Psalm 30 : 3cd-4, 6ab and 7b and 8a, 17 and 21ab
Be a rock of refuge for me, a fortress for my safety. For You are my rock and my stronghold, lead me for Your Name’s sake.
Into Your hands I commend my spirit, but I put all my trust in the Lord. I will rejoice and be glad in Your love.
Make Your face shine upon Your servant; save me in Your love. In the shelter of Your presence, You hide them from human wiles.
Psalm 30 : 2 and 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17 and 25
In You, o Lord, I take refuge, may I never be disgraced; deliver Me in Your justice. Into Your hands I commend My Spirit; You have redeemed Me, o Lord, faithful God.
I have become an object of reproach for My foes, a horror for My neighbours, a fear to My friends. Those who see Me in the streets flee from Me. I am like the dead, unremembered; I have become like a broken pot, thrown away, discarded.
But I put My trust in You, o Lord, I said : “You are My God;” my days are in Your hand. Deliver me from the hand of My enemies, from those after My skin.
Make Your face shine upon Your servant; save Me in Your love. Be strong and take courage, all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalm 30 : 5-6, 14, 15-16
Free me from the snare that they have set for me. Indeed You are my protector. Into Your hands I commend my spirit; You have redeemed me, o Lord, faithful God.
I hear whispering among the crowd, rumours that frighten me from every side – their conspiracies, their schemes, their plot to take my life.
But I put my trust in You, o Lord, I said : “You are my God;” my days are in Your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, from those after my skin.
Psalm 30 : 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
How great is the goodness which You have stored for those who fear You, which You show, for all to see, to those who take refuge in You!
In the shelter of Your presence You hide them from human wiles; You keep them in Your dwelling, safe from the intrigues of wagging tongues.
Blessed be the Lord for His wonderful love! He has strengthened my heart.
I said in my fright : “I have been cut off from Your sight!” Yet when I was crying, You heard : when I called for mercy, You listened.
Love the Lord, all you His saints! The Lord preserves His faithful, but He fully requites the arrogant.
