12th Lauds

Good Morning Jesus

The Lord is near to the broken-hearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.- Psalm 34:18

Always be joyful, pray continually;
give thanks, whatever happens.

Lord you have searched me out and known me:
you know when I sit down and when I stand up,
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You mark my path, and the places where I rest:
you are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before there is a word on my tongue:
You Lord know it altogether.
You guard me from behind and before:
and cover me with your hand.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me:
so high that I cannot attain to it.
Where shall I go from your spirit:
or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I climb up to heaven you are there:
if I make my bed in the grave you are there also.
If I take the wings of the dawn:
and alight at the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand will lead me:
and your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say 'Let the darkness cover me;
and my day be turned to night,'
the darkness is no darkness with you,
but the night is as clear as the day:
for darkness and light to you are both alike.
It was you that created my inward parts:
and put them together in my mother's womb.

I will praise you, for you are awesome and wonderful:
marvellous are your works, and you know me through and through.
My body was not hidden from you:
when I was being fashioned in secret,
and woven together in the depths of the earth.
You eyes looked at my body:
while it was as yet imperfectly formed.
In your book all the days of my life were written:
while as yet there was not one of them.
How deep are your thoughts O God:
and how great is the sum of them.
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:
to finish the count, my life-span must needs be equal to yours.
O that you would kill the wicked, O God,
and the bloodthirsty would depart from me -
those who speak of you maliciously,
and lift themselves up against you for evil!
Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
I hate them with perfect hatred:
I count them my enemies.
Examine me O God and know my heart:
test me, and discover my thoughts.
Watch closely, lest I follow a path of error:
and lead me in the way everlasting.

BREAKFAST (Lauds)