For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.” And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart. ... Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: