6. 401, 110111


response reading 6. psalm 6.
Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"?
But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand.
The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.
The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man,
who is of the earth, may terrify no more.


Hymnal 401
1 Savior, lead me, lest I stray, gently lead me all the way;
I am sfe when by Thy side, I would in Thy love abide
Lead me, lead me, Savior, lead me, lest I stray
Gently down the stream of time, lead me, Savior, all the way.
2 Thou the refuge of my soul, when life's stormy billows roll
I am sfe when Thou art nigh, all my hopes on Thee rely
Lead me, lead me, Savior, lead me, lest I stray
Gently down the stream of time, lead me, Savior, all the way.
3 Savior, lead me, then at last, when the storm of life is past
To the land of endless day, where all tears are wiped away
Lead me, lead me, Savior, lead me, lest I stray
Gently down the stream of time, lead me, Savior, all the way.


Judges 11:1-11
1 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute.
2 Gilead's wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away. "You are not going to get any inheritance in our family," they said, "because you are the son of another woman."
3 So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where a group of adventurers gathered around him and followed him.
4 Some time later, when the Ammonites made war on Israel,
5 the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
6 "Come," they said, "be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites."
7 Jephthah said to them, "Didn't you hate me and drive me from my father's house? Why do you come to me now, when you're in trouble?"
8 The elders of Gilead said to him, "Nevertheless, we are turning to you now; come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be our head over all who live in Gilead."
9 Jephthah answered, "Suppose you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me--will I really be your head?"
10 The elders of Gilead replied, "The LORD is our witness; we will certainly do as you say."
11 So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And he repeated all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.


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.