Psalm 25.1-10

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; O my God, in you I trust; •let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies triumph over me. 

Let none who look to you be put to shame • but let the treacherous be shamed and frustrated. 

Make me to know your ways, O Lord, • and teach me your paths. 

Lead me in your truth and teach me, • for you are the God of my salvation; for you have I hoped all the day long. 

Remember, Lord, your compassion and love, • for they are from everlasting. 

Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions • but think on me in your goodness, O Lord, according to your steadfast love. 

Gracious and upright is the Lord; • therefore shall he teach sinners in the way. 

He will guide the humble in doing right • and teach his way to the lowly. 

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth • to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. 

For your name's sake, O Lord, • be merciful to my sin, for it is great.

Psalm 25.11-21

Who are those who fear the Lord? • Them will he teach in the way that they should choose. 

Their soul shall dwell at ease • and their offspring shall inherit the land. 

The hidden purpose of the Lord is for those who fear him • and he will show them his covenant. 

My eyes are ever looking to the Lord, • for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 

Turn to me and be gracious to me, • for I am alone and brought very low. 

The sorrows of my heart have increased; • O bring me out of my distress. 

Look upon my adversity and misery • and forgive me all my sin. 

Look upon my enemies, for they are many • and they bear a violent hatred against me. 

O keep my soul and deliver me; • let me not be put to shame, for I have put my trust in you. 

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, • for my hope has been in you. 

Deliver Israel, O God, • out of all his troubles.

Psalm 127

Unless the Lord builds the house, • those who build it labour in vain. 

Unless the Lord keeps the city, • the guard keeps watch in vain. 

It is in vain that you hasten to rise up early and go so late to rest, eating the bread of toil, • for he gives his beloved sleep.  

Children are a heritage from the Lord • and the fruit of the womb is his gift. 

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, • so are the children of one's youth. 

re those who have their quiver full of them: • they shall not be put to shame when they dispute with their enemies in the gate.