Counting Pentecost ~ Day Twenty Six ~ Halfway to Where?

Update May 3rd 2018

Today is the 5th day of the 4th week of seven weeks. Today is the 26th day of the counting of fifty days from the day of the waving of the Omer on the morrow after the Sabbath.

Original Post may 3rd 2012

10 Ziv / Iyyar 31 AD

We had another busy day today, so we are sharing another song of David’s, Psalm 144. We are just over half way through counting the Omer. Does it seem like a long time to you? I wonder what the Israelites were thinking! Surely they had witnessed many miracles of God…but have you ever been traveling for three plus weeks, and the guy leading doesn’t seem to have a map?

A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;
My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him?
Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow.
Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Send out Your arrows and confuse them.
Stretch forth Your hand from on high; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens
Whose mouths speak deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
I will sing a new song to You, O God; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword.
Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaks deceit And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;
Let our garners be full, furnishing every kind of produce, And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
Let our cattle bear Without mishap and without loss, Let there be no outcry in our streets!
How blessed are the people who are so situated; How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!