Prayer of Salvation and Peace

Gracious Father, we pray for Your peace and salvation for us and for the whole world; for protection and visible unity for Your Church; for Your blessing on our Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, and for all our brothers and sisters in Christ in every place; for mercy on our city, state and nation and on all public officials in their troubles and endeavors; for abundant provision of the fruits of the earth; for protection over those who travel; for comfort and salvation for the sick, the suffering, the oppressed, and the captive; for Your deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and need; and for Your mercy in the concerns that we offer to you.

Help and save us, have mercy on us and keep us, O God, by Your grace.  As we call to mind our most holy, most pure, blessed and glorious God-bearer and virgin Mary, will all the saints, let us commend ourselves, one another, and our entire life to Christ, our God.


As taken from the Evangelical Orthodox Church Order of Service for Reserve Communion on Wednesdays During Lent.

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Psalm 25

Prayer for Protection, Guidance and Pardon.

A Psalm of David. ¹ To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
² O my God, in You I trust,
Do not let me be ashamed;
Do not let my enemies exult over me.
³ Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed;
^[a]Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
⁴ Make me know Your ways, O LORD;
Teach me Your paths.
⁵ Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day.
⁶ Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and Your loving kindnesses,
For they have been ^[b]from of old.
⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O LORD.
⁸ Good and upright is the LORD;
Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.
⁹ He leads the ^[c]humble in justice,
And He teaches the ^[d]humble His way.
¹⁰ All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
¹¹ For Your name’s sake, O LORD,
Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
¹² Who is the man who fears the LORD?
He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
¹³ His soul will abide in ^[e]prosperity,
And his ^[f]descendants will inherit the ^[g]land.
¹⁴ The ^[h]secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him,
^[i]And He will make them know His covenant.
¹⁵ My eyes are continually toward the LORD,
For He will ^[j]pluck my feet out of the net.
¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me,
For I am lonely and afflicted.
^{17 [k]}The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
Bring me out of my distresses.
¹⁸ Look upon my affliction and my ^[l]trouble,
And forgive all my sins.
¹⁹ Look upon my enemies, for they are many,
And they hate me with violent hatred.
²⁰ Guard my soul and deliver me;
Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.
²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.
²² Redeem Israel, O God,
Out of all his troubles.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 25:3 Or Let those...be ashamed
2. Psalm 25:6 Or everlasting
3. Psalm 25:9 Or afflicted
4. Psalm 25:9 Or afflicted
5. Psalm 25:13 Lit good
6. Psalm 25:13 Lit seed
7. Psalm 25:13 Or earth
8. Psalm 25:14 Or counsel or intimacy
9. Psalm 25:14 Or And His covenant, to make them know it
10. Psalm 25:15 Lit bring out
11. Psalm 25:17 Some commentators read Relieve the troubles of my heart
12. Psalm 25:18 Lit toil