The Eleventh Day of Christmas: Trust

Trust

The Eleventh Day of Christmas

Monday, January 4, 2021

Proverbs 3:1-12

My son, do not forget my teaching,

   and let your heart keep my commands.

For length of days and years of life

   and peace they will add for you.

Kindness and truth will not forsake you.

   Bind them round your neck,

      write them on your heart’s tablet,

and find favor and good regard

   in the eyes of God and man.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

   and do not lean on your discernment.

Through all your ways know him,

   and he will make your paths straight.

Do not be wise in your own eyes,

   fear the LORD and swerve from evil.

Let it be healing for your flesh

   and a balm to your bones.

Honor the LORD more than your wealth

   and than the first fruits of your crop,

and your barns will be filled with abundance,

   your vats will burst with new wine.

The LORD’s reproof, my son, do not spurn,

   and do not despise his rebuke.

For whom the LORD loves he rebukes

   and like a father his son, regards him kindly.

translation: Robert Alter