Mem 97 How I love your law! The whole day it is my meditation. 98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because they are ever with me. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the elders, for I keep your precepts. 101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, so that I may heed your word. 102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me. 103 How smooth are your words to my palate, more than honey in my mouth. 104 From your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way…
+ DAILY PRAYER +
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 119:25-32
Psa 119:25 Daleth My soul clings to the dust;
give me life according to your word!
Psa 119:26 When I told of my ways,
you answered me; teach me your statutes!
Psa 119:27 Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
Psa 119:28 My soul melts away for sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word!
Psa 119:29 Put false ways far from me
and graciously teach me your law!
Psa 119:30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I set your rules before me.
Psa 119:31 I cling to your testimonies, O LORD;
let me not be put to shame!
Psa 119:32 I will run in the way of your commandments
when you enlarge my heart!
Reading for Thursday May 1st Psalm 119:97-120
Mem
97 How I love your law!
The whole day it is my meditation.
98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
because they are ever with me.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the elders,
for I keep your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
so that I may heed your word.
102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances,
for you have taught me.
103 How smooth are your words to my palate,
more than honey in my mouth.
104 From your precepts I get understanding,
therefore I hate every false way.
Nun
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to heed ?your righteous ordinances?.
107 I am very much afflicted;
O Yahweh, revive me according to your word.
108 Please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh,
and teach me your ordinances.
109 My life is ?in danger? continually,
yet I do not forget your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
yet I do not wander from your precepts.
111 I have taken as my own your testimonies forever,
for they are the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to do your statutes
forever, to the end.
Samek
113 I hate ?the double-minded?,
but I love your law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in your word.
115 Turn aside from me, you evildoers,
for I will keep the commands of my God.
116 Sustain me according to your word, that I may live,
and do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
117 Uphold me, that I may be delivered,
and have regard for your statutes continually.
118 You reject all who stray from your statutes,
for their deceit is a breach of faith.
119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross,
therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you,
and I am afraid of your judgments.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O Lord, absolve Your people from their offenses that from the bonds of our sins, which by reason of our frailty we have brought upon ourselves, we may be delivered by Your bountiful goodness; 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.
