- You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love to all who call to you. - Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;
may your love and faithfulness always protect me. - All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you. - Hear my prayer, Lord,
listen to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
I dwell with you as a foreigner,
a stranger, as all my ancestors were. - Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts. - Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago. - Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. - I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. - Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all. - Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, Lord, are good. - I love you, Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. - How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
- Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. - He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God. - Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me. - From the Lord comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people. - Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth. - My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise. - Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth. - You, Lord, keep my lamp burning;
my God turns my darkness into light. - I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.” - You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you. - Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
- If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Bible verse of the day
How much better to get wisdom than gold,to get insight rather than silver!