Psalm 130:1-8 · Psalm 130

1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord ;

2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

3 If you, O Lord , kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.

5 I wait for the Lord , my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.

6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

7 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord , for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

8 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.

Lent 5
John 11:1-45 · Romans 8:6-11 · Ezekiel 37:1-14 · Psalm 130
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by Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
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OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS

The two Old Testament texts for the Fifth Sunday in Lent provide stark contrasts between death and life.  Ezekiel 37:1-14 is the eerie story of the dried and wind-blown bones that spring back into life as though we were watching a movie backwards. Psalm 130 is a penitential prayer.

Ezekiel 37:1-14 - "Can Bones Be Brought Back to Life?"
Setting.  The primary setting of the book of Ezekiel is the exile. The prophetic oracles and visions in the book are addressed to a displaced people, who have lost their land, livelihood, national identity, and, most seriously of all, their faith. Their God, after all, had promised them life in the land as the fulfillment of the salvation that was wrought out of the Exodus. In exile they now find themselves to be a wilderness people. Un…

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