Psalm 145. Exaltabo te, Deus.
I WILL magnify thee, O God, my
King; * and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.
2 Every day
will I give thanks unto thee; * and praise thy Name for ever and
ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and marvellous worthy to be praised; *
there is no end of his greatness.
4 One generation shall praise thy
works unto another, * and declare thy power.
5 As for me, I will be
talking of thy worship, * thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous
works;
6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts;
* and I will also tell of thy greatness.
7 The memorial of thine
abundant kindness shall be showed; * and men shall sing of thy
righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious and merciful; * long-suffering,
and of great goodness.
9 The LORD is loving unto every man; * and his
mercy is over all his works.
10 All thy works praise thee, O LORD; *
and thy saints give thanks unto thee.
11 They show the glory of thy
kingdom, * and talk of thy power;
12 That thy power, thy glory, and
mightiness of thy kingdom, * might be known unto men.
13 Thy kingdom
is an everlasting kingdom, * and thy dominion endureth throughout all
ages.
14 The LORD upholdeth all such as fall, * and lifteth up all
those that are down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord; * and
thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine
hand, * and fillest all things living with plenteousness.
17 The LORD
is righteous in all his ways, * and holy in all his works.
18 The
LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him; * yea, all such as call
upon him faithfully.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear
him; * he also will hear their cry, and will help them.
20 The LORD
preserveth all them that love him; * but scattereth abroad all the
ungodly.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; * and let
all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 147. Laudate Dominum
PRAISE the LORD, for it is a good
thing to sing praises unto our God;
* yea, a joyful and pleasant
thing it is to be thankful.
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem, * and
gather together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth those that are
broken in heart, * and giveth medicine to heal their sickness.
4 He
telleth the number of the stars, * and calleth them all by their
names.
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power; * yea, and his
wisdom is infinite.
6 The LORD setteth up the meek, * and bringeth
the ungodly down to the ground.
7 O sing unto the LORD with
thanksgiving; * sing praises upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who
covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth; * and
maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of
men;
9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, * and feedeth the young
ravens that call upon him.
10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of
an horse; * neither delighteth he in any man's legs.
11 But the
LORD'S delight is in them that fear him, * and put their trust in his
mercy. ~
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; * praise thy God, O
Sion.
13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, * and hath
blessed thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace in thy borders,
* and filleth thee with the flour of wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his
commandment upon earth, * and his word runneth very swiftly.
16 He
giveth snow like wool, * and scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
17
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: * who is able to abide his
frost?
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: * he bloweth
with his wind, and the waters flow.
19 He showeth his word unto
Jacob, * his statutes and ordinances unto Israel.
20 He hath not
dealt so with any nation; * neither have the heathen knowledge of his
laws.
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The Thirtieth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 144. Benedictus Dominus.
BLESSED be the LORD my strength, *
who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 My hope and
my fortress, my castle and deliverer, my defender in whom I trust; * who
subdueth my people that is under me.
3 LORD, what is man, that thou
hast such respect unto him? * or the son of man, that thou so regardest
him?
4 Man is like a thing of nought; * his time passeth away like a
shadow.
5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down; * touch the
mountains, and they shall smoke.
6 Cast forth thy lightning, and tear
them; * shoot out thine arrows, and consume them.
7 Send down thine
hand from above; * deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, from
the hand of strangers;
8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity, * and their
right hand is a right hand of wickedness.
9 I will sing a new song
unto thee, O God; * and sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed
lute.
10 Thou hast given victory unto kings, * and hast delivered
David thy servant from the peril of the sword.
11 Save me, and
deliver me from the hand of strangers, * whose mouth talketh of vanity,
and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity:
12 That our sons
may grow up as the young plants, * and that our daughters may be as the
polished corners of the temple;
13 That our garners may be full and
plenteous with all manner of store; * that our sheep may bring forth
thousands, and ten thousands in our fields;
14 That our oxen may be
strong to labour; that there be no decay, * no leading into captivity,
and no complaining in our streets.
