilead."

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors,
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. amen.