Inspired by #vaginagate and #vaginablog, I have something for you.

Monday is my day to exegete the lectionary for the following Sunday, and I do that not only for myself, but for all of the subscribers to The Monday Morning Exegete – preachers and laypeople interested in engaging in the Christian holy book in a deeper and unabashedly liberal fashion.  One of the bits of scripture slated for next Sunday is the following psalm, which when I read it, seemed entirely appropriate.

Psalm 9:9-20 Page 593, BCP

Confitebor tibi

9   The LORD will be a refuge for the oppressed, *a refuge in time of trouble.

10  Those who know your Name will put their trust in you, *for you never forsake those who seek you, O LORD.

11  Sing praise to the LORD who dwells in Zion; *proclaim to the peoples the things he has done.

12  The Avenger of blood will remember them; *he will not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13  Have pity on me, O LORD; *see the misery I suffer from those who hate me,O you who lift me up from the gate of death;

14  So that I may tell of all your praisesand rejoice in your salvation *in the gates of the city of Zion.

15  The ungodly have fallen into the pit they dug, *and in the snare they set is their own foot caught.

16  The LORD is known by his acts of justice; *the wicked are trapped in the works of their own hands. 

17  The wicked shall be given over to the grave, *and also all the peoples that forget God.

18  For the needy shall not always be forgotten, *and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19  Rise up, O LORD, let not the ungodly have the upper hand; *let them be judged before you.

20  Put fear upon them, O LORD; *let the ungodly know they are but mortal.

The Reverend Sare Gordy signing out, proving that liberal Christians can quote the Bible, too.