Daily Office

¹Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me, *
and consider my voice when I cry to you.

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

³Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, *
and keep the door of my lips.

¹Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; *
in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge *
until this time of trouble has gone by.

²I will call upon the Most High God, *
the God who maintains my cause.

³He will send from heaven and save me; he will confound those who trample upon me; *
God will send forth his love and his faithfulness.

⁴I lie in the midst of lions that devour the people; *
their teeth are spears and arrows, *
their tongue a sharp sword.

⁵They have laid a net for my feet, and I am bowed low; *
they have dug a pit before me, *
but have fallen into it themselves.

⁶Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God, *
and your glory over all the earth.

⁷My heart is firmly fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; *
I will sing and make melody.

⁸Wake up, my spirit; awake, lute and harp; *
I myself will waken the dawn.

⁹I will confess you among the peoples, O Lord; *
I will sing praise to you among the nations.

⁸David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave and cried after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!”

When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and showed respect. ⁹David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’? ¹⁰Behold, today your eyes have seen how the LORD had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s anointed.’ ¹¹Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it. ¹²May the LORD judge between me and you, and may the LORD avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.

¹O sing to the Lord a new song, *
for he has done marvelous things.

²With his own right hand and with his holy arm *
he has won himself the victory.

³The Lord declared his salvation; *
his righteousness he has openly shown in the sight of the nations.

⁴He has remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel, *
and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God.

⁵Show yourselves joyful to the Lord, all you lands; *
sing, rejoice, and give thanks.

⁶Praise the Lord upon the harp; *
sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving.

⁷With trumpets also and the sound of the horn, *
O show yourselves joyful before the Lord the King.

⁸Let the sea make a noise, and all that is in it, *
the round world, and those who dwell therein.

⁹Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord, *
for he has come to judge the earth.

¹⁰With righteousness shall he judge the world, *
and the peoples with equity.