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Psalm 91. Qui habitat.
WHOSO dwelleth under the defence
of the Most High, * shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I
will say unto the LORD, Thou art my hope, and my stronghold; * my God,
in him will I trust.
3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of
the hunter, * and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall defend thee
under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers; * his
faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt
not be afraid for any terror by night, * nor for the arrow that flieth
by day;
6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, * nor for the
sickness that destroyeth in the noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall
beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; * but it shall not come
nigh thee.
8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, * and see the
reward of the ungodly.
9 For thou, LORD, art my hope; * thou hast set
thine house of defence very high.
10 There shall no evil happen unto
thee, * neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he
shall give his angels charge over thee, * to keep thee in all thy
ways.
12 They shall bear thee in their hands, * that thou hurt not
thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder: *
the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.
14
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; * I
will set him up, because he hath known my Name.
15 He shall call upon
me, and I will hear him; * yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver
him, and bring him to honour.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, *
and show him my salvation.
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The Fifteenth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 75. Confitebimur tibi.
UNTO thee, O God, do we give
thanks; * yea, unto thee do we give thanks.
2 Thy Name also is so
nigh; * and that do thy wondrous works declare.
3 In the appointed
time, saith God, * I shall judge according unto right.
4 The earth is
weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: * I bear up the pillars of
it.
5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly; * and to the ungodly,
Set not up your horn.
6 Set not up your horn on high, * and speak not
with a stiff neck.
7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor
from the west, * nor yet from the south.
8 And why? God is the Judge;
* he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
9 For in the hand of
the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; * it is full mixt, and he
poureth out of the same.
10 As for the dregs thereof, * all the
ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.
11 But I
will talk of the God of Jacob, * and praise him for ever.
12 All the
horns of the ungodly also will I break, * and the horns of the righteous
shall be exalted.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 82. Deus stetit.
GOD standeth in the congregation
of princes; * he is a Judge among gods.
2 How long will ye give wrong
judgment, * and accept the persons of the ungodly?
3 Defend the poor
and fatherless; * see that such as are in need and necessity have
right.
4 Deliver the outcast and poor; * save them from the hand of
the ungodly.
5 They know not, neither do they understand, but walk on
still in darkness: * all the foundations of the earth are out of
course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods, * and ye are all the children of
the Most Highest.
7 But ye shall die like men, * and fall like one of
the princes.
8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth; * for thou
shalt take all nations to thine inheritance.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 22:23. Deus, Deus meus.
O praise the LORD, ye that fear
him:
* magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob; and fear him, all
ye seed of Israel.
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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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Psalm 119
VII. Memor esto verbi tui.
O THINK upon thy servant, as
concerning thy word, * wherein thou hast caused me to put my
trust.
50 The same is my comfort in my trouble; * for thy word hath
quickened me.
51 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; * yet
have I not shrinked from thy law.
52 For I remembered thine
everlasting judgments, O LORD, * and received comfort.
53 I am
horribly afraid, * for the ungodly that forsake thy law.
54 Thy
statutes have been my songs, * in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I
have thought upon thy Name, O LORD, in the night season, * and have kept
thy law.
56 This I had, * because I kept thy
commandments.
VIII. Portio mea, Domine.
THOU art my portion, O LORD; * I
have promised to keep thy law.
58 I made my humble petition in thy
presence with my whole heart;
* O be merciful unto me, according to
thy word.
59 I called mine own ways to remembrance, * and turned my
feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I made haste, and prolonged not the
time, * to keep thy commandments.
61 The snares of the ungodly have
compassed me about; * but I have not forgotten thy law.
62 At
midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, * because of thy
righteous judgments.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee,
* and keep thy commandments.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy
mercy: * O teach me thy statutes.
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Psalm 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos.
UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, * O
thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold, even as the eyes of
servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a
maiden unto the hand of her mistress, * even so our eyes wait upon the
LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O
LORD, have mercy upon us; * for we are utterly despised.
4 Our soul
is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy, * and with the
despitefulness of the proud.
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Psalm 124. Nisi quia Dominus.
IF the LORD himself had not been
on our side, now may
Israel say; * if the LORD himself had not been
on our side, when men rose up against us;
2 They had swallowed us up
alive; * when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.
3 Yea, the
waters had drowned us, * and the stream had gone over our soul.
4 The
deep waters of the proud * had gone even over our soul.
5 But praised
be the LORD, * who hath not given us over for a prey unto their
teeth.
6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the
fowler; * the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
7 Our help
standeth in the Name of the LORD, * who hath made heaven and 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 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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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 136. Confitemini.
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for
he is gracious: * and his mercy endureth for ever.
2 O give thanks
unto the God of all gods: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
3 O
thank the Lord of all lords: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
4 Who
only doeth great wonders: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
5 Who by
his excellent wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
6 Who laid out the earth above the waters: * for his mercy
endureth for ever.
7 Who hath made great lights: * for his mercy
endureth for ever:
8 The sun to rule the day: * for his mercy
endureth for ever;
9 The moon and the stars to govern the night: *
for his mercy endureth for ever.
10 Who smote Egypt, with their
firstborn: * for his mercy endureth for ever;
11 And brought out
Israel from among them: * for his mercy endureth for ever;
12 With a
mighty hand and stretched-out arm: * for his mercy endureth for
ever.
13 Who divided the Red Sea in two parts: * for his mercy
endureth for ever;
14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it:
* for his mercy endureth for ever.
15 But as for Pharaoh and his
host, he overthrew them in the Red Sea: * for his mercy endureth for
ever.
16 Who led his people through the wilderness: * for his mercy
endureth for ever.
17 Who smote great kings: * for his mercy endureth
for ever;
18 Yea, and slew mighty kings: * for his mercy endureth for
ever:
19 Sihon, king of the Amorites: * for his mercy endureth for
ever;
20 And Og, the king of Bashan: * for his mercy endureth for
ever;
21 And gave away their land for an heritage: * for his mercy
endureth for ever;
22 Even for an heritage unto Israel his servant: *
for his mercy endureth for ever.
23 Who remembered us when we were in
trouble: * for his mercy endureth for ever;
24 And hath delivered us
from our enemies: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
25 Who giveth
food to all flesh: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
26 O give
thanks unto the God of heaven: * for his mercy endureth for ever.
27
O give thanks unto the Lord of lords: * for his mercy endureth for
ever.
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Psalm 142. Voce mea ad Dominum.
I CRIED unto the LORD with my
voice; * yea, even unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 I
poured out my complaints before him, * and showed him of my
trouble.
3 When my spirit was in heaviness, thou knewest my path; *
in the way wherein I walked, have they privily laid a snare for me.
4
I looked also upon my right hand, * and saw there was no man that would
know me.
5 I had no place to flee unto, * and no man cared for my
soul.
6 I cried unto thee, O LORD, and said, * Thou art my hope, and
my portion in the land of the living.
7 Consider my complaint; * for
I am brought very low.
8 O deliver me from my persecutors; * for they
are too strong for me.
9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give
thanks unto thy Name; * which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall
the righteous resort unto my company.
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Psalm 143. Domine, exaudi.
HEAR my prayer, O LORD, and
consider my desire; * hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness'
sake.
2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant; * for in thy
sight shall no man living be justified.
3 For the enemy hath
persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; * he
hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead.
4
Therefore is my spirit vexed within me, * and my heart within me is
desolate.
5 Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all thy
works; * yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy hands.
6 I
stretch forth my hands unto thee; * my soul gaspeth unto thee as a
thirsty land.
7 Hear me, O LORD, and that soon; for my spirit waxeth
faint: * hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go
down into the pit.
8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the
morning; for in thee is my trust: * show thou me the way that I should
walk in; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from
mine enemies; * for I flee unto thee to hide me.
10 Teach me to do
the thing that pleaseth thee; for thou art my God: * let thy loving
Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness.
11 Quicken me, O
LORD, for thy Name's sake; * and for thy righteousness' sake bring my
soul out of trouble.
12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies, * and
destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant.
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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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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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The Twenty-ninth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 139. Domine, probasti.
O LORD, thou hast searched me out,
and known me. *
Thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine uprising;
thou understandest my thoughts long before.
2 Thou art about my path,
and about my bed; * and art acquainted with all my ways.
3 For lo,
there is not a word in my tongue, * but thou, O LORD, knowest it
altogether.
