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.

 

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Evening Prayer

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Psalm 124

1 If the LORD had not been on our side,*
let Israel now say;

2 If the LORD had not been on our side,*
when enemies rose up against us;

3 Then would they have swallowed us up alive*
in their fierce anger toward us;

4 Then would the waters have overwhelmed us*
and the torrent gone over us;

5 Then would the raging waters*
have gone right over us.

6 Blessed be the LORD!*
he has not given us over to be a prey for their teeth.

7 We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler;*
the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Our help is in the Name of the LORD,*
the maker of heaven and earth.

 

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Morning Prayer

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Psalm 121

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills;*
from where is my help to come?

2 My help comes from the LORD,*
the maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot be moved*
and he who watches over you will not fall asleep.

4 Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel*
shall neither slumber nor sleep;

5 The LORD himself watches over you;*
the LORD is your shade at your right hand,

6 So that the sun shall not strike you by day,*
nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil;*
it is he who shall keep you safe.

8 The LORD shall watch over your going out and your coming in,*
from this time forth for evermore.

 

Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Evening Prayer

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Psalm 35

1 Fight those who fight me, O LORD; *
attack those who are attacking me.

2 Take up shield and armor *
and rise up to help me.

3 Draw the sword and bar the way against those who pursue me; *
say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

4 Let those who seek after my life be shamed and humbled; *
let those who plot my ruin fall back and be dismayed.

5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, *
and let the angel of the LORD drive them away.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, *
and let the angel of the LORD pursue them.

7 For they have secretly spread a net for me without a cause; *
without a cause they have dug a pit to take me alive.

8 Let ruin come upon them unawares; *
let them be caught in the net they hid;
let them fall into the pit they dug.

9 Then I will be joyful in the LORD; *
I will glory in his victory.

10 My very bones will say, “LORD, who is like you? *
You deliver the poor from those who are too strong for them,
the poor and needy from those who rob them.”

11 Malicious witnesses rise up against me; *
they charge me with matters I know nothing about.

12 They pay me evil in exchange for good; *
my soul is full of despair.

13 But when they were sick I dressed in sack-cloth *
and humbled myself by fasting.

14 I prayed with my whole heart,
as one would for a friend or a brother; *
I behaved like one who mourns for his mother,
bowed down and grieving.

15 But when I stumbled, they were glad and gathered together;
they gathered against me; *
strangers whom I did not know tore me to pieces and would not stop.

16 They put me to the test and mocked me; *
they gnashed at me with their teeth.

17 O Lord, how long will you look on? *
rescue me from the roaring beasts,
and my life from the young lions.

18 I will give you thanks in the great congregation; *
I will praise you in the mighty throng.

19 Do not let my treacherous foes rejoice over me, *
nor let those who hate me without a cause wink at each other.

20 For they do not plan for peace, *
but invent deceitful schemes against the quiet in the land.

21 They opened their mouths at me and said, *
“Aha! we saw it with our own eyes.”

22 You saw it, O LORD; do not be silent; *
O Lord, be not far from me.

23 Awake, arise, to my cause! *
to my defense, my God and my Lord!

24 Give me justice, O LORD my God,
according to your righteousness; *
do not let them triumph over me.

25 Do not let them say in their hearts,
“Aha! just what we want!” *
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up.”

26 Let all who rejoice at my ruin be ashamed and disgraced; *
let those who boast against me be clothed with dismay and shame.

27 Let those who favor my cause sing out with joy and be glad; *
let them say always, “Great is the LORD,
who desires the prosperity of his servant.”

28 And my tongue shall be talking of your righteousness *
and of your praise all the day long.

 

Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Morning Prayer

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Psalm 31

1 In you, O LORD, have I taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame; *
deliver me in your righteousness.

2 Incline your ear to me; *
make haste to deliver me.

3 Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe,
for you are my crag and my stronghold; *
for the sake of your Name, lead me and guide me.

4 Take me out of the net that they have secretly set for me, *
for you are my tower of strength.

5 Into your hands I commend my spirit, *
for you have redeemed me,
O LORD, O God of truth.

6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols, *
and I put my trust in the LORD.

7 I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy; *
for you have seen my affliction;
you know my distress.

8 You have not shut me up in the power of the enemy; *
you have set my feet in an open place.

9 Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble; *
my eye is consumed with sorrow,
and also my throat and my belly.

10 For my life is wasted with grief,
and my years with sighing; *
my strength fails me because of affliction,
and my bones are consumed.

11 I have become a reproach to all my enemies and even to my neighbors,
a dismay to those of my acquaintance; *
when they see me in the street they avoid me.

12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; *
I am as useless as a broken pot.

13 For I have heard the whispering of the crowd;
fear is all around; *
they put their heads together against me;
they plot to take my life.

14 But as for me, I have trusted in you, O LORD. *
I have said, “You are my God.

15 My times are in your hand; *
rescue me from the hand of my enemies,
and from those who persecute me.

16 Make your face to shine upon your servant, *
and in your loving-kindness save me.”

17 LORD, let me not be ashamed for having called upon you; *
rather, let the wicked be put to shame;
let them be silent in the grave.

18 Let the lying lips be silenced which speak against the righteous, *
haughtily, disdainfully, and with contempt.

19 How great is your goodness, O LORD!
which you have laid up for those who fear you; *
which you have done in the sight of all
for those who put their trust in you.

20 You hide them in the covert of your presence from those who slander them; *
you keep them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the LORD! *
for he has shown me the wonders of his love in a besieged city.

22 Yet I said in my alarm,
“I have been cut off from the sight of your eyes.” *
Nevertheless, you heard the sound of my entreaty
when I cried out to you.

23 Love the LORD, all you who worship him; *
the LORD protects the faithful,
but repays to the full those who act haughtily.

