Psalm 66. Jubilate Deo.
O BE joyful in God, all ye lands; * sing praises
unto the honour of his Name; make his praise to be glorious.
2 Say
unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works! * through the greatness
of thy power shall thine enemies bow down unto thee.
3 For all the
world shall worship thee, * sing of thee, and praise thy Name.
4 O
come hither, and behold the works of God; * how wonderful he is in his
doing toward the children of men.
5 He turned the sea into dry land,
* so that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice
thereof.
6 He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold the
nations: * and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt
themselves.
7 O praise our God, ye peoples, * and make the voice of
his praise to be heard;
8 Who holdeth our soul in life; * and
suffereth not our feet to slip.
9 For thou, O God, hast proved us; *
thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried.
10 Thou broughtest
us into the snare; * and laidest trouble upon our loins.
11 Thou
sufferedst men to ride over our heads; * we went through fire and water,
and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
12 I will go into
thine house with burnt-offerings, and will pay thee my vows, * which I
promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in
trouble.
13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the
incense of rams; * I will offer bullocks and goats.
14 O come hither,
and hearken, all ye that fear God; * and I will tell you what he hath
done for my soul.
15 I called unto him with my mouth, * and gave him
praises with my tongue.
16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine
heart, * the Lord will not hear me.
17 But God hath heard me; * and
considered the voice of my prayer.
18 Praised be God, who hath not
cast out my prayer, * nor turned his mercy from me.
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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 Psalter or
Psalms of David
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 3. Domine, quid multiplicati?
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! *
many are they that rise against me.
2 Many one there be that say of
my soul, * There is no help for him in his God.
3 But thou, O LORD,
art my defender; * thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my
head.
4 I did call upon the LORD with my voice, * and he heard me out
of his holy hill.
5 I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; *
for the LORD sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid for ten thousands
of the people, * that have set themselves against me round about.
7
UP, LORD, and help me, O my God, * for thou smitest all mine enemies
upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8
Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; * and thy blessing is upon thy
people.
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Psalm 5. Verba mea auribus.
PONDER my words, O LORD, * consider my
meditation.
2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my
King
and my God: * for unto thee will I make my prayer.
3 My voice shalt
thou hear betimes, O LORD; * early in the morning will I direct my
prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4 For thou art the God that hast
no pleasure in wickedness; * neither shall any evil dwell with
thee.
5 Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight; * for thou
hatest all them that work iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that
speak lies: * the LORD will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful
man.
7 But as for me, in the multitude of thy mercy I will come into
thine house; * and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy
temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of mine
enemies; * make thy way plain before my face.
9 For there is no
faithfulness in their mouth; * their inward parts are very
wickedness.
10 Their throat is an open sepulchre; * they flatter with
their tongue.
11 Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through
their own imaginations; * cast them out in the multitude of their
ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.
12 And let all them
that put their trust in thee rejoice: * they shall ever be giving of
thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be
joyful in thee;
13 For thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the
righteous, * and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as
with a shield.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 22. 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 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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Psalm 40. Expectans expectavi.
I WAITED patiently for the LORD, * and he
inclined unto me, and heard my calling.
2 He brought me also out of
the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay, * and set my feet upon the
rock, and ordered my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my
mouth, * even a thanksgiving unto our God.
4 Many shall see it, and
fear, * and shall put their trust in the LORD.
5 Blessed is the man
that hath set his hope in the LORD, * and turned not unto the proud, and
to such as go about with lies.
6 O LORD my God, great are the
wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which
are to usward; * and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto
thee.
7 If I should declare them, and speak of them, * they should be
more than I am able to express.
8 Sacrifice and offering thou
wouldest not, * but mine ears hast thou opened.
9 Burnt-offering and
sacrifice for sin hast thou not required: * then said I, LO, I
come;
10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should
fulfil thy will, O my God: * I am content to do it; yea, thy law is
within my heart.
11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great
congregation: * lo, I will not refrain my lips, O LORD, and that thou
knowest.
12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; * my
talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation.
