Category: worship

 
Psalm for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, RCL Year A

Psalm 133

 
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth

v 1-3
¹ If the LORD had not been on our side—
      let Israel say—
² if the LORD had not been on our side
      when people attacked us,
³ they would have swallowed us alive
      when their anger flared against us;

Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth

v 1a, 4-5
^1a If the LORD had not been on our side
⁴ the flood would have engulfed us,
      the torrent would have swept over us,
⁵ the raging waters
      would have swept us away.

Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth

v 6-7
⁶ Praise be to the LORD,
      who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
⁷ We have escaped like a bird
      from the fowler’s snare;
the snare has been broken,
      and we have escaped.

Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth

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Psalm for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, RCL Year A

Psalm 105:1-6 (optional ending: 16-22)

 
Seek the Lord, keep on seeking
Seek His presence; seek His strength

v 1-2
¹  Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name;
      make known among the nations what he has done.
²  Sing to him, sing praise to him;
      tell of all his wonderful acts.

Seek the Lord, keep on seeking
Seek His presence; seek His strength

v 3-4
³  Glory in his holy name;
      let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
⁴  Look to the LORD and his strength;
      seek his face always.

Seek the Lord, keep on seeking
Seek His presence; seek His strength

v 5-6
⁵  Remember the wonders he has done,
      his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
⁶  you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,
      his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

Seek the Lord, keep on seeking
Seek His presence; seek His strength

 
OPTIONAL ENDING
v 16-22 (about Joseph in Egypt)
(Refrain)

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Psalm for Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, RCL Year A

Psalm 17:1-7, 15

 
I call on you, my God, for you will answer me
Turn your ear to me and hear my prayer
 

v 1-3
¹  Hear me, LORD, my plea is just;
      listen to my cry.
Hear my prayer—
      it does not rise from deceitful lips.
²  Let my vindication come from you;
      may your eyes see what is right.
³  Though you probe my heart,
      though you examine me at night and test me,
you will find that I have planned no evil;
      my mouth has not transgressed.
 

I call on you, my God, for you will answer me
Turn your ear to me and hear my prayer

 
v 4-5
⁴  Though people tried to bribe me,
      I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
      through what your lips have commanded.
⁵  My steps have held to your paths;
      my feet have not stumbled.
 

I call on you, my God, for you will answer me
Turn your ear to me and hear my prayer
 

v 7, 15
⁷  Show me the wonders of your great love,
      you who save by your right hand
      those who take refuge in you from their foes.
¹⁵  As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;
      when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
 

I call on you, my God, for you will answer me
Turn your ear to me and hear my prayer
 

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