Come, let us worship and bow down.

Let us kneel before the LORD our maker,

for he is our God…

Psalm 95:6-7

Your throne, O LORD, has stood from time immemorial.

You yourself are from the everlasting past.

Psalm 93:2

(Great Lakes area)

The LORD says, “I will rescue those who love me.

I will protect those who trust in my name.

When they call on me, I will answer;

I will be with them in trouble.

I will rescue and honor them.

Psalm 91:14-15

Mount of Olives as seen from the Church of St Peter in Gallicantu on the eastern slope of Mount Zion. On the church’s roof rises a golden rooster atop a black cross — recalling Christ’s prophesy that Peter would deny him three times “before the cock crows”. (Galli-cantu means cockcrow in Latin)

Oh LORD God of Heaven’s Armies!

Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O LORD?

You are entirely faithful.

The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;

everything in the world is yours—you created it all.

You created north and south.

Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.

Psalm 89: 8,11-12

(Mount Tabor as seen from the Mount of Precipice. Located in the lower Galilee at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley. Believed to have been the site of the Transfiguration of Jesus.)

On the holy mountain

stands the city founded by the LORD.

He loves the city of Jerusalem

more than any other city in Israel.

…And the Most High will personally bless this city.

When the LORD registers the nations, he will say,

“They have all become citizens of Jerusalem!”

Psalm 87:1-2, 5-6

(Jerusalem)

…you, O LORD,

are a God of compassion and mercy,

slow to get angry

and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:15

(Tabgha “Seven Springs” area situated on the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. It is traditionally accepted as the place of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes (Mark 6:30-46) and the fourth resurrection appearance of Jesus ( John 21:1-24) after his Crucifixion.

I love the LORD because he hears my voice

and my prayer for mercy.

Because he bends down to listen,

I will pray as long as I have breath!

Psalm 116:1-2

(old Jerusalem city wall between Jaffa gate and the Citadel)

What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,

who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Psalm 84:5

You faithfully answered our prayers with awesome deeds,

O God our savior

You are the hope of everyone on earth,

even those who sail on distant seas.

Psalm 65:5

(The Mediterranean at Caesarea Maritima)

I will praise you as long as I live,

lifting up my hands to you in prayer.

Psalm 63:4

Met new friends at the Inn of the Good Samaritan—located on the main highway between Jerusalem and Jericho.

(Photo by Joy Floyd)