Psalm 73. Quam bonus Israel!
TRULY God is loving unto Israel: * even unto such as are of a
clean heart.
2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone, * my treadings had well-nigh
slipt.
3 And why? I was grieved at the wicked: * I do also see the ungodly
in such prosperity.
4 For they are in no peril of death; * but are lusty and strong.
5 They come in no misfortune like other folk; * neither are they
plagued like other men.
6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with pride, *
and cruelty covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes swell with fatness, * and they do even what they
lust.
8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy; * their talking
is against the Most High.
9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, * and their
tongue goeth through the world.
10 Therefore fall the people unto them, * and thereout suck they
no small advantage.
11 Tush, say they, how should God perceive it? * is there knowledge
in the Most High?
12 Lo, these are the ungodly, * these prosper in the world, and
these have riches in possession:
13 And I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, * and washed
my hands in innocency.
14 All the day long have I been punished, * and chastened every
morning.
15 Yea, and I had almost said even as they; * but lo, then I should
have condemned the generation of thy children.
16 Then thought I to understand this; * but it was too hard for
me,
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God: * then understood I
the end of these men;
18 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places, * and castest
them down, and destroyest them.
19 O how suddenly do they consume, * perish, and come to a fearful
end!
20 Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh; * so shalt thou
make their image to vanish out of the city.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, * and it went even through my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant, * even as it were a beast before
thee.
23 Nevertheless, I am alway by thee; * for thou hast holden me
by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, * and after that receive
me with glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? * and there is none upon earth
that I desire in comparison of thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth; * but God is the strength of
my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; * thou hast destroyed
all them that are unfaithful unto thee.
28 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust
in the Lord GOD, * and to speak of all thy works in the gates
of the daughter of Sion.
Psalm 74. Ut quid, Deus?
O GOD, wherefore art thou absent from us so long? * why is thy
wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 O think upon thy congregation, * whom thou hast purchased, and
redeemed of old.
3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance, * and Mount Sion,
wherein thou hast dwelt.
4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy,
* which hath done evil in thy sanctuary.
5 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations, *
and set up their banners for tokens.
6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees, * was known
to bring it to an excellent work.
7 But now they break down all the carved work thereof * with axes
and hammers.
8 They have set fire upon thy holy places, * and have defiled
the dwelling-place of thy Name, even unto the ground.
9 Yea, they said in their hearts, Let us make havoc of them altogether:
* thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land.
10 We see not our tokens; there is not one prophet more; * no,
not one is there among us, that understandeth any more.
11 O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonour? * shall
the enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever?
12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand? * why pluckest thou not thy
right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy?
13 For God is my King of old; * the help that is done upon earth,
he doeth it himself.
14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy power; * thou brakest
the heads of the dragons in the waters.
15 Thou smotest the heads of leviathan in pieces, * and gavest
him to be meat for the people of the wilderness.
16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks;
* thou driedst up mighty waters.
17 The day is thine, and the night is thine; * thou hast prepared
the light and the sun.
18 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; * thou hast made
summer and winter.
19 Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy hath rebuked; * and how
the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.
20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude
of the enemies; * and forget not the congregation of the poor
for ever.
21 Look upon the covenant; * for all the earth is full of darkness
and cruel habitations.
22 O let not the simple go away ashamed; * but let the poor and
needy give praise unto thy Name.
23 Arise, O God, maintain thine own cause; * remember how the
foolish man blasphemeth thee daily.
24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: * the presumption of
them that hate thee increaseth ever more and more.
Psalm 75. Confitebimur tibi.
UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks; * yea, unto thee do we give
thanks.
2 Thy Name also is so nigh; * and that do thy wondrous works declare.
3 In the appointed time, saith God, * I shall judge according
unto right.
4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: * I bear
up the pillars of it.
5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly; * and to the ungodly,
Set not up your horn.
6 Set not up your horn on high, * and speak not with a stiff neck.
7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,
* nor yet from the south.
8 And why? God is the Judge; * he putteth down one, and setteth
up another.
9 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is
red; * it is full mixt, and he poureth out of the same.
10 As for the dregs thereof, * all the ungodly of the earth shall
drink them, and suck them out.
11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob, * and praise him for ever.
12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break, * and the horns
of the righteous shall be exalted.
Psalm 76. Notus in Judaea.
IN Judah is God known; * his Name is great in Israel.
2 At Salem is his tabernacle, * and his dwelling in Sion.
3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, * the shield, the sword,
and the battle.
4 Thou art glorious in might, * when thou comest from the hills
of the robbers.
5 The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep; * and all
the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, * both the chariot and horse
are fallen.
7 Thou, even thou art to be feared; * and who may stand in thy
sight when thou art angry?
8 Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven; * the
earth trembled, and was still,
9 When God arose to judgment, * and to help all the meek upon
earth.