15 Happy are the people that are
in such a case; * yea, blessed are the people who have the LORD for
their God.
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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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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 41. Beatus qui intelligit.
BLESSED is he that considereth the
poor and needy; * the LORD shall deliver him in the time of
trouble.
2 The LORD preserve him, and keep him alive, that he
may
be blessed upon earth; * and deliver not thou him into the will of his
enemies.
3 The LORD comfort him when he lieth sick upon his bed; *
make thou all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, LORD, be merciful
unto me; * heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine
enemies speak evil of me, * When shall he die, and his name perish?
6
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity, * and his heart conceiveth
falsehood within himself; and when he cometh forth, he telleth it.
7
All mine enemies whisper together against me; * even against me do they
imagine this evil.
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto
him; * and now that he lieth, he shall rise up no more.
9 Yea, even
mine own familiar friend whom I trusted, * who did also eat of my bread,
hath laid great wait for me.
10 But be thou merciful unto me, O LORD;
* raise thou me up again, and I shall reward them.
11 By this I know
thou favourest me, * that mine enemy doth not triumph against me.
12
And in my innocency thou upholdest me, * and shalt set me before thy
face for ever.
13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, * world without
end. Amen.
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The Ninth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 44. Deus, auribus.
WE have heard with our ears, O
God, our fathers have told us * what thou hast done in their time of
old:
2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and
planted our fathers in; * how thou hast destroyed the nations, and made
thy people to flourish.
3 For they gat not the land in possession
through their own sword, * neither was it their own arm that helped
them;
4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy
countenance; * because thou hadst a favour unto them.
5 Thou art my
King, O God; * send help unto Jacob.
6 Through thee will we overthrow
our enemies, * and in thy Name will we tread them under that rise up
against us.
7 For I will not trust in my bow, * it is not my sword
that shall help me;
8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies,
* and puttest them to confusion that hate us.
9 We make our boast of
God all day long, * and will praise thy Name for ever.
10 But now
thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion, * and goest not forth
with our armies.
11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our
enemies, * so that they which hate us spoil our goods.
12 Thou
lettest us be eaten up like sheep, * and hast scattered us among the
heathen.
13 Thou sellest thy people for nought, * and takest no money
for them.
14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours, * to be
laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them that are round about
us.
15 Thou makest us to be a by-word among the nations, * and that
the peoples shake their heads at us.
16 My confusion is daily before
me, * and the shame of my face hath covered me;
17 For the voice of
the slanderer and blasphemer, * for the enemy and avenger.
18 And
though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, * nor behave
ourselves frowardly in thy covenant.
19 Our heart is not turned back,
* neither our steps gone out of thy way;
20 No, not when thou hast
smitten us into the place of dragons, * and covered us with the shadow
of death.
21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and
holden
up our hands to any strange god, * shall not God search it out? for he
knoweth the very secrets of the heart.
22 For thy sake also are we
killed all the day long, * and are counted as sheep appointed to be
slain.
23 Up, Lord, why sleepest thou? * awake, and be not absent
from us for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, * and forgettest
our misery and trouble?
25 For our soul is brought low, even unto the
dust; * our belly cleaveth unto the ground.
26 Arise, and help us, *
and deliver us, for thy mercy's sake.
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Psalm 49. Audite haec, omnes.
O HEAR ye this, all ye people; *
ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world;
2 High and
low, rich and poor, * one with another.
3 My mouth shall speak of
wisdom, * and my heart shall muse of understanding.
4 I will incline
mine ear to the parable, * and show my dark speech upon the harp.
5
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, * when wickedness at my
heels compasseth me round about?
6 There be some that put their trust
in their goods, * and boast themselves in the multitude of their
riches.
7 But no man may deliver his brother, * nor give a ransom
unto God for him,
8 (For it cost more to redeem their souls, * so
that he must let that alone for ever;)
9 That he shall live alway, *
and not see the grave.
10 For he seeth that wise men also die and
perish together, * as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their
riches for other.
11 And yet they think that their houses shall
continue for ever, and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one
generation to another; * and call the lands after their own names.
12
Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not, * seeing he may be
compared unto the beasts that perish;
13 This their way is very
foolishness; * yet their posterity praise their saying.
14 They lie
in the grave like sheep; death is their shepherd; and the righteous
shall have dominion over them in the morning: * their beauty shall
consume in the sepulchre, and have no abiding.
15 But God hath
delivered my soul from the power of the grave; * for he shall receive
me.
16 Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich, * or if the glory
of his house be increased;
17 For he shall carry nothing away with
him when he dieth, * neither shall his pomp follow him.
18 For while
he lived, he counted himself an happy man; * and so long as thou doest
well unto thyself, men will speak good of thee.
19 He shall follow
the generation of his fathers, * and shall never see light.
20 Man
that is in honour but hath no understanding * is compared unto the
beasts that perish.
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Psalm 51. Miserere mei, Deus.
HAVE mercy upon me, O God, after
thy great goodness;
* according to the multitude of thy mercies do
away mine offences.
2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness, * and
cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my faults, * and my sin
is ever before me.
4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this
evil in thy sight; * that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and
clear when thou shalt judge.
5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, *
and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
6 But lo, thou requirest
truth in the inward parts, * and shalt make me to understand wisdom
secretly.
7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; *
thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Thou shalt
make me hear of joy and gladness, * that the bones which thou hast
broken may rejoice.
9 Turn thy face from my sins, * and put out all
my misdeeds.
10 Make me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right
spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence, * and take
not thy holy Spirit from me.
12 O give me the comfort of thy help
again, * and stablish me with thy free Spirit.
13 Then shall I teach
thy ways unto the wicked, * and sinners shall be converted unto
thee.
14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the
God of my health; * and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.
15
Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, * and my mouth shall show thy
praise.
16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee;
* but thou delightest not *in burnt-offerings.
17 The sacrifice of
God is a troubled spirit: * a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt
thou not despise.
18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion; * build
thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the
sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations; *
then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.
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Psalm 66. Jubilate Deo.
O BE joyful in God, all ye lands;
* sing praises unto the honour of his Name; make his praise to be
glorious.
2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works! *
through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies bow down unto
thee.
3 For all the world shall worship thee, * sing of thee, and
praise thy Name.
4 O come hither, and behold the works of God; * how
wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men.
5 He turned
the sea into dry land, * so that they went through the water on foot;
there did we rejoice thereof.
6 He ruleth with his power for ever;
his eyes behold the nations: * and such as will not believe shall not be
able to exalt themselves.
7 O praise our God, ye peoples, * and make
the voice of his praise to be heard;
8 Who holdeth our soul in life;
* and suffereth not our feet to slip.
9 For thou, O God, hast proved
us; * thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried.
10 Thou
broughtest us into the snare; * and laidest trouble upon our
loins.
11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads; * we went
through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy
place.
12 I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings, and will
pay thee my vows, * which I promised with my lips, and spake with my
mouth, when I was in trouble.
13 I will offer unto thee fat
burnt-sacrifices, with the incense of rams; * I will offer bullocks and
goats.
14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God; * and I
will tell you what he hath done for my soul.
15 I called unto him
with my mouth, * and gave him praises with my tongue.
16 If I incline
unto wickedness with mine heart, * the Lord will not hear me.
17 But
God hath heard me; * and considered the voice of my prayer.
18
Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer, * nor turned his mercy
from me.
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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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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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BOOK II.
Psalm 42. Quemadmodum.
LIKE as the hart desireth the
water-brooks, * so longeth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul is
athirst for God, yea, even for the living
God: * when shall I come to
appear before the presence of God?
3 My tears have been my meat day
and night, * while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God?
4
Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; * for I went
with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God;
5
In the voice of praise and thanksgiving, * among such as keep
holy-day.
