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Good Friday Service 04182025 RT I I

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; * by night as well, but I find no rest.		4
3 Yet you are the Holy One, * enthroned upon the praises of Israel.		4
4 Our forefathers put their trust in you; * they trusted, and you delivered them.		4
5 They cried out to you and were delivered; * they trusted in you and were not put to shame.		4
6 But as for me, I am a worm and no man, * scorned by all and despised by the people.		4
7 All who see me laugh me to scorn; * they curl their lips and wag their heads, saying,		4
8 “He trusted in the LORD; let him deliver him; * let him rescue him, if he delights in him.”		4
9 Yet you are he who took me out of the womb, * and kept me safe upon my mother's breast.		4
10 I have been entrusted to you ever since I was born; * you were my God when I was still in my mother's womb.		4
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near, * and there is none to help.		4
12 Many young bulls encircle me; * strong bulls of Bashan surround me.		5
13 They open wide their jaws at me, * like a ravening and a roaring lion.		5
14 I am poured out like water; all my bones are out of joint; * my heart within my breast is melting wax.		5
15 My mouth is dried out like a pot-sherd; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; * and you have laid me in the dust of the grave.		5
16 Packs of dogs close me in, and gangs of evildoers circle around me; * they pierce my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones.		5
17 They stare and gloat over me; * they divide my garments among them; they cast lots for my clothing.		5
18 Be not far away, O LORD; * you are my strength; hasten to help me.		5
19 Save me from the sword, * my life from the power of the dog.		5
20 Save me from the lion’s mouth, * my wretched body from the horns of wild bulls.		5
22 Praise the LORD, you that fear him; * stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel; all you of Jacob's line, give glory.		5
23 For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty; neither does he hide his face from them; * but when they cry to him, he hears them.		5
24 My praise is of him in the great assembly; * I will perform my vows in the presence of those who worship him.		5
25 The poor shall eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the LORD shall praise him: * “May your heart live forever!"		5
26 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, * and all the families of the nations shall bow before him.		5
27 For kingship belongs to the LORD; * he rules over the nations.		5
28 To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship; * all who go down to the dust fall before him.		5
29 My soul shall live for him; my descendants shall serve him; * they shall be known as the LORD'S forever.		5
Reverend Rhonda Rogers: After Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jes...		6
Frederick Roberts: First they took him to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year. Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was better to have one person die for the people. Simon Peter and another discipl...		7
Denise Grant: Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate’s headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate went out to them an...		7
Reverend Enrique McCartney: Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed him in a purple robe. They kept coming up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and striking ...		8
Mrs. Florine Muse: Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with hi...		8
Sherion Grant: Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the sabbath, especially because that sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken...		9
Reverend Rogers: After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and removed his bo...		9
The Gospel of the Lord		9
Praise be to thee, O Christ.		9
A Prayer and Resources Related to the War in Israel and Palestine		17

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