10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; * and the fierceness
of them shalt thou refrain.
11 Promise unto the LORD your God, and keep it, all ye that are
round about him; * bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes, * and is wonderful
among the kings of the earth.
Psalm 77. Voce mea ad Dominum.
I WILL cry unto God with my voice; * even unto God will I cry
with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me.
2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord: * I stretched forth
my hands unto him, and ceased not in the night season; my soul
refused comfort.
3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God; * when my heart
is vexed, I will complain.
4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: * I am so feeble that I cannot
speak.
5 I have considered the days of old, * and the years that are
past.
6 I call to remembrance my song, * and in the night I commune
with mine own heart, and search out my spirit.
7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever? * and will he be no more
intreated?
8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? * and is his promise come
utterly to an end for evermore?
9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? * and will he shut up his
loving-kindness in displeasure?
10 And I said, It is mine own infirmity; * but I will remember
the years of the right hand of the Most Highest.
11 I will remember the works of the LORD, * and call to mind thy
wonders of old time.
12 I will think also of all thy works, * and my talking shall
be of thy doings.
13 Thy way, O God, is holy: * who is so great a God as our God?
14 Thou art the God that doest wonders, * and hast declared thy
power among the peoples.
15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy people, * even the sons of
Jacob and Joseph.
16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid;
* the depths also were troubled.
17 The clouds poured out water, the air thundered, * and thine
arrows went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was heard round about: * the lightnings
shone upon the ground; the earth was moved, and shook withal.
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters, *
and thy footsteps are not known.
20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep, * by the hand of Moses
and Aaron.
Psalm 78. Attendite, popule.
HEAR my law, O my people; * incline your ears unto the words of
my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable; * I will declare hard sentences
of old;
3 Which we have heard and known, * and such as our fathers have
told us;
4 That we should not hide them from the children of the generations
to come; * but to show the honour of the LORD, his mighty and
wonderful works that he hath done.
5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, * which
he commanded our forefathers to teach their children;
6 That their posterity might know it, * and the children which
were yet unborn;
7 To the intent that when they came up, * they might show their
children the same;
8 That they might put their trust in God; * and not to forget
the works of God, but to keep his commandments;
9 And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn
generation; * a generation that set not their heart aright, and
whose spirit clave not stedfastly unto God;
10 Like as the children of Ephraim; * who being harnessed, and
carrying bows, turned themselves back in the day of battle.
11 They kept not the covenant of God, * and would not walk in
his law;
12 But forgat what he had done, * and the wonderful works that
he had showed for them.
13 Marvellous things did he in the sight of our forefathers, in
the land of Egypt, * even in the field of Zoan.
14 He divided the sea, and let them go through; * he made the
waters to stand on an heap.
15 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, * and all the
night through with a light of fire.
16 He clave the hard rocks in the wilderness, * and gave them
drink thereof, as it had been out of the great depth.
17 He brought waters out of the stony rock, * so that it gushed
out like the rivers.
18 Yet for all this they sinned more against him, * and provoked
the Most Highest in the wilderness.
19 They tempted God in their hearts, * and required meat for their
lust.
20 They spake against God also, saying, * Shall God prepare a
table in the wilderness?
21 He smote the stony rock indeed, that the water gushed out,
and the streams flowed withal; * but can he give bread also, or
provide flesh for his people?
22 When the LORD heard this, he was wroth; * so the fire was kindled
in Jacob, and there came up heavy displeasure against Israel;
23 Because they believed not in God, * and put not their trust
in his help.
24 So he commanded the clouds above, * and opened the doors of
heaven.
25 He rained down manna also upon them for to eat, * and gave
them food from heaven.
26 So man did eat angels' food; * for he sent them meat enough.
27 He caused the east-wind to blow under heaven; * and through
his power he brought in the southwest-wind.
28 He rained flesh upon them as thick as dust, * and feathered
fowls like as the sand of the sea.
29 He let it fall among their tents, * even round about their
habitation.
30 So they did eat, and were well filled; for he gave them their
own desire: * they were not disappointed of their lust.
31 But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the heavy wrath
of God came upon them, and slew the wealthiest of them; * yea,
and smote down the chosen men that were in Israel.
32 But for all this they sinned yet more, * and believed not his
wondrous works.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, * and their
years in trouble.
34 When he slew them, they sought him, * and turned them early,
and inquired after God.
35 And they remembered that God was their strength, * and that
the High God was their redeemer.
36 Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their mouth, *
and dissembled with him in their tongue.
37 For their heart was not whole with him, * neither continued
they stedfast in his covenant.
38 But he was so merciful, that he forgave their misdeeds, * and
destroyed them not.
39 Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away, * and would not
suffer his whole displeasure to arise.
40 For he considered that they were but flesh, * and that they
were even a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wilderness, * and grieved
him in the desert.
