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.

¹⁴But I shall always wait in patience, *
and shall praise you more and more.

¹⁵My mouth shall recount your mighty acts and saving deeds all day long; *
though I cannot know the number of them.

¹⁶I will begin with the mighty works of the Lord God; *
I will recall your righteousness, yours alone.

¹⁷O God, you have taught me since I was young, *
and to this day I tell of your wonderful works.

¹⁸And now that I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, *
till I make known your strength to this generation *
and your power to all who are to come.

¹⁹Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens; *
you have done great things; *
who is like you, O God?

²⁰You have showed me great troubles and adversities, *
but you will restore my life *
and bring me up again from the deep places of the earth.

²¹You strengthen me more and more; *
you enfold and comfort me,

²²Therefore I will praise you upon the lyre for your faithfulness, O my God; *
I will sing to you with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips will sing with joy when I play to you, *
and so will my soul, which you have redeemed.

³²Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up and to give you the inheritance amongst all those who are sanctified. ³³I coveted no one’s silver, gold, or clothing. ³⁴You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me. ³⁵In all things I gave you an example, that so labouring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

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.