Psalm for Sunday, August 17, 2025

Reflections 

Psalm 40: 2, 3, 4, 18   (Read)

"Lord, come to my aid!"

Our psalmist waits for the Lord

to reach out to him. He begs 

the Lord, “Lord, come to my aid!”

In Sunday's first reading 

the prophet Jeremiah was lifted 

out of the cistern. (Jeremiah 38:10)

So too our psalmist David says,

“The Lord drew me out of the

pit of destruction.” We are like that.

We are weak on our own;

we need the Lord’s strength to be

delivered from our sinful ways.

We put our trust in God.

Our God is an awesome God.

“Many shall look on in awe

and trust in the Lord.”

Our psalmist says, “He put a 

new song into my mouth.” 

For us, too, it is no longer the 

same old tune.  We are in fact 

a new creation, joyfully

singing out the good news.

Where does our joyful spirit 

come from? It comes from the 

Lord, and we are called to share 

what He has given us and to do

his will, which is our delight.

Amen

Discussion Questions for Reflection
 

1.   Our Psalm recalls for us that we place our trust in the Lord.  Speak of how 

you have been lifted up and delivered by God.

2.  Our psalmist says that the Lord has put a new song into his mouth.
This reminds us that we are a new creation in the Lord.  Tell of how you have been reborn in the Spirit.