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 li-ars un-to thee. 3 For all the world shall wor-ship 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 in-to dry land: So that they went through the water on foot; there did we re-joice there-of. 6 He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes be-hold the people: And such as will not believe shall not be able to ex-alt them-selves. 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 prov-ed us : Thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. 10 Thou broughtest us into the snare: And laidest trouble up-on our loins. 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads: We went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out in-to a wealth-y 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 off-er 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 prais-es 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 mer-cy from me. PSALM LXVII. Deus misereatur. OD be merciful unto us, and bless us : G and show us the light of his countenance, and be merci-ful un-to us; 2 That thy way may be known up-on earth : For thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the 5 Let the people praise thee, O God: Let all the peo-ple 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. DAY 13.] L ET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them a-way: And like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad and re-joice-be-fore God: Let them also be merry and joyful. 4 O sing unto God, and sing praises un-to his Name: Magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise him in his name JAH, and re-joice be-fore him. 5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the widows: Even God in his ho-ly ha-bit-ation. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of cap-tivity: But letteth the runagates con-ti-nue in scarceness. 7 O God, when thou wentest forth be-fore the people: When thou went-est through the wilderness, 8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God: 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 in-heritance: And refreshedst it when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation shall dwell there-in: For thou, O God, hast of thy goodness pre-par-ed for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word: Great was the compa-ny of the preachers. 12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were dis-comfited: And they of the household di-vided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, 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. 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 a-bide 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 ho-ly 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 a-mong them. 19 Praised be the Lord daily: Even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his be-ne-fits up-on us. 20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh sal-vation: God is the Lord, by whom we es-cape 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 the sea. 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, go-est in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the minstrels fol-low after: In the midst are the damsels play-ing with the timbrels. G 26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the con-gre gations: 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 Neph-tha-li. 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee: Stablish the thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us. 29 For thy temple's sake at Je-rusalem : So shall kings bring pre-sents un-to thee. 30 When the company of the spearmen, and multitude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver : And when he hath scattered the people that de-light in war; 31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt: The Morians' land shall soon stretch out her hands un-to God. 32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth: O sing praises un-to the Lord; 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the be-ginning: Lo, he doth send out his voice, yea, and that a might-y voice. 34 Ascribe ye the power to God o-ver Israel: His worship, and strength is in the clouds. 35 O God, wonderful art thou in thy ho-ly places: Even the God of Israel; he will give strength and power unto his peo-ple; blessed be God. Evening Prayer. PSALM LXIX. Salvum me fac. NAVE me, O God: S For the waters are come in, even un-to my soul. 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 up-on 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 de-stroy me guiltless, are mighty. 5 I paid them the things that I ne-ver 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, 7 And why? for thy sake have I suffered re-proof: 8 I am become a stranger un-to my brethren: Even an alien un-to my mo-ther's children. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath ev-en eaten me : And the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen up-on me. 10 I wept, and chastened my-self with fasting: And that was turned to my re-proof. 11 I put on sack-cloth also: And they jest-ed up-on-me. 12 They that sit in the gate speak a-gainst me: And the drunkards make songs up-on me. 13 But, Lord, I make my prayer un-to thee: In an ac-cepta-ble time. 14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy: Even in the truth of thy sal-vation. 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 up-on-me. 17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable: Turn thee unto me according to the multi-tude of thy mercies. 18 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: O haste thee, and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it: O deliver me, be-cause of mine enemies. 20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and my dis-honour: Mine adversaries are all in thy sight. 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort.me. 22 They gave me gall to eat : And when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table be made a snare to take them-selves with-al: And let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an oc-casion of falling. |