Psalm
40:1-17
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and
heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our
God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the
Lord.
4 Blessed is the man who makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the
proud,
to those who go astray
after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and
your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of
them,
yet they are more than can
be told.
6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an
open ear.
Burnt offering and sin
offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book
it is written of me:
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my
heart.”
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained
my lips,
as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my
heart;
I have spoken of your
faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your
steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great
congregation.
11 As for you, O Lord,
you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your
faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
12 For evils have encompassed me
beyond number;
my iniquities have overtaken
me,
and I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs
of my head;
my heart fails me.
13 Be pleased, O Lord,
to deliver me!
O Lord, make haste to help me!
14 Let those be put to shame and disappointed
altogether
who seek to snatch away my
life;
let those be turned back and
brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in
you;
may those who love your
salvation
say continually, “Great is
the Lord!”
17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought
for me.
You are my help and my
deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!
Fourth
What does such baptizing with water indicate?
It indicates that the Old Adam in us should by daily
contrition and repentance be drowned and die with all sins and evil desires,
and that a new man should daily emerge and arise to live before God in
righteousness and purity forever.
Where is this written?
St. Paul writes in Romans chapter six: "We were
therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as
Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may
live a new life" (Romans 6:4).
O God, in the paschal feast You restore all creation. Continue to send Your heavenly gifts upon
Your people that they may walk in perfect freedom and receive eternal life;
through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
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