#psalm 93:4

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Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty!

Psalm 93:4

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Friend, in case you need to hear this today: God's love for you is mightier than the oceans. And His love for you will never end. You will ALWAYS be loved. Amen! 🙌

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Psalm 93:4 God Is Mightier

The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, than the mighty waves of the sea. Psalm 93:4 Water is a very powerful force in this world. Given enough water it can take out large buildings, wipe out roads and cause a lot of damage during a flood. Along with the power of the waves of water, there is also a large, thundering noise caused from the waves crashing into the shoreline as…

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Readings for 18 APRIL

18/4/2023

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God is Our Refuge and Strength

1 God is our refuge and strength; / A help in distress, He is most readily found. 2 Therefore we will not fear, / Though the earth change, / And the mountains slip into the heart of the seas; 3 Though the waters of the sea roar and foam; / Though the mountains shake at its swelling. Selah 4 There is a river whose streams gladden the city of God, / The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she will not be moved; / God helps her at the dawn of the morning. 6 The nations rage; the kingdoms are moved. / He utters His voice; the earth melts. 7 Jehovah of hosts is with us; / The God of Jacob is our high retreat. Selah 8 Come, see the works of Jehovah, / How He has made desolations on earth. 9 He makes wars cease unto the end of the earth; / He breaks the bow and cuts the spear to pieces; / He burns the war wagons with fire. 10 Be still and know that I am God. / I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted on earth. 11 Jehovah of hosts is with us; / The God of Jacob is our high retreat. Selah — Psalm 46 | Recovery Version (REC) The Recovery Version of the Holy Bible © 2016 Living Stream Ministry. All rights reserved. Cross References: Numbers 14:9; Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 23:14; 1 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 3:1; 1 Chronicles 15:20; 2 Chronicles 13:12; Job 11:5; Psalm 2:1-2; Psalm 18:7; Psalm 18:13; Psalm 66:5; Psalm 93:3-4; Isaiah 2:17; Isaiah 37:20; Isaiah 61:4; Jeremiah 5:22; Luke 1:54; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 22:1

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"Greater than the roar of a huge torrent—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic." - Psalm 93:4

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1 The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

2 Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.

3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.

4 Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty!

5 Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

(Psalms 93, ESV)

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The Rebellion of the Waters

On the second day of Creation, God tore the upper waters from the arms of the lower waters amidst great weeping, and the upper waters were suspended in the heavens by word of God. On the third day, when God said, “Let the waters be gathered together” (Gen 1:9), the mountains and hills were raised up and scattered, and deep valleys were dug in the earth, into which the waters rolled. As soon as they had gathered together, the waters be-came rebellious, rising up almost to the Throne of Glory, and covered the face of the earth.But God rebuked the waters and said “Enough!” and subdued them beneath the soles of His feet. He trod down on them so that the air came out of them. When the rest of the waters saw how He had trampled the ocean, and heard its terrible cry, they fled. Even though they were seething, there was nowhere for them to go but to the sea. Therefore God surrounded the sea with sand, and measured it with the hollow of His hand, and made the sea swear that it would not go beyond the boundary He had set, as it is said, Who set the sand as a boundary to the sea (Jer. 5:22). Some say that God not only circled the sea with sand, but caused it to dry up, in accord with the verse He rebukes the sea and dries it up (Nah. 1:4).

This midrash draws a link between God’s separation of the upper and lower waters on the second day (see “The Upper Waters and the Lower Waters,” p. 104) and the gathering of the waters on the third, suggesting that the waters rebelled because of their anger at their recent separation. This midrash also comments on Psalm 93:3: The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their roaring. God’s quelling the rebellion of the waters clearly echoes the struggle between Marduk, the rain god of Babylon, and Tiamat, the personification of primeval waters in the Babylonian epic, Enuma Elish. This epic struggle (also found in other Near Eastern texts) is hinted at in the Genesis creation narrative, where tehom, the deep, echoes Tiamat. The parallels to the Babylonian myth can be seen in the following passage from Enuma Elish, from Near Eastern Mythology by John Gray, 1969, p. 32:

The Lord trod on the legs of Tiamat With his unsparing mace he crushed her skull. When the arteries of her blood he had severed, He split her like a shell-fish into two parts; Half of her he set up and sealed it as sky, Pulled down the bar and posted guards. He bade them not to allow her waters to escape.

Exodus Rabbah 15:22 makes clear that the ocean was not only trampled by God, but slain: “Then God trampled upon the ocean and slew it.” This text is sometimes intepreted to mean that God slew its prince, Rahab. The reference to the hollow of God’s hand comes from Isaiah 60:12. See the following myth, “The Rebellion of Rahab.”

In Likutei Moharan 1:2, Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav interprets God’s command of “Enough!” to stop the expansion of the world as referring to the creation of the Sabbath. The Sabbath, in effect, stops the work of the six days of the week.

The Rebellion of Rahab

When God desired to create the world, He said to Rahab, the angel of the sea: “Open your mouth and swallow all the waters of the world.” Rahab replied: “Master of the Universe, I already have enough.” God then kicked Rahab with His foot and killed him. And had not the waters covered him, no creature could have stood his foul odor.

The traditions about God slaying Rahab grows out of Isaiah 51:9, Are you not he who cut Rahab in pieces, and wounded the dragon? and Psalms 89:10, You have trampled upon Rahab; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm. This midrash is also based on Job 26:12: By His power He stilled the sea; by His skill He struck down Rahab. This myth is another version of “The Rebellion of the Waters,” which describes the struggle between God and tehom, the deep, and thus also echoes the battle between Marduk and Tiamat in the Babylonian epic, Enuma Elish. However, Tiamat is a feminine figure, while Rahab is masculine.

In Enuma Elish Marduk uses Tiamat’s body to build a new world, using half to make the heavens and half to make the earth. He uses considerable violence in defeating Tiamat, as does God in defeating Rahab. Marduk crushes her skull with his club, splits her body in two, and scatters her blood in the wind. In the Hebrew myth, the waters are personified in Rahab, the Prince of the Sea, and instead of trampling the waters, God kicks and kills Rahab. There are hints in rabbinic writings that Rahab once had a great, godlike status. For example, it is stated in Deuteronomy Rabbah 2:28: “Rahab placed God in heaven and upon earth.” Although Rahab is killed in this myth, he reappears in later legends as the Prince of the Sea, and performs various deeds at the command of God or one of the rabbis. See, for example, Y. Sanhedrin 7:25d, where Rabbi Joshua ben Haninah calls upon Rahab to recover a lost charm, so that a spell can be broken.

Midrash Tanhuma tries to explain why God kicked Rahab, the angel of the ocean, who represents the ocean itself: “Why did God kill the angel? The rest of the waters, seeing that God kicked the ocean, and hearing its screams, fled without knowing where to flow, until they reached the place that God had prepared for them.” This violent act is thus explained as a way to force the recalcitrant waters to gather in the right places.See “The Rebellion of the Waters,” p. 105.

An alternate version of the Rahab myth found in the Prologue to the Zohar 56 explains that God’s tears, hot as fire, shed over the exile of the Shekhinah, fall into the Great Sea and sustain Rahab. And Rahab sanctifies God’s Name by swallowing all the waters of the days of Creation—the very act that Rahab refused to do in the other version of the myth, for which God killed him in anger. The moral of the two versions is clear: when Rahab refuses an order from God, he is slain; when he accepts the order, his life is sustained.

Pg 105-107, Tree of Souls by Howard Schwartz

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Psalms chapter 93

1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.

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But—The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

Psalm 93:4

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9th April >> Mass Readings (USA)

Tuesday of the Second Week of Eastertide 

(Liturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II))

First Reading Acts of the Apostles 4:32-37 The community of believers was of one heart and mind.

The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common. With great power the Apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all. There was no needy person among them, for those who owned property or houses would sell them, bring the proceeds of the sale, and put them at the feet of the Apostles, and they were distributed to each according to need.

Thus Joseph, also named by the Apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”), a Levite, a Cypriot by birth, sold a piece of property that he owned, then brought the money and put it at the feet of the Apostles.

The Word of the Lord

R/ Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5

R/ The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. or R/ Alleluia.

The LORD is king, in splendor robed; robed is the LORD and girt about with strength.

R/ The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. or R/ Alleluia.

And he has made the world firm, not to be moved. Your throne stands firm from of old; from everlasting you are, O LORD.

R/ The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. or R/ Alleluia.

Your decrees are worthy of trust indeed: holiness befits your house, O LORD, for length of days.

R/ The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty. or R/ Alleluia.

Gospel Acclamation John 3:14-15

Alleluia, alleluia. The Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel John 3:7b-15 No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.

Jesus said to Nicodemus: “‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus answered and said to him, ‘How can this happen?” Jesus answered and said to him, “You are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this? Amen, amen, I say to you, we speak of what we know and we testify to what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. If I tell you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

The Gospel of the Lord

R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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“Mightier than the waves of the sea is His love for you.” —Psalm 93:4

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Breakdown of each Book of the Bible

"Each Day" our Daily Bread

1        2         3         4         5         6      

 7         8        9        10     11      12       

13      14        15       16        17     18   

19      20        21      22       23      24

25     26       27       28      29      30

31     32     33     34     35     36

37     38     39      40   41     42

43       44        45       46       47     48   

49       50  51      52        53    54

55      56       57      58       59      60    

61      62       63      64       65     66

67      68      69      70     71     72

73       74      75        76      77       

78       79        80        81      82 

83      84       85        86       87   

88       89     90      91      92     93

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105     106       107       108     109   

110   111      112      113      114    115

116   117     118     119     120    121

122    123    124    125      126    127

128     129      130       131      132

133       134     135     136     137

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283      284     285      286     287

288      289      290      291      292

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