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OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH

Whitefield, Bengaluru -560 066

PSALMS RECITATIONS
Psalm:4
For the leader; with stringed instruments. A psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, my saving God.

When troubles hem me in, set me free;


take pity on me, hear my prayer.

How long, O people, will you be hard of heart?


Why do you love what is worthless, chase after lies?

Know that the LORD works wonders for his faithful one;
the LORD hears when I call out to him.

Tremble and sin no more;


weep bitterly within your hearts,
wail upon your beds,
Offer fitting sacrifices
and trust in the LORD.

Many say, “May we see better times!


LORD, show us the light of your face!”

But you have given my heart more joy


than they have when grain and wine abound.

In peace I will lie down and fall asleep,


for you alone, LORD, make me secure.

1
Psalm: 23

The LORD is my shepherd;


there is nothing I lack.

In green pastures he makes me lie down;


to still waters he leads me;
he restores my soul.

He guides me along right paths


for the sake of his name.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
your rod and your staff comfort me.

You set a table before me


in front of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me


all the days of my life;
I will dwell in the house of the LORD
for endless days.

2
Psalm: 57
Have mercy on me, God,
have mercy on me.
In you I seek refuge.
In the shadow of your wings, I seek refuge
till harm pass by.
I call to God Most High,
to God who provides for me.
May God send help from heaven to save me,
shame those who trample upon me.
May God send fidelity and mercy.

I must lie down in the midst of lions


hungry for human prey.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongue, a sharpened sword.
Be exalted over the heavens, God;
may your glory appear above all the earth.
They have set a trap for my feet;
my soul is bowed down;
They have dug a pit before me.
May they fall into it themselves
My heart is steadfast, God,
my heart is steadfast.

I will sing and chant praise.


Awake, my soul; awake, lyre and harp!
I will wake the dawn.
I will praise you among the peoples, Lord;
I will chant your praise among the nations.
For your mercy towers to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Exalt yourself over the heavens, God;


may your glory appear above all the earth.
3
Psalm:91
You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shade of the Almighty,
Say to the LORD, “My refuge and fortress
my God in whom I trust.”
He will rescue you from the fowler’s snare,
from the destroying plague,
He will shelter you with his pinions,
and under his wings you may take refuge;
his faithfulness is a protecting shield.
You shall not fear the terror of the night
nor the arrow that flies by day,
Nor the pestilence that roams in darkness,
nor the plague that ravages at noon.

Though a thousand fall at your side,


ten thousand at your right hand,
near you it shall not come.
You need simply watch;
the punishment of the wicked you will see.
Because you have the LORD for your refuge
and have made the Most High your stronghold,
No evil shall befall you,
no affliction come near your tent.
For he commands his angels with regard to you,
to guard you wherever you go.
With their hands they shall support you,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
You can tread upon the asp and the viper,
trample the lion and the dragon.
Because he clings to me, I will deliver him;
because he knows my name, I will set him on high.
He will call upon me and I will answer;
I will be with him in distress;
I will deliver him and give him honor.

With length of days, I will satisfy him,


and fill him with my saving power.

4
Psalm: 141

LORD, I call to you; hasten to me;


listen to my plea when I call.

Let my prayer be incense before you;


my uplifted hands an evening offering.

Set a guard, LORD, before my mouth,


keep watch over the door of my lips.

Do not let my heart incline to evil,


to perform deeds in wickedness.

On the delicacies of evildoers


let me not feast.

Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me.


Do not withhold oil from my head
while my prayer opposes their evil deeds.

May their leaders be cast over the cliff,


so that they hear that my speeches are pleasing.

Like the plowing and breaking up of the earth,


our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sheol.

For my eyes are upon you, O LORD, my Lord;


in you I take refuge; do not take away my soul.

Guard me from the trap they have set for me,


from the snares of evildoers.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets,


while only I pass over them safely.

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