This appeal in the Psalms for God’s assistance has been at the centre of Christian prayer for centuries. It is a good prayer to pray on waking up, on being assigned a difficult task, or when in particular need. We are always in need of God’s assistance, whatever our endeavour.

As we pray with The King on this Coronation Day, let us also remember that all that we have, and all that we are, comes from the love of God.

We pray that we may always hear and strive to take up God’s invitation to be with him in our lives, and that we, together with The King, may receive grace to carry out what we are called to do.