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.

⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers, *
for your decrees are my study.

¹⁰⁰I am wiser than the elders, *
because I observe your commandments.

¹⁰¹I restrain my feet from every evil way, *
that I may keep your word.

¹⁰²I do not shrink from your judgments, *
because you yourself have taught me.

¹⁰³How sweet are your words to my taste! *
they are sweeter than honey to my mouth.

¹⁰⁴Through your commandments I gain understanding; *
therefore I hate every lying way.

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lantern to my feet *
and a light upon my path.

¹⁰⁶I have sworn and am determined *
to keep your righteous judgments.

¹⁰⁷I am deeply troubled; *
preserve my life, O Lord, according to your word.

¹⁰⁸Accept, O Lord, the willing tribute of my lips, *
and teach me your judgments.

¹He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.” ²The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.

³He said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day. ⁴The children are impudent and stiff-hearted. I am sending you to them, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ ⁵They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse—for they are a rebellious house—yet they will know that there has been a prophet amongst them.

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.