Author Archives: SJ

O Lord, our Lord,How excellent is Your name in all the earth,Who have set Your glory above the heavens! 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infantsYou have [b]ordained strength,Because of Your enemies,That You may silence the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider Your heavens, the … Continue reading →

Lord, how they have increased who trouble me!Many are they who rise up against me.2 Many are they who say of me,“There is no help for him in God.” Selah 3 But You, O Lord, are a shield [a]for me,My glory and the One who lifts up my head.4 I cried to the Lord with my … Continue reading →

10 Now therefore, be wise, O kings;Be instructed, you judges of the earth.11 Serve the Lord with fear,And rejoice with trembling.12 [a]Kiss the Son, lest [b]He be angry,And you perish in the way,When His wrath is kindled but a little.Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. Psalms 2:10-12 … Continue reading →

7 “I will declare the [a]decree:The Lord has said to Me,‘You are My Son,Today I have begotten You.8 Ask of Me, and I will give YouThe nations for Your inheritance,And the ends of the earth for Your possession.9 You shall [b]break them with a rod of iron;You shall dash them to pieces like a … Continue reading →

4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;The Lord shall hold them in derision.5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,And distress them in His deep displeasure:6 “Yet I have [a]set My King[b]On My holy hill of Zion.” Psalms 2:4-6 At the … Continue reading →

Why do the [a]nations [b]rage,And the people plot a [c]vain thing?2 The kings of the earth set themselves,And the rulers take counsel together,Against the Lord and against His Anointed,[d] saying,3 “Let us break Their bonds in piecesAnd cast away Their cords from us.” Psalms 2:1-3 The nations rage and the people plot … Continue reading →

Blessed is the manWho walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,Nor stands in the path of sinners,Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,And in His law he [b]meditates day and night.3 He shall be like a treePlanted by … Continue reading →

Judgment on Judah 4 Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,I will not turn away its punishment,Because they have despised the law of the Lord,And have not kept His commandments.Their lies lead them astray,Lies which their fathers followed.5 But I will send … Continue reading →

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 2 And he said: … Continue reading →

50 And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 51 Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshiped Him, and … Continue reading →