42 They turned back, and tempted God, * and provoked the Holy
One in Israel.
43 They thought not of his hand, * and of the day when he delivered
them from the hand of the enemy;
44 How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt, * and his wonders
in the field of Zoan.
45 He turned their waters into blood, * so that they might not
drink of the rivers.
46 He sent flies among them, and devoured them up; * and frogs
to destroy them.
47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpillar, * and their labour
unto the grasshopper.
48 He destroyed their vines with hailstones, * and their mulberry-trees
with the frost.
49 He smote their cattle also with hailstones, * and their flocks
with hot thunderbolts.
50 He cast upon them the furiousness of his wrath, anger, displeasure,
and trouble: * and sent evil angels among them.
51 He made a way to his indignation, and spared not their soul
from death; * but gave their life over to the pestilence;
52 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, * the most principal
and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham.
53 But as for his own people, he led them forth like sheep, *
and carried them in the wilderness like a flock.
54 He brought them out safely, that they should not fear, * and
overwhelmed their enemies with the sea.
55 And brought them within the borders of his sanctuary, * even
to this mountain, which he purchased with his right hand.
56 He cast out the heathen also before them, * caused their land
to be divided among them for an heritage, and made the tribes
of Israel to dwell in their tents.
57 Yet they tempted and displeased the Most High God, * and kept
not his testimonies.
58 They turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers;
* starting aside like a broken bow.
59 For they grieved him with their hill-altars, * and provoked
him to displeasure with their images.
60 When God heard this, he was wroth, * and took sore displeasure
at Israel;
61 So that he forsook the tabernacle in Shiloh, * even the tent
that he had pitched among men.
62 He delivered their power into captivity, * and their beauty
into the enemy's hand
63 He gave his people over also unto the sword, * and was wroth
with his inheritance.
64 The fire consumed their young men, * and their maidens were
not given in marriage.
65 Their priests were slain with the sword, * and there were no
widows to make lamentation.
66 So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, * and like a giant
refreshed with wine.
67 He drave his enemies backward, * and put them to a perpetual
shame.
68 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph, * and chose not the tribe
of Ephraim;
69 But chose the tribe of Judah, * even the hill of Sion which
he loved.
70 And there he built his temple on high, * and laid the foundation
of it like the ground which he hath made continually.
71 He chose David also his servant, * and took him away from the
sheep-folds:
72 As he was following the ewes with their young he took him,
* that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
73 So he fed them with a faithful and true heart, * and ruled
them prudently with all his power.
Psalm 79. Deus, venerunt.
O GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; * thy holy
temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of stones.
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto
the fowls of the air, * and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts
of the land.
3 Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem,
* and there was no man to bury them.
4 We are become an open shame to our enemies, * a very scorn and
derision unto them that are round about us.
5 LORD, how long wilt thou be angry? * shall thy jealousy burn
like fire for ever?
6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known
thee; * and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob, * and laid waste his dwelling-place.
8 O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that
soon; * for we are come to great misery.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name:
* O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's
sake.
10 Wherefore do the heathen say, * Where is now their God?
11 O let the vengeance of thy servants' blood that is shed, *
be openly showed upon the heathen, in our sight.
12 O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee;
* according to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou those
that are appointed to die.
13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed
thee, * reward thou them, O Lord, sevenfold into their bosom.
14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall
give thee thanks for ever, * and will alway be showing forth thy
praise from generation to generation.
Psalm 80. Qui regis Israel.
HEAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like
a flock; * show thyself also, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.
2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, * stir up thy strength,
and come and help us.
3 Turn us again, O God; * show the light of thy countenance, and
we shall be whole.
4 O LORD God of hosts, * how long wilt thou be angry with thy
people that prayeth?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, * and givest them
plenteousness of tears to drink.
6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours, * and our
enemies laugh us to scorn.
7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts; * show the light of thy countenance,
and we shall be whole.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; * thou hast cast out
the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou madest room for it; * and when it had taken root, it filled
the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, * and the boughs
thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.
11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea, * and her boughs
unto the River.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, * that all they that
go by pluck off her grapes?
13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up, * and the wild
beasts of the field devour it.
14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from heaven,
* behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted,
* and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself.
16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down; * and they shall perish
at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, * and upon
the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self.
18 And so will not we go back from thee: * O let us live, and
we shall call upon thy Name.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; * show the light of thy
countenance, and we shall be whole.
Psalm 81. Exultate Deo.
SING we merrily unto God our strength; * make a cheerful noise
unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret, * the merry harp with
the lute.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, * even in the time appointed,
and upon our solemn feast-day.
4 For this was made a statute for Israel, * and a law of the God
of Jacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, * when he came out
of the land of Egypt, and had heard a strange language.
6 I eased his shoulder from the burden, * and his hands were delivered
from making the pots.
