Lenten Devotional - #18

Psalm 54 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
1 God, save me by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might! 2 God, hear my prayer;
listen to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers rise up against me, and violent men seek my life. They have no regard for God. Selah
4 God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my life. 5 He will repay my adversaries for [their] evil. Because of Your faithfulness, annihilate them. 6 I will sacrifice a freewill offering to You. I will praise Your name, LORD, because it is good. 7 For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked down on my enemies.

(From the World Council of Churches: The following prayer authored by Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy was used in many places in inter-religious worships around the time of the Gulf War in 1991:)

Eternal God, Creator of the universe, there is no God but You.
Great and wonderful are Your works, wondrous are your ways.
Thank You for the many splendoured variety of Your creation.
Thank You for the many ways we affirm Your presence and purpose,
and the freedom to do so.
Forgive our violation of Your creation.
Forgive our violence toward each other.
We stand in awe and gratitude for Your persistent love
for each and all of Your children:
Christian, Jew, Muslim,
as well as those with other faiths.
Grant to all and our leaders attributes of the strong;
mutual respect in words and deed,
restraint in the exercise of power, and
the will for peace with justice, for all.
Eternal God, Creator of the universe, there is no God but You. Amen.