September 11: Psalm 41; Psalm 52; Psalm 44; 1 Kings 13:1–10; Philippians 1:1–11; Mark 15:40–47
Proper 18 First Psalm: Psalm 41; Psalm 52 Psalm 41 (Listen) O Lord, Be Gracious to Me To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 41 Blessed is the one who considers the poor!1<br /> In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;<br />2 the LORD protects him and keeps him alive;<br /> he is called blessed in the land;<br /> you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.<br />3 The LORD sustains him on his sickbed;<br /> in his illness you restore him to full health.2<br /> 4 As for me, I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me;<br /> heal me,3 for I have sinned against you!”<br />5 My enemies say of me in malice,<br /> “When will he die, and his name perish?”<br />6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,<br /> while his heart gathers iniquity;<br /> when he goes out, he tells it abroad.<br />7 All who hate me whisper together about me;<br /> they imagine the worst for me.
