“Who can defend you?” Psalm 119:153-160 (antiphon: v. 154)
Plead my cause and redeem me;
give me life according to your promise!
Resh
153
Look on my affliction and deliver me,
for I do not forget your law.
154
Plead my cause and redeem me;
give me life according to your promise!
155
Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek your statutes.
156
Great is your mercy, O Lord;
give me life according to your rules.
157
Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
158
I look at the faithless with disgust,
because they do not keep your commands.
159
Consider how I love your precepts!
Give me life according to your steadfast love.
160
The sum of your word is truth,
and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
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.
Plead my cause and redeem me;
give me life according to your promise!
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty God, by the working of Your Holy Spirit, grant that we may gladly hear Your Word proclaimed among us and follow its directing; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen