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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Psalm 10. Ut quid, Domine ?
WHY standest thou so far off, O
LORD, * and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?
2 The
ungodly, for his own lust, doth persecute the poor: * let them be taken
in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined.
3 For the ungodly
hath made boast of his own heart's desire, * and speaketh good of the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4 The ungodly is so proud, that he
careth not for God, * neither is God in all his thoughts.
5 His ways
are alway grievous; * thy judgments are far above out of his sight, and
therefore defieth he all his enemies.
6 For he hath said in his
heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down, * there shall no harm happen
unto me.
7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud; * under
his tongue is ungodliness and vanity.
8 He sitteth lurking in the
thievish corners of the streets, * and privily in his lurking dens doth
he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor.
9 For he
lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh he in his den, * that he
may ravish the poor.
10 He doth ravish the poor, * when he getteth
him into his net.
11 He falleth down, and humbleth himself, * that
the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his
captains.
12 He hath said in his heart, Tush, God hath forgotten; *
he hideth away his face, and he will never see it.
13 Arise, O LORD
God, and lift up thine hand; * forget not the poor.
14 Wherefore
should the wicked blaspheme God, *
while he doth say in his heart,
Tush, thou God carest not for it?
15 Surely thou hast seen it; * for
thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, that thou mayest take the matter
into thy hand.
16 The poor committeth himself unto thee; * for thou
art the helper of the friendless.
17 Break thou the power of the
ungodly and malicious; * search out his ungodliness, until thou find
none.
18 The LORD is King for ever and ever, * and the heathen are
perished out of the land.
19 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the
poor; * thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth;
20 To
help the fatherless and poor unto their right, * that the man of the
earth be no more exalted against them.
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BOOK V.
The Twenty-second Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 107:1-16. 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 18: 1-20. Diligam te, Domine.
I WILL love thee, O LORD, my
strength. * The LORD is my stony rock, and my defence;
2 My Saviour,
my God, and my might, in whom I will trust; * my buckler, the horn also
of my salvation, and my refuge.
3 I will call upon the LORD, which is
worthy to be praised; * so shall I be safe from mine enemies.
4 The
sorrows of death compassed me, * and the over-flowings of ungodliness
made me afraid.
5 The pains of hell came about me; * the snares of
death overtook me.
6 In my trouble I called upon the LORD, * and
complained unto my God:
7 So he heard my voice out of his holy
temple, * and my complaint came before him; it entered even into his
ears.
8 The earth trembled and quaked, * the very foundations also of
the hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth.
9 There went
a smoke out in his presence, * and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so
that coals were kindled at it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came
down, * and it was dark under his feet.
11 He rode upon the Cherubim,
and did fly; * he came flying upon the wings of the wind.
12 He made
darkness his secret place, * his pavilion round about him with dark
water, and thick clouds to cover him.
13 At the brightness of his
presence his clouds removed; * hailstones and coals of fire.
14 The
LORD also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder; *
hailstones and coals of fire.
15 He sent out his arrows, and
scattered them; * he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them.
16
The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world
were discovered, * at thy chiding, O LORD, at the blasting of the breath
of thy displeasure.
17 He sent down from on high to fetch me, * and
took me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strongest
enemy, and from them which hate me; * for they were too mighty for
me.
19 They came upon me in the day of my trouble; * but the LORD was
my upholder.
20 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty; *
he brought me forth, even because he had a favour unto me.
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Psalm 20. Exaudiat te Dominus.
THE LORD hear thee in the day of
trouble; * the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee:
2 Send thee help
from the sanctuary, * and strengthen thee out of Sion:
3 Remember all
thy offerings, * and accept thy burnt-sacrifice:
4 Grant thee thy
heart's desire, * and fulfil all thy mind.
5 We will rejoice in thy
salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God: * the LORD
perform all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the LORD helpeth his
anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven, * even with the
wholesome strength of his right hand.
7 Some put their trust in
chariots, and some in horses; * but we will remember the Name of the
LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen; * but we are risen
and stand upright
9 Save, LORD; and hear us, O King of heaven, * when
we call upon thee.
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Psalm 23. Dominus regit me.
THE LORD is my shepherd; *
therefore can I lack nothing.
2 He shall feed me in a green pasture,
* and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
3 He shall convert
my soul, * and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his
Name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil; * for thou art with me; thy rod and thy
staff comfort me.
5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the
presence of them that trouble me; * thou hast anointed my head with oil,
and my cup shall be full.
6 Surely thy loving-kindness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life; * and I will dwell in the house
of the LORD for ever.
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Psalm 21:1-6. Domine, in virtute tua.
THE King shall rejoice in thy
strength, O LORD; * exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.
2
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, * and hast not denied him the
request of his lips.
3 For thou shalt meet him with the blessings of
goodness, * and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He
asked life of thee; and thou gavest him a long life, * even for ever and
ever.
