Morning Prayer for February 18, 2026

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Ash Wednesday

MORNING

02.18.2026

Our Father, whichwho art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done inon earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them thatthose who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

O Lord, open thou our lips.

And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.

O God, make speed to save us.

O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord.

The Lord's Name be praised.

Ps. 95.

1	O come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
2	Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms.
3	For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4	In his hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hills is his also.
5	The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land.
6	O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7	For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
8	Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;
9	When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.
10	Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways;
11	Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.
†	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ps. 6.

1	O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation, neither chasten me in thy displeasure.
2	Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed.
3	My soul also is sore troubled: but, Lord, how long wilt thou punish me?
4	Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul; O save me for thy mercy's sake.
5	For in death no man remembereth thee; and who will give thee thanks in the pit?
6	I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears.
7	My beauty is gone for very trouble, and worn away because of all mine enemies.
8	Away from me, all ye that work vanity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
9	The Lord hath heard my petition; the Lord will receive my prayer.
10	All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed; they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly.
†	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ps. 32.

1	Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.
2	Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3	For while I held my tongue, my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.
4	For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night, and my moisture is like the drought in summer.
5	I will acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine unrighteousness have I not hid.
6	I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord; and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.
7	For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found; but in the great waterfloods they shall not come nigh him.
8	Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
9	I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye.
10	Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding; whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee.
11	Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side.
12	Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart.
†	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ps. 38.

1	Put me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger; neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure.
2	For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3	There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.
4	For my wickednesses are gone over my head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear.
5	My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through my foolishness.
6	I am brought into so great trouble and misery, that I go mourning all the day long.
7	For my loins are filled with a sore disease, and there is no whole part in my body.
8	I am feeble, and sore smitten; I have roared for the very disquietness of my heart.
9	Lord, thou knowest all my desire; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10	My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me, and the light of mine eyes is gone from me.
11	My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble, and my kinsmen stood afar off.
12	They also that sought after my life laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long.
13	As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not; and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth.
14	I became even as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15	For in thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; thou shalt answer for me, O Lord my God.
16	I have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph over me; for when my foot slipped, they rejoiced greatly against me.
17	And I, truly, am set in the plague, and my heaviness is ever in my sight.
18	For I will confess my wickedness, and be sorry for my sin.
19	But mine enemies live, and are mighty; and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number.
20	They also that reward evil for good are against me; because I follow the thing that good is.
21	Forsake me not, O Lord my God; be not thou far from me.
22	Haste thee to help me, O Lord God of my salvation.
†	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Here beginneth the 24th chapter of Numbers.

1	And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2	And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
3	And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
4	He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
5	How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
6	As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7	He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8	God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
9	He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
10	And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
11	Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.
12	And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
13	If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
14	And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15	And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
16	He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17	I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18	And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19	Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
20	And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
21	And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22	Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23	And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
24	And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
25	And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.

Here endeth the first lesson.

O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: