Daily Prayer
Antiphon (mantra) repeat quietly:
Show mercy to your faithful people, to all those called by your name.
Psalm 7
God, I take refuge in you.
From my pursuers rescue me,
lest they tear me to pieces like a lion
and drag me off with no one to save me.
If I am at fault,
if I have paid back evil for good,
I, who spared my oppressor,
then let my foe pursue me, overtake me,
trample my life to the ground,
and lay my glory in the dust.
Rise up, O God, against the fury of my foes.
Let the assembly of nations gather round you,
as you take your seat to give judgment.
You are judge of the people.
Be just with me, as I am just.
Put an end to the malice of the wicked!
Strengthen the just,
O searcher of heart and mind.
You are the one who protects me,
who saves the upright of heart.
You are a just judge, slow to anger.
You threaten the wicked every day,
all who will not repent.
Those who are pregnant with malice
conceive evil and bring forth lies.
They dig a pitfall, dig it deep,
and in the trap they have made they fall.
Their malice will recoil on themselves;
on their own head their violence will fall.
I thank you, God, for your justice.
I praise your name unceasingly.
Pray the Prayer of Jesus (Our Father)
Translation © 1998 Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Inc.