4 Thou hast beset me behind and before, * and laid thine
hand upon me.
5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me;
* I cannot attain unto it.
6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit?
* or whither shall I go then from thy presence?
7 If I climb up into
heaven, thou art there; * if I go down to hell, thou art there
also.
8 If I take the wings of the morning, * and remain in the
uttermost parts of the sea;
9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me,
* and thy right hand shall hold me.
10 If I say, Peradventure the
darkness shall cover me; * then shall my night be turned to day.
11
Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as
the day; * the darkness and light to thee are both alike.
12 For my
reins are thine; * thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
13 I
will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: *
marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.
14 My
bones are not hid from thee, * though I be made secretly, and fashioned
beneath in the earth.
15 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being
imperfect; * and in thy book were all my members written;
16 Which
day by day were fashioned, * when as yet there was none of them.
17
How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God; * O how great is the sum of
them!
18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand: *
when I wake up, I am present with thee.
19 Wilt thou not slay the
wicked, O God? * Depart from me, ye blood-thirsty men.
20 For they
speak unrighteously against thee; * and thine enemies take thy Name in
vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? * and am not I
grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 Yea, I hate them
right sore; * even as though they were mine enemies.
23 Try me, O
God, and seek the ground of my heart; * prove me, and examine my
thoughts.
24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me; * and
lead me in the way everlasting.
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Psalm 80. Qui regis Israel.
HEAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel,
thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;
* show thyself also, thou
that sittest upon the Cherubim.
2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and
Manasseh, * stir up thy strength, and come and help us.
3 Turn us
again, O God; * show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be
whole.
4 O LORD God of hosts, * how long wilt thou be angry with thy
people that prayeth?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, *
and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink.
6 Thou hast made us
a very strife unto our neighbours, * and our enemies laugh us to
scorn.
7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts; * show the light of thy
countenance, and we shall be whole.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of
Egypt; * thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou
madest room for it; * and when it had taken root, it filled the
land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, * and the
boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.
11 She stretched out
her branches unto the sea, * and her boughs unto the River.
12 Why
hast thou then broken down her hedge, * that all they that go by pluck
off her grapes?
13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up, *
and the wild beasts of the field devour it.
14 Turn thee again, thou
God of hosts, look down from heaven, * behold, and visit this
vine;
15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath
planted, * and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself.
16
It is burnt with fire, and cut down; * and they shall perish at the
rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy
right hand, * and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for
thine own self.
18 And so will not we go back from thee: * O let us
live, and we shall call upon thy Name.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God
of hosts; * show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be
whole.
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Psalm 119
IX. Bonitatem fecisti.
O LORD, thou hast dealt graciously
with thy servant, * according unto thy word.
66 O teach me true
understanding and knowledge; * for I have believed thy
commandments.
67 Before I was troubled, I went wrong; * but now have
I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good and gracious; * O teach me thy
statutes.
69 The proud have imagined a lie against me; * but I will
keep thy commandments with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat
as brawn; * but my delight hath been in thy law.
71 It is good for me
that I have been in trouble; * that I may learn thy statutes.
72 The
law of thy mouth is dearer unto me * than thousands of gold and
silver.
X. Manus tuae fecerunt me.
THY hands have made me and
fashioned me: * O give me understanding, that I may learn thy
commandments.
74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; *
because I have put my trust in thy word.
75 I know, O LORD, that thy
judgments are right, * and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me
to be troubled.
76 O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, *
according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 O let thy loving mercies
come unto me, that I may live; * for thy law is my delight.
78 Let
the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to destroy me; * but
I will be occupied in thy commandments.
79 Let such as fear thee, and
have known thy testimonies, * be turned unto me.
80 O let my heart be
sound in thy statutes, * that I be not ashamed.
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Psalm 117. Laudate Dominum.
O PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations;
* praise him, all ye peoples.
2 For his merciful kindness is ever
more and more toward us; * and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever.
Praise the LORD.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 126. In convertendo.
WHEN the LORD turned again the
captivity of Sion, then were we like unto them that dream.
2 Then was
our mouth filled with laughter, * and our tongue with joy.
3 Then
said they among the heathen, * The LORD hath done great things for
them.
