He shall deliver the poor who cries out in distress, and the oppressed who has no helper.

Father of orphans, defender of widows, God in his holy habitation!

You, O God, have heard my vows; you have granted me the heritage of those who fear your Name.

You make the dawn and the dusk to sing for joy. You visit the earth and water it abundantly.

Whenever I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.

Discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

For you yourself created my inmost parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will thank you because I am marvelously made; your works are wonderful, and I know it well.

Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. I would flee to a far-off place and make my lodging in the wilderness. I would hasten to escape from the stormy wind and tempest.

I say to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.

Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope.