September 22: Psalm 69; Psalm 73; 2 Kings 1:2–17; 1 Corinthians 3:16–23; Matthew 5:11–16

Proper 19 First Psalm: Psalm 69 Psalm 69 (Listen) Save Me, O God To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David. 69   Save me, O God!<br />    For the waters have come up to my neck.1<br />2   I sink in deep mire,<br />    where there is no foothold;<br />  I have come into deep waters,<br />    and the flood sweeps over me.<br />3   I am weary with my crying out;<br />    my throat is parched.<br />  My eyes grow dim<br />    with waiting for my God.<br /> 4   More in number than the hairs of my head<br />    are those who hate me without cause;<br />  mighty are those who would destroy me,<br />    those who attack me with lies.<br />  What I did not steal<br />    must I now restore?<br />5   O God, you know my folly;<br />    the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.<br /> 6   Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,<br />    O Lord GOD of h