Reflections in Christ

• Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian, Saint John Chrysostom

Psalm 62

For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from Him…

“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one” [1 Corinthians 12:4-6].

Psalm 61

1 For the director; upon a stringed instrument. Of David.
2 Hear, O God, my cry,
  listen to my prayer!
3 From the brink of the nether world…

Psalm 60

O God, thou hast rejected us, broken our defenses;
Thou hast given a sign [raised a flag], for those who fear [revere] thee;
With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. ...

Psalm 59

When Saul had sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him.

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, protect me from those who rise up against me, ...

Psalm 58

1-2
Is this any way to run a country?

  Is there an honest politician in the house?
 ...

Psalm 57

…in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge,

till the storms of destruction pass by.
I cry to God Most High, to God who fulfils his purpose for me. ...

Psalm 56

For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam. When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle!

Are they not in thy book?...

Psalm 55

I am distraught by the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.

(Psalm 55:2-3)

Psalm 54

For the end: among the hymns of instruction by David, when the Ziphites came and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”

Save me, O God, by Thy name,
 and vindicate [judge] me by Thy…