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In Lutheran churches still using the Lutheran Book of Worship (somewhat rare) the Psalm for Morning Prayer on Tuesdays (that it is said, rarer still) is Psalm 146.

I find that a very helpful corrective each Primary and General Election Day!

Oh! I like that!

Something for all of us to say during the inaugaration.

Psalms
Chapter 146

1: ¹ Hallelujah!
2: Praise the LORD, my soul; I shall praise the LORD all my life, sing praise to my God while I live.
3: I Put no trust in princes, in mere mortals powerless to save.
4: When they breathe their last, they return to the earth; that day all their planning comes to nothing.
5: Happy those whose help is Jacob's God, whose hope is in the LORD, their God,
6: The maker of heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them, Who keeps faith forever,
7: secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free;
8: the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.
9: The LORD protects the stranger, sustains the orphan and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked.
10: The LORD shall reign forever, your God, Zion, through all generations! Hallelujah!

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¹ [Psalm 146] A hymn of someone who has learned there is no other source of strength except the merciful God. Only God, not mortal humans (Psalm 146:3-4), can help vulnerable and oppressed people (Psalm 146:5-9). The first of the five hymns that conclude the Psalter.

.......Put no trust in princes, in mere mortals powerless to save.

When they breathe their last, they return to the earth; that day all their planning comes to nothing......

We sing a version of that verse (part of the Second Antiphon) in every Divine Liturgy in the Orthodox Church in America!

And with all the hollow adulation and jubilation over the election of Obama, I’ve been thinking about it a lot, too.