To firmly establish a thriving and growing gospel-centered church in South Denver.

To firmly establish a thriving and growing gospel-centered church in South Denver.

35  Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

36  Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

37  Then He *said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

38  "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."

1 O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us The work that You did in their days, In the days of old.

2  You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You spread them abroad.

3  For by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them.

4  You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.

5  Through You we will push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.

6  For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.

7  But You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us.

8  In God we have boasted all day long, And we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

9  Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor, And do not go out with our armies.

10  You cause us to turn back from the adversary; And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

11  You give us as sheep to be eaten And have scattered us among the nations.

12  You sell Your people cheaply, And have not profited by their sale.

13  You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

14  You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.

15  All day long my dishonor is before me And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,

16  Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

17  All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You, And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.

18  Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way,

19  Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with the shadow of death.

20  If we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god,

21  Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

22  But for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

23  Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever.

24  Why do You hide Your face And forget our affliction and our oppression?

25  For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth.

26  Rise up, be our help, And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders.

2  I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

3  When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.

4  For You have maintained my just cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

5  You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6  The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished.

7  But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment,

8  And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.

9  The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;

10  And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

11  Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds.

12  For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13  Be gracious to me, O LORD; See my affliction from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

14  That I may tell of all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

15  The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

16  The LORD has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.

17  The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God.

18  For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

19  Arise, O LORD, do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged before You.

20  Put them in fear, O LORD; Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.

1  Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart, In the company of the upright and in the assembly.

2  Great are the works of the LORD; They are studied by all who delight in them.

3  Splendid and majestic is His work, And His righteousness endures forever.

4  He has made His wonders to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and compassionate.

5  He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever.

6  He has made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.

7  The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are sure.

8  They are upheld forever and ever; They are performed in truth and uprightness.

9  He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; Holy and awesome is His name.

10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever.

1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.

2  Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

3  You turn man back into dust And say, "Return, O children of men."

4  For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night.

5  You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.

6  In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew; Toward evening it fades and withers away.

7  For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.

8  You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

9  For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh.

10  As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away.

11  Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?

12  So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

13  Do return, O LORD; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your servants.

14  O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

15  Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have seen evil.

16  Let Your work appear to Your servants And Your majesty to their children.

17  Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

1 Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!

2  But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped.

3  For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4  For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat.

5  They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like mankind.

6  Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.

7  Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.

8  They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.

9  They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.

10  Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance are drunk by them.

11  They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?"

12  Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

13  Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;

14  For I have been stricken all day long And chastened every morning.

15  If I had said, "I will speak thus," Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

16  When I pondered to understand this, It was troublesome in my sight

17  Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.

18  Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

19  How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

20  Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.

21  When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within,

22  Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

23  Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.

24  With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory.

25  Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

26  My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

27  For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

28  But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.

1  Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

2  For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3  O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places.

4  Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.

5  Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.