O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.

Praise to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.

Come, let us sing to the Lord : let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.

You, and you alone, are Lord, our good above all others.

Psalm 16:1-4
Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you : I have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, my good above all other.”
All my delight is upon the godly that are in the land : upon those who are noble among the people.
But those who run after other gods : shall have their troubles multiplied.
Their libations of blood I will not offer : nor take the names of their gods upon my lips.

You, and you alone, are Lord, our good above all others.

Esther 3:1-4:3
Matthew 5:11-16