Society of the Precious Blood - Compline Psalms

Week 2 - Saturday

Psalm 25.1-10

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; O my God, in you I trust; •let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies triumph over me.

Let none who look to you be put to shame • but let the treacherous be shamed and frustrated.

Make me to know your ways, O Lord, • and teach me your paths.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, • for you are the God of my salvation; for you have I hoped all the day long.

Remember, Lord, your compassion and love, • for they are from everlasting.

Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions • but think on me in your goodness, O Lord, according to your steadfast love.

Gracious and upright is the Lord; • therefore shall he teach sinners in the way.

He will guide the humble in doing right • and teach his way to the lowly.

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth • to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For your name's sake, O Lord, • be merciful to my sin, for it is great.

Psalm 25.11-21

Who are those who fear the Lord? • Them will he teach in the way that they should choose.

Their soul shall dwell at ease • and their offspring shall inherit the land.

The hidden purpose of the Lord is for those who fear him • and he will show them his covenant.

My eyes are ever looking to the Lord, • for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Turn to me and be gracious to me, • for I am alone and brought very low.

The sorrows of my heart have increased; • O bring me out of my distress.

Look upon my adversity and misery • and forgive me all my sin.

Look upon my enemies, for they are many • and they bear a violent hatred against me.

O keep my soul and deliver me; • let me not be put to shame, for I have put my trust in you.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, • for my hope has been in you.

Deliver Israel, O God, • out of all his troubles.

Psalm 127

Unless the Lord builds the house, • those who build it labour in vain.

Unless the Lord keeps the city, • the guard keeps watch in vain.

It is in vain that you hasten to rise up early and go so late to rest, eating the bread of toil, • for he gives his beloved sleep.

Children are a heritage from the Lord • and the fruit of the womb is his gift.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, • so are the children of one's youth.

Happy are those who have their quiver full of them: • they shall not be put to shame when they dispute with their enemies in the gate.