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
