The Tenth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 50. Deus deorum.
THE LORD, even the Most Mighty
God, hath spoken, * and called the world, from the rising up of the sun
unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Sion hath God appeared * in
perfect beauty.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; *
there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall
be stirred up round about him.
4 He shall call the heaven from above,
* and the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints
together unto me; * those that have made a covenant with me with
sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; * for
God is Judge himself.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; * I
myself will testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy
God.
8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices; * as for
thy burnt-offerings, they are alway before me.
9 I will take no
bullock out of thine house, * nor he-goats out of thy folds.
10 For
all the beasts of the forest are mine, * and so are the cattle upon a
thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains, * and the
wild beasts of the field are in my sight.
12 If I be hungry, I will
not tell thee; * for the whole world is mine, and all that is
therein.
13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh, * and drink
the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, * and pay thy
vows unto the Most Highest.
15 And call upon me in the time of
trouble; * so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me.
16 But unto
the ungodly saith God, * Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my
covenant in thy mouth;
17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed, * and
hast cast my words behind thee?
18 When thou sawest a thief, thou
consentedst unto him; * and hast been partaker with the
adulterers.
19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness, * and with
thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit.
20 Thou sattest and spakest
against thy brother; * yea, and hast slandered thine own mother's
son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou
thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as thyself; * but I will
reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.
22
O consider this, ye that forget God, * lest I pluck you away, and there
be none to deliver you.
23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he
honoureth me; * and to him that ordereth his way aright, will I show the
salvation of God.
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Psalm 46. Deus noster refugium.
GOD is our hope and strength, * a
very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will we not fear, though
the earth be moved, * and though the hills be carried into the midst of
the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell, * and though the
mountains shake at the tempest of the same.
4 There is a river, the
streams whereof make glad the city of God; * the holy place of the
tabernacle of the Most Highest.
5 God is in the midst of her,
therefore shall she not be removed; * God shall help her, and that right
early.
6 The nations make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved; * but
God hath showed his voice, and the earth shall melt away.
7 The LORD
of hosts is with us; * the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8 O come
hither, and behold the works of the LORD, * what destruction he hath
brought upon the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world; *
he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the
chariots in the fire.
10 Be still then, and know that I am God: * I
will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the
earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; * the God of Jacob is our
refuge.
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Psalm 97. Dominus regnavit.
THE LORD is King, the earth may be
glad thereof; * yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad
thereof.
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: * righteousness
and judgment are the habitation of his seat.
3 There shall go a fire
before him, * and burn up his enemies on every side.
4 His lightnings
gave shine unto the world: * the earth saw it, and was afraid.
5 The
hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD; * at the presence of
the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heavens have declared his
righteousness, * and all the peoples have seen his glory.
7
Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in
vain gods: * worship him, all ye gods.
8 Sion heard of it, and
rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, * because of thy
judgments, O LORD.
9 For thou, LORD, art higher than all that are in
the earth: * thou art exalted far above all gods.
10 O ye that love
the LORD, see that ye hate the thing which is evil: * the Lord
preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand
of the ungodly.
11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous, *
and joyful gladness for such as are truehearted.
12 Rejoice in the
LORD, ye righteous; * and give thanks for a remembrance of his
holiness.
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The Psalter or
Psalms of David
The First Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 1. Beatus vir qui non abiit.
BLESSED is the man that hath not
walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of
sinners, * and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his
delight is in the law of the LORD; * and in his law will he exercise
himself day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the
waterside, * that will bring forth his fruit in due season.
4 His
leaf also shall not wither; * and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall
prosper.
5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; * but they are
like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the
earth.
6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the
judgment, * neither the sinners in the congregation of the
righteous.
7 But the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; * and the
way of the ungodly shall perish.
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Psalm 3. Domine, quid multiplicati?
LORD, how are they increased that
trouble me! * many are they that rise against me.
2 Many one there be
that say of my soul, * There is no help for him in his God.
3 But
thou, O LORD, art my defender; * thou art my worship, and the lifter up
of my head.
4 I did call upon the LORD with my voice, * and he heard
me out of his holy hill.
5 I laid me down and slept, and rose up
again; * for the LORD sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid for ten
thousands of the people, * that have set themselves against me round
about.
7 UP, LORD, and help me, O my God, * for thou smitest all mine
enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; * and thy blessing is
upon thy people.
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Psalm 7. Domine, Deus meus.
O LORD my God, in thee have I put
my trust: * save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver
me;
2 Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, *
while there is none to help.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done any such
thing; * or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
4 If I have
rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; * (yea, I have
delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;)
5 Then let mine
enemy persecute my soul, and take me; * yea, let him tread my life down
upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
6 Stand up, O LORD,
in thy wrath, and lift up thyself,
because of the indignation of mine
enemies; * arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast
commanded.
7 And so shall the congregation of the peoples come about
thee: * for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
8 The LORD
shall judge the peoples: give sentence with me, O LORD, * according to
my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.
9 O
let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; * but guide thou the
just.
10 For the righteous God * trieth the very hearts and
reins.
11 My help cometh of God, * who preserveth them that are true
of heart.
12 God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient; * and God
is provoked every day.
13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his
sword; * he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
14 He hath prepared
for him the instruments of death; * he ordaineth his arrows against the
persecutors.
15 Behold, the ungodly travaileth with iniquity; * he
hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
16 He hath
graven and digged up a pit, * and is fallen himself into the destruction
that he made for other.
17 For his travail shall come upon his own
head, * and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
18 I will give
thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness; * and I will
praise the Name of the LORD Most High.
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The Second Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 9. Confitebor tibi.
I WILL give thanks unto thee, O
LORD, with my whole heart; * I will speak of all thy marvellous
works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; * yea, my songs will I
make of thy Name, O thou Most Highest.
3 While mine enemies are
driven back, * they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou
hast maintained my right and my cause; * thou art set in the throne that
judgest right.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the
ungodly; * thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 O thou
enemy, thy destructions are come to a perpetual end; * even as the
cities which thou hast destroyed, whose memorial is perished with
them.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever; * he hath also prepared
his seat for judgment.
8 For he shall judge the world in
righteousness, * and minister true judgment unto the people.
9 The
LORD also will be a defence for the oppressed, * even a refuge in due
time of trouble.
10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust
in thee; * for thou, LORD, hast never failed them that seek thee.
11
O praise the LORD which dwelleth in Sion; * show the people of his
doings.
12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth
them, * and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.
13 Have mercy
upon me, O LORD; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate
me, * thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
14 That I may
show all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Sion: * I will
rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit
that they made; * in the same net which they hid privily is their foot
taken.
16 The LORD is known to execute judgment; * the un-godly is
trapped in the work of his own hands.
17 The wicked shall be turned
to destruction, * and all the people that forget God.
18 For the poor
shall not alway be forgotten; * the patient abiding of the meek shall
not perish for ever.
19 UP, LORD, and let not man have the upper
hand; * let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20 Put them in fear,
O LORD, * that the heathen may know themselves to be but men.
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Psalm 10. Ut quid, Domine ?
WHY standest thou so far off, O
LORD, * and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?
2 The
ungodly, for his own lust, doth persecute the poor: * let them be taken
in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined.
3 For the ungodly
hath made boast of his own heart's desire, * and speaketh good of the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4 The ungodly is so proud, that he
careth not for God, * neither is God in all his thoughts.
5 His ways
are alway grievous; * thy judgments are far above out of his sight, and
therefore defieth he all his enemies.
6 For he hath said in his
heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down, * there shall no harm happen
unto me.
7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud; * under
his tongue is ungodliness and vanity.
8 He sitteth lurking in the
thievish corners of the streets, * and privily in his lurking dens doth
he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor.
9 For he
lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh he in his den, * that he
may ravish the poor.
10 He doth ravish the poor, * when he getteth
him into his net.
11 He falleth down, and humbleth himself, * that
the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his
captains.
12 He hath said in his heart, Tush, God hath forgotten; *
he hideth away his face, and he will never see it.
13 Arise, O LORD
God, and lift up thine hand; * forget not the poor.
