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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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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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 27. Dominus illuminatio.
THE LORD is my light and my
salvation; whom then shall I fear?
* the LORD is the strength of my
life; of whom then shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even mine
enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, * they stumbled
and fell.
3 Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall not
my heart be afraid; * and though there rose up war against me, yet will
I put my trust in him.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, which
I will require; * even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all
the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit
his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
tabernacle; * yea, in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me,
and set me up upon a rock of stone.
6 And now shall he lift up mine
head * above mine enemies round about me.
7 Therefore will I offer in
his dwelling an oblation, with great gladness: * I will sing and speak
praises unto the LORD.
8 Hearken unto my voice, O LORD, when I cry
unto thee; * have mercy upon me, and hear me.
9 My heart hath talked
of thee, Seek ye my face: * Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
10 O hide
not thou thy face from me, * nor cast thy servant away in
displeasure.
11 Thou hast been my succour; * leave me not, neither
forsake me, O God of my salvation.
12 When my father and my mother
forsake me, * the LORD taketh me up.
13 Teach me thy way, O LORD, *
and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies.
14 Deliver me
not over into the will of mine adversaries: * for there are false
witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong.
15 I should
utterly have fainted, * but that I believe verily to see the goodness of
the LORD in the land of the living.
16 O tarry thou the LORD'S
leisure; * be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy
trust in the LORD.
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The Seventeenth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 86. Inclina, Domine.
BOW down thine ear, O LORD, and
hear me; * for I am poor, and in misery.
2 Preserve thou my soul, for
I am holy: * my God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in
thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord; * for I will call daily upon
thee.
4 Comfort the soul of thy servant; * for unto thee, O Lord, do
I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, * and of
great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
6 Give ear, LORD, unto
my prayer, * and ponder the voice of my humble desires.
7 In the time
of my trouble I will call upon thee; * for thou hearest me.
8 Among
the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; * there is not one that
can do as thou doest.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come
and worship thee, O Lord; * and shall glorify thy Name.
10 For thou
art great, and doest wondrous things: * thou art God alone.
11 Teach
me thy way, O LORD, and I will walk in thy truth: * O knit my heart unto
thee, that I may fear thy Name.
12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God,
with all my heart; * and will praise thy Name for evermore.
13 For
great is thy mercy toward me; * and thou hast delivered my soul from the
nethermost hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen against me; * and
the
congregations of violent men have sought after my soul, and have
not set thee before their eyes.
15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of
compassion and mercy, * long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and
truth.
16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; * give
thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.
17
Show some token upon me for good; that they who hate me may see it, and
be ashamed, * because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 89. Misericordias Domini.
MY song shall be alway of the
loving-kindness of the LORD;
* with my mouth will I ever be showing
thy truth from one generation to another.
2 For I have said, Mercy
shall be set up for ever; * thy truth shalt thou stablish in the
heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen; * I have sworn unto
David my servant:
4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever, * and set up
thy throne from one generation to another.
5 O LORD, the very heavens
shall praise thy wondrous works; * and thy truth in the congregation of
the saints.
6 For who is he among the clouds, * that shall be
compared unto the LORD?
7 And what is he among the gods, * that shall
be like unto the LORD?
8 God is very greatly to be feared in the
council of the saints, * and to be had in reverence of all them that are
round about him.
9 O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee? * thy
truth, most mighty LORD, is on every side.
10 Thou rulest the raging
of the sea; * thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise.
11
Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it; * thou hast scattered thine
enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.
12 The heavens are thine, the
earth also is thine; * thou hast laid the foundation of the round world,
and all that therein is.
13 Thou hast made the north and the south; *
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name.
14 Thou hast a mighty
arm; * strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
15
Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat; * mercy and
truth shall go before thy face.
16 Blessed is the people, O LORD,
that can rejoice in thee; * they shall walk in the light of thy
countenance.
17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name; * and in
thy righteousness shall they make their boast.
18 For thou art the
glory of their strength, * and in thy loving-kindness thou shalt lift up
our horns.
19 For the LORD is our defence; * the Holy One of Israel
is our King.
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Psalm 92. Bonum est confiteri.
IT is a good thing to give thanks
unto the LORD, * and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest;
2
To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning, * and of thy truth
in the night season;
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon
the lute; * upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp.
4 For thou,
LORD, hast made me glad through thy works; * and I will rejoice in
giving praise for the operations of thy hands.
5 O LORD, how glorious
are thy works! * thy thoughts are very deep.
6 An unwise man doth not
well consider this, * and a fool doth not understand it.
7 When the
ungodly are green as the grass, and when all the workers of wickedness
do flourish, * then shall they be destroyed for ever; but thou, LORD,
art the Most Highest for evermore.
8 For lo, thine enemies, O LORD,
lo, thine enemies shall perish; * and all the workers of wickedness
shall be destroyed.
9 But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of
an unicorn; * for I am anointed with fresh oil.
10 Mine eye also
shall see his lust of mine enemies, * and mine ear shall hear his desire
of the wicked that arise up against me.
11 The righteous shall
flourish like a palm-tree, * and shall spread abroad like a cedar in
Lebanon.
12 Such as are planted in the house of the LORD, * shall
flourish in the courts of the house of our God.
13 They also shall
bring forth more fruit in their age, * and shall be fat and
well-liking;
14 That they may show how true the LORD my strength is,
* and that there is no unrighteousness in him.
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Psalm 94. Deus ultionum.
O LORD God, to whom vengeance
belongeth, * thou God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.
2
Arise, thou Judge of the world, * and reward the proud after their
deserving.
3 LORD, how long shall the ungodly, * how long shall the
ungodly triumph?
4 How long shall all wicked doers speak so
disdainfully, * and make such proud boasting?
5 They smite down thy
people, O LORD, * and trouble thine heritage.
6 They murder the widow
and the stranger, * and put the fatherless to death.
7 And yet they
say, Tush, the LORD shall not see, * neither shall the God of Jacob
regard it.
8 Take heed, ye unwise among the people: * O ye fools,
when will ye understand?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not
hear? * or he that made the eye, shall he not see?
10 Or he that
instructeth the heathen, * it is he that teacheth man knowledge; shall
not he punish?
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, * that they
are but vain.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, *
and teachest him in thy law;
13 That thou mayest give him patience in
time of adversity, * until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.
14
For the LORD will not fail his people; * neither will he forsake his
inheritance;
15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgment: * all
such as are true in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up with
me against the wicked? * or who will take my part against the evil
doers?
17 If the LORD had not helped me, * it had not failed, but my
soul had been put to silence.
18 But when I said, My foot hath slipt;
* thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19 In the multitude of the sorrows
that I had in my heart, * thy comforts have refreshed my soul.
20
Wilt thou have any thing to do with the throne of wickedness, * which
imagineth mischief as a law?
21 They gather them together against the
soul of the righteous, * and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the
LORD is my refuge, * and my God is the strength of my confidence.
23
He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own
malice; * yea, the LORD our God shall destroy them.
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The Twentieth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 102. Domine, exaudi.
HEAR my prayer, O LORD, * and let
my crying come unto thee.
2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of
my trouble; * incline thine ear unto me when I call; O hear me, and that
right soon.
3 For my days are consumed away like smoke, * and my
bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.
4 My heart is smitten
down, and withered like grass; * so that I forget to eat my bread.
5
For the voice of my groaning, * my bones will scarce cleave to my
flesh.
6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness, * and like an
owl that is in the desert.
7 I have watched, and am even as it were a
sparrow, * that sitteth alone upon the housetop.
8 Mine enemies
revile me all the day long; * and they that are mad upon me are sworn
together against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, * and
mingled my drink with weeping;
10 And that, because of thine
indignation and wrath; * for thou hast taken me up, and cast me
down.
11 My days are gone like a shadow, * and I am withered like
grass.
12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever, * and thy
remembrance throughout all generations.
13 Thou shalt arise, and have
mercy upon Sion; * for it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea,
the time is come.
14 And why? thy servants think upon her stones, *
and it pitieth them to see her in the dust.
15 The nations shall fear
thy Name, O LORD; * and all the kings of the earth thy majesty;
16
When the LORD shall build up Sion, * and when his glory shall
appear;
17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute,
* and despiseth not their desire.
18 This shall be written for those
that come after, * and the people which shall be born shall praise the
LORD.
19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary; * out of the
heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
20 That he might hear the
mournings of such as are in captivity, * and deliver them that are
appointed unto death;
21 That they may declare the Name of the LORD
in Sion, * and his worship at Jerusalem;
22 When the peoples are
gathered together, * and the kingdoms also, to serve the LORD.
23 He
brought down my strength in my journey, * and shortened my days.
24
But I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of mine age; * as
for thy years, they endure throughout all generations.
25 Thou, Lord,
in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, * and the
heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 They shall perish, but thou
shalt endure: * they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
27 And as a
vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed; * but thou
art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
28 The children of thy
servants shall continue, * and their seed shall stand fast in thy
sight.
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BOOK V.
The Twenty-second Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 107. Confitemini Domino.
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for
he is gracious, * and his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let them give
thanks whom the LORD hath redeemed, * and delivered from the hand of the
enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from
the west; * from the north, and from the south.
4 They went astray in
the wilderness out of the way, * and found no city to dwell in.
5
Hungry and thirsty, * their soul fainted in them.
6 So they cried
unto the LORD in their trouble, * and he delivered them from their
distress.
7 He led them forth by the right way, * that they might go
to the city where they dwelt.
8 O that men would therefore praise the
LORD for his goodness; * and declare the wonders that he doeth for the
children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the empty soul, * and filleth
the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the
shadow of death, * being fast bound in misery and iron;
11 Because
they rebelled against the words of the Lord, * and lightly regarded the
counsel of the Most Highest;
12 He also brought down their heart
through heaviness: * they fell down, and there was none to help
them.
13 SO when they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, * he
delivered them out of their distress.
14 For he brought them out of
darkness, and out of the shadow of death, * and brake their bonds in
sunder.
15 O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his
goodness; * and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of
men !
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, * and smitten the
bars of iron in sunder.
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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.
5 Thy mercy, O LORD, reacheth unto
the' heavens, * and thy faithfulness unto the clouds.
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Psalm 103. Benedic, anima mea.
PRAISE the LORD, O my soul; * and
all that is within me, praise his holy Name.
2 Praise the LORD, O my
soul, * and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thy sin,
* and healeth all thine infirmities;
4 Who saveth thy life from
destruction, * and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness;
5
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, * making thee young and lusty
as an eagle.
6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment * for
all them that are oppressed with wrong.
7 He showed his ways unto
Moses, * his works unto the children of Israel.
8 The LORD is full of
compassion and mercy, * long-suffering, and of great goodness.
9 He
will not alway be chiding; * neither keepeth he his anger for
ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; * nor rewarded us
according to our wickednesses.
11 For look how high the heaven is in
comparison of the earth; * so great is his mercy also toward them that
fear him.
12 Look how wide also the east is from the west; * so far
hath he set our sins from us.
13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his
own children; * even so is the LORD merciful unto them that fear
him.
14 For he knoweth whereof we are made; * he remembereth that we
are but dust.
15 The days of man are but as grass; * for he
flourisheth as a flower of the field.
16 For as soon as the wind
goeth over it, it is gone; * and the place thereof shall know it no
more.
17 But the merciful goodness of the LORD endureth for ever and
ever upon them that fear him; * and his righteousness upon children's
children;
18 Even upon such as keep his covenant, * and think upon
his commandments to do them.
19 The LORD hath prepared his seat in
heaven, * and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 O praise the LORD, ye
angels of his, ye that excel in strength; * ye that fulfil his
commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word.
21 O praise the
LORD, all ye his hosts; * ye servants of his that do his pleasure.
22
O speak good of the LORD, all ye works of his, in all places of his
dominion: * praise thou the LORD, O my soul.
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Psalm 72. Deus, judicium.
GIVE the King thy judgments, O
God, * and thy righteousness unto the King's son.
2 Then shall he
judge thy people according unto right, * and defend the poor.
3 The
mountains also shall bring peace, * and the little hills righteousness
unto the people.
4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right, *
defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrong doer.
5 They
shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon endureth, * from one
generation to another.
6 He shall come down like the rain upon the
mown grass, * even as the drops that water the earth.
7 In his time
shall the righteous flourish; * yea, and abundance of peace, so long as
the moon endureth.
8 His dominion shall be also from the one sea to
the other, * and from the River unto the world's end.
9 They that
dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him; * his enemies shall lick
the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall give
presents; * the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts.
11 All
kings shall fall down before him; * all nations shall do him
service.
12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth; * the needy
also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shall be favourable to the
simple and needy, * and shall preserve the souls of the poor.
14 He
shall deliver their souls from falsehood and wrong; * and dear shall
their blood be in his sight.
15 He shall live, and unto him shall be
given of the gold of Arabia; * prayer shall be made ever unto him, and
daily shall he be praised.
16 There shall be an heap of corn in the
earth, high upon the hills ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon:
* and they of the city shall flourish like grass upon the earth.
17
His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain under the sun
among the posterities, which shall be blessed in him; * and all the
nations shall praise him.
18 Blessed be the LORD God, even the God of
Israel, * which only doeth wondrous things;
19 And blessed be the
Name of his majesty for ever: * and all the earth shall be filled with
his majesty. Amen, Amen.
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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 85. Benedixisti, Domine.
LORD, thou art become gracious
unto thy land; * thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.
2 Thou
hast forgiven the offence of thy people, * and covered all their
sins.
3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, * and turned
thyself from thy wrathful indignation.
4 Turn us then, O God our
Saviour, * and let thine anger cease from us.
5 Wilt thou be
displeased at us for ever? * and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from
one generation to another?
6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken
us, * that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Show us thy mercy, O
LORD, * and grant us thy salvation.
8 I will hearken what the LORD
God will say; * for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his
saints, that they turn not again unto foolishness.
9 For his
salvation is nigh them that fear him; * that glory may dwell in our
land.
10 Mercy and truth are met together: * righteousness and peace
have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth, *
and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
12 Yea, the LORD
shall show loving-kindness; * and our land shall give her
increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before him, * and shall direct
his going in the way.
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BOOK IV.
The Eighteenth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 90. Domine, refugium.
LORD, thou hast been our refuge, *
from one generation to another.
2 Before the mountains were brought
forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, * thou art God from
everlasting, and world without end.
3 Thou turnest man to
destruction; * again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.
4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past,
* and as a watch in the night.
5 As soon as thou scatterest them they
are even as a sleep; * and fade away suddenly like the grass.
6 In
the morning it is green, and groweth up; * but in the evening it is cut
down, dried up, and withered.
7 For we consume away in thy
displeasure, * and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.
8 Thou
hast set our misdeeds before thee; * and our secret sins in the light of
thy countenance.
9 For when thou art angry all our days are gone: *
we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.
10 The
days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so
strong that they come to fourscore years, * yet is their strength then
but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
11
But who regardeth the power of thy wrath? * or feareth aright thy
indignation?
12 So teach us to number our days, * that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom.
13 Turn thee again, O LORD, at the last, *
and be gracious unto thy servants.
14 O satisfy us with thy mercy,
and that soon: * so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our
life.
15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued
us; * and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.
16 Show
thy servants thy work, * and their children thy glory.
17 And the
glorious majesty of the LORD our God be upon us: * prosper thou the work
of our hands upon us; O prosper thou our handy-work.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 104. Benedic, anima mea.
PRAISE the LORD, O my soul:
*
O LORD my God, thou art become exceeding glorious; thou art clothed with
majesty and honour.
2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with
a garment, * and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain.
3 Who
layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, * and maketh the clouds
his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
4 He maketh his
angels winds, * and his ministers a flaming fire.
5 He laid the
foundations of the earth, * that it never should move at any time.
6
Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a garment; * the waters
stand above the hills.
7 At thy rebuke they flee; * at the voice of
thy thunder they haste away.
8 They go up as high as the hills, and
down to the valleys beneath; * even unto the place which thou hast
appointed for them.
9 Thou hast set them their bounds, which they
shall not pass, * neither turn again to cover the earth.
10 He
sendeth the springs into the rivers, * which run among the hills.
11
All beasts of the field drink thereof, * and the wild asses quench their
thirst.
12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their
habitation, * and sing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hills
from above; * the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.
14 He
bringeth forth grass for the cattle, * and green herb for the service of
men;
15 That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh
glad the heart of man; * and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and
bread to strengthen man's heart.
16 The trees of the LORD also are
full of sap; * even the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted;
17
Wherein the birds make their nests; * and the fir-trees are a dwelling
for the stork.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; *
and so are the stony rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon
for certain seasons, * and the sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou
makest darkness that it may be night; * wherein all the beasts of the
forest do move.
