Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 47 : 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 10-11
Great is YHVH, most worthy of praise in the City of God, His holy mountain. Beautifully elevated, it is the joy of all the earth.
Mount Zion, heavenly mountain, the City of the great King. Here, within her lines of defence, God has shown Himself to be a sure fortress.
Let us recall Your unfailing love, o God, inside Your Temple. Let Your praise, as does Your Name, o God, reach to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is ever victorious.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 59 : 3, 4-5, 12-13
O God, You have rejected us and have broken our defences; You have been angry; but now turn back to us.
You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its cracks, for it totters. You have made Your people suffer; You have given us wine that makes us stagger.
Have You not rejected us, o God? You no longer go with our armies. Give us aid against the foe, for human help is not worth a straw.
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 138 : 1-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15
O YHVH, You know me : You have scrutinised me. You know when I sit and when I rise; beforehand, You discern my thoughts. You observe my activities and times of rest; You are familiar with all my ways.
It was You Who formed my inmost part and knit me together in my mother’s womb. I thank You for these wonders You have done, and my heart praises You.
For Your marvellous deeds. Even my bones were known to You when I was being formed in secret, fashioned in the depths of the earth.
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 70 : 1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab and 17
In You, o Lord, I seek refuge; let me not be disgraced. In Your justice help me and deliver me, turn Your ear to me and save me!
Be my Rock of refuge, a Stronghold to give me safety, for You are my Rock and my Fortress. Rescue me, o my God, from the hand of the wicked.
For You, o Lord, have been my Hope, my Trust, o God, from my youth. I have relied on You from birth : from my mother’s womb You brought me forth.
My lips will proclaim Your intervention and tell of Your salvation all day, little though it is what I can understand. You have taught me from my youth and until now I proclaim Your marvels.
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Saturday Mass of Our Lady)
Psalm 88 : 4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34
I have made a Covenant with David, My chosen one; I have made a pledge to My servant. I establish his descendants forever; I build his throne for all generations.
I will keep My Covenant firm forever, and My love for him will endure. His dynasty will last forever; and his throne, as long as the heavens.
If his sons forsake My law and fail to follow My decrees, if they violate My statutes and do not keep My commandments.
I will punish their crime with the rod, and their offences, with the scourge; yet, I will not withdraw My love from him, nor will I withdraw My faithfulness.
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Bishops) or Red (Martyrs)
Psalm 131 : 11, 12, 13-14, 17-18
YHVH swore to David a promise, and He will remain true to it : “I will keep your descendants on your throne.”
“If your sons keep My Covenant and the decrees I have taught them; their sons, too, will sit forever upon your throne.”
For YHVH has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling : “This is My resting place forever; this I prefer; here, will I dwell.”
From here, a Saviour shall come forth, a Son of David; here, shall shine forever, the lamp of My Anointed. In shame will I clothe His enemies, but upon His head a crown shall shine.
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 96 : 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7
YHVH reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the distant islands be glad. Clouds and darkness surround Him; justice and right, are His throne.
Fire goes before Him, burning His foes on every side. His lightning lights up the world; the earth watches and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax before YHVH, the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His justice, all peoples see His glory.
Shame on worshippers of idols, on those proud of their worthless images. Let all spirits bow before Him.
