3rd August 2025 Morning Prayer

The Psalter

Psalm 18

Diligam te, Domine

I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. * The LORD is my stony rock, and my defence;

My Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust; * my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge.

I will call upon the LORD, which is worthy to be praised; * so shall I be safe from mine enemies.

The sorrows of death compassed me, * and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid.

The pains of hell came about me; * the snares of death overtook me.

In my trouble I called upon the LORD, * and complained unto my God:

So he heard my voice out of his holy temple, * and my complaint came before him; it entered even into his ears.

The earth trembled and quaked, * the very foundations also of the hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth.

There went a smoke out in his presence, * and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down, * and it was dark under his feet.

He rode upon the Cherubim, and did fly; * he came flying upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his secret place, * his pavilion round about him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover him.

At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed; * hailstones and coals of fire.

The LORD also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder; * hailstones and coals of fire.

He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; * he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them.

The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered, * at thy chiding, O LORD, at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure.

He sent down from on high to fetch me, * and took me out of many waters.

He delivered me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me; * for they were too mighty for me

They came upon me in the day of my trouble; * but the LORD was my upholder.

He brought me forth also into a place of liberty; * he brought me forth, even because he had a favour unto me.

The First Lesson

Hosea14

14 O israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

The Second Lesson

Rom6:12-18

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

The Seventh Sunday after Trinity

Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.