6 Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul? * and why
art thou so disquieted within me?
7 O put thy trust in God; * for I
will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my
God.
8 My soul is vexed within me; * therefore will I remember thee
from the land of Jordan, from Hermon and the little hill.
9 One deep
calleth another, because of the noise of thy water-floods; * all thy
waves and storms are gone over me.
10 The LORD will grant his
loving-kindness in the day-time; * and in the night season will I sing
of him, and make my prayer unto the God of my life.
11 I will say
unto the God of my strength, Why hast thou forgotten me? * why go I thus
heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?
12 My bones are smitten
asunder as with a sword, * while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in
the teeth;
13 Namely, while they say daily unto me, * Where is now
thy God?
14 Why art thou so vexed, O my soul? * and why art thou so
disquieted within me?
15 O put thy trust in God; * for I will yet
thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
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Psalm 43. Judica me, Deus.
GIVE sentence with me, O God, and
defend my cause against the ungodly people;
* O deliver me from the
deceitful and wicked man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength; why
hast thou put me from thee? * and why go I so heavily, while the enemy
oppresseth me?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may
lead me, * and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling;
4
And that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and
gladness; * and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my
God.
5 Why art thou so heavy, O my soul? * and why art thou so
disquieted within me?
6 O put thy trust in God; * for I will yet give
him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 47. Omnes gentes, plaudite.
CLAP your hands together, all ye
peoples: * O sing unto God with the voice of melody.
2 For the LORD
is high, and to be feared; * he is the great King upon all the
earth.
3 He shall subdue the peoples under us, * and the nations
under our feet.
4 He shall choose out an heritage for us, * even the
excellency of Jacob, whom he loved.
5 God is gone up with a merry
noise, * and the LORD with the sound of the trump.
6 O sing praises,
sing praises unto our God; * O sing praises, sing praises unto our
King.
7 For God is the King of all the earth: * sing ye praises with
understanding.
8 God reigneth over the nations; * God sitteth upon
his holy seat.
9 The princes of the peoples are joined unto the
people of the God of Abraham; * for God, which is very high exalted,
doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield.
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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 37:1-24. Noli aemulari.
FRET not thyself because of the
ungodly; * neither be thou envious against the evil doers.
2 For they
shall soon be cut down like the grass, * and be withered even as the
green herb.
3 Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; *
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thou in
the LORD, * and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.
5 Commit thy
way unto the LORD, and put thy trust in him, * and he shall bring it to
pass.
6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, * and
thy just dealing as the noon-day.
7 Hold thee still in the LORD, and
abide patiently upon him: * but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth
prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels.
8 Leave off
from wrath, and let go displeasure: * fret not thyself, else shalt thou
be moved to do evil.
9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out; * and they
that patiently abide the LORD, those shall inherit the land.
10 Yet a
little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone: * thou shalt look
after his place, and he shall be away.
11 But the meek-spirited shall
possess the earth, * and shall be refreshed in the multitude of
peace.
12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just, * and
gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord shall laugh him to
scorn; * for he hath seen that his day is coming.
14 The ungodly have
drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, * to cast down the poor
and needy, and to slay such as be upright in their ways.
15 Their
sword shall go through their own heart, * and their bow shall be
broken.
16 A small thing that the righteous hath, * is better than
great riches of the ungodly.
17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be
broken, * and the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
18 The LORD knoweth
the days of the godly; * and their inheritance shall endure for
ever.
19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; * and in
the days of dearth they shall have enough.
20 As for the ungodly,
they shall perish, and the enemies
of the LORD shall consume as the
fat of lambs: * yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.
21
The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again; * but the righteous is
merciful and liberal.
22 Such as are blessed of God, shall possess
the land; * and they that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out.
23
The LORD ordereth a good man's going, * and maketh his way acceptable to
himself.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away; * for the LORD
upholdeth him with his hand.
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Psalm 37:26. Noli aemulari.
