PSALM 128. Beati omnes. LESSED are all they that fear the Lord: and walk in his ways. BLES 2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. 3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine : upon the walls of thine house. 4 Thy children like the olive branches : round about thy table. : 5 Lo, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. 6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. 7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children and peace upon Israel. PSALM 129. Sæpe expugnaverunt. ANY a time have they fought against me from my youth up: may Israel now say. 2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up: but they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back : and made long furrows. : 4 But the righteous Lord hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces. 5 Let them be confounded and turned backward as many as have evil will at Sion. 6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house-tops: which withereth afore it be plucked up; 7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand : neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom. 8 So that they who go by say not so much as, The Lord prosper you: we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord. PSALM 130. De profundis. UT of the deep have I called unto thee, OUT Lord : 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 PSALM 131. Domine, non est. LORD, I am not high-minded : I have no proud looks. 2 I do not exercise myself in great matters: which are too high for me. 3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my soul is even as a weaned child. : 4 O İsrael, trust in the Lord from this time forth for evermore. Morning Prayer. PSALM 132. Memento, Domine. LORD, remember David : and all his trouble; 2 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob; 3 I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house: nor climb into my up my bed; 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eye-lids to slumber : neither the temples of my head to take any rest; 5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lord: an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata: and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on our knees before his footstool. P 8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting-place : thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness and let thy saints sing with joyfulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake : turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. : 11 The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David and he shall not shrink from it; 12 Of the fruit of thy body: shall I set thy seat. upon 13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimonies that I shall learn them : their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself: he hath longed for her. 15 This shall be my rest for ever: here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. 16 I will bless her victuals with increase : and will satisfy her poor with bread. 17 I will deck her priests with health : and her saints shall rejoice and sing. 18 There shall I make the horn of David to flourish: I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. PSALM 133. Ecce, quam bonum! EHOLD, how good and joyful a thing it is brethren, to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard: even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon : which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing: and life for evermore. PSALM 134. Ecce nunc. BEHOLD now, praise the Lord : all ye servants of the Lord; 2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord even in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary : and praise the Lord. 4 The Lord that made heaven and earth : give thee blessing out of Sion. PSALM 135. Laudate Nomen. Praise the Lord, laud ye the Name of the Lord praise it, Ŏ ye servants of the Lord; 2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord : in the courts of the house of our God. |