Day XII : Morning Prayer

62 — Nonne Deo?

1   For God alone my soul in silence waits; 🞙
        from him comes my salvation.

2   He truly is my strength and my salvation; 🞙
        he is my defense, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.

3   How long will you assail a man to crush him, all of you together, 🞙
        as if you were a tottering wall or a broken fence?

4   Their plan is only to bring down the one whom God has exalted; 🞙
        their delight is in lies; they bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart.

5   Nevertheless, for God alone my soul in silence waits, 🞙
        for my hope is in him.

6   He truly is my strength and my salvation; 🞙
        he is my defense, so that I shall not fall.

7   In God is my help and my glory; 🞙
        he is the rock of my might, and in him is my trust. 

8   O put your trust in him always, you people; 🞙
        pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope.

9   As for the children of men, they are but a breath; 🞙
        the children of men are deceitful; upon the scales, they are altogether lighter than a breath.

10  O trust not in oppression; put not vain hopes in robbery; 🞙
        if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

11  One thing has God spoken; indeed, two things have I heard him say: 🞙
        that power belongs to our God;

12  And that you, O Lord, are merciful, 🞙
        for you reward everyone according to his work.