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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Psalm 76. Notus in Judaea.
IN Judah is God known; * his Name
is great in Israel.
2 At Salem is his tabernacle, * and his dwelling
in Sion.
3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, * the shield, the
sword, and the battle.
4 Thou art glorious in might, * when thou
comest from the hills of the robbers.
5 The proud are robbed, they
have slept their sleep; * and all the men whose hands were mighty have
found nothing.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, * both the chariot
and horse are fallen.
7 Thou, even thou art to be feared; * and who
may stand in thy sight when thou art angry?
8 Thou didst cause thy
judgment to be heard from heaven; * the earth trembled, and was
still,
9 When God arose to judgment, * and to help all the meek upon
earth.
10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; * and the
fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.
11 Promise unto the LORD your
God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him; * bring presents unto
him that ought to be feared.
12 He shall refrain the spirit of
princes, * and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.
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Psalm 125. Qui confidunt.
THEY that put their trust in the
LORD shall be even as the mount Sion,
* which may not be removed,
but standeth fast for ever.
2 The hills stand about Jerusalem; * even
so standeth the LORD round about his people, from this time forth for
evermore.
3 For the sceptre of the ungodly shall not abide upon the
lot of the righteous; * lest the righteous put their hand unto
wickedness.
4 Do well, O LORD, * unto those that are good and true of
heart.
5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, * the
LORD shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be upon
Israel.
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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 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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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 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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Psalm 63. Deus, Deus meus.
O GOD, thou art my God; * early
will I seek thee.
2 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth
after thee, * in a barren and dry land where no water is.
3 Thus have
I looked for thee in the sanctuary, * that I might behold thy power and
glory.
4 For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself: * my
lips shall praise thee.
5 As long as I live will I magnify thee in
this manner, * and lift up my hands in thy Name.
6 My soul shall be
satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness, * when my mouth
praiseth thee with joyful lips.
7 Have I not remembered thee in my
bed, * and thought upon thee when I was waking?
8 Because thou hast
been my helper; * therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I
rejoice.
9 My soul hangeth upon thee; * thy right hand hath upholden
me.
10 These also that seek the hurt of my soul, * they shall go
under the earth.
11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword, * that
they may be a portion for foxes.
12 But the King shall rejoice in
God; all they also that swear by him shall be commended; * for the mouth
of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
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The Fourteenth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 71. In te, Domine, speravi.
IN thee, O LORD, have I put my
trust; let me never be put to confusion,
* but rid me and deliver me
in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
2 Be
thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway resort: * thou hast promised
to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle.
3
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, * out of the hand
of the unrighteous and cruel man.
4 For thou, O Lord GOD, art the
thing that I long for: * thou art my hope, even from my youth.
5
Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: * thou art he
that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be alway of
thee.
6 I am become as it were a monster unto many, * but my sure
trust is in thee.
7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, * that
I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.
8 Cast me not
away in the time of age; * forsake me not when my strength faileth
me.
9 For mine enemies speak against me; * and they that lay wait for
my soul take their counsel together, saying,
10 God hath forsaken
him; * persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver
him.
11 Go not far from me, O God; * my God, haste thee to help
me.
12 Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul; *
let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me
evil.
13 As for me, I will patiently abide alway, * and will praise
thee more and more.
14 My mouth shall daily speak of thy
righteousness and salvation; * for I know no end thereof.
15 I will
go forth in the strength of the Lord GOD, * and will make mention of thy
righteousness only.
16 Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up
until now; * therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.
17 Forsake
me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed, * until I have
showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that
are yet for to come.
18 Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, * and
great things are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto
thee!
19 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me !
and yet didst thou turn and refresh me; * yea, and broughtest me from
the deep of the earth again.
20 Thou hast brought me to great honour,
* and comforted me on every side:
21 Therefore will I praise thee,
and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument of music: * unto
thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
22 My lips
will be glad when I sing unto thee; * and so will my soul whom thou hast
delivered.
23 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the
day long; * for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to
do me evil.
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BOOK III.
Evening Prayer.
Psalm 73. Quam bonus Israel!
TRULY God is loving unto Israel: *
even unto such as are of a clean heart.
2 Nevertheless, my feet were
almost gone, * my treadings had well-nigh slipt.
3 And why? I was
grieved at the wicked: * I do also see the ungodly in such
prosperity.
4 For they are in no peril of death; * but are lusty and
strong.
5 They come in no misfortune like other folk; * neither are
they plagued like other men.
6 And this is the cause that they are so
holden with pride, * and cruelty covereth them as a garment.
7 Their
eyes swell with fatness, * and they do even what they lust.
8 They
corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy; * their talking is against
the Most High.
9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven,
* and their tongue goeth through the world.
10 Therefore fall the
people unto them, * and there-out suck they no small advantage.
11
Tush, say they, how should God perceive it? * is there knowledge in the
Most High?
12 Lo, these are the ungodly, * these prosper in the
world, and these have riches in possession:
13 And I said, Then have
I cleansed my heart in vain, * and washed my hands in innocency.
14
All the day long have I been punished, * and chastened every
morning.
15 Yea, and I had almost said even as they; * but lo, then I
should have condemned the generation of thy children.
16 Then thought
I to understand this; * but it was too hard for me,
17 Until I went
into the sanctuary of God: * then understood I the end of these
men;
18 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places, * and
castest them down, and destroyest them.
19 O how suddenly do they
consume, * perish, and come to a fearful end!
20 Yea, even like as a
dream when one awaketh; * so shalt thou make their image to vanish out
of the city.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, * and it went even through
my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant, * even as it were a
beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless, I am alway by thee; * for thou
hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy
counsel, * and after that receive me with glory.
25 Whom have I in
heaven but thee? * and there is none upon earth that I desire in
comparison of thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth; * but God is
the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For lo, they
that forsake thee shall perish; * thou hast destroyed all them that are
unfaithful unto thee.
28 But it is good for me to hold me fast by
God, to put my trust in the Lord GOD, * and to speak of all thy works in
the gates of the daughter of Sion.
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Psalm 112. Beatus vir.
BLESSED is the man that feareth
the LORD; * he hath great delight in his commandments.
2 His seed
shall be mighty upon earth; * the generation of the faithful shall be
blessed.
3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house; * and his
righteousness endureth for ever.
4 Unto the godly there ariseth up
light in the darkness; * he is merciful, loving, and righteous.
5 A
good man is merciful, and lendeth; * and will guide his words with
discretion.
6 For he shall never be moved: * and the righteous shall
be had in everlasting remembrance.
7 He will not be afraid of any
evil tidings; * for his heart standeth fast, and believeth in the
LORD.
8 His heart is stablished, and will not shrink, * until he see
his desire upon his enemies.
9 He hath dispersed abroad, and given to
the poor. *
and his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall
be exalted with honour.
10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall
grieve him; * he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away; the
desire of the ungodly shall perish.
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Psalm 113. Laudate, pueri.
PRAISE the LORD, ye servants; * O
praise the Name of the LORD.
2 Blessed be the Name of the LORD * from
this time forth for evermore.
3 The LORD'S Name is praised * from the
rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same.
4 The LORD is
high above all nations, * and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is
like unto the LORD our God, that hath his dwelling so high, * and yet
humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth!
6
He taketh up the simple out of the dust, * and lifteth the poor out of
the mire;
7 That he may set him with the princes, * even with the
princes of his people.
8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, *
and to be a joyful mother of children.
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Psalm 138. Confitebor tibi.
I WILL give thanks unto thee, O
Lord, with my whole heart; * even before the gods will I sing praise
unto thee.
2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy
Name, because of thy loving-kindness and truth; * for thou hast
magnified thy Name, and thy word, above all things.
3 When I called
upon thee, thou heardest me; * and endueth my soul with much
strength.
4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD; *
for they have heard the words of thy mouth.
5 Yea, they shall sing of
the ways of the LORD, * that great is the glory of the LORD.
6 For
though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; * as for
the proud, he beholdeth them afar off.
7 Though I walk in the midst
of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me; * thou shalt stretch forth thy
hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save
me.
8 The LORD shall make good his loving-kindness toward me; * yea,
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; despise not then the works of
thine own hands.
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Psalm 146. Lauda, anima mea.
PRAISE the LORD, O my soul: while
I live, will I praise the LORD;
* yea, as long as I have any being,
I will sing praises unto my God.
2 O put not your trust in princes,
nor in any child of man; * for there is no help in them.
3 For when
the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, * and
then all his thoughts perish.
4 Blessed is he that hath the God of
Jacob for his help, * and whose hope is in the LORD his God:
5 Who
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; * who keepeth
his promise for ever;
6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong;
* who feedeth the hungry.
7 The LORD looseth men out of prison; * the
LORD giveth sight to the blind.
8 The LORD helpeth them that are
fallen; * the LORD careth for the righteous.
9 The LORD careth for
the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow: * as for the way
of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.
10 The LORD thy God, O
Sion, shall be King for evermore, * and throughout all generations.
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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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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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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 61. Exaudi, Deus.
HEAR my crying, O God, * give ear
unto my prayer.
2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee, *
when my heart is in heaviness.
3 O set me up upon the rock that is
higher than I; * for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me
against the enemy.
4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever, * and
my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings.
5 For thou, O
Lord, hast heard my desires, * and hast given an heritage unto those
that fear thy Name.
6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life, * that
his years may endure throughout all generations.
7 He shall dwell
before God for ever: * O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that
they may preserve him.
8 So will I alway sing praise unto thy Name, *
that I may daily perform my vows.
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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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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 77. Voce mea ad Dominum.
I WILL cry unto God with my voice;
* even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto
me.
2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord: * I stretched
forth my hands unto him, and ceased not in the night season; my soul
refused comfort.
3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God; *
when my heart is vexed, I will complain.
4 Thou holdest mine eyes
waking: * I am so feeble that I cannot speak.
5 I have considered the
days of old, * and the years that are past.
6 I call to remembrance
my song, * and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search
out my spirit.
7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever? * and will he
be no more intreated?
8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? * and is
his promise come utterly to an end for evermore?
9 Hath God forgotten
to be gracious? * and will he shut up his loving-kindness in
displeasure?
10 And I said, It is mine own infirmity; * but I will
remember the years of the right hand of the Most Highest.
11 I will
remember the works of the LORD, * and call to mind thy wonders of old
time.
12 I will think also of all thy works, * and my talking shall
be of thy doings.
13 Thy way, O God, is holy: * who is so great a God
as our God?
14 Thou art the God that doest wonders, * and hast
declared thy power among the peoples.
15 Thou hast mightily delivered
thy people, * even the sons of Jacob and Joseph.
16 The waters saw
thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid; * the depths also
were troubled.
17 The clouds poured out water, the air thundered, *
and thine arrows went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was heard
round about: * the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was
moved, and shook withal.
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in
the great waters, * and thy footsteps are not known.
20 Thou leddest
thy people like sheep, * by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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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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