Ice jam on the shore of the Ottawa River — photo by David Kitz

Psalm 89:46-52

How long, LORD?
Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?
Remember how fleeting is my life.
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?
Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked,
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked
every step of your anointed one.
Praise be to the LORD forever!
Amen and Amen. *