Daily Bible reading

Praise for Deliverance from Oppression

Isaiah 25:1-9

O Lord, you are my God;

I will exalt you, I will praise
your name;
for you have done wonderful things,
plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
For you have made the city a heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the palace of aliens is a city no more,
it will never be rebuilt.
Therefore strong people will
glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
For you have been a refuge to the poor,
a refuge to the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the rainstorm
and a shade from the heat.
When the last of the ruthless
was like a winter
rainstorm,
the noise of aliens like heat in a dry place,
you subdued the heat with the
shade of clouds;
the song of the ruthless was stilled.

On this mountain the Lord of
hosts will make for all
peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of
well-aged wines,
of rich food,filled with
marrow, of well-aged wines
strained clear.
And he will destroy on this
mountain
the shroud that is cast over all
peoples,
the sheet that is spread over
all nations;
he will swallow up death
forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe
away the tears from all
faces,
and the disgrace of his people
he will take away from all
the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
It will be said of that day,
Lo, this is our God; we have
waited for him, so that he
might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
let s be glad and rejoice in
his salvation.

With prayers