2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B * Responsorial Psalm
R.
(8a & 9a)
Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
Ps. 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10
Identical to: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
I have waited, waited for the LORD,
and he stooped toward me and heard my cry.
And he put a new song into my mouth,
a hymn to our God.
and he stooped toward me and heard my cry.
And he put a new song into my mouth,
a hymn to our God.
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
Sacrifice or offering you wished not,
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Holocausts or sin-offerings you sought not;
then said I, "Behold I come."
but ears open to obedience you gave me.
Holocausts or sin-offerings you sought not;
then said I, "Behold I come."
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
"In the written scroll it is prescribed for me,
to do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!"
to do your will, O my God, is my delight,
and your law is within my heart!"
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
I announced your justice in the vast assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.
R. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
Ecce vénio, Dómine, fácere voluntátem tuam.
Version found in the Vatican II Hymnal:
In honor of holy William Couture:
The following version is the same, except for the accentuation in verse #2:
