LHC Midday Word

Tuesday, 26 May 2026

PSALM Eighty Five

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1
You, Lord, showed favour to your land;
    you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
2
You forgave the iniquity of your people
    and covered all their sins.
3
You set aside all your wrath
    and turned from your fierce anger.
4
Restore us again, God our Saviour,
    and put away your displeasure towards us.
5
Will you be angry with us for ever?
    Will you prolong your anger through all generations?
6
Will you not revive us again,
    that your people may rejoice in you?
7
Show us your unfailing love, Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.
8
I will listen to what God the Lord says;
    he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants –
    but let them not turn to folly.
9
Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,
    that his glory may dwell in our land.
10
Love and faithfulness meet together;
    righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11
Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness looks down from heaven.
12
The Lord will indeed give what is good,
    and our land will yield its harvest.
13
Righteousness goes before him
    and prepares the way for his steps.

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PSALM 85

Read by Sir David Suchet

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Monday, 25 May 2026

PSALM Eighty Four

For the director of music.
According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah.
A psalm.
1
How lovely is your dwelling-place,
    Lord Almighty!
2
My soul yearns, even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.
3
Even the sparrow has found a home,
    and the swallow a nest for herself,
    where she may have her young –
a place near your altar,
    Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
4
Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.
5
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6
As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;
    the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7
They go from strength to strength,
    till each appears before God in Zion.
8
Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty;
    listen to me, God of Jacob.
9
Look on our shield, O God;
    look with favour on your anointed one.
10
Better is one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
    the Lord bestows favour and honour;
no good thing does he withhold
    from those whose way of life is blameless.
12
Lord Almighty,
    blessed is the one who trusts in you.