13 I have not kept
back thy loving mercy and truth * from the great congregation.
14
Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O LORD; * let thy loving-kindness
and thy truth alway preserve me.
15 For innumerable troubles are come
about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to
look up; * yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and
my heart hath failed me.
16 O LORD, let it be thy pleasure to deliver
me; * make haste, O LORD, to help me.
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BOOK II.
Psalm 42. Quemadmodum.
LIKE as the hart desireth the water-brooks, * so
longeth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul is athirst for God, yea,
even for the living
God: * when shall I come to appear before the
presence of God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, * while
they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God?
4 Now when I think
thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; * for I went with the
multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God;
5 In the
voice of praise and thanksgiving, * among such as keep holy-day.
6
Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul? * and why art thou so
disquieted within me?
7 O put thy trust in God; * for I will yet
thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
8 My soul
is vexed within me; * therefore will I remember thee from the land of
Jordan, from Hermon and the little hill.
9 One deep calleth another,
because of the noise of thy water-floods; * all thy waves and storms are
gone over me.
10 The LORD will grant his loving-kindness in the
day-time; * and in the night season will I sing of him, and make my
prayer unto the God of my life.
11 I will say unto the God of my
strength, Why hast thou forgotten me? * why go I thus heavily, while the
enemy oppresseth me?
12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword,
* while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth;
13 Namely,
while they say daily unto me, * Where is now thy God?
14 Why art thou
so vexed, O my soul? * and why art thou so disquieted within me?
15 O
put thy trust in God; * for I will yet thank him, which is the help of
my countenance, and my God.
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Psalm 43. Judica me, Deus.
GIVE sentence with me, O God, and defend my
cause against the ungodly
people; * O deliver me from the deceitful
and wicked man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou
put me from thee? * and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth
me?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me, *
and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling;
4 And that I
may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness;
* and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God.
5
Why art thou so heavy, O my soul? * and why art thou so disquieted
within me?
6 O put thy trust in God; * for I will yet give him
thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
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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 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 121. Levavi oculos.
I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills; * from
whence cometh my help?
2 My help cometh even from the LORD, * who
hath made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be
moved; * and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
4 Behold, he that
keepeth Israel * shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD himself
is thy keeper; * the LORD is thy defence upon thy right hand;
6 So
that the sun shall not burn thee by day, * neither the moon by
night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; * yea, it is
even he that shall keep thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going
out, and thy coming in, * from this time forth for evermore.
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Psalm 4. Cum invocarem.
HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness:
* thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me,
and hearken unto my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye
blaspheme mine honour, * and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek
after falsehood?
3 Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen to
himself the man that is godly; * when I call upon the LORD he will hear
me.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not; * commune with your own heart, and
in your chamber, and be still.
5 Offer the sacrifice of
righteousness, * and put your trust in the LORD.
6 There be many that
say, * Who will show us any good?
7 LORD, lift thou up * the light of
thy countenance upon us.
8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart; * yea,
more than when their corn and wine and oil increase.
9 I will lay me
down in peace, and take my rest; * for it is thou, LORD, only, that
makest me dwell in safety.
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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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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 Fifth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 24. Domini est terra.
THE earth is the LORD'S, and all that therein
is; * the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he
hath founded it upon the seas, * and stablished it upon the floods.
3
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? * or who shall rise up in
his holy place?
4 Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; *
and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his
neighbour.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, * and
righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation
of them that seek him; * even of them that seek thy face, O God of
Jacob.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye
everlasting doors; * and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is
this King of glory? * It is the LORD strong and mighty, even the LORD
mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift
up, ye everlasting doors; * and the King of glory shall come in.
10
Who is this King of glory? * Even the LORD of hosts, he is the King of
glory.
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Psalm 25. Ad te, Domine, levavi.
UNTO thee, O LORD, will I lift up my soul; my
God, I have put my trust in thee: * O let me not be confounded, neither
let mine enemies triumph over me.
2 For all they that hope in thee
shall not be ashamed; * but such as transgress without a cause shall be
put to confusion.
