of your mercy
and your truth,
for you have magnified your holy name above all else.
3. On whatever day I invoke you,
speedily answer me,
thus you shall abundantly supply me
with your power in my soul.
4. Let all the kings of the earth,
render you thanks, O Lord,
for they have heard
all the words of your mouth.
5. And let them sing
in the ways of the Lord,
for great is the glory of the Lord.
6. For the Lord is on high,
yet looks after the lowly,
and knows lofty matters from afar.
7. Though I should walk,
in the midst of affliction,
you will grant me life.
Against the wrath of my enemies,
you have stretched forth your hand,
indeed, your right hand has saved me.
8. O Lord, you will repay them,
on my behalf.
O Lord, your mercy endures forever;
do not overlook the work of your hands.
Psalm 138
1. O Lord, you proved me,
and you have known me.
2. You know my sitting down
and my rising up.
You understand my thoughts from afar.
3. You have kept track of my footsteps and laying down,
indeed, you have foreseen all my ways.
4. For there is no unrighteous word,
to be found upon my tongue.
5. Behold, O Lord, you know all things:
the last as well as the first;
you have fashioned me,
and placed your hand upon me.
6. This knowledge of yours is too marvelous for me,
I cannot even come close to it.
7. Where could I go from you Spirit?
And where can I flee from your presence?
8. If I should ascend to heaven,
you are there;
if I should descend to the grave,
you are present.
9. If I wing my way to the rising sun
in the east,
or dwell in the farthest reaches
of the western sea,
10. even there your hand
would guide me,
and your right hand would hold me.
11. When I said: “Surely darkness will trample me under foot,”
then to my astonishment,
night became luminous.
12. For darkness cannot grow dark
apart from you,
and night can be made
as brilliant as day;
the darkness of the one, as the light of the other.
13. For you, O Lord,
created my inner parts,
have supported me
from my mother’s womb.
14. I will give thanks to you,
for you are dreadfully wondrous;
wondrous are your works,
as my soul well knows.
Psalm 140
1. O Lord, I cried out to you,
hearken to me;
attend to the sound of my supplication,
whenever I call out to you.
2. Let my prayer come before you
as incense,
the raising of my hands
like an evening sacrifice.
3. Set a watch, O Lord, over my mouth,
and a bolted door over my lips.
4. Do not let my heart turn aside
to evil deeds,
to form excuses for sins with those who work iniquity,
nor let me keep company with their chosen bands.
5. Let the righteous correct me with mercy and reprove me,
but do not let the oil of the sinner anoint my head,
for this is still my prayer in the midst of their pleasures.
Psalm 141
1. With my voice I cried out to the Lord;
with my voice raised, I pleaded
to the Lord.
2. I will pour out before him
my supplication;
