Today’s Daily Office Readings

I call with my whole heart; *

answer me, O LORD, that I may keep your statutes.

I call to you;

oh, that you would save me! *

I will keep your decrees.

Early in the morning I cry out to you, *

for in your word is my trust.

My eyes are open in the night watches, *

that I may meditate upon your promise.

Hear my voice, O LORD, according to your loving-kindness; *

according to your judgments, give me life.

They draw near who in malice persecute me; *

they are very far from your law.

You, O LORD, are near at hand, *

and all your commandments are true.

Long have I known from your decrees *

that you have established them for ever.

Behold my affliction and deliver me, *

for I do not forget your law.

Plead my cause and redeem me; *

according to your promise, give me life.

Deliverance is far from the wicked, *

for they do not study your statutes.

Great is your compassion, O LORD; *

preserve my life, according to your judgments.

There are many who persecute and oppress me, *

yet I have not swerved from your decrees.

I look with loathing at the faithless, *

for they have not kept your word.

See how I love your commandments! *

O LORD, in your mercy, preserve me.

The heart of your word is truth; *

all your righteous judgments endure for evermore.

Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, *

but my heart stands in awe of your word.

I am as glad because of your promise *

as one who finds great spoils.

As for lies, I hate and abhor them, *

but your law is my love.

Seven times a day do I praise you, *

because of your righteous judgments.

Great peace have they who love your law; *

for them there is no stumbling block.

I have hoped for your salvation, O LORD, *

and have fulfilled your commandments.

I have kept your decrees *

and I have loved them deeply.

I have kept your commandments and decrees, *

for all my ways are before you.

I was glad when they said to me, *

"Let us go to the house of the LORD."

Now our feet are standing *

within your gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built as a city *

that is at unity with itself;

To which the tribes go up,

the tribes of the LORD, *

the assembly of Israel,

to praise the Name of the LORD.

For there are the thrones of judgment, *

the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: *

"May they prosper who love you.

Peace be within your walls *

and quietness within your towers.

For my brethren and companions' sake, *

I pray for your prosperity.

Because of the house of the LORD our God, *

I will seek to do you good."

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, *

which cannot be moved, but stands fast for ever.

The hills stand about Jerusalem; *

so does the LORD stand round about his people,

from this time forth for evermore.

The scepter of the wicked shall not hold sway over the land allotted to the just, *

so that the just shall not put their hands to evil.

Show your goodness, O LORD, to those who are good *

and to those who are true of heart.

As for those who turn aside to crooked ways,

the LORD will lead them away with the evildoers; *

but peace be upon Israel.