14 Wherefore
should the wicked blaspheme God, *
while he doth say in his heart,
Tush, thou God carest not for it?
15 Surely thou hast seen it; * for
thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, that thou mayest take the matter
into thy hand.
16 The poor committeth himself unto thee; * for thou
art the helper of the friendless.
17 Break thou the power of the
ungodly and malicious; * search out his ungodliness, until thou find
none.
18 The LORD is King for ever and ever, * and the heathen are
perished out of the land.
19 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the
poor; * thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth;
20 To
help the fatherless and poor unto their right, * that the man of the
earth be no more exalted against them.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 22. Deus, Deus meus.
MY God, my God, look upon me; why
hast thou forsaken me?
* and art so far from my health, and from the
words of my complaint?
2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou
hearest not; * and in the night season also I take no rest.
3 And
thou continuest holy, * O thou Worship of Israel.
4 Our fathers hoped
in thee; * they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They
called upon thee, and were holpen; * they put their trust in thee, and
were not confounded.
6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; * a
very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.
7 All they that see
me laugh me to scorn; * they shoot out their lips, and shake their
heads, saying,
8 He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; *
let him deliver him, if he will have him.
9 But thou art he that took
me out of my mother's womb; * thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon
my mother's breasts.
10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was
born; * thou art my God even from my mother's womb.
11 O go not from
me; for trouble is hard at hand, * and there is none to help me.
12
Many oxen are come about me; * fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every
side.
13 They gape upon me with their mouths, * as it were a ramping
and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones
are out of joint; * my heart also in the midst of my body is even like
melting wax.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and
my
tongue cleaveth to my gums, * and thou bringest me into the dust
of death.
16 For many dogs are come about me, * and the council of
the wicked layeth siege against me.
17 They pierced my hands and my
feet: I may tell all my bones: * they stand staring and looking upon
me.
18 They part my garments among them, * and cast lots upon my
vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD; * thou art my
succour, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, *
my darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's
mouth; * thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the
unicorns.
22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren; * in the midst
of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 O praise the LORD, ye that
fear him: * magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob; and fear him, all
ye seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low
estate of the poor; * he hath not hid his face from him; but when he
called unto him he heard him.
25 My praise is of thee in the
great-congregation; * my vows will I perform in the sight of them that
fear him.
26 The poor shall eat, and be satisfied; they that seek
after the LORD shall praise him: * your heart shall live for ever.
27
All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto
the LORD; * and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before
him.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S, * and he is the Governor among
the nations.
29 All such as be fat upon earth * have eaten, and
worshipped.
30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before
him; * and no man hath quickened his own soul.
31 My seed shall serve
him: * they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.
32 They
shall come, and shall declare his righteousness * unto a people that
shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.
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Psalm 28. Ad te, Domine.
UNTO thee will I cry, O LORD, my
strength: * think no scorn of me; lest, if thou make as though thou
hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Hear the
voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee; * when I hold up my
hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy temple.
3 O pluck me not
away, neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers, * which
speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their
hearts.
4 Reward them according to their deeds, * and according to
the wickedness of their own inventions.
5 Recompense them after the
work of their hands; * pay them that they have deserved.
6 For they
regard not in their mind the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his
hands; * therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up.
7
Praised be the LORD; * for he hath heard the voice of my humble
petitions.
8 The LORD is my strength, and my shield; my heart hath
trusted in him, and I am helped; * therefore my heart danceth for joy,
and in my song will I praise him.
9 The LORD is my strength, * and he
is the wholesome defence of his anointed.
10 O save thy people, and
give thy blessing unto thine inheritance: * feed them, and set them up
for ever.
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Psalm 29. Afferte Domino.
ASCRIBE unto the LORD, O ye
mighty, * ascribe unto the LORD worship and strength.
2 Ascribe unto
the LORD the honour due unto his Name; * worship the LORD with holy
worship.
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; * it is the
glorious God that maketh the thunder.
4 It is the LORD that ruleth
the sea; the voice of the LORD is mighty in operation; * the voice of
the LORD is a glorious voice.
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the
cedar-trees; * yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He
maketh them also to skip like a calf; * Lebanon also, and Sirion, like a
young unicorn.
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire;
the voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; * yea, the LORD shaketh
the wilderness of Kadesh.
8 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to
bring forth young, and strippeth bare the forests: * in his temple doth
every thing speak of his honour.
9 The LORD sitteth above the
water-flood, * and the LORD remaineth a King for ever.
10 The LORD
shall give strength unto his people; * the LORD shall give his people
the blessing of peace.
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Psalm 48. Magnus Dominus.
GREAT is the LORD, and highly to
be praised * in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill.
2 The
hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth; * upon the
north side lieth the city of the great King: God is well known in her
palaces as a sure refuge.
3 For lo, the kings of the earth * were
gathered, and gone by together.
4 They marvelled to see such things;
* they were astonished, and suddenly cast down.
5 Fear came there
upon them; and sorrow, * as upon a woman in her travail.
6 Thou dost
break the ships of the sea * through the eastwind.
7 Like as we have
heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of
our God; * God upholdeth the same for ever.
8 We wait for thy
loving-kindness, O God, * in the midst of thy temple.
9 O God,
according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world's end; * thy
right hand is full of righteousness.
10 Let the mount Sion rejoice,
and the daughters of Judah be glad, * because of thy judgments.
11
Walk about Sion, and go round about her; * and tell the towers
thereof.
12 Mark well her bulwarks, consider her palaces, * that ye
may tell them that come after.
13 For this God is our God for ever
and ever: * he shall be our guide unto death.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 126. In convertendo.
WHEN the LORD turned again the
captivity of Sion, then were we like unto them that dream.
2 Then was
our mouth filled with laughter, * and our tongue with joy.
3 Then
said they among the heathen, * The LORD hath done great things for
them.
4 Yea, the LORD hath done great things for us already; *
whereof we rejoice.
5 Turn our captivity, O LORD, * as the rivers in
the south.
6 They that sow in tears * shall reap in joy.
7 He that
now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, * shall
doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 18. Diligam te, Domine.
I WILL love thee, O LORD, my
strength. * The LORD is my stony rock, and my defence;
2 My Saviour,
my God, and my might, in whom I will trust; * my buckler, the horn also
of my salvation, and my refuge.
3 I will call upon the LORD, which is
worthy to be praised; * so shall I be safe from mine enemies.
4 The
sorrows of death compassed me, * and the over-flowings of ungodliness
made me afraid.
5 The pains of hell came about me; * the snares of
death overtook me.
6 In my trouble I called upon the LORD, * and
complained unto my God:
7 So he heard my voice out of his holy
temple, * and my complaint came before him; it entered even into his
ears.
8 The earth trembled and quaked, * the very foundations also of
the hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth.
9 There went
a smoke out in his presence, * and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so
that coals were kindled at it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came
down, * and it was dark under his feet.
11 He rode upon the Cherubim,
and did fly; * he came flying upon the wings of the wind.
12 He made
darkness his secret place, * his pavilion round about him with dark
water, and thick clouds to cover him.
13 At the brightness of his
presence his clouds removed; * hailstones and coals of fire.
14 The
LORD also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder; *
hailstones and coals of fire.
15 He sent out his arrows, and
scattered them; * he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them.
16
The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world
were discovered, * at thy chiding, O LORD, at the blasting of the breath
of thy displeasure.
17 He sent down from on high to fetch me, * and
took me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strongest
enemy, and from them which hate me; * for they were too mighty for
me.
19 They came upon me in the day of my trouble; * but the LORD was
my upholder.
20 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty; *
he brought me forth, even because he had a favour unto me.
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Psalm 4. Cum invocarem.
HEAR me when I call, O God of my
righteousness: * thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have
mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how
long will ye blaspheme mine honour, * and have such pleasure in vanity,
and seek after falsehood?
3 Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen
to himself the man that is godly; * when I call upon the LORD he will
hear me.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not; * commune with your own heart,
and in your chamber, and be still.
5 Offer the sacrifice of
righteousness, * and put your trust in the LORD.
6 There be many that
say, * Who will show us any good?
7 LORD, lift thou up * the light of
thy countenance upon us.
8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart; * yea,
more than when their corn and wine and oil increase.
9 I will lay me
down in peace, and take my rest; * for it is thou, LORD, only, that
makest me dwell in safety.
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Psalm 8. Domine, Dominus noster.
O LORD our Governor, how excellent
is thy Name in all the world; * thou that hast set thy glory above the
heavens!
2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast
thou
ordained strength, because of thine enemies, * that thou mightest still
the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider thy heavens, even the
work of thy fingers; * the moon and the stars which thou hast
ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? * and the son
of man, that thou visitest him?
5 Thou madest him lower than the
angels, * to crown him with glory and worship.
6 Thou makest him to
have dominion of the works of thy hands; * and thou hast put all things
in subjection under his feet:
7 All sheep and oxen; * yea, and the
beasts of the field;
8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the
sea; * and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD
our Governor, * how excellent is thy Name in all the world!
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Psalm 11. In Domino confido.
IN the LORD put I my trust; * how
say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the
hill?
2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their
arrows within the quiver, * that they may privily shoot at them which
are true of heart.
3 If the foundations be destroyed, * what can the
righteous do?
4 The LORD is in his holy temple; * the LORD'S seat is
in heaven.
5 His eyes consider the poor, * and his eyelids try the
children of men.
6 The LORD approveth the righteous: * but the
un-godly, and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul
abhor.
7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone,
storm and tempest: * this shall be their portion to drink.
8 For the
righteous LORD loveth righteousness; * his countenance will behold the
thing that is just.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 12. Salvum me fac.
HELP me, LORD, for there is not
one godly man left; * for the faithful are minished from among the
children of men.
2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour;
* they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double
heart.
3 The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, * and the tongue
that speaketh proud things;
4 Which have said, With our tongue will
we prevail; * we are they that ought to speak; who is lord over us?
5
Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy, * and because of
the deep sighing of the poor,
6 I will up, saith the LORD; * and will
help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at
rest.
7 The words of the LORD are pure words; * even as the silver
which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the
fire.
8 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD; * thou shalt preserve them from
this generation for ever.
9 The ungodly walk on every side: * when
they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.
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Psalm 15. Domine, quis habitabit?
LORD, who shall dwell in thy
tabernacle? * or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?
2 Even he that
leadeth an uncorrupt life, * and doeth the thing which is right, and
speaketh the truth from his heart.
3 He that hath used no deceit in
his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, * and hath not slandered his
neighbour.
4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own
eyes, * and maketh much of them that fear the LORD.
5 He that
sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, * though it were
to his own hindrance.
6 He that hath not given his money upon usury,
* nor taken reward against the innocent.
7 Whoso doeth these things *
shall never fall.
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The Fourth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 19. Caeli enarrant.
THE heavens declare the glory of
God; * and the firmament showeth his handy-work.
2 One day telleth
another; * and one night certifieth another.
3 There is neither
speech nor language; * but their voices are heard among them.
4 Their
sound is gone out into all lands; * and their words into the ends of the
world.
5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; * which cometh
forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to
run his course.
6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the
heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again; * and there is
nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7 The law of the LORD is an
undefiled law, converting the soul; * the testimony of the LORD is sure,
and giveth wisdom unto the simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are
right, and rejoice the heart; * the commandment of the LORD is pure, and
giveth light unto the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, and
endureth for ever; *
the judgments of the LORD are true, and
righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea,
than much fine gold; * sweeter also than honey, and the
honey-comb.
11 Moreover, by them is thy servant taught; * and in
keeping of them there is great reward.
12 Who can tell how oft he
offendeth? * O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.
13 Keep thy
servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me;
* so shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great offence.
14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway
acceptable in thy sight, * O LORD, my strength and my
redeemer.
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The Fifth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 24. Domini est terra.
THE earth is the LORD'S, and all
that therein is; * the compass of the world, and they that dwell
therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, * and stablished it
upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? * or
who shall rise up in his holy place?
4 Even he that hath clean hands,
and a pure heart; * and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor
sworn to deceive his neighbour.
