Week 2 - Tuesday

Psalm 63

O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; • my soul is athirst for you. 

My flesh also faints for you, • as in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. 

So would I gaze upon you in your holy place, • that I might behold your power and your glory. 

Your loving-kindness is better than life itself • and so my lips shall praise you. 

I will bless you as long as I live • and lift up my hands in your name. 

My soul shall be satisfied, as with marrow and fatness, • and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,  

When I remember you upon my bed • and meditate on you in the watches of the night.  

For you have been my helper • and under the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.  

My soul clings to you; • your right hand shall hold me fast.  

But those who seek my soul to destroy it • shall go down to the depths of the earth;  

Let them fall by the edge of the sword • and become a portion for jackals. 

But the king shall rejoice in God; all those who swear by him shall be glad, • for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

Psalm 27.1-8

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear? • The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, • they stumbled and fell. 

Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not be afraid, • and though there rise up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him. 

One thing have I asked of the Lord and that alone I seek: • that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, 

To behold the fair beauty of the Lord • and to seek his will in his temple.  

For in the day of trouble he shall hide me in his shelter; • in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me and set me high upon a rock. 

And now shall he lift up my head • above my enemies round about me; 

Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness; • I will sing and make music to the Lord.

Psalm 27.9-17

Hear my voice, O Lord, when I call; • have mercy upon me and answer me

My heart tells of your word, 'Seek my face.' • Your face, Lord, will I seek. 

Hide not your face from me, • nor cast your servant away in displeasure. 

You have been my helper; • leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 

Though my father and my mother forsake me, • the Lord will take me up. 

Teach me your way, O Lord; • lead me on a level path, because of those who lie in wait for me. 

Deliver me not into the will of my adversaries, • for false witnesses have risen up against me, and those who breathe out violence. 

I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord • in the land of the living. 

Wait for the Lord; be strong and he shall comfort your heart; • wait patiently for the Lord.

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