4 Yea, the LORD hath done great things for us already; *
whereof we rejoice.
5 Turn our captivity, O LORD, * as the rivers in
the south.
6 They that sow in tears * shall reap in joy.
7 He that
now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, * shall
doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.
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Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus.
EXCEPT the LORD build the house, *
their labour is but lost that build it.
2 Except the LORD keep the
city, * the watchman waketh but in vain.
3 It is but lost labour that
ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of
carefulness; * for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
4 Lo, children,
and the fruit of the womb, * are an heritage and gift that cometh of the
LORD.
5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, * even so are
the young children.
6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of
them; * they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in
the gate.
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Psalm 130. De profundis.
OUT of the deep have I called unto
thee, O LORD; * Lord, hear my voice.
2 O let thine ears consider well
* the voice of my complaint.
3 If thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark
what is done amiss, * O Lord, who may abide it?
4 For there is mercy
with thee; * therefore shalt thou be feared.
5 I look for the LORD;
my soul doth wait for him; * in his word is my trust.
6 My soul
fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch; * I say, before the
morning watch.
7 O Israel, trust in the LORD; for with the LORD there
is mercy, * and with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall
redeem Israel * from all his sins.
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The Twenty-eighth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 132. Memento, Domine.
LORD, remember David, * and all
his trouble:
2 How he sware unto the LORD, * and vowed a vow unto the
Almighty God of Jacob:
3 I will not come within the tabernacle of
mine house, * nor climb up into my bed;
4 I will not suffer mine eyes
to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber; * neither the temples of my head
to take any rest;
5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the
LORD; * an habitation for the Mighty God of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of
the same at Ephratah, * and found it in the wood.
7 We will go into
his tabernacle, * and fall low on our knees before his footstool.
8
Arise, O LORD, into thy resting-place; * thou, and the ark of thy
strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; * and let
thy saints sing with joyfulness.
10 For thy servant David's sake, *
turn not away the face of thine anointed.
11 The LORD hath made a
faithful oath unto David, * and he shall not shrink from it:
12 Of
the fruit of thy body * shall I set upon thy throne.
13 If thy
children will keep my covenant, and my testimonies that I shall teach
them; * their children also shall sit upon thy throne for
evermore.
14 For the LORD hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for
himself; * he hath longed for her.
15 This shall be my rest for ever:
* here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.
16 I will bless
her victuals with increase, * and will satisfy her poor with
bread.
17 I will deck her priests with health, * and her saints shall
rejoice and sing.
18 There shall I make the horn of David to
flourish: * I have ordained a lantern for mine anointed.
19 As for
his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame; * but upon himself shall
his crown flourish.
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Psalm 134. Ecce nunc.
BEHOLD now, praise the LORD, * all
ye servants of the LORD;
2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the
LORD, * even in the courts of the house of our God.
3 Lift up your
hands in the sanctuary, * and praise the LORD.
4 The LORD that made
heaven and earth * give thee blessing out of Sion.
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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 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 148. Laudate Dominum.
O PRAISE the LORD from the
heavens: * praise him in the heights.
2 Praise him, all ye angels of
his: * praise him, all his host.
3 Praise him, sun and moon: * praise
him, all ye stars and light.
4 Praise him, all ye heavens, * and ye
waters that are above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the Name of the
LORD: * for he spake the word, and they were made; he commanded, and
they were created.
6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever: * he
hath given them a law which shall not be broken.
7 Praise the LORD
from the earth, * ye dragons and all deeps;
8 Fire and hail, snow and
vapours, * wind and storm, fulfilling his word;
9 Mountains and all
hills; * fruitful trees and all cedars;
10 Beasts and all cattle; *
creeping things and flying fowls;
11 Kings of the earth, and all
peoples; * princes, and all judges of the world;
12 Young men and
maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the LORD: * for his
Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth.
13 He
shall exalt the horn of his people: all his saints shall praise him; *
even the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him.
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Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum.
O PRAISE God in his sanctuary: *
praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him in his noble
acts: * praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him
in the sound of the trumpet: * praise him upon the lute and harp.
4
Praise him in the timbrels and dances: * praise him upon the strings and
pipe.
5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: * praise him upon the
loud cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath * praise the
LORD.
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