Lent: April 14

Psalm 31:9-16

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
   my eye wastes away from grief,
   my soul and body also. 
¹⁰ For my life is spent with sorrow,
   and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my misery,
   and my bones waste away. 

¹¹ I am the scorn of all my adversaries,
   a horror to my neighbours,
an object of dread to my acquaintances;
   those who see me in the street flee from me. 
¹² I have passed out of mind like one who is dead;
   I have become like a broken vessel. 
¹³ For I hear the whispering of many—
   terror all around!—
as they scheme together against me,
   as they plot to take my life. 

¹⁴ But I trust in you, O Lord;
   I say, ‘You are my God.’ 
¹⁵ My times are in your hand;
   deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. 
¹⁶ Let your face shine upon your servant;
   save me in your steadfast love.

 1 Samuel 16:11-13 Philippians 1:1-11