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A Prayer for Protection For the music director, according to Do Not Destroy. Of David. A miktam. When Saul dispatched men and they watched the house to kill him. 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God. Protect me from those who rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and from men of bloodshed save me. 3 For look, they lie in wait for my life. The mighty attack against me, not because of my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh. 4 Without guilt on my part they run and ready themselves. Awake to meet me and see…
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 20
Psa 20:1 May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
Psa 20:2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
and give you support from Zion!
Psa 20:3 May he remember all your offerings
and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah
Psa 20:4 May he grant you your heart’s desire
and fulfill all your plans!
Psa 20:5 May we shout for joy over your salvation,
and in the name of our God set up our banners!
May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!
Psa 20:6 Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with the saving might of his right hand.
Psa 20:7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Psa 20:8 They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright.
Psa 20:9 O LORD, save the king! May he answer us when we call.
Reading for Tuesday January 21st Psalm 59
A Prayer for Protection
59 For the music director, according to Do Not Destroy.
Of David. A miktam.
When Saul dispatched men and they watched the house to kill him.
1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God.
Protect me from those who rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity,
and from men of bloodshed save me.
3 For look, they lie in wait for my life.
The mighty attack against me,
not because of my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.
4 Without guilt on my part they run and ready themselves.
Awake to meet me and see.
5 And you, Yahweh, God of hosts, are the God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations.
Do not be gracious to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah
6 They return at evening; they howl like dogs
while they prowl the city.
7 Look, they pour out talk with their mouth.
Swords are on their lips,
for they say, “Who hears?”
8 But you, O Yahweh, will laugh at them;
you will mock all the nations.
9 O my strength, I will watch for you,
because you, O God, are my high stronghold.
10 My God of loyal love will meet me;
God will cause me to look in triumph on my enemies.
11 Do not kill them, lest my people forget.
Make them to wander by your power,
and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
12 By the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
even in their pride, let them be trapped,
and for the curses and lies they proclaim.
13 Destroy in anger; destroy so they are no more,
so that they may know that God is ruling in Jacob
to the ends of the earth. Selah
14 They return at evening; they howl like dogs
while they prowl the city.
15 As for them, they wander for food.
If they are not satisfied, then they continue all night.
16 But as for me, I will sing of your strength,
and I will hail your loyal love in the morning,
because you have been my high stronghold
and a refuge in my ?time? of trouble.
17 O my strength, to you I will give praise,
because God is my high stronghold,
my God of loyal love.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O Lord, grant us the Spirit to hear Your Word and know the one thing needful that by Your Word and Spirit we may live according to Your will; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Concluding Prayer
Heavenly Father, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts to direct and rule us to do Your will, to comfort us in all our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
