in 3 Thus have I looked for Thee holiness that I might behold Thy power and glory. 4 For Thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself: my lips shall praise Thee. 5 As long as I live will I magnify Thee on this manner and lift up my hands in Thy Name. 6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness: when my mouth praiseth Thee with joyful lips. 7 Have I not remembered Thee in my bed and thought upon Thee when I was waking? 8 Because Thou hast been my helper: therefore under the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice. 9 My soul hangeth upon Thee : Thy right hand hath upholden me. 10 These also that seek the hurt of my soul they shall go under the earth. : mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. PSALM LXIV. Exaudi, Deus. HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of wicked doers; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words ; 4 That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect suddenly do they hit him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in mischief : and commune among themselves how they may lay snares, and say, that no man shall see them. 6 They imagine wickedness, and practise it: that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart. 7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded. 8 Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall: insomuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them afraid at Thy tokens: Thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to praise Thee. 9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it Thou makest it very plenteous. 10 The river of God is full of water: Thou preparest their corn, for so Thou providest for the earth. 11 Thou waterest her furrows, Thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof Thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. 12 Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness and Thy clouds drop fatness. 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness: and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 14 The folds shall be full of sheep: the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. PSALM LXVI. Jubilate Deo. 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 be found liars unto Thee. 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 burntsacrifices, 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. PSALM LXVII. Deus misereatur. OD be merciful unto us, and The for all the world shall worship Gr bless us and shew to the light 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 people: and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. 7 O praise our God, ye people : and make the voice of His praise to be heard; 8 Who holdeth our soul in life: and suffereth not our feet to slip. of His countenance, and be merciful unto us; 2 That Thy way may be known upon earth Thy saving health among all nations. 3 Let the people praise Thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise Thee. 4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad for Thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. 5 Let the people praise Thee, O God let all the people praise Thee. 6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, even our own God, shall give us His blessing. 7 God shall bless us and all the PSALM LXVIIL Exurgat Deus. also that hate Him flee before Him. 3 Bat let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God: let them also be merry and joyful. 40 sing unto God, and sing praises anto His Name: magnify Him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise Him in His Name JAH, and rejoice before Him. 5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the widows: even God in His holy habitation. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity: but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness. 70 God, when Thou wentest forth before the people: when Thou wentest through the wilderness, DAY 13. 15 As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill even an high hill, as the hill of Basan. 16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? this is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth Him to dwell yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: and the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai. 18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men: yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 19 Praised be the Lord daily : even the God Who helpeth us, and poureth His benefits upon us. 20 He is our God, even the God of Whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord, by Whom we escape death. 21 God shall wound the head of His enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness. 22 The Lord hath said, I will bring My people again, as I did from Basan Mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of 8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God: the sea. even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, Who is the God of Israel. 9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon Thine' inheritance: and refreshedst it when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein: for Thou, O God, hast of Thy 11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of the preachers. 12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited: and they of the houshold divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lien among the pot, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove: that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake: then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies : and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same. 24 It is well seen, O God, how Thou goest how Thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the min strels follow after: in the midst are the damsels playing with the tim brels. 26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the congregations: from the ground of the heart. 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their counsel: the princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali. 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee: stablish the thing, O God, that Thou hast wrought in us, of the earth: O sing praises unto the Lord; 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning: lo, He doth send out His voice, yea, and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel: His worship, and strength is in the clouds. 35 O God, wonderful art Thou in Thy holy places: even the God of Israel; He will give strength and power unto His people; blessed be God. Evening Prayer. PSALM LXIX. Salvum me fac. AVE me, O God for the wa 2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me. 3 I am weary of crying; my throat is dry my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. 5 I paid them the things that I never took God, Thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from Thee. 6 Let not them that trust in Thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause let not those that seek Thee be confounded through me, O Lord God of Israel. 7 And why? for Thy sake have I suffered reproof shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren even an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of Thine house hath even eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked Thee are fallen upon me. 10 I wept, and chastened myself with fasting and that was turned DAY 13. 11 I put on sackcloth also: and they jested upon me. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me and the drunkards make songs upon me. 13 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto Thee in an acceptable time. 14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of Thy mercy even in the truth of Thy salvation. 15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not: O let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 17 Hear me, O Lord, for Thy lov ing-kindness is comfortable: turn Thee unto me according to the multitude of Thy mercies. 18 And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, for I am in trouble : 0 haste Thee, and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it O deliver me, because of mine enemies. 20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all in Thy sight. 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of heaviness : 1 looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal: and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling. 24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not and ever bow Thou down their backs. 23 Pour out Thine indignation upon them and let Thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them. 26 Let their habitation be void and no man to dwell in their tents. 27 For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten and they_talk how they may vex them whom Thou hast wounded. 28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another and not come into Thy righteousness. 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living and not be written among the righteous. 30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness Thy help, O God, shall lift me up. 31 I will praise the Name of God with a song and magnify it with thanksgiving. 32 This also shall please the Lord: better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 33 The humble shall consider this, PSALM LXXI. In te, Domine, speravi. I me put fusion: but rid me, and deliver me, in Thy righteousness; incline Thine ear unto me, and save me. Thee, O Lord, have I put my 2 Be Thou my strong hold, 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. and be glad seek ye after God, and your soul shall live. 34 For the Lord heareth the poor : and despiseth not His prisoners. 35 Let heaven and earth praise Him the sea, and all that moveth therein. 36 For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah: that men may dwell there, and have it in possession. 37 The posterity also of His servants shall inherit it: and they that love His Name shall dwell therein. PSALM LXX. Deus in adjutorium. He make haste to help me, O ASTE Thee, O God, to deliver Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward and put to confusion that wish me evil. 3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame that cry over me, There, there. 4 But let all those that seek Thee be joyful and glad in Thee and let all such as delight in Thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. 5 As for me, I am poor and in misery haste Thee unto me, O God. 6 Thou art my helper, and my redeemer O Lord, make no long tarrying. 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 always of Thee. 6 I am become as it were a monster unto many but my sure trust is in Thee. 70 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, say |