21 The lions, roaring after their prey, * do seek
their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, and they get them away
together, * and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth to
his work, and to his labour, * until the evening.
24 O LORD, how
manifold are thy works! * in wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth
is full of thy riches.
25 So is the great and wide sea also; *
wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great
beasts.
26 There go the ships, and there is that leviathan, * whom
thou hast made to take his pastime therein.
27 These wait all upon
thee, * that thou mayest give them meat in due season.
28 When thou
givest it them, they gather it; * and when thou openest thy hand, they
are filled with good.
29 When thou hidest thy face, they are
troubled: * when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned
again to their dust.
30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth, they
shall be made; * and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
31 The
glorious majesty of the LORD shall endure for ever; * the LORD shall
rejoice in his works.
32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him;
* if he do but touch the hills, they shall smoke.
33 I will sing unto
the LORD as long as I live; * I will praise my God while I have my
being.
34 And so shall my words please him: * my joy shall be in the
LORD.
35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, *
and the ungodly shall come to an end.
36 Praise thou the LORD, O my
soul. * Praise the LORD.
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Psalm 111. Confitebor tibi.
I WILL give thanks unto the LORD
with my whole heart, * secretly among the faithful, and in the
congregation.
2 The works of the LORD are great, * sought out of all
them that have pleasure therein.
3 His work is worthy to be praised
and had in honour, * and his righteousness endureth for ever.
4 The
merciful and gracious LORD hath so done his marvellous works, * that
they ought to be had in remembrance.
5 He hath given meat unto them
that fear him; * he shall ever be mindful of his covenant.
6 He hath
showed his people the power of his works, * that he may give them the
heritage of the heathen.
7 The works of his hands are verity and
judgment; * all his commandments are true.
8 They stand fast for ever
and ever, * and are done in truth and equity.
9 He sent redemption
unto his people; * he hath commanded his covenant for ever; holy and
reverend is his Name.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
wisdom; * a good understanding have all they that do thereafter; his
praise endureth for ever.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 114. In exitu Israel.
WHEN Israel came out of Egypt, *
and the house of Jacob from among the strange people,
2 Judah was his
sanctuary, * and Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw that, and fled; *
Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, * and the
little hills like young sheep.
5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that
thou fleddest? * and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6 Ye
mountains, that ye skipped like rams? * and ye little hills, like young
sheep?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord: * at the
presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Who turned the hard rock into a
standing water, `: and the flint-stone into a springing well.
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The Twenty-fourth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 116. Dilexi, quoniam.
MY delight is in the LORD; *
because he hath heard the voice of my prayer;
2 Because he hath
inclined his ear unto me; * therefore will I call upon him as long as I
live.
3 The snares of death compassed me round about, * and the pains
of hell gat hold upon me.
4 I found trouble and heaviness; then
called I upon the Name of the LORD; * O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my
soul.
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; * yea, our God is
merciful.
6 The LORD preserveth the simple: * I was in misery, and he
helped me.
7 Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul; * for the LORD
hath rewarded thee.
8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul from
death, * mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will
walk before the LORD * in the land of the living.
10 I believed, and
therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled: * I said in my haste,
All men are liars.
11 What reward shall I give unto the LORD * for
all the benefits that he hath done unto me?
12 I will receive the cup
of salvation, * and call upon the Name of the LORD.
13 I will pay my
vows now in the presence of all his people: * right dear in the sight of
the LORD is the death of his saints.
14 Behold, O LORD, how that I am
thy servant; * I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou
hast broken my bonds in sunder.
15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice
of thanksgiving, * and will call upon the Name of the LORD.
16 I will
pay my vows unto the LORD, in the sight of all his people, * in the
courts of the LORD'S house; even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Praise the LORD.
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Psalm 93. Dominus regnavit.
THE LORD is King, and hath put on
glorious apparel; *
the LORD hath put on his apparel, and girded
himself with strength.
2 He hath made the round world so sure, * that
it cannot be moved.
3 Ever since the world began, hath thy seat been
prepared: * thou art from everlasting.
4 The floods are risen, O
LORD, the floods have lift up their voice; * the floods lift up their
waves.
5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; * but
yet the LORD, who dwelleth on high, is mightier.
6 Thy testimonies, O
LORD, are very sure: * holiness becometh thine house for ever.
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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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