Bible Society of South Africa

Season after Pentecost: Canadian Thanksgiving Day

First reading and Psalm

21“Fields, don't be afraid,

but be joyful and glad

because of all the LORD has done for you.

22Animals, don't be afraid.

The pastures are green;

the trees bear their fruit,

and there are plenty of figs and grapes.

23“Be glad, people of Zion,

rejoice at what the LORD your God has done for you.

He has given you the right amount of autumn rain;

he has poured down the winter rain for you

and the spring rain as before.

24The threshing places will be full of corn;

the pits beside the presses will overflow with wine and olive oil.

25I will give you back what you lost

in the years when swarms of locusts ate your crops.

It was I who sent this army against you.

26Now you will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied.

You will praise the LORD your God,

who has done wonderful things for you.

My people will never be despised again.

27Then, Israel, you will know that I am among you,

and that I, the LORD, am your God

and there is no other.

My people will never be despised again.

Joel 2:21-27GNBOpen in Bible reader

A Prayer for Deliverance

1When the LORD brought us back to Jerusalem,

it was like a dream!

2How we laughed, how we sang for joy!

Then the other nations said about us,

“The LORD did great things for them.”

3Indeed he did great things for us;

how happy we were!

4LORD, make us prosperous again,

just as the rain brings water back to dry riverbeds.

5Let those who wept as they sowed their seed,

gather the harvest with joy!

6Those who wept as they went out carrying the seed

will come back singing for joy,

as they bring in the harvest.

Psalms 126:1-6GNBOpen in Bible reader
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