from PSALMS 27 & 61

Hear my cry, God;

listen to my prayer.

(Hear me, my God;

listen, please listen to my prayer.)

From the end of the earth,

with fainting heart,

I call out to you.

Set me down

on a rock

far above

where I am now.

Hear my cry, my God;

listen to my prayer.

(Hear me, oh God;

listen, please listen to my prayer.)

For You will conceal me

in Your shelter

on the day of trouble

You will hide me

in the folds of Your tent.

You will set me high on a rock.

Then my head will be lifted up

above my surrounding foes,

and I will offer in Your tent

sacrifices with shouts of joy;

I will sing, sing praises to You, Adonai.

Hear my praises, my God;

listen to my prayer.

(Hear my praises, oh God;

listen, please listen to my prayer.)

Set me down on a rock

far above where I am now.

For You have been

a refuge for me,

a tower of strength

in the face of the foe.

Just one thing have I asked of You;

only this will I seek:

to live in Your house, Adonai

all the days of my life,

to see Your beauty

and visit in Your temple.

Hear my praises, my God;

listen to my prayer, Adonai.

Honour and glory and thanksgiving

to You, the only Living God.

For You have heard my vows;

You have given me

the heritage of those

who fear Your name.

I will live in Your tent forever

and find refuge

in the shelter of Your wings.

Appoint grace and truth

to preserve me;

Then I will sing praise to Your name forever,

as day after day I fulfill my vows.

You heard my praises, my God;

(You listened,

You listened to my prayer.)

You heard,

(You heard to my praises);

Oh that I may live in Your house, Adonai,

all the days of my life,

to see Your beauty

and visit You,

(visit You)

in Your Holy temple!