Praying—with the Saints—to God Our Mother. Daniel F. Stramara
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are my father, my God,
and the support of my salvation.’
27. And I will set him as a first-born,
high above all the kings of the earth.
28. I will keep my mercy
with him forever,
and my covenant with him
shall be firm.”
Psalm 89
1. O Lord, you have been our refuge,
from one generation to the next.
2. Before the mountains existed,
or the earth and the world were formed,
even from age to age, you are.
3. Do not turn humanity back to its lowly state,
when you said, “Return you children
of earth.”
4. For a thousand years in your sight,
are as the yesterday which is past,
and as a watch in the night.
5. Years shall be vanity to them;
let the morning pass away like grass.
6. In the morning let it flower
and pass away,
in the evening let it droop, become withered and dried.
7. For we have perished in your anger,
and in your wrath we have been sorely troubled.
8. You have set our transgressions before your eyes,
our age is seen in the light of your face.
9. For all our days have perished,
indeed in your anger we have perished;
our years have spun on like a spider.
10. The days of our years number
seventy years,
perhaps by reason of strength,
they last eighty,
but the greater part of them is labor
and trouble,
for weakness overtakes us
and we are chastised.
11. Who knows the spite of your wrath?
And who knows how to number days because of your dread rage?
12. Thus make known your right hand,
and those who are instructed by wisdom in the heart.
13. Return, O Lord, how long?
Be pacified with your servants.
14. We have been satiated in the morning by your mercy,
and we greatly exalted and rejoiced.
15. Let us rejoice all our days,
in return for the days you humbled us,
the years wherein we experienced evil.
16. Look upon your servant and upon your handiwork,
and give guidance to their offspring.
17. May the brightness of the Lord our God shine upon us,
and may you prosper for us the work of our hands.
Psalm 90
1. The one who dwells in the help of the Most High
shall find shelter in the shadow of the God of Heaven.
2. That one shall say to the Lord, “You are my helper and my refuge;
O my God, I will place my hope in him.”
3. For he shall deliver you from the snare of the hunters
and from every troubling matter.
4. He shall overshadow
with his shoulders,
and you shall trust beneath his wings.
His truth shall encompass you
like a shield.
5. You shall not fear any terror
of the night,
nor any arrow flying by day,
6. nor any evil that prowls
in the darkness
nor calamity and evil spirit at noon-day.
7. A thousand shall fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right,
but not one shall come near you.
8. With your own eyes you shall behold
and see the reward of sinners.
9. For you, O Lord, are my hope.
You, my soul, have made the Most High your refuge.
10. No evil shall befall you,
no scourge shall approach
your dwelling.
11. For he shall give his angels charge over you,
to guard you in all your ways.
12. They shall bear you up
upon their hands,
lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13. You shall tread upon the asp
and the basilisk,
and you shall trample the lion
and the dragon.
14. Because he has placed his hope in me, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he has known my name.
15. That one shall call upon me and I will hearken;
I am present in the midst of affliction, and I will deliver him and glorify him.
16. I will satisfy him with
abundance of days,
and make known to him my salvation.
Psalm 91
1. It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
and to sing praises to your name,
O Most High,
2. to proclaim your mercy
in the morning,
and your truth every night,
3. with a ten-string psaltery,
with a song on the harp.
4. For you, O Lord, have made me glad with your works,
and in the operations of your hands I will rejoice.
5. How great are your works, O Lord!
Your thoughts are exceedingly deep!
6. A foolish fellow cannot know;
nor can a senseless person
understand this.
7. When the sinners sprang up
like grass,
all the workers of iniquity came to light,