Psalm 71:1–6 (antiphon: v. 12)
12
O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
1
In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame!
2
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!
3
Be to me a rock of refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
4
Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
5
For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
6
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
12
O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, You know we live in the midst of so many dangers that in our frailty we cannot stand upright. Grant strength and protection to support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen