Psalm 101:1-8
1 I will sing of steadfast love and justice;
to you, O Lord, I will make music.
2 I will ponder the way that is blameless.
Oh when will you come to
me?
I will walk with integrity of
heart
within my house;
3 I will not set before my eyes
anything that is
worthless.
I hate the work of those who
fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of
evil.
5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly
I will destroy.
Whoever has a haughty look
and an arrogant heart
I will not endure.
6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the
land,
that they may dwell with
me;
he who walks in the way that
is blameless
shall minister to me.
7 No one who practices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall continue before my
eyes.
8 Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the
land,
cutting off all the evildoers
from the city of the Lord.
The Sixth Petition
And lead us not into temptation.
What is this? Answer:
It is true that God tempts no one, but we ask in this prayer
that God would preserve and keep us, so that the devil, the world, and our
flesh may not deceive us or mislead us into false belief, despair, and other
great shame and vice, and that, although we may be attacked by them, we may
finally prevail and gain the victory.
The Seventh Petition
But deliver us from evil.
What is this? Answer:
We ask in this prayer, as in a summary, that our Father in
heaven may deliver us from all kinds of evil—affecting body or soul, property
or reputation—and at last, when our final hour comes, may grant us a blessed
end and take us by grace from this valley of tears to himself in heaven.
Almighty and ever-living God, You have given exceedingly
great and precious promises to those who trust in You. Grant us so firmly to believe in Your Son
Jesus that our faith may never be found wanting; through the same Jesus Christ,
our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
forever. Amen. (B85)
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