5 He shall receive the blessing from
the LORD, * and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This
is the generation of them that seek him; * even of them that seek thy
face, O God of Jacob.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye
lift up, ye everlasting doors; * and the King of glory shall come
in.
8 Who is this King of glory? * It is the LORD strong and mighty,
even the LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and
be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; * and the King of glory shall come
in.
10 Who is this King of glory? * Even the LORD of hosts, he is the
King of glory.
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The Sixth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 30. Exaltabo te, Domine.
I WILL magnify thee, O LORD; for
thou hast set me up, * and not made my foes to triumph over me.
2 O
LORD my God, I cried unto thee; * and thou hast healed me.
3 Thou,
LORD, hast brought my soul out of hell: * thou hast kept my life, that I
should not go down into the pit.
4 Sing praises unto the LORD, O ye
saints of his; * and give thanks unto him, for a remembrance of his
holiness.
5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an
eye,
and in his pleasure is life; * heaviness may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall
never be removed: * thou, LORD, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so
strong.
7 Thou didst turn thy face from me, * and I was
troubled.
8 Then cried I unto thee, O LORD; * and gat me to my LORD
right humbly.
9 What profit is there in my blood, * when I go down
into the pit?
10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? * or shall it
declare thy truth?
11 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me; * LORD,
be thou my helper.
12 Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy; * thou
hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness:
13 Therefore
shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing. * O my God, I
will give thanks unto thee for ever.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 6. Domine, ne in furore.
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine
indignation, * neither chasten me in thy displeasure.
2 Have mercy
upon me, O LORD, for I am weak; * O LORD, heal me, for my bones are
vexed.
3 My soul also is sore troubled: * but, LORD, how long wilt
thou punish me?
4 Turn thee, O LORD, and deliver my soul; * O save
me, for thy mercy's sake.
5 For in death no man remembereth thee; *
and who will give thee thanks in the pit?
6 I am weary of my
groaning; * every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my
tears.
7 My beauty is gone for very trouble, * and worn away because
of all mine enemies.
8 Away from me, all ye that work iniquity; * for
the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The LORD hath heard my
petition; * the LORD will receive my prayer.
10 All mine enemies
shall be confounded, and sore vexed; * they shall be turned back, and
put to shame suddenly.
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Psalm 13. Usquequo, Domine?
HOW long wilt thou forget me, O
LORD; for ever? * how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How
long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? * how
long shall mine enemy triumph over me?
3 Consider, and hear me, O
LORD my God; * lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death;
4 Lest
mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: * for if I be cast down,
they that trouble me will rejoice at it.
5 But my trust is in thy
mercy, * and my heart is joyful in thy salvation.
6 I will sing of
the LORD, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me; * yea, I will
praise the Name of the Lord Most Highest.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 27. Dominus illuminatio.
THE LORD is my light and my
salvation; whom then shall I fear? * the LORD is the strength of my
life; of whom then shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even mine
enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, * they stumbled
and fell.
3 Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall not
my heart be afraid; * and though there rose up war against me, yet will
I put my trust in him.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, which
I will require; * even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all
the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit
his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
tabernacle; * yea, in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me,
and set me up upon a rock of stone.
6 And now shall he lift up mine
head * above mine enemies round about me.
7 Therefore will I offer in
his dwelling an oblation, with great gladness: * I will sing and speak
praises unto the LORD.
8 Hearken unto my voice, O LORD, when I cry
unto thee; * have mercy upon me, and hear me.
9 My heart hath talked
of thee, Seek ye my face: * Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
10 O hide
not thou thy face from me, * nor cast thy servant away in
displeasure.
11 Thou hast been my succour; * leave me not, neither
forsake me, O God of my salvation.
12 When my father and my mother
forsake me, * the LORD taketh me up.
13 Teach me thy way, O LORD, *
and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies.
14 Deliver me
not over into the will of mine adversaries: * for there are false
witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong.
15 I should
utterly have fainted, * but that I believe verily to see the goodness of
the LORD in the land of the living.
16 O tarry thou the LORD'S
leisure; * be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy
trust in the LORD.
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