May 26, 2020, Psalms 76, John 5

Psalms 76
For the director of music.
With Stringed instruments. 
A psalm of Asaph. A Song. 

God is renowned in Judah; 
 in Israel his name is great. 
His tent is in Salem, 
his dwelling place in Zion. 
There he broke the flashing arrows, 
the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
You are radiant with light, 
more majestic than mountains rich with game. 
The valiant lie plundered. 
they sleep their last sleep, 
not one of the warriors can lift
his hands, 
At your rebuke, God of Jacob, 
both horse and chariot lie still. 
It is you alone who are to be feared. 
Who can stand before you when you are angry? 
From heaven you pronounce judgement, 
and the land feared and was quiet--
when you, God, rose up to judge, 
to save all the afflicted of the land. 
Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, 
and the survivors of your wrath are restrained. 
Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them; 
let all the neighboring lands 
bring gifts to the One to be feared. 
He breaks the spirit of rulers; 
he is feared by the kings of the earth. 

John 5 
The Healing at the Pool

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesada and which is surrounding by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people use to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" Sir, the invalid replied, I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me. Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place  was a Sabbath, and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, It is the sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat. But he replied, 'The man who made me well, said to me,  Pick up your mat and walk.

So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?" The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you. The man went away and told the Jewish Leaders that it was Jesus who made him well. 


Have a great Day!