PSALMS OF DAVID. THE FIRST DAY. Morning Prayer. PSALM I take counsel together: a Beatus vir, qui non abiit &c.gainst the Lord, and against LESSED is the man his Anointed. : that hath not walked 3 Let us break their bonds in the counsel of the un- asunder and cast away godly, nor stood in the way their cords from us. 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. 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore dis 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-pleasure. side that will bring forth his fruit in due season. 4 His leaf also shall not wither and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper. 6 Yet have I set my King: upon my holy hill of Sion. I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said unto me: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they 8 Desire of me, and I shall are like the chaff, which give thee the heathen for the wind scattereth away thine inheritance and the from the face of the earth. utmost parts of the earth 6 Therefore the ungodly for thy possession. shall not be able to stand in the judgement: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 7 But the Lord knoweth 10 Be wise now therefore, the way of the righteous: O ye kings be learned, and the way of the ungodly ye that are judges of the shall perish. PSALM II. Quare fremuerunt gentes? "HY do the heathen so WHY furiously rage toge ther and why do the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers earth. 11 Serve the Lord in fear: and rejoice unto him with reverence. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way if his wrath be kindled, (yea, but a little,) blessed are all they that put their trust in him. PSALM III Domine, quid multiplicati? 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. self the man that is godly: when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me. commune your 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 shew us any good? 7 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart since the time that their corn, and 5 I laid me down and wine, and oil, increased. slept, and rose up again : 9 I will lay me down in for the Lord sustained me. peace, and take my rest : 6 I will not be afraid for for it is thou, Lord, only, ten thousands of the peo-that makest me dwell in ple that have set them-safety. selves against me round about. PSALM V. 7 Up, Lord, and help me, Po |PC O my God for thou smit- the cheek-bone; thou hast 20 hearken thou unto the 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord and thy blessing is upon thy people. PSALM IV. Cum invocarem. TEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness thou hast get me at liberty when I was in trouble: have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my voice of my calling, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I make my prayer. 3 My voice shalt 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 vanity. prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how 20 long will ye blaspheme mine honour and have 6 Thou shalt destroy them such pleasure in vanity, that speak leasing: the and seek after leasing? Lord will abhor both the 3 Know this also, that the blood-thirsty and deceitful Lord hath chosen to him- man. perish 7 But as for me, I will God; let them come into thine house, through their own imagieven upon the multitudé nations cast them out in of thy mercy and in thy the multitude of their unfear will I worship toward godliness; for they have rethy holy temple. belled against thee. 8 Lead me, O Lord, in 12 And let all them that thy righteousness, because put their trust in thee reof mine enemies make joice they shall ever be thy way plain before my giving of thanks, because face. thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee; 9 For there is no faithfulness in his mouth their inward parts are very wickedness. 10 Their throat is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue. 13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with 11 Destroy thou them, Ola shield. Evening Prayer. PSALM VL Domine, ne in furore. LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in thy displeasure. Lord hath heard the voice. of my weeping. 9 The Lord hath heard my petition: the Lord will receive my prayer. 10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore 2 Have mercy upon me, vexed they shall be turnO Lord, for I am weak: Oed back, and put to shame. Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul also is sore troubled but, Lord, how long wilt thou hee, O punish me? suddenly. PSALM VIL 4 Turn thee, O Lord, and O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: deliver my soul: O save me save me from all them that for thy mercy's sake. persecute me, and deliver 2 Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces while there is none 5 For in death no man re-me; membereth thee: and who will give thee thanks in the pít? 6 I am weary of my groan-to help. ing; every night wash I my bed and water my couch with my tears. 7 My beauty is gone for very trouble and worn away because of all mine enemies. 8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity for the 3 0 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 | fallen himself into the depersecute my soul, and take struction that he made for me yea, let him tread my other. life down upon the earth, 17 For his travail shall and lay mine honour in the come upon his own head: dust. and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate. 6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thy- 18 I will give thanks unto self, because of the indig- the Lord, according to his nation of mine enemies: righteousness and I will arise up for me in the praise the the praise the Name of the judgement that thou hast Lord most High. commanded. 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee: for their sakes therefore lift up thyself a gain. PSALM VIIL Domine, Dominus noster. how excellent is thy Name in all the world: thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens! LORD our Governour, 8 The Lord shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O Lord: according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency thou ordained strength, bethat is in me. 9 O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end but guide thou the just. 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast cause of thine enemies : that thou mightest still the enemy, and the avenger. 3 For I will consider thy heavens, oven the works of 10 For the righteous God: thy fingers the moon and trieth the very hearts and the stars, which thou hast reins. ordained. 11 My help cometh of 4 What is man, that thou God who preserveth them art mindful of him 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. and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 Thou madest him lower than the angels to crown him with glory and worship. 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands and thou hast 14 He hath prepared for put all things in subjection him the instruments of under his feet; cutors. death he ordaineth his 7 All sheep and oxen: yea, arrows against the perse- and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. 15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. 9 O Lord our Governour: 16 He hath graven and how excellent is thy Name digged up a pit and is in all the world! I Morning Prayer. PSALM IX. membereth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. Confitebor tibi. WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou most Highest. 3 While mine enemies are driven back they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: 15 The heathen are sunk thou art set in the throne down in the pit that they that judgest right. made in the same net which they hid privily, is heathen, and destroyed the their foot taken. 5 Thou hast rebuked the 14 That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. ungodly thou hast put out 16 The Lord is known to their name for ever for ever and execute judgement: the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. ever. 60 thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end even as the cities which thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them. 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever he hath also prepared his seat for judge ment, 8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness and minister true judgement unto the people. 9 The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed even a refuge in due time. of trouble. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee for thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee. 11 O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion: shew the people of his doings. 12 For, when he maketh inquisition for blood, he re 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the people that forget God. 18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever. 19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear, O Lord that the heathen may know themselves to be but men. PSALM X. Ut quid, Domine? far off, O Lord: and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble? HY standest thou so 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 |