Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea. 2 O God, my God: to you, I keep vigil until first light. For you, my soul has thirsted, to you my body, in so many ways. 3 By a deserted land, both inaccessible and waterless, so I have appeared in the […]

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. 2 Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication. Rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy. 3 You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity. 4 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have […]

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. A Canticle of Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go into exile. 2 O God, a hymn adorns you in Zion, and a vow will be repaid to you in Jerusalem. 3 Hear my prayer: all flesh will come to […]

1 Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of the Resurrection. Shout joyfully to God, all the earth. 2 Proclaim a psalm to his name. Give glory to his praise. 3 Exclaim to God, “How terrible are your works, O Lord!” According to the fullness of your virtue, your enemies will speak lies about you. 4 […]

1 Unto the end. With hymns, a Canticle Psalm of David. 2 May God have mercy on us and bless us. May he shine his countenance upon us, and may he have mercy on us. 3 So may we know your way upon the earth, your salvation among all nations. 4 Let the peoples confess […]

1 Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself. 2 May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face. 3 Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass […]

1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed: of David. 2 Save me, O God, for the waters have entered, even to my soul. 3 I have become stuck in a deep quagmire, and there is no firm footing. I have arrived at the height of the sea, and a tempest has overwhelmed […]

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David, in remembrance that the Lord had saved him. 2 O God, reach out to help me. O Lord, hasten to assist me. 3 May those who seek my soul be confounded and awed. 4 May those who wish evils upon me be turned back and blush with […]

1 A Psalm of David. Of the sons of Jonadab and the former captives. In you, O Lord, I have hoped; do not let me be brought to ruin forever. 2 Free me by your justice, and rescue me. Incline your ear to me, and save me. 3 Be a God of protection and a […]

1 A Psalm according to Solomon. 2 Give your judgment, O God, to the king, and your justice to the king’s son, to judge your people with justice and your poor with judgment. 3 Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice. 4 He will judge the poor of the […]