Psalm 131:1-3

... in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.  Amen.  Through the prayers of our holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us.  Amen.  Glory to You, our God, Glory to You.

O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, You are everywhere and fill all things, Treasury of blessings, and Giver of life: come and abide in us, and cleanse us from every impurity, and save our souls, O Good One.

Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy on us (three times).

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it is now, was in the beginning, and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.

Psalm 131:1-3[1]

A Song of Ascent of David.

Lord, my heart is not haughty, or my eyes lofty.  Nor exercise I myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.  Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother.  My soul [is] even as a weaned child.

Let Israel hope in the Lord from now on and forever.[2]

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[1] Psalms of Ascent all contemplate going up to heaven.  David’s great desire is simple; he wants nothing more than to be a small child in the kingdom of Yahweh.

This is David’s eternal desire for all Israel, as well.  This must be our eternal desire for all people.  This does not mean that all will be saved.  It means that God takes “no pleasure in the death of the wicked”, and neither may we (Ezekiel 18:23; 33:11).  If people live such fruitless and empty lives that they enter heaven in abject spiritual poverty; still, they may enter (1 Corinthians 3:12-15).  Even so, some will not enter at all (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).

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