When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

Lord, how stupid and willful can we be? When man looks at creation, his drive to be as you forces him to see not beauty and order but chaos. You have given him dominion over all creation but he sees only that man is a scourge on the earth and must be eliminated. Lord, O Lord, why do you withhold Your hand from this wicked and rebellious people?

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 68

Mid-day: 119:65-72

Evening: Psalm 144

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