5 His honour is great in thy salvation; * glory and great
worship shalt thou lay upon him.
6 For thou shalt give him
everlasting felicity, * and make him glad with the joy of thy
countenance.
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Psalm 28. Ad te, Domine.
UNTO thee will I cry, O LORD, my
strength:
* think no scorn of me; lest, if thou make as though thou
hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Hear the
voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee; * when I hold up my
hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy temple.
3 O pluck me not
away, neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers, * which
speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their
hearts.
4 Reward them according to their deeds, * and according to
the wickedness of their own inventions.
5 Recompense them after the
work of their hands; * pay them that they have deserved.
6 For they
regard not in their mind the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his
hands; * therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up.
7
Praised be the LORD; * for he hath heard the voice of my humble
petitions.
8 The LORD is my strength, and my shield; my heart hath
trusted in him, and I am helped; * therefore my heart danceth for joy,
and in my song will I praise him.
9 The LORD is my strength, * and he
is the wholesome defence of his anointed.
10 O save thy people, and
give thy blessing unto thine inheritance: * feed them, and set them up
for ever.
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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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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 37:1-24. Noli aemulari.
FRET not thyself because of the
ungodly; * neither be thou envious against the evil doers.
2 For they
shall soon be cut down like the grass, * and be withered even as the
green herb.
3 Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; *
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thou in
the LORD, * and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.
5 Commit thy
way unto the LORD, and put thy trust in him, * and he shall bring it to
pass.
6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, * and
thy just dealing as the noon-day.
7 Hold thee still in the LORD, and
abide patiently upon him: * but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth
prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels.
8 Leave off
from wrath, and let go displeasure: * fret not thyself, else shalt thou
be moved to do evil.
9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out; * and they
that patiently abide the LORD, those shall inherit the land.
10 Yet a
little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone: * thou shalt look
after his place, and he shall be away.
11 But the meek-spirited shall
possess the earth, * and shall be refreshed in the multitude of
peace.
12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just, * and
gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord shall laugh him to
scorn; * for he hath seen that his day is coming.
14 The ungodly have
drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, * to cast down the poor
and needy, and to slay such as be upright in their ways.
15 Their
sword shall go through their own heart, * and their bow shall be
broken.
16 A small thing that the righteous hath, * is better than
great riches of the ungodly.
17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be
broken, * and the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
18 The LORD knoweth
the days of the godly; * and their inheritance shall endure for
ever.
19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; * and in
the days of dearth they shall have enough.
20 As for the ungodly,
they shall perish, and the enemies
of the LORD shall consume as the
fat of lambs: * yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.
21
The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again; * but the righteous is
merciful and liberal.
22 Such as are blessed of God, shall possess
the land; * and they that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out.
23
The LORD ordereth a good man's going, * and maketh his way acceptable to
himself.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away; * for the LORD
upholdeth him with his hand.
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Psalm 37:26-41. Noli aemulari.
The righteous is ever merciful,
and lendeth; * and his seed is blessed.
27 Flee from evil, and do the
thing that is good; * and dwell for evermore.
28 For the LORD loveth
the thing that is right; * he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they
are preserved for ever.
29 The unrighteous shall be punished; * as
for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.
30 The righteous
shall inherit the land, * and dwell therein for ever.
31 The mouth of
the righteous is exercised in wisdom, * and his tongue will be talking
of judgment.
32 The law of his God is in his heart, * and his goings
shall not slide.
33 The ungodly watcheth the righteous, * and seeketh
occasion to slay him.
34 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, *
nor condemn him when he is judged.
35 Hope thou in the LORD, and keep
his way, and he
shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land:
* when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.
36 I myself have
seen the ungodly in great power, * and flourishing like a green
bay-tree.
37 I went by, and lo, he was gone: * I sought him, but his
place could no where be found.
38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto
the thing that is right; * for that shall bring a man peace at the
last.
39 As for the transgressors, they shall perish together; * and
the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the last.
40
But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the LORD; * who is also
their strength in the time of trouble.
41 And the LORD shall stand by
them, and save them: * he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and shall
save them, because they put their trust in him.
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Psalm 36:5. Dixit injustus.
Thy mercy, O LORD, reacheth unto
the' heavens, * and thy faithfulness unto the clouds.
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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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Psalm 33. Exultate, justi.
REJOICE in the LORD, O ye
righteous; * for it becometh well the just to be thankful.
2 Praise
the LORD with harp; * sing praises unto him with the lute, and
instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto the Lord a new song; * sing
praises lustily unto him with a good courage.
4 For the word of the
LORD is true; * and all his works are faithful.
5 He loveth
righteousness and judgment; * the earth is full of the goodness of the
LORD.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; * and all the
host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of
the sea together, as it were upon an heap; * and layeth up the deep, as
in a treasure-house.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: * stand in
awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world.
