A Prayer for Help against Ruthless Men A prayer of David. 1 Incline, O Yahweh, your ear and answer me, because I am poor and needy. 2 Watch over my life because I am faithful. You are my God; save your servant. I am the one who trusts you. 3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, because I call to you ?all day long?. 4 Make glad the soul of your servant, because ?I desire you?, O Lord…
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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 118:22-29
Psa 118:22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
Psa 118:23 This is the LORD’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
Psa 118:24 This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psa 118:25 Save us, we pray, O LORD!
O LORD, we pray, give us success!
Psa 118:26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!
We bless you from the house of the LORD.
Psa 118:27 The LORD is God,
and he has made his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!
Psa 118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God; I will extol you.
Psa 118:29 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!
Reading for Wednesday March 5th Psalm 86
A Prayer for Help against Ruthless Men
86 A prayer of David.
1 Incline, O Yahweh, your ear and answer me,
because I am poor and needy.
2 Watch over my life because I am faithful.
You are my God; save your servant.
I am the one who trusts you.
3 Be gracious to me, O Lord,
because I call to you ?all day long?.
4 Make glad the soul of your servant,
because ?I desire you?, O Lord.
5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
and abundant in loyal love for all who call to you.
6 Heed, O Yahweh, my prayer,
and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I call to you,
because you answer me.
8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
and there are no works like yours.
9 All the nations that you have made will come
and bow down before you, O Lord,
and glorify your name.
10 For you are great and doing wondrous things;
you alone are God.
11 Teach me, O Yahweh, your way,
that I may walk in your truth.
Unite my heart to fear your name.
12 I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
and glorify your name forever,
13 because your loyal love is great toward me,
and you will have delivered my life from Sheol below.
14 O God, arrogant men have risen up against me,
even a gang of ruthless men seek my life,
but they do not set you before them.
15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
?slow to anger? and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give your strength to your servant,
and grant victory to the son of your maidservant.
17 Do a sign that benefits me,
that those who hate me may see and be put to shame,
because you, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty God, grant that in the midst of our failures and weaknesses we may be restored through the passion and intercession of Your only-begotten Son, 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.
