PSALM LVI. Miserere mei, Deus. BE E merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth about to devour me he is daily fighting, and troubling me. 2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me up for they be many that fight against me, O thou most Highest. 3 Nevertheless, though I am sometime afraid yet put I my trust in thee. 4 I will praise God, because of his word I have put my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 They daily mistake my words: all that they imagine is to do me evil. 6 They hold all together, and keep themselves close and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape for their wickedness: thou, O God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down. 8 Thou tellest my flittings; put my tears into thy bottle are not these things noted in thy book? 9 Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight this I know; for God is on my side. 10 In God's word will I rejoice: in the Lord's word will I comfort shall not live out ceitful men half their days nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O Lord. Prayer. the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be over-past. 2 I will call unto the most high God: even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand. 3 He shall send from heaven : and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me up. 4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth: my soul is among lions. 5 And I lie even among the children of men, that are set on fire whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 6 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth. 7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves. 8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, and give praise. 9 Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and harp I myself will awake right early. 10 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people : and I will sing unto thee among the nations. 11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds. 12 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth. PSALM LVIII. Si vere utique. ARE your minds set upon righteousness, O ye congregation and do ye judge the thing that is right, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the earth: and your hands deal with wickedness. 3 The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb : as soon as they are born, they go astray, and speak lies. 4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent: even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears; 5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer: charm he never so wisely. 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths;, smite the jawbones of the lions, O Lord: let them fall away like water that runneth apace; and when they shoot their arrows let them be rooted out. 2 O deliver me from the wicked doers and save me from the blood-thirsty men. 3 For lo, they lie waiting for my soul the mighty men are gathered against me, without any offence or fault of me, O Lord. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: arise thou therefore to help me, and behold. 5 Stand up, O Lord God of hosts, thou God of Israel, to visit all the heathen: and be not merciful unto them that offend of malicious wickedness. 6 They go to and fro in the evening they grin like a dog, and run about through the city. 7 Behold, they speak with their mouth, and swords are in their lips for who doth hear? 8 But thou, O Lord, shalt have them in derision: and thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorn. 9 My strength will I ascribe unto thee: for thou art the God of my refuge. 10 God sheweth me his goodness plenteously and God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget it but scatter them 7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the untimely fruit of a woman: and let them not see the sun. 8 Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns: so let indignation vex him, even as a thing that is raw. 9 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the ungodly. 10 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: doubtless there is a God that judgeth the earth. Prayer. abroad among the people, and put them down, O Lord, our defence. 12 For the sin of their mouth, and for the words of their lips, they shall be taken in their pride: and why? their preaching is of cursing and lies. 13 Consume them in thy wrath, consume them, that they may perish and know that it is God that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world. 14 And in the evening they will return grin like a dog, and will go about the city. 15 They will run here and there for meat and grudge if they be not satisfied. 16 As for me, I will sing of thy power, and will praise thy mercy betimes in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for thou, O God, art my refuge, and my merciful God. PSALM LX. Deus, repulisti nos. God, thou hast cast us out, and scattered us abroad : thou hast also been displeased; O turn thee unto us again. 2 Thou hast moved the land, and divided it: heal the sores thereof, for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people heavy things: thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine. 4 Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee that they may triumph because of the truth. 5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered: help me with thy right hand, and hear me. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will rejoice, and divide Sichem and mete out the valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver; 8 Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe : Philistia, be thou glad of me. 9 Who will lead me into the strong city who will bring me into Edom? 10 Hast not thou cast us out, O God wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts? 11 O be thou our help in trouble for vain is the help of PSALM LXI. Exaudi, Deus. HEAR my crying, O God: give ear unto my prayer. 2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee: when my heart is in heaviness. 3 O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against the enemy. 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. 5 For thou, O Lord, hast heard my desires and hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name. 6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life that his years may endure throughout all generations. 7 He shall dwell before God for ever: O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him. 8 So will I alway sing praise unto thy Name: that I may daily perform my vows. Morning Prayer. PSALM LXII. Nonne Deo? MY soul truly waiteth still upon God for of him cometh my salvation. 2 He verily is my strength and my salvation: he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against every man ye shall be slain all the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge. 4 Their device is only how to put him out whom God will exalt their delight is in lies; they give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. 5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon God: for my hope is in him. 6 He truly is my strength and my salvation he is my defence, so that I shall not fall. 7 In God is my health, and my glory the rock of my might, din God is my trust. 8 O put your trust in him alway, ye people: pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. 9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity: the children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether lighter than vanity itself. 10 O trust not in wrong and robbery, give not yourselves unto vanity: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same: that power belongeth unto God; 12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful: for thou rewardest every man according to his work. PSALM LXIII. Deus, Deus meus. art my God : God, thou early will I seek thee. 2 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee: in a barren and dry land where no water is. 3 Thus have I looked for thee in 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. 11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword: that they may be a portion for foxes. 12 But the King shall rejoice in God; all they also that swear by him shall be commended for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. PSALM LXIV. HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer preserve my life from fear of the enemy. DAY 12. 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 to scorn. 9 And all men that see it shall say, This hath God done for they shall perceive that it is his work. 10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in him and all they that are true of heart shall be glad. Evening Prayer. PSALM LXV. Te decet hymnus. THOU, O God, art praised in Sion and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. 2 Thou that hearest the prayer: unto thee shall all flesh come. 3 My misdeeds prevail against me: O be thou merciful unto our sins. 4 Blessed is the man, whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 5 Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation: thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains and is girded about with power. 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be 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 thegreatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars 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 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. 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 GOD PSALM LXVII. OD be merciful unto us, and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us; 2 That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. 3 Let the 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 ends of the world shall fear him. |