9 For he spake, and it
was done; * he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The LORD bringeth the
counsel of the heathen to nought, * and maketh the devices of the people
to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes.
11 The
counsel of the LORD shall endure for ever, * and the thoughts of his
heart from generation to generation.
12 Blessed are the people whose
God is the Lord JEHOVAH; * and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen
to him, to be his inheritance.
13 The LORD looketh down from heaven,
and beholdeth all the children of men; * from the habitation of his
dwelling, he considereth all them that dwell on the earth.
14 He
fashioneth all the hearts of them, * and understandeth all their
works.
15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an
host; * neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.
16 A
horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man; * neither shall he
deliver any man by his great strength.
17 Behold, the eye of the LORD
is upon them that fear him, * and upon them that put their trust in his
mercy;
18 To deliver their soul from death, * and to feed them in the
time of dearth.
19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the LORD; *
for he is our help and our shield.
20 For our heart shall rejoice in
him; * because we have hoped in his holy Name.
21 Let thy merciful
kindness, O LORD, be upon us, * like as we do put our trust in thee.
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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 7. Domine, Deus meus.
O LORD my God, in thee have I put
my trust: * save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver
me;
2 Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, *
while there is none to help.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done any such
thing; * or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
4 If I have
rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; * (yea, I have
delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;)
5 Then let mine
enemy persecute my soul, and take me; * yea, let him tread my life down
upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
6 Stand up, O LORD,
in thy wrath, and lift up thyself,
because of the indignation of mine
enemies; * arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast
commanded.
7 And so shall the congregation of the peoples come about
thee: * for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
8 The LORD
shall judge the peoples: give sentence with me, O LORD, * according to
my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.
9 O
let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; * but guide thou the
just.
10 For the righteous God * trieth the very hearts and
reins.
11 My help cometh of God, * who preserveth them that are true
of heart.
12 God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient; * and God
is provoked every day.
13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his
sword; * he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
14 He hath prepared
for him the instruments of death; * he ordaineth his arrows against the
persecutors.
15 Behold, the ungodly travaileth with iniquity; * he
hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
16 He hath
graven and digged up a pit, * and is fallen himself into the destruction
that he made for other.
17 For his travail shall come upon his own
head, * and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
18 I will give
thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness; * and I will
praise the Name of the LORD Most High.
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Psalm 11. In Domino confido.
IN the LORD put I my trust; * how
say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the
hill?
2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their
arrows within the quiver, * that they may privily shoot at them which
are true of heart.
3 If the foundations be destroyed, * what can the
righteous do?
4 The LORD is in his holy temple; * the LORD'S seat is
in heaven.
5 His eyes consider the poor, * and his eyelids try the
children of men.
6 The LORD approveth the righteous: * but the
un-godly, and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul
abhor.
7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone,
storm and tempest: * this shall be their portion to drink.
8 For the
righteous LORD loveth righteousness; * his countenance will behold the
thing that is just.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 12. Salvum me fac.
HELP me, LORD, for there is not
one godly man left;
* for the faithful are minished from among the
children of men.
2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour;
* they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double
heart.
3 The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, * and the tongue
that speaketh proud things;
4 Which have said, With our tongue will
we prevail; * we are they that ought to speak; who is lord over us?
5
Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy, * and because of
the deep sighing of the poor,
6 I will up, saith the LORD; * and will
help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at
rest.
7 The words of the LORD are pure words; * even as the silver
which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the
fire.
8 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD; * thou shalt preserve them from
this generation for ever.
9 The ungodly walk on every side: * when
they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.
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Psalm 29. Afferte Domino.
ASCRIBE unto the LORD, O ye
mighty, * ascribe unto the LORD worship and strength.
2 Ascribe unto
the LORD the honour due unto his Name; * worship the LORD with holy
worship.
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; * it is the
glorious God that maketh the thunder.
4 It is the LORD that ruleth
the sea; the voice of the LORD is mighty in operation; * the voice of
the LORD is a glorious voice.
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the
cedar-trees; * yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He
maketh them also to skip like a calf; * Lebanon also, and Sirion, like a
young unicorn.
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire;
the voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; * yea, the LORD shaketh
the wilderness of Kadesh.
8 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to
bring forth young, and strippeth bare the forests: * in his temple doth
every thing speak of his honour.
9 The LORD sitteth above the
water-flood, * and the LORD remaineth a King for ever.
10 The LORD
shall give strength unto his people; * the LORD shall give his people
the blessing of peace.
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The Sixth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 30. Exaltabo te, Domine.
I WILL magnify thee, O LORD; for
thou hast set me up, * and not made my foes to triumph over me.
2 O
LORD my God, I cried unto thee; * and thou hast healed me.
3 Thou,
LORD, hast brought my soul out of hell: * thou hast kept my life, that I
should not go down into the pit.
