Palm Sunday – Evening Prayer

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Psalm 103

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul,*
and all that is within me, bless his holy Name.

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,*
and forget not all his benefits.

3 He forgives all your sins*
and heals all your infirmities;

4 He redeems your life from the grave*
and crowns you with mercy and loving-kindness;

5 He satisfies you with good things,*
and your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.

6 The LORD executes righteousness*
and judgment for all who are oppressed.

7 He made his ways known to Moses*
and his works to the children of Israel.

8 The LORD is full of compassion and mercy,*
slow to anger and of great kindness.

9 He will not always accuse us,*
nor will he keep his anger for ever.

10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,*
nor rewarded us according to our wickedness.

11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,*
so is his mercy great upon those who fear him.

12 As far as the east is from the west,*
so far has he removed our sins from us.

13 As a father cares for his children,*
so does the LORD care for those who fear him.

14 For he himself knows whereof we are made;*
he remembers that we are but dust.

15 Our days are like the grass;*
we flourish like a flower of the field;

16 When the wind goes over it, it is gone,*
and its place shall know it no more.

17 But the merciful goodness of the LORD endures for ever on those who fear him,*
and his righteousness on children’s children;

18 On those who keep his covenant*
and remember his commandments and do them.

19 The LORD has set his throne in heaven,*
and his kingship has dominion over all.

20 Bless the LORD, you angels of his,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,*
and hearken to the voice of his word.

21 Bless the LORD, all you his hosts,*
you ministers of his who do his will.

22 Bless the LORD, all you works of his,
in all places of his dominion;*
bless the LORD, O my soul.

Palm Sunday – Morning Prayer

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Psalm 24

1 The earth is the LORD’S and all that is in it, *
the world and all who dwell therein.

2 For it is he who founded it upon the seas*
and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.

3 “Who can ascend the hill of the LORD?*
and who can stand in his holy place?”

4 “Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, *
who have not pledged themselves to falsehood,
nor sworn by what is a fraud.

5 They shall receive a blessing from the LORD*
and a just reward from the God of their salvation.”

6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, *
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.

8 “Who is this King of glory?” *
“The LORD, strong and mighty,
the LORD, mighty in battle.”

9 Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.

10 “Who is he, this King of glory?”*
“The LORD of hosts,
he is the King of glory.”

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Evening Prayer

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Psalm 42

1 As the deer longs for the water-brooks,*
so longs my soul for you, O God.

2 My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God;*
when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

3 My tears have been my food day and night,*
while all day long they say to me,
“Where now is your God?”

4 I pour out my soul when I think on these things;*
how I went with the multitude and led them into the house of God,

5 With the voice of praise and thanksgiving,*
among those who keep holy-day.

6 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?*
and why are you so disquieted within me?

7 Put your trust in God;*
for I will yet give thanks to him,
who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

8 My soul is heavy within me;*
therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan,
and from the peak of Mizar among the heights of Hermon.

9 One deep calls to another in the noise of your cataracts;*
all your rapids and floods have gone over me.

10 The LORD grants his loving-kindness in the daytime;*
in the night season his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.

11 I will say to the God of my strength,
“Why have you forgotten me?*
and why do I go so heavily while the enemy oppresses me?”

12 While my bones are being broken,*
my enemies mock me to my face;

13 All day long they mock me*
and say to me, “Where now is your God?”

14 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?*
and why are you so disquieted within me?

15 Put your trust in God;*
for I will yet give thanks to him,
who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Morning Prayer

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Psalm 137

1 By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept,*
when we remembered you, O Zion.

2 As for our harps, we hung them up*
on the trees in the midst of that land.

3 For those who led us away captive asked us for a song,
and our oppressors called for mirth:*
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

4 How shall we sing the LORD’S song*
upon an alien soil?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,*
let my right hand forget its skill.

6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth
if I do not remember you,*
if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.

7 Remember the day of Jerusalem, O LORD,
against the people of Edom,*
who said, “Down with it! down with it!
even to the ground!”

8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,*
happy the one who pays you back
for what you have done to us!

9 Happy shall he be who takes your little ones,*
and dashes them against the rock!

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Evening Prayer

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Psalm 141

1 O LORD, I call to you; come to me quickly;*
hear my voice when I cry to you.

2 Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense, *
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a watch before my mouth, O LORD,
and guard the door of my lips;*
let not my heart incline to any evil thing.

4 Let me not be occupied in wickedness with evildoers, *
nor eat of their choice foods.

5 Let the righteous smite me in friendly rebuke;
let not the oil of the unrighteous anoint my head;*
for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

6 Let their rulers be overthrown in stony places,*
that they may know my words are true.

7 As when a plowman turns over the earth in furrows,*
let their bones be scattered at the mouth of the grave.

8 But my eyes are turned to you, Lord GOD;*
in you I take refuge;
do not strip me of my life.

9 Protect me from the snare which they have laid for me *
and from the traps of the evildoers.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,*
while I myself escape.

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Morning Prayer

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Psalm 22

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?*
and are so far from my cry
and from the words of my distress?

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; *
by night as well, but I find no rest.

3 Yet you are the Holy One, *
enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

4 Our forefathers put their trust in you; *
they trusted, and you delivered them.

5 They cried out to you and were delivered;*
they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

6 But as for me, I am a worm and no man, *
scorned by all and despised by the people.

7 All who see me laugh me to scorn; *
they curl their lips and wag their heads, saying,

8 “He trusted in the LORD; let him deliver him; *
let him rescue him, if he delights in him.”

9 Yet you are he who took me out of the womb,*
and kept me safe upon my mother’s breast.

10 I have been entrusted to you ever since I was born; *
you were my God when I was still in my mother’s womb.

11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near,*
and there is none to help.

12 Many young bulls encircle me; *
strong bulls of Bashan surround me.

13 They open wide their jaws at me, *
like a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint; *
my heart within my breast is melting wax.

15 My mouth is dried out like a pot-sherd;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; *
and you have laid me in the dust of the grave.

16 Packs of dogs close me in,
and gangs of evildoers circle around me; *
they pierce my hands and my feet;
I can count all my bones.

17 They stare and gloat over me; *
they divide my garments among them;
they cast lots for my clothing.

18 Be not far away, O LORD; *
you are my strength; hasten to help me.

19 Save me from the sword, *
my life from the power of the dog.

20 Save me from the lion’s mouth, *
my wretched body from the horns of wild bulls.

21 I will declare your Name to my brethren;*
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.

22 Praise the LORD, you that fear him; *
stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel;
all you of Jacob’s line, give glory.

23 For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty;
neither does he hide his face from them; *
but when they cry to him he hears them.

24 My praise is of him in the great assembly;*
I will perform my vows in the presence of those who worship him.

25 The poor shall eat and be satisfied,
and those who seek the LORD shall praise him: *
“May your heart live for ever!”

26 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, *
and all the families of the nations bow before him.

27 For kingship belongs to the LORD; *
he rules over the nations.

28 To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship; *
all who go down to the dust fall before him.

29 My soul shall live for him;
my descendants shall serve him; *
they shall be known as the LORD’S for ever.

30 They shall come and make known to a people yet unborn *
the saving deeds that he has done.

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Evening Prayer

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Psalm 140

1 Deliver me, O LORD, from evildoers;*
protect me from the violent,

2 Who devise evil in their hearts*
and stir up strife all day long.

3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;*
adder’s poison is under their lips.

4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;*
protect me from the violent,
who are determined to trip me up.

5 The proud have hidden a snare for me
and stretched out a net of cords;*
they have set traps for me along the path.

6 I have said to the LORD, “You are my God;*
listen, O LORD, to my supplication.

7 O Lord GOD, the strength of my salvation,*
you have covered my head in the day of battle.

8 Do not grant the desires of the wicked, O LORD,*
nor let their evil plans prosper.

9 Let not those who surround me lift up their heads;*
let the evil of their lips overwhelm them.

10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them;*
let them be cast into the mire, never to rise up again.”

11 A slanderer shall not be established on the earth,*
and evil shall hunt down the lawless.

12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the poor *
and render justice to the needy.

13 Surely, the righteous will give thanks to your Name, *
and the upright shall continue in your sight.

Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Morning Prayer

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Psalm 131

1 O LORD, I am not proud;*
I have no haughty looks.

2 I do not occupy myself with great matters,*
or with things that are too hard for me.

3 But I still my soul and make it quiet,
like a child upon its mother’s breast;*
my soul is quieted within me.

4 O Israel, wait upon the LORD,*
from this time forth for evermore.

 

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Evening Prayer

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Psalm 128

1 Happy are they all who fear the LORD,*
and who follow in his ways!

2 You shall eat the fruit of your labor;*
happiness and prosperity shall be yours.

3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house,*
your children like olive shoots round about your table.

4 The man who fears the LORD*
shall thus indeed be blessed.

5 The LORD bless you from Zion,*
and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

6 May you live to see your children’s children;*
may peace be upon Israel.

 

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Morning Prayer

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Psalm 119:145-176;

145 I call with my whole heart;*
answer me, O LORD, that I may keep your statutes.

146 I call to you;
oh, that you would save me!*
I will keep your decrees.

147 Early in the morning I cry out to you,*
for in your word is my trust.

148 My eyes are open in the night watches,*
that I may meditate upon your promise.

149 Hear my voice, O LORD, according to your loving-kindness;*
according to your judgments, give me life.

150 They draw near who in malice persecute me;*
they are very far from your law.

151 You, O LORD, are near at hand,*
and all your commandments are true.

152 Long have I known from your decrees*
that you have established them for ever.

153 Behold my affliction and deliver me,*
for I do not forget your law.

154 Plead my cause and redeem me;*
according to your promise, give me life.

155 Deliverance is far from the wicked,*
for they do not study your statutes.

156 Great is your compassion, O LORD;*
preserve my life, according to your judgments.

157 There are many who persecute and oppress me,*
yet I have not swerved from your decrees.

158 I look with loathing at the faithless,*
for they have not kept your word.

159 See how I love your commandments!*
O LORD, in your mercy, preserve me.

160 The heart of your word is truth;*
all your righteous judgments endure for evermore.

161 Rulers have persecuted me without a cause,*
but my heart stands in awe of your word.

162 I am as glad because of your promise*
as one who finds great spoils.

163 As for lies, I hate and abhor them,*
but your law is my love.

164 Seven times a day do I praise you,*
because of your righteous judgments.

165 Great peace have they who love your law;*
for them there is no stumbling block.

166 I have hoped for your salvation, O LORD,*
and have fulfilled your commandments.

167 I have kept your decrees*
and I have loved them deeply.

168 I have kept your commandments and decrees,*
for all my ways are before you.

169 Let my cry come before you, O LORD;*
give me understanding, according to your word.

170 Let my supplication come before you;*
deliver me, according to your promise.

171 My lips shall pour forth your praise,*
when you teach me your statutes.

172 My tongue shall sing of your promise,*
for all your commandments are righteous.

173 Let your hand be ready to help me,*
for I have chosen your commandments.

174 I long for your salvation, O LORD,*
and your law is my delight.

175 Let me live, and I will praise you,*
and let your judgments help me.

176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost;*
search for your servant,
for I do not forget your commandments.