7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee; * and
heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee.
8 I proved thee also * at the waters of strife.
9 Hear, O my people; and I will assure thee, O Israel, * if thou
wilt hearken unto me,
10 There shall no strange god be in thee, * neither shalt thou
worship any other god.
11 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of
Egypt: * open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it.
12 But my people would not hear my voice; * and Israel would not
obey me;
13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts, * and let them
follow their own imaginations.
14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me! * for if Israel
had walked in my ways,
15 I should soon have put down their enemies, * and turned my
hand against their adversaries.
16 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto
him; * but their time should have endured for ever.
17 I would have fed them also with the finest wheatflour; * and
with honey out of the stony rock would I have satisfied thee.
Psalm 82. Deus stetit.
GOD standeth in the congregation of princes; * he is a Judge among
gods.
2 How long will ye give wrong judgment, * and accept the persons
of the ungodly?
3 Defend the poor and fatherless; * see that such as are in need
and necessity have right.
4 Deliver the outcast and poor; * save them from the hand of the
ungodly.
5 They know not, neither do they understand, but walk on still
in darkness: * all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods, * and ye are all the children of the
Most Highest.
7 But ye shall die like men, * and fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth; * for thou shalt take
all nations to thine inheritance.
Psalm 83. Deus, quis similis?
HOLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence: * refrain
not thyself, O God.
2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring; * and they that hate
thee have lift up their head.
3 They have imagined craftily against thy people, * and taken
counsel against thy secret ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us root them out, that they be
no more a people, * and that the name of Israel may be no more
in remembrance.
5 For they have cast their heads together with one consent, *
and are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ishmaelites; * the
Moabites, and Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; * the Philistines, with them that
dwell at Tyre.
8 Assyria also is joined with them; * they have holpen the children
of Lot.
9 But do thou to them as unto the Midianites; * unto Sisera, and
unto Jabin at the brook of Kishon;
10 Who perished at Endor, * and became as the dung of the earth.
11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeeb; * yea, make
all their princes like as Zebah and Zalmunna;
12 Who say, Let us take to ourselves * the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like unto the whirling dust, * and as the
stubble before the wind;
14 Like as the fire that burneth up the forest, * and as the flame
that consumeth the mountains;
15 Pursue them even so with thy tempest, * and make them afraid
with thy storm.
16 Make their faces ashamed, O LORD, * that they may seek thy
Name.
17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more; * let
them be put to shame, and perish.
18 And they shall know that thou, whose Name is JEHOVAH, * art
only the Most Highest over all the earth.
Psalm 84. Quam dilecta!
O HOW amiable are thy dwellings, * thou LORD of hosts!
2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of
the LORD; * my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a
nest, where she may lay her young; * even thy altars, O LORD of
hosts, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; * they will be alway
praising thee.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; * in whose heart
are thy ways.
6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; * and
the pools are filled with water.
7 They will go from strength to strength, * and unto the God of
gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; * hearken, O God of Jacob.
9 Behold, O God our defender, * and look upon the face of thine
anointed.
10 For one day in thy courts * is better than a thousand.
11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, * than
to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.
12 For the LORD God is a light and defence; * the LORD will give
grace and worship; and no good thing shall he withhold from them
that live a godly life.
13 O LORD God of hosts, * blessed is the man that putteth his
trust in thee.
Psalm 85. Benedixisti, Domine.
LORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land; * thou hast turned
away the captivity of Jacob.
2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people, * and covered
all their sins.
3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, * and turned thyself
from thy wrathful indignation.
4 Turn us then, O God our Saviour, * and let thine anger cease
from us.
5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever? * and wilt thou stretch
out thy wrath from one generation to another?
6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us, * that thy people
may rejoice in thee?
7 Show us thy mercy, O LORD, * and grant us thy salvation.
8 I will hearken what the LORD God will say; * for he shall speak
peace unto his people, and to his saints, that they turn not again
unto foolishness.
9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him; * that glory may
dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth are met together: * righteousness and peace
have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth, * and righteousness
hath looked down from heaven.
12 Yea, the LORD shall show loving-kindness; * and our land shall
give her increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before him, * and shall direct his going
in the way.
Psalm 86. Inclina, Domine.
BOW down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me; * for I am poor, and
in misery.
2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy: * my God, save thy servant
that putteth his trust in thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord; * for I will call daily upon thee.
4 Comfort the soul of thy servant; * for unto thee, O Lord, do
I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, * and of great mercy
unto all them that call upon thee.
6 Give ear, LORD, unto my prayer, * and ponder the voice of my
humble desires.
7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee; * for thou
hearest me.
8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; * there
is not one that can do as thou doest.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee,
O Lord; * and shall glorify thy Name.
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: * thou art God
alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and I will walk in thy truth: * O
knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name.
