“Take refuge in God.” Psalm 5 (antiphon: v. 11a)
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
Lead Me in Your Righteousness
To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.
5
Give ear to my words, O Lord;
consider my groaning.
2
Give attention to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you do I pray.
3
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you[a] and watch.
4
For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
5
The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
you hate all evildoers.
6
You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7
But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house.
I will bow down toward your holy temple
in the fear of you.
8
Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
because of my enemies;
make your way straight before me.
9
For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is destruction;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongue.
10
Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.
11
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may exult in you.
12
For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
you cover him with favor as with a shield.
Glory be to the Father and I to the Son*
and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- I ginning,
is now, and will be forever. I Amen.
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty and everlasting God, You are always more ready to hear than we to pray and always ready to give more than we either desire or deserve. Pour down on us the abundance of Your mercy: forgive us those things of which our conscience is afraid; and give us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask except by the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen