Morning Prayer for April 3, 2025

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Thursday after Fourth Sunday in Lent

MORNING

04.03.2025

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.

PSALM 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.

PSALM 15.

1	Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?
2	Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.
3	He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbour.
4	He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the Lord.
5	He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance.
6	He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent.
7	Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.
†	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.

PSALM 16.

1	Preserve me, O God; for in thee have I put my trust.
2	O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my God, my goods are nothing unto thee.
3	All my delight is upon the saints, that are in the earth, and upon such as excel in virtue.
4	But they that run after another god shall have great trouble.
5	Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make mention of their names within my lips.
6	The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; thou shalt maintain my lot.
7	The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8	I will thank the Lord for giving me warning; my reins also chasten me in the night season.
9	I have set God always before me; for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
10	Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11	For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
12	Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.
†	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.

PSALM 17.

1	Hear the right, O Lord, consider my complaint; and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2	Let my sentence come forth from thy presence, and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal.
3	Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me: for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.
4	Because of men's works, that are done against the words of thy lips: I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer.
5	O hold thou up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6	I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me: incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words.
7	Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee, from such as resist thy right hand.
8	Keep me as the apple of an eye; hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9	From the ungodly that trouble me: mine enemies compass me round about to take away my soul.
10	They are inclosed in their own fat, and their mouth speaketh proud things.
11	They lie waiting in our way on every side, turning their eyes down to the ground;
12	Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a lion's whelp, lurking in secret places.
13	Up, Lord, disappoint him, and cast him down; deliver my soul from the ungodly, which is a sword of thine;
14	From the men of thy hand, O Lord, from the men, I say, and from the evil world; which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.
15	They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes.
16	But as for me, I will behold thy presence in righteousness; and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.
†	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 9th chapter of 1 Samuel.

1	Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
2	And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
3	And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
4	And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
5	And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
6	And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
7	Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
8	And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
9	(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
10	Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
11	And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
12	And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
13	As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
14	And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
15	Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
16	To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
17	And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
18	Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
19	And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
20	And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
21	And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
22	And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.
23	And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
24	And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
25	And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
26	And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
27	And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

Here endeth the first lesson.

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