The righteous is ever merciful,
and lendeth; * and his seed is blessed.
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Psalm 39. Dixi, Custodiam.
I SAID, I will take heed to my
ways, * that I offend not in my tongue
2 I will keep my mouth as it
were with a bridle, * while the ungodly is in my sight.
3 I held my
tongue, and spake nothing: * I kept silence, yea, even from good words;
but it was pain and grief to me.
4 My heart was hot within me: and
while I was thus musing the fire kindled, * and at the last I spake with
my tongue:
5 LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days; *
that I may be certified how long I have to live.
6 Behold, thou hast
made my days as it were a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in
respect of thee; * and verily every man living is altogether
vanity.
7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself
in vain; * he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather
them.
8 And now, Lord, what is my hope? * truly my hope is even in
thee.
9 Deliver me from all mine offences; * and make me not a rebuke
unto the foolish.
10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; * for it
was thy doing.
11 Take thy plague away from me: * I am even consumed
by the means of thy heavy hand.
12 When thou with rebukes dost
chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it
were a moth fretting a garment: * every man therefore is but
vanity.
13 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my
calling; * hold not thy peace at my tears;
14 For I am a stranger
with thee, and a sojourner, * as all my fathers were.
15 O spare me a
little, that I may recover my strength, * before I go hence, and be no
more seen.
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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 54. Deus, in Nomine.
SAVE me, O God, for thy Name's
sake, * and avenge me in thy strength.
2 Hear my prayer, O God, * and
hearken unto the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers are risen up
against me; * and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek
after my soul.
4 Behold, God is my helper; * the Lord is with them
that uphold my soul.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: *
destroy thou them in thy truth.
6 An offering of a free heart will I
give thee, and praise thy Name, O LORD; * because it is so
comfortable.
7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble; * and
mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
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Psalm 57. Miserere mei, Deus.
BE merciful unto me, O God, be
merciful unto me; for my soul trusteth in thee;
* and under the
shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be
overpast.
2 I will call unto the Most High God, * even unto the God
that shall perform the cause which I have in hand.
3 He shall send
from heaven, * and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me
up.
4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth: * my soul is among
lions;
5 And I lie even among the children of men, that are set on
fire, * whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp
sword.
6 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens; * and thy glory
above all the earth.
7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed
down my soul; * they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into
the midst of it themselves.
8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is
fixed; * I will sing and give praise.
9 Awake up, my glory; awake,
lute and harp: * I myself will awake right early.
10 I will give
thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples; * and I will sing unto thee
among the nations.
11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto
the heavens, * and thy truth unto the clouds.
12 Set up thyself, O
God, above the heavens; * and thy glory above all the earth.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 65. Te decet hymnus.
THOU, O God, art praised in Sion;
* and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.
2 Thou that
hearest the prayer, * unto thee shall all flesh come.
3 My misdeeds
prevail against me: * O be thou merciful unto our sins.
4 Blessed is
the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee: * he shall dwell in
thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even
of thy holy temple.
5 Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy
righteousness, O God of our salvation; * thou that art the hope of all
the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.
6
Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, * and is girded about
with power.
7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea, * and the noise of
his waves, and the madness of the peoples.
8 They also that dwell in
the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens, * thou
that makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise
thee.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it; * thou makest it
very plenteous.
10 The river of God is full of water: * thou
preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth.
11 Thou
waterest her furrows; thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof;
* thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase
of it.
12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; * and thy clouds
drop fatness.
13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the
wilderness; * and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.
14
The folds shall be full of sheep; * the valleys also shall stand so
thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing.
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Psalm 67. Deus misereatur.
GOD be merciful unto us, and bless
us, * and show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto
us;
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, * thy saving health among
all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; * yea, let all the
peoples praise thee.
4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad; * for
thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon
earth.
5 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; * yea, let all the
peoples praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase;
* and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.
7 God shall
bless us; * and all the ends of the world shall fear him.
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