3 Show me thy ways, O LORD, * and teach me thy
paths.
4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me: * for thou art the
God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long.
5
Call to remembrance, O LORD, thy tender mercies, * and thy
loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old.
6 O remember not the
sins and offences of my youth; * but according to thy mercy think thou
upon me, O LORD, for thy goodness.
7 Gracious and righteous is the
LORD; * therefore, will he teach sinners in the way.
8 Them that are
meek shall he guide in judgment; * and such as are gentle, them shall he
learn his way.
9 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, *
unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
10 For thy Name's
sake, O LORD, * be merciful unto my sin; for it is great.
11 What man
is he that feareth the LORD? * him shall he teach in the way that he
shall choose.
12 His soul shall dwell at ease, * and his seed shall
inherit the land.
13 The secret of the LORD is among them that fear
him; * and he will show them his covenant.
14 Mine eyes are ever
looking unto the LORD; * for he shall pluck my feet out of the
net.
15 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; * for I am
desolate, and in misery.
16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: * O
bring thou me out of my troubles.
17 Look upon my adversity and
misery, * and forgive me all my sin.
18 Consider mine enemies, how
many they are; * and they bear a tyrannous hate against me.
19 O keep
my soul, and deliver me: * let me not be confounded, for I have put my
trust in thee.
20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me;
* for my hope hath been in thee.
21 Deliver Israel, O God, * out of
all his troubles.
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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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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 39. Dixi, Custodiam.
I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, * that I
offend not in my tongue
2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a
bridle, * while the ungodly is in my sight.
3 I held my tongue, and
spake nothing: * I kept silence, yea, even from good words; but it was
pain and grief to me.
4 My heart was hot within me: and while I was
thus musing the fire kindled, * and at the last I spake with my
tongue:
5 LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days; *
that I may be certified how long I have to live.
6 Behold, thou hast
made my days as it were a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in
respect of thee; * and verily every man living is altogether
vanity.
7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself
in vain; * he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather
them.
8 And now, Lord, what is my hope? * truly my hope is even in
thee.
9 Deliver me from all mine offences; * and make me not a rebuke
unto the foolish.
10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; * for it
was thy doing.
11 Take thy plague away from me: * I am even consumed
by the means of thy heavy hand.
12 When thou with rebukes dost
chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it
were a moth fretting a garment: * every man therefore is but
vanity.
13 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my
calling; * hold not thy peace at my tears;
14 For I am a stranger
with thee, and a sojourner, * as all my fathers were.
15 O spare me a
little, that I may recover my strength, * before I go hence, and be no
more seen.
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Psalm 93. Dominus regnavit.
THE LORD is King, and hath put on glorious
apparel; * the LORD hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with
strength.
2 He hath made the round world so sure, * that it cannot be
moved.
3 Ever since the world began, hath thy seat been prepared: *
thou art from everlasting.
4 The floods are risen, O LORD, the floods
have lift up their voice; * the floods lift up their waves.
5 The
waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; * but yet the LORD, who
dwelleth on high, is mightier.
6 Thy testimonies, O LORD, are very
sure: * holiness becometh thine house for ever.
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Psalm 111. Confitebor tibi.
I WILL give thanks unto the LORD with my whole
heart, * secretly among the faithful, and in the congregation.
2 The
works of the LORD are great, * sought out of all them that have pleasure
therein.
3 His work is worthy to be praised and had in honour, * and
his righteousness endureth for ever.
4 The merciful and gracious LORD
hath so done his marvellous works, * that they ought to be had in
remembrance.
5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him; * he shall
ever be mindful of his covenant.
6 He hath showed his people the
power of his works, * that he may give them the heritage of the
heathen.
7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; * all his
commandments are true.
8 They stand fast for ever and ever, * and are
done in truth and equity.
9 He sent redemption unto his people; * he
hath commanded his covenant for ever; holy and reverend is his
Name.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; * a good
understanding have all they that do thereafter; his praise endureth for
ever.
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