4 Sing praises unto the LORD, O ye
saints of his; * and give thanks unto him, for a remembrance of his
holiness.
5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an
eye,
and in his pleasure is life; * heaviness may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall
never be removed: * thou, LORD, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so
strong.
7 Thou didst turn thy face from me, * and I was
troubled.
8 Then cried I unto thee, O LORD; * and gat me to my LORD
right humbly.
9 What profit is there in my blood, * when I go down
into the pit?
10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? * or shall it
declare thy truth?
11 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me; * LORD,
be thou my helper.
12 Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy; * thou
hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness:
13 Therefore
shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing. * O my God, I
will give thanks unto thee for ever.
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Psalm 31. In te, Domine, speravi.
IN thee, O LORD, have I put my
trust; let me never be put to confusion; * deliver me in thy
righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; * make haste to deliver
me.
3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence, * that thou
mayest save me.
4 For thou art my strong rock, and my castle: * be
thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake.
5 Draw me out of
the net that they have laid privily for me; * for thou art my
strength.
6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit; * for thou hast
redeemed me, O
7 I have hated them that hold of lying vanities, *
and my trust hath been in the LORD.
8 I will be glad and rejoice in
thy mercy; * for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul
in adversities.
9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the
enemy; * but hast set my feet in a large room.
10 Have mercy upon me,
O LORD, for I am in trouble, * and mine eye is consumed for very
heaviness; yea, my soul and my body.
11 For my life is waxen old with
heaviness, * and my years with mourning.
12 My strength faileth me,
because of mine iniquity, * and my bones are consumed.
13 I became a
reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours; *
and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me; and they that did see
me without, conveyed themselves from me.
14 I am clean forgotten as a
dead man out of mind; * I am become like a broken vessel.
15 For I
have heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear is on every side; *
while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to take
away my life.
16 But my hope hath been in thee, O LORD; * I have
said, Thou art my God.
17 My times are in thy hand; deliver me from
the hand of mine enemies, * and from them that persecute me.
18 Show
thy servant the light of thy countenance, * and save me for thy mercy's
sake.
19 Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I have called upon
thee; * let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in
the grave.
20 Let the lying lips be put to silence, * which cruelly,
disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.
21 O how
plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear
thee, * and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in
thee, even before the sons of men!
22 Thou shalt hide them in the
covert of thine own presence from the plottings of men: * thou shalt
keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.
23
Thanks be to the LORD; * for he hath showed me marvellous great kindness
in a strong city.
24 But in my haste I said, * I am cast out of the
sight of thine eyes.
25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my
prayer, * when I cried unto thee.
26 O love the LORD, all ye his
saints; * for the LORD preserveth them that are faithful, and
plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.
27 Be strong, and he shall
establish your heart, * all ye that put your trust in the LORD.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 22. Deus, Deus meus.
MY God, my God, look upon me; why
hast thou forsaken me?
* and art so far from my health, and from the
words of my complaint?
2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou
hearest not; * and in the night season also I take no rest.
3 And
thou continuest holy, * O thou Worship of Israel.
4 Our fathers hoped
in thee; * they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They
called upon thee, and were holpen; * they put their trust in thee, and
were not confounded.
6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; * a
very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.
7 All they that see
me laugh me to scorn; * they shoot out their lips, and shake their
heads, saying,
8 He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; *
let him deliver him, if he will have him.
9 But thou art he that took
me out of my mother's womb; * thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon
my mother's breasts.
10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was
born; * thou art my God even from my mother's womb.
11 O go not from
me; for trouble is hard at hand, * and there is none to help me.
12
Many oxen are come about me; * fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every
side.
13 They gape upon me with their mouths, * as it were a ramping
and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones
are out of joint; * my heart also in the midst of my body is even like
melting wax.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and
my
tongue cleaveth to my gums, * and thou bringest me into the dust
of death.
16 For many dogs are come about me, * and the council of
the wicked layeth siege against me.
17 They pierced my hands and my
feet: I may tell all my bones: * they stand staring and looking upon
me.
18 They part my garments among them, * and cast lots upon my
vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD; * thou art my
succour, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, *
my darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's
mouth; * thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the
unicorns.
22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren; * in the midst
of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 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.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low
estate of the poor; * he hath not hid his face from him; but when he
called unto him he heard him.
25 My praise is of thee in the
great-congregation; * my vows will I perform in the sight of them that
fear him.
26 The poor shall eat, and be satisfied; they that seek
after the LORD shall praise him: * your heart shall live for ever.
27
All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto
the LORD; * and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before
him.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S, * and he is the Governor among
the nations.
29 All such as be fat upon earth * have eaten, and
worshipped.
30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before
him; * and no man hath quickened his own soul.
31 My seed shall serve
him: * they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.
32 They
shall come, and shall declare his righteousness * unto a people that
shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.
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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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