“Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress.” Psalm 31
INTROIT Ps. 31:10-11, 13-15; antiphon: Ps. 31:9
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress: my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with
sighing;* my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my
bones I waste away. Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of
dread to my acquaintances;* those who see me in the street I flee from me. For I hear the whispering of many-terror on every
side!- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to
take my life. But I trust in you, O LORD: I say, “You I are my God.” My times are in your hand rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress: my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, grant that in the midst of our failures and weaknesses we may be restored through the passion and intercession of Your only-begotten Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God. now and forever. Amen