Showing posts with label psalm 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psalm 5. Show all posts

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Lent 2014

I'm a bit late starting (already Saturday, first week of Lent), but better late than never.  My hope is that this Lent, I can get a good start on my Lentan Laments project.  Whatever that turns out to be, will be revealed as I go along--as much a mystery to me as to anyone.

My view of the first week of Lent of Lamentation Psalms looks like this:
Ash Wednesday: Pss. 6, 32, 38, 102, 130, and 143.
Thursday: Pss. 1 to 7 (omitting Ps. 6)
Friday: Pss. 8 to 11
Saturday: Pss. 12 to 15

Sunday is not part of Lent.  As the Day of Resurrection, it is a day of celebration not lamentation.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Lenten Lament Individual 3

Psalm 5 (King James Version) To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, a Psalm of David
1.  Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3.  My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up,

4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5.  The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6.  Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody an deceitful man.

7.  But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy; and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8.  Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

9.  For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre;  they flatter with their tongue.
10. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice; let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them; let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
12. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.