173Let your hand be ready to help me, *
for I have chosen your commandments.
174I long for your salvation, O Lord, *
and your law is my delight.
175Let me live, and I will praise you, *
and let your judgments help me.
176I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; *
search for your servant,
for I do not forget your commandments.
Twenty‑seventh Day: Morning Prayer
120Ad Dominum
1When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord; *
I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
2Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips *
and from the deceitful tongue.
3What shall be done to you, and what more besides, *
O you deceitful tongue?
4The sharpened arrows of a warrior, *
along with hot glowing coals.
5How hateful it is that I must lodge in Meshech *
and dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6Too long have I had to live *
among the enemies of peace.
7I am on the side of peace, *
but when I speak of it, they are for war.
778Psalm 120
