Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Ps) August 24th

Psalm 54:1-7

¹  O God, save me by your name,

and vindicate me by your might.

²    O God, hear my prayer;

give ear to the words of my mouth.

³    For strangers have risen against me;

ruthless men seek my life;

they do not set God before themselves. Selah

⁴    Behold, God is my helper;

the Lord is the upholder of my life.

⁵    He will return the evil to my enemies;

in your faithfulness put an end to them.

⁶    With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;

I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.

⁷    For he has delivered me from every trouble,

and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.

The Ninth Commandment

You are not to covet your neighbor’s house.

What is this? Answer:

We are to fear and love God, so that we do not try to trick our neighbors out of their inheritance or property or try to get it for ourselves by claiming to have a legal right to it and the like, but instead be of help and service to them in keeping what is theirs.

The Tenth Commandment

You are not to covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, cattle, or whatever is his.

What is this? Answer:

We are to fear and love God, so that we do not entice, force, or steal away from our neighbors their spouses, household workers, or livestock, but instead urge them to stay and fulfill their responsibilities to our neighbors.

O God, You have commanded us to love You above all things and our neighbors as ourselves.  Grant us the Spirit to think and do what is pleasing in Your sight, that our faith in You may never waver and our love for one another may not falter; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.