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Psalm 51:15–20 Deliver me from death, O God,   and my tongue shall sing of your righteousness, O God of my salvation. Open my lips, O Lord,   and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. Had you desired it, I would have offered sacrifice,   but you take no delight in burnt offerings. The sacrifice of God is…

Psalm 40:5-10 Great things are they that you have done, O Lord my God! how great your wonders and your plans for us!   there is none who can be compared with you. Oh, that I could make them known and tell them!   but they are more than I can count. In sacrifice and offering you…

Psalm 95:6–11 Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.   Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice! Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did in…

Psalm 78:1–6 Hear my teaching, O my people; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will declare the mysteries of ancient times. That which we have heard and known, and what our forefathers have told us, we will not hide from their children. We…

Psalm 25:3–10 Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; in you have I trusted all the day long. Remember, O Lord, your compassion and love, for they are from everlasting. Remember not the sins of…

Psalm 42:1–7 As the deer longs for the water-brooks, so longs my soul for you, O God. My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? My tears have been my food day and night, while all day long they say to…

Lent Prayer for Strength and Guidance Lord God Almighty, shaper and ruler of all creatures, we pray for your great mercy, that you guide us towards you, for we cannot find our way. And guide us to your will, to the need of our soul, for we cannot do it ourselves. And make our mind…

Psalm 89:1-4, 26-29 Your love, O Lord, forever will I sing; from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness. For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever; you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens. “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn an oath…

Psalm 105:16–22 Then he called for a famine in the land and destroyed the supply of bread. He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. They bruised his feet in fetters; his neck they put in an iron collar. Until his prediction came to pass, the word of the Lord…

Psalm 1 Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful! Their delight is in the law of the Lord, and they meditate on his law day and night. They are like trees planted by streams…