The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? Why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.
And now I am not in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name whom thou has given me; that they may be one, as we also are.
To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.
They have not called upon the Lord; there have they trembled for fear where there was no fear.
Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.
If any man minister to me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my minister be. If any man minister to me, him will my Father honour.
Whose sons are as new plants in their youth: Their daughters decked out, adorned round about after the similitude of a temple:
For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness: because no man shall prevail by his own strength.