PSALM 146     (PRAYER OF ADORATION)  
Praise the LORD.
With the very core of my being and every part of my life
    I want to bless you, LORD God.
I want to celebrate my God with music and song while I live.
There is nothing to be gained by putting all my trust in the powerful people:
    when their breath leaves them, they return to the dust,
    and their clever plans crumble with them.
But the person who looks to the God of Jacob for help,
    ah, how fortunate.
Like this person I want to put my hope in the LORD, 
    the God who made the heavens and the earth, the sea,
    and everything in them;
    who maintains a kindness that endures for ever;
    who brings about justice for those trampled by society,
    and gives food to those hungry for dignity, love and self-worth;
    who breaks the shackles of those imprisoned by hopelessness, circumstance or habit;
    who enables the blind to see again, to see life in its fullness;
    who raises up those bent over by the burden of life;
    who loves the upright;
    who cares for those separated from their home culture;
    who helps the fatherless and the widow,
    but who brings ruin to the way of the wicked.
The LORD shall reign for ever;
    our God, generation after generation. 
 Hallelujah!!

Looking for contemporary music and song resources? Try David MacGregor's Together to Celebrate
Or metrical psalms? Try Dale A. Schoening's Sing the Psalms

HYMN SSUGGESTIONS FOR ADVENT 3 - YEAR C
Zephaniah 3:14-20
0 God of every nation	TIS 621
Come, thou long-expected Jesus	TIS 272	AHB 200
O bless the God of Israel	TIS 284
Rejoice, the Lord is King	TIS 216	AHB 147
Tell out, my soul	TIS 16l	AHB 109
Thanks to God whose word was spoken	TIS 431	AHB 339
The King of glory comes, the nation rejoices	TIS 279	AHB 212
Isaiah 12:2-6
God is my strong salvation	TIS 15	AHB 493
God is our song and every singer blest	TIS 646	SA 38
I greet you, my Redeemer sure	TIS 198	AHB 128
Shout for joy! The Lord has let us feast	TIS 545
Since the world was young	TIS 544
Philippians 4:4-7
Dona nobis pacem, Domine	TIS 713	SA 27
Fill my whole life, O Lord my God	TIS 596	AHB 515
King of glory, King of peace	TIS 201	AHB 129
May the mind of Christ my Saviour	TIS 609	AHB 537
Now thank we all our God	TIS 106	AHB 14
O come! O come, Emmanuel	TIS 265	AHB 193
Praise and thanksgiving let everyone bring	TIS 743
Rejoice, the Lord is King	TIS 216	AHB 147
Safe in the shadow of the Lord	TIS 644	SA 74
Safe in the shadow of the Lord	TIS 644	SA 74
Sometimes a light surprises	TIS 128	AHB 55
What afriend we have in Jesus	TIS 590	AHB 165
Luke 3:7-18
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire	TIS 396	AHB 308
Forgive our sins as we forgive	TIS 635	AHB 564
Hark, a herald voice is calling	TIS 264	AHB 192
Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes	TIS 269	AHB 197
O for a thousand tongues to sing	TIS 210	AHB 141
On Jordan ?s bank the Baptist?s cry	TIS 270	AHB 199
Put all your trust in God	TIS 555	AHB 464
What does the Lord require	TIS 618	AHB 568