September 16: Psalm 55; Psalms 138–139:23; 1 Kings 18:41–19:8; Philippians 3:17–4:7; Matthew 3:13–17

Proper 18 First Psalm: Psalm 55 Psalm 55 (Listen) Cast Your Burden on the Lord To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil1 of David. 55   Give ear to my prayer, O God,<br />    and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!<br />2   Attend to me, and answer me;<br />    I am restless in my complaint and I moan,<br />3   because of the noise of the enemy,<br />    because of the oppression of the wicked.<br />  For they drop trouble upon me,<br />    and in anger they bear a grudge against me.<br /> 4   My heart is in anguish within me;<br />    the terrors of death have fallen upon me.<br />5   Fear and trembling come upon me,<br />    and horror overwhelms me.<br />6   And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!<br />    I would fly away and be at rest;<br />7   yes, I would wander far away;<br />    I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah<br />8   I would hurry to find a shelter<br />    from the raging wind and tempest.”<br />