Psalm 118. Confitemini
Domino.
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for
he is gracious; * because his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let Israel
now confess that he is gracious, * and that his mercy endureth for
ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now confess, * that his mercy endureth
for ever.
4 Yea, let them now that fear the LORD confess, * that his
mercy endureth for ever.
5 I called upon the LORD in trouble; * and
the LORD heard me at large.
6 The LORD is on my side; * I will not
fear what man doeth unto me.
7 The LORD taketh my part with them that
help me; * therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies.
8 It is
better to trust in the LORD, * than to put any confidence in man.
9
It is better to trust in the LORD, * than to put any confidence in
princes.
10 All nations compassed me round about; * but in the Name
of the LORD will I destroy them.
11 They kept me in on every side,
they kept me in, I say, on every side; * but in the Name of the LORD
will I destroy them.
12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct
even as the fire among the thorns; * for in the Name of the LORD I will
destroy them.
13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall; *
but the LORD was my help.
14 The LORD is my strength, and my song; *
and is become my salvation.
15 The voice of joy and health is in the
dwellings of the righteous; * the right hand of the LORD bringeth mighty
things to pass.
16 The right hand of the LORD hath the preeminence; *
the right hand of the LORD bringeth mighty things to pass.
17 I shall
not die, but live, * and declare the works of the LORD.
18 The LORD
hath chastened and corrected me; * but he hath not given me over unto
death.
19 Open me the gates of righteousness, * that I may go into
them, and give thanks unto the LORD.
20 This is the gate of the LORD,
* the righteous shall enter into it.
21 I will thank thee; for thou
hast heard me, * and art become my salvation.
22 The same stone which
the builders refused, * is become the headstone in the comer.
23 This
is the LORD. S doing, * and it is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is
the day which the LORD hath made; * we will rejoice and be glad in
it.
25 Help me now, O LORD: * O LORD, send us now prosperity.
26
Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the LORD: * we have wished you
good luck, we that are of the house of the LORD.
27 God is the LORD,
who hath showed us light: * bind the sacrifice with cords, yea, even
unto the horns of the altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will thank
thee; * thou art my God, and I will praise thee.
29 O give thanks
unto the LORD; for he is gracious, * and his mercy endureth for
ever.
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Psalm 84. Quam dilecta!
O HOW amiable are thy dwellings, *
thou LORD of hosts!
2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into
the courts of the LORD; * my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living
God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a
nest, where she may lay her young; * even thy altars, O LORD of hosts,
my King and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; *
they will be alway praising thee.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength
is in thee; * in whose heart are thy ways.
6 Who going through the
vale of misery use it for a well; * and the pools are filled with
water.
7 They will go from strength to strength, * and unto the God
of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.
8 O LORD God of hosts,
hear my prayer; * hearken, O God of Jacob.
9 Behold, O God our
defender, * and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10 For one day
in thy courts * is better than a thousand.
11 I had rather be a
door-keeper in the house of my God, * than to dwell in the tents of
ungodliness.
12 For the LORD God is a light and defence; * the LORD
will give grace and worship; and no good thing shall he withhold from
them that live a godly life.
13 O LORD God of hosts, * blessed is the
man that putteth his trust in thee.
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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 99. Dominus regnavit.
THE LORD is King, be the people
never so impatient; *
he sitteth between the Cherubim, be the earth
never so unquiet.
2 The LORD is great in Sion, * and high above all
people.
3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name, * which is great,
wonderful, and holy.
4 The King's power loveth judgment; thou hast
prepared equity, * thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in
Jacob.
5 O magnify the LORD our God, and fall down before his
footstool; * for he is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and
Samuel among such as call upon his Name: * these called upon the LORD,
and he heard them.
7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar; *
for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them.
8 Thou
heardest them, O LORD our God; * thou forgavest them, O God, though thou
didst punish their wicked doings.
9 O magnify the LORD our God, and
worship him upon his holy hill; * for the LORD our God is holy.
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Psalm 17. Exaudi, Domine.
HEAR the right, O LORD, consider
my complaint, *
and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of
feigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; * and
let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal.
3 Thou hast proved
and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and
shalt find no wickedness in me; * for I am utterly purposed that my
mouth shall not offend.
4 As for the works of men, * by the word of
thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer.
5 O hold thou
up my goings in thy paths, * that my footsteps slip not.
6 I have
called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me: * incline thine ear to
me, and hearken unto my words.
7 Show thy marvellous loving-kindness,
thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee, * from
such as resist thy right hand.
8 Keep me as the apple of an eye; *
hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 From the ungodly, that
trouble me; * mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my
soul.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat, * and their mouth
speaketh proud things.
11 They lie waiting in our way on every side,
* watching to cast us down to the ground;
12 Like as a lion that is
greedy of his prey, * and as it were a lion's whelp lurking in secret
places.
13 Up, LORD, disappoint him, and cast him down; * deliver my
soul from the ungodly, by thine own sword;
14 Yea, by thy hand, O
LORD; from the men of the evil world; * which have their portion in this
life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.
15 They have
children at their desire, * and leave the rest of their substance for
their babes.
16 But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in
righteousness; * and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be
satisfied.
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Psalm 23. Dominus regit me.
THE LORD is my shepherd; *
therefore can I lack nothing.
2 He shall feed me in a green pasture,
* and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
3 He shall convert
my soul, * and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his
Name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil; * for thou art with me; thy rod and thy
staff comfort me.
5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the
presence of them that trouble me; * thou hast anointed my head with oil,
and my cup shall be full.
6 Surely thy loving-kindness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life; * and I will dwell in the house
of the LORD for ever.
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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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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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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 32. Beati quorum.
BLESSED is he whose
unrighteousness is forgiven, * and whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is
the man unto whom the LORD imputeth no sin, * and in whose spirit there
is no guile.
3 For whilst I held my tongue, * my bones consumed away
through my daily complaining.
4 For thy hand was heavy upon me day
and night, * and my moisture was like the drought in summer.
5 I
acknowledged my sin unto thee; * and mine unrighteousness have I not
hid.
6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the LORD; * and SO thou
forgavest the wickedness of my sin.
7 For this shall every one that
is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found;
* surely the great water-floods shall not come nigh him.
8 Thou art a
place to hide me in; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; * thou shalt
compass me about with songs of deliverance.
9 I will inform thee, and
teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; * and I will guide thee
with mine eye.
10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no
understanding; * whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, else
they will not obey thee.
11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly; *
but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD, mercy embraceth him on every
side.
12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the LORD; * and be
joyful, all ye that are true of heart.
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Psalm 36. Dixit injustus.
MY heart showeth me the wickedness
of the ungodly, * that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For
he flattereth himself in his own sight, * until his abominable sin be
found out.
3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of
deceit: * he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do
good.
4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set
himself
in no good way; * neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil.
5 Thy
mercy, O LORD, reacheth unto the' heavens, * and thy faithfulness unto
the clouds.
6 Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains: *
thy judgments are like the great deep.
7 Thou, LORD, shalt save both
man and beast: how excellent is thy mercy, O God! * and the children of
men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8 They shall
be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house; * and thou shalt give
them drink of thy pleasures, as out of the river.
9 For with thee is
the well of life; * and in thy light shall we see light.
10 O
continue forth thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee, * and thy
righteousness unto them that are true of heart.
11 O let not the foot
of pride come against me; * and let not the hand of the ungodly cast me
down.
12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness; * they are
cast down, and shall not be able to stand.
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The Twentieth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 102:15. Domine, exaudi.
The nations shall fear thy Name, O
LORD; * and all the kings of the earth thy majesty;
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Psalm 117. Laudate Dominum.
O PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations;
* praise him, all ye peoples.
2 For his merciful kindness is ever
more and more toward us; * and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever.
Praise the LORD.
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The Twelfth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 62. Nonne Deo?
MY soul truly waiteth still upon
God; * for of him cometh my salvation.
2 He verily is my strength and
my salvation; * he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall.
3
How long will ye imagine mischief against every
man? * Ye shall be
slain all the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and
like a broken hedge.
4 Their device is only how to put him out whom
God will exalt; * their delight is in lies; they give good words with
their mouth, but curse with their heart.
5 Nevertheless, my soul,
wait thou still upon God; * for my hope is in him.
6 He truly is my
strength and my salvation; * he is my defence, so that I shall not
fall.
7 In God is my health and my glory; * the rock of my might; and
in God is my trust.
8 O put your trust in him alway, ye people; *
pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope.
9 As for the
children of men, they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful;
* upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.
10
O trust not in wrong and robbery; give not yourselves unto vanity: * if
riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
11 God spake once, and
twice I have also heard the same, * that power belongeth unto God;
12
And that thou, Lord, art merciful; * for thou rewardest every man
according to his work.
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Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus.
EXCEPT the LORD build the house, *
their labour is but lost that build it.
2 Except the LORD keep the
city, * the watchman waketh but in vain.
3 It is but lost labour that
ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of
carefulness; * for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
4 Lo, children,
and the fruit of the womb, * are an heritage and gift that cometh of the
LORD.
5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, * even so are
the young children.
6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of
them; * they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in
the gate.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 18:1,20. Diligam te, Domine.
I WILL love thee, O LORD, my
strength. * The LORD is my stony rock, and my defence;
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 25. Ad te, Domine, levavi.
UNTO thee, O LORD, will I lift up
my soul; my God,
I have put my trust in thee: * O let me not be
confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me.
2 For all they
that hope in thee shall not be ashamed; * but such as transgress without
a cause shall be put to confusion.
3 Show me thy ways, O LORD, * and
teach me thy paths.
4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me: * for
thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day
long.
5 Call to remembrance, O LORD, thy tender mercies, * and thy
loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old.
6 O remember not the
sins and offences of my youth; * but according to thy mercy think thou
upon me, O LORD, for thy goodness.
7 Gracious and righteous is the
LORD; * therefore, will he teach sinners in the way.
8 Them that are
meek shall he guide in judgment; * and such as are gentle, them shall he
learn his way.
9 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, *
unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
10 For thy Name's
sake, O LORD, * be merciful unto my sin; for it is great.
11 What man
is he that feareth the LORD? * him shall he teach in the way that he
shall choose.
12 His soul shall dwell at ease, * and his seed shall
inherit the land.
13 The secret of the LORD is among them that fear
him; * and he will show them his covenant.
14 Mine eyes are ever
looking unto the LORD; * for he shall pluck my feet out of the
net.
15 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; * for I am
desolate, and in misery.
16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: * O
bring thou me out of my troubles.
17 Look upon my adversity and
misery, * and forgive me all my sin.
18 Consider mine enemies, how
many they are; * and they bear a tyrannous hate against me.
19 O keep
my soul, and deliver me: * let me not be confounded, for I have put my
trust in thee.
20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me;
* for my hope hath been in thee.
21 Deliver Israel, O God, * out of
all his troubles.
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Psalm 31. In te, Domine, speravi.
IN thee, O LORD, have I put my
trust; let me never be put to confusion; * deliver me in thy
righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; * make haste to deliver
me.
3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence, * that thou
mayest save me.
4 For thou art my strong rock, and my castle: * be
thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake.
5 Draw me out of
the net that they have laid privily for me; * for thou art my
strength.
6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit; * for thou hast
redeemed me, O
7 I have hated them that hold of lying vanities, *
and my trust hath been in the LORD.
8 I will be glad and rejoice in
thy mercy; * for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul
in adversities.
9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the
enemy; * but hast set my feet in a large room.
10 Have mercy upon me,
O LORD, for I am in trouble, * and mine eye is consumed for very
heaviness; yea, my soul and my body.
11 For my life is waxen old with
heaviness, * and my years with mourning.
12 My strength faileth me,
because of mine iniquity, * and my bones are consumed.
13 I became a
reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours; *
and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me; and they that did see
me without, conveyed themselves from me.
14 I am clean forgotten as a
dead man out of mind; * I am become like a broken vessel.
15 For I
have heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear is on every side; *
while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to take
away my life.
16 But my hope hath been in thee, O LORD; * I have
said, Thou art my God.
17 My times are in thy hand; deliver me from
the hand of mine enemies, * and from them that persecute me.
18 Show
thy servant the light of thy countenance, * and save me for thy mercy's
sake.
19 Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I have called upon
thee; * let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in
the grave.
20 Let the lying lips be put to silence, * which cruelly,
disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.
21 O how
plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear
thee, * and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in
thee, even before the sons of men!
22 Thou shalt hide them in the
covert of thine own presence from the plottings of men: * thou shalt
keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.
23
Thanks be to the LORD; * for he hath showed me marvellous great kindness
in a strong city.
24 But in my haste I said, * I am cast out of the
sight of thine eyes.
25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my
prayer, * when I cried unto thee.
26 O love the LORD, all ye his
saints; * for the LORD preserveth them that are faithful, and
plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.
27 Be strong, and he shall
establish your heart, * all ye that put your trust in the LORD.
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Psalm 33. Exultate, justi.
REJOICE in the LORD, O ye
righteous; * for it becometh well the just to be thankful.
2 Praise
the LORD with harp; * sing praises unto him with the lute, and
instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto the Lord a new song; * sing
praises lustily unto him with a good courage.
4 For the word of the
LORD is true; * and all his works are faithful.
5 He loveth
righteousness and judgment; * the earth is full of the goodness of the
LORD.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; * and all the
host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of
the sea together, as it were upon an heap; * and layeth up the deep, as
in a treasure-house.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: * stand in
awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world.
9 For he spake, and it
was done; * he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The LORD bringeth the
counsel of the heathen to nought, * and maketh the devices of the people
to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes.
11 The
counsel of the LORD shall endure for ever, * and the thoughts of his
heart from generation to generation.
12 Blessed are the people whose
God is the Lord JEHOVAH; * and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen
to him, to be his inheritance.
13 The LORD looketh down from heaven,
and beholdeth all the children of men; * from the habitation of his
dwelling, he considereth all them that dwell on the earth.
14 He
fashioneth all the hearts of them, * and understandeth all their
works.
15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an
host; * neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.
16 A
horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man; * neither shall he
deliver any man by his great strength.
17 Behold, the eye of the LORD
is upon them that fear him, * and upon them that put their trust in his
mercy;
18 To deliver their soul from death, * and to feed them in the
time of dearth.
19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the LORD; *
for he is our help and our shield.
20 For our heart shall rejoice in
him; * because we have hoped in his holy Name.
21 Let thy merciful
kindness, O LORD, be upon us, * like as we do put our trust in thee.
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Psalm 40:1-16. Expectans expectavi.
I WAITED patiently for the LORD, *
and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling.
2 He brought me also
out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay, * and set my feet
upon the rock, and ordered my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in
my mouth, * even a thanksgiving unto our God.
4 Many shall see it,
and fear, * and shall put their trust in the LORD.
5 Blessed is the
man that hath set his hope in the LORD, * and turned not unto the proud,
and to such as go about with lies.
6 O LORD my God, great are the
wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which
are to usward; * and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto
thee.
7 If I should declare them, and speak of them, * they should be
more than I am able to express.
8 Sacrifice and offering thou
wouldest not, * but mine ears hast thou opened.
9 Burnt-offering and
sacrifice for sin hast thou not required: * then said I, LO, I
come;
10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should
fulfil thy will, O my God: * I am content to do it; yea, thy law is
within my heart.
11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great
congregation: * lo, I will not refrain my lips, O LORD, and that thou
knowest.
12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; * my
talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation.
13 I have not kept
back thy loving mercy and truth * from the great congregation.
14
Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O LORD; * let thy loving-kindness
and thy truth alway preserve me.
15 For innumerable troubles are come
about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to
look up; * yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and
my heart hath failed me.
16 O LORD, let it be thy pleasure to deliver
me; * make haste, O LORD, to help me.
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Psalm 34. Benedicam Dominum.
I WILL alway give thanks unto the
LORD; * his praise shall ever be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make
her boast in the LORD; * the humble shall hear thereof, and be
glad.
3 O praise the LORD with me, * and let us magnify his Name
together.
4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me; * yea, he delivered
me out of all my fear.
5 They had an eye unto him, and were
lightened; * and their faces were not ashamed.
6 Lo, the poor crieth,
and the LORD heareth him; * yea, and saveth him out of all his
troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD tarrieth round about them that fear
him, * and delivereth them.
8 O taste, and see, how gracious the LORD
is: * blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9 O fear the LORD, ye
that are his saints; * for they that fear him lack nothing.
10 The
lions do lack, and suffer hunger; * but they who seek the LORD shall
want no manner of thing that is good.
11 Come, ye children, and
hearken unto me; * I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man
is he that lusteth to live, * and would fain see good days?
13 Keep
thy tongue from evil, * and thy lips, that they speak no guile.
14
Eschew evil, and do good; * seek peace, and ensue it.
15 The eyes of
the LORD are over the righteous, * and his ears are open unto their
prayers.
16 The countenance of the LORD is against them that do evil,
* to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The
righteous cry, and the LORD heareth them, * and delivereth them out of
all their troubles.
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a
contrite heart, * and will save such as be of an humble spirit.
19
Great are the troubles of the righteous; * but the LORD delivereth him
out of all.
20 He keepeth all his bones, * so that not one of them is
broken.
21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly; * and they that
hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The LORD delivereth the
souls of his servants; * and all they that put their trust in him shall
not be destitute.
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