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 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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The First Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 1. Beatus vir qui non abiit.
BLESSED is the man that hath not
walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of
sinners,
* and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.
2 But
his delight is in the law of the LORD; * and in his law will he exercise
himself day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the
waterside, * that will bring forth his fruit in due season.
4 His
leaf also shall not wither; * and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall
prosper.
5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; * but they are
like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the
earth.
6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the
judgment, * neither the sinners in the congregation of the
righteous.
7 But the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; * and the
way of the ungodly shall perish.
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Psalm 15. Domine, quis habitabit?
LORD, who shall dwell in thy
tabernacle? * or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?
2 Even he that
leadeth an uncorrupt life, * and doeth the thing which is right, and
speaketh the truth from his heart.
3 He that hath used no deceit in
his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, * and hath not slandered his
neighbour.
4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own
eyes, * and maketh much of them that fear the LORD.
5 He that
sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, * though it were
to his own hindrance.
6 He that hath not given his money upon usury,
* nor taken reward against the innocent.
7 Whoso doeth these things *
shall never fall.
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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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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 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 81. Exultate Deo.
SING we merrily unto God our
strength; * make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take the
Psalm, bring hither the tabret, * the merry harp with the lute.
3
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, * even in the time appointed, and
upon our solemn feast-day.
4 For this was made a statute for Israel,
* and a law of the God of Jacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a
testimony, * when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard a
strange language.
6 I eased his shoulder from the burden, * and his
hands were delivered from making the pots.
7 Thou calledst upon me in
troubles, and I delivered thee; * and heard thee what time as the storm
fell upon thee.
8 I proved thee also * at the waters of strife.
9
Hear, O my people; and I will assure thee, O Israel, * if thou wilt
hearken unto me,
10 There shall no strange god be in thee, * neither
shalt thou worship any other god.
11 I am the LORD thy God, who
brought thee out of the land of Egypt: * open thy mouth wide, and I
shall fill it.
12 But my people would not hear my voice; * and Israel
would not obey me;
13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts,
* and let them follow their own imaginations.
14 O that my people
would have hearkened unto me! * for if Israel had walked in my
ways,
15 I should soon have put down their enemies, * and turned my
hand against their adversaries.
16 The haters of the LORD should have
submitted themselves unto him; * but their time should have endured for
ever.
17 I would have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; *
and with honey out of the stony rock would I have satisfied 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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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 26. Judica me, Domine.
BE thou my Judge, O LORD, for I
have walked innocently:
* my trust hath been also in the LORD,
therefore shall I not fall.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; * try
out my reins and my heart.
3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before
mine eyes; * and I will walk in thy truth.
4 I have not dwelt with
vain persons; * neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful.
5
I have hated the congregation of the wicked; * and will not sit among
the ungodly.
6 I will wash my hands in innocency, O LORD; * and so
will I go to thine altar;
7 That I may show the voice of
thanksgiving, * and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 LORD, I have
loved the habitation of thy house, * and the place where thine honour
dwelleth.
9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners, * nor my life
with the blood-thirsty;
10 In whose hands is wickedness, * and their
right hand is full of gifts.
11 But as for me, I will walk
innocently: * O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot
standeth right: * I will praise the LORD in the congregations.
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Psalm 128. Beati omnes.
BLESSED are all they that fear the
LORD, * and walk in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labours of
thine hands: * O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.
3 Thy wife
shall be as the fruitful vine * upon the walls of thine house;
4 Thy
children like the olive-branches * round about thy table.
5 Lo, thus
shall the man be blessed * that feareth the LORD.
6 The LORD from out
of Sion shall so bless thee, * that thou shalt see Jerusalem in
prosperity all thy life long;
7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy
children's children, * and peace upon Israel.
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Psalm 34. Benedicam Dominum.
I WILL alway give thanks unto the
LORD; * his praise shall ever be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make
her boast in the LORD; * the humble shall hear thereof, and be
glad.
3 O praise the LORD with me, * and let us magnify his Name
together.
4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me; * yea, he delivered
me out of all my fear.
5 They had an eye unto him, and were
lightened; * and their faces were not ashamed.
6 Lo, the poor crieth,
and the LORD heareth him; * yea, and saveth him out of all his
troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD tarrieth round about them that fear
him, * and delivereth them.
8 O taste, and see, how gracious the LORD
is: * blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9 O fear the LORD, ye
that are his saints; * for they that fear him lack nothing.
10 The
lions do lack, and suffer hunger; * but they who seek the LORD shall
want no manner of thing that is good.
11 Come, ye children, and
hearken unto me; * I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man
is he that lusteth to live, * and would fain see good days?
13 Keep
thy tongue from evil, * and thy lips, that they speak no guile.
14
Eschew evil, and do good; * seek peace, and ensue it.
15 The eyes of
the LORD are over the righteous, * and his ears are open unto their
prayers.
16 The countenance of the LORD is against them that do evil,
* to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The
righteous cry, and the LORD heareth them, * and delivereth them out of
all their troubles.
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a
contrite heart, * and will save such as be of an humble spirit.
19
Great are the troubles of the righteous; * but the LORD delivereth him
out of all.
20 He keepeth all his bones, * so that not one of them is
broken.
21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly; * and they that
hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The LORD delivereth the
souls of his servants; * and all they that put their trust in him shall
not be destitute.
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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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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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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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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 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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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 46. Deus noster refugium.
GOD is our hope and strength, * a
very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will we not fear, though
the earth be moved, * and though the hills be carried into the midst of
the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell, * and though the
mountains shake at the tempest of the same.
4 There is a river, the
streams whereof make glad the city of God; * the holy place of the
tabernacle of the Most Highest.
5 God is in the midst of her,
therefore shall she not be removed; * God shall help her, and that right
early.
6 The nations make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved; * but
God hath showed his voice, and the earth shall melt away.
7 The LORD
of hosts is with us; * the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8 O come
hither, and behold the works of the LORD, * what destruction he hath
brought upon the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world; *
he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the
chariots in the fire.
10 Be still then, and know that I am God: * I
will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the
earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; * the God of Jacob is our
refuge.
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Psalm 96. Cantate Domino.
O SING unto the LORD a new song; *
sing unto the LORD, all the whole earth.
2 Sing unto the LORD, and
praise his Name; * be telling of his salvation from day to day.
3
Declare his honour unto the heathen, * and his wonders unto all
peoples.
4 For the LORD is great, and cannot worthily be praised;* he
is more to be feared than all gods.
5 As for all the gods of the
heathen, they are but idols; * but it is the LORD that made the
heavens.
6 Glory and worship are before him; * power and honour are
in his sanctuary.
7 Ascribe unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the
peoples, * ascribe unto the LORD worship and power.
8 Ascribe unto
the LORD the honour due unto his Name; * bring presents, and come into
his courts.
9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; * let the
whole earth stand in awe of him.
10 Tell it out among the heathen,
that the LORD is King, and that it is he who hath made the round world
so fast that it cannot be moved; * and how that he shall judge the
peoples righteously.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be
glad; * let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is.
12 Let the
field be joyful, and all that is in it; * then shall all the trees of
the wood rejoice before the LORD.
13 For he cometh, for he cometh to
judge the earth; * and with righteousness to judge the world, and the
peoples with his truth.
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