24 Be strong and let your heart take courage, *
all you who wait for the LORD.

 

Fifth Sunday in Lent – Evening Prayer

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Psalm 145

1 I will exalt you, O God my King,*
and bless your Name forever and ever.

2 Every day will I bless you*
and praise your Name forever and ever.

3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; *
there is no end to his greatness.

4 One generation shall praise your works to another*
and shall declare your power.

5 I will ponder the glorious splendor of your majesty*
and all your marvelous works.

6 They shall speak of the might of your wondrous acts,*
and I will tell of your greatness.

7 They shall publish the remembrance of your great goodness;*
they shall sing of your righteous deeds.

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

9 The LORD is loving to everyone*
and his compassion is over all his works.

10 All your works praise you, O LORD,*
and your faithful servants bless you.

11 They make known the glory of your kingdom *
and speak of your power;

12 That the peoples may know of your power*
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;*
your dominion endures throughout all ages.

14 The LORD is faithful in all his words*
and merciful in all his deeds.

15 The LORD upholds all those who fall;*
he lifts up those who are bowed down.

16 The eyes of all wait upon you, O LORD,*
and you give them their food in due season.

17 You open wide your hand*
and satisfy the needs of every living creature.

18 The LORD is righteous in all his ways*
and loving in all his works.

19 The LORD is near to those who call upon him, *
to all who call upon him faithfully.

20 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him;*
he hears their cry and helps them.

21 The LORD preserves all those who love him, *
but he destroys all the wicked.

22 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; *
let all flesh bless his holy Name forever and ever.

 

Fifth Sunday in Lent – Morning Prayer

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Psalm 118

1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;*
his mercy endures for ever.

2 Let Israel now proclaim,*
“His mercy endures for ever.”

3 Let the house of Aaron now proclaim,*
“His mercy endures for ever.”

4 Let those who fear the LORD now proclaim,*
“His mercy endures for ever.”

5 I called to the LORD in my distress;*
the LORD answered by setting me free.

6 The LORD is at my side, therefore I will not fear;*
what can anyone do to me?

7 The LORD is at my side to help me;*
I will triumph over those who hate me.

8 It is better to rely on the LORD*
than to put any trust in flesh.

9 It is better to rely on the LORD*
than to put any trust in rulers.

10 All the ungodly encompass me;*
in the Name of the LORD I will repel them.

11 They hem me in, they hem me in on every side;*
in the name of the LORD I will repel them.

12 They swarm about me like bees;
they blaze like a fire of thorns;*
in the name of the LORD I will repel them.

13 I was pressed so hard that I almost fell,*
but the LORD came to my help.

14 The LORD is my strength and my song,*
and he has become my salvation.

15 There is a sound of exultation and victory*
in the tents of the righteous:

16 “The right hand of the LORD has triumphed!*
the right hand of the LORD is exalted!
the right hand of the LORD has triumphed!”

17 I shall not die, but live,*
and declare the works of the LORD.

18 The LORD has punished me sorely,*
but he did not hand me over to death.

19 Open for me the gates of righteousness;*
I will enter them;
I will offer thanks to the LORD.

20 “This is the gate of the LORD;*
he who is righteous may enter.”

21 I will give thanks to you, for you answered me*
and have become my salvation.

22 The same stone which the builders rejected*
has become the chief cornerstone.

23 This is the LORD’S doing,*
and it is marvelous in our eyes.

24 On this day the LORD has acted;*
we will rejoice and be glad in it.

25 Hosanna, LORD, hosanna!*
LORD, send us now success.

26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord;*
we bless you from the house of the LORD.

27 God is the LORD; he has shined upon us;*
form a procession with branches up to the horns of the altar.

28 “You are my God, and I will thank you;*
you are my God, and I will exalt you.”

29 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;*
his mercy endures for ever.

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent – Evening Prayer

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Psalm 108

1 My heart is firmly fixed, O God, my heart is fixed;*
I will sing and make melody.

2 Wake up, my spirit;
awake, lute and harp;*
I myself will waken the dawn.

3 I will confess you among the peoples, O LORD;*
I will sing praises to you among the nations.

4 For your loving-kindness is greater than the heavens,*
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

5 Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God,*
and your glory over all the earth.

6 So that those who are dear to you may be delivered,*
save with your right hand and answer me.

7 God spoke from his holy place and said,*
“I will exult and parcel out Shechem;
I will divide the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine;*
Ephraim is my helmet and Judah my scepter.

9 Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I throw down my sandal to claim it,*
and over Philistia will I shout in triumph.”

10 Who will lead me into the strong city?*
who will bring me into Edom?

11 Have you not cast us off, O God?*
you no longer go out, O God, with our armies.

12 Grant us your help against the enemy,*
for vain is the help of man.

13 With God we will do valiant deeds,*
and he shall tread our enemies under foot.

 

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent – Morning Prayer

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Psalm 107:33-43

33 The LORD changed rivers into deserts,*
and water-springs into thirsty ground,

34 A fruitful land into salt flats,*
because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.

35 He changed deserts into pools of water*
and dry land into water-springs.

36 He settled the hungry there,*
and they founded a city to dwell in.

37 They sowed fields, and planted vineyards,*
and brought in a fruitful harvest.

38 He blessed them, so that they increased greatly;*
he did not let their herds decrease.

39 Yet when they were diminished and brought low,*
through stress of adversity and sorrow,

40 (He pours contempt on princes*
and makes them wander in trackless wastes)

41 He lifted up the poor out of misery*
and multiplied their families like flocks of sheep.

42 The upright will see this and rejoice,*
but all wickedness will shut its mouth.

43 Whoever is wise will ponder these things,*
and consider well the mercies of the LORD.