by your promise give me life

 

Daytime Prayers, Thursday 25 July 2024.

Psalm 119:153-160
XX (Resh)

A meditation on God’s law

I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you (John 13:34).

See my affliction and save me *
for I remember your law.
Uphold my cause and defend me; *
by your promise give me life.

Salvation is far from the wicked *
who are heedless of your commands.
Numberless, Lord, are your mercies; *
with your decrees give me life.

Though my foes and oppressors are countless *
I have not swerved from your will.
I look at the faithless with disgust; *
they ignore your promise.

See how I love your precepts; *
in your mercy give me life.
Your word is founded on truth: *
your decrees are eternal.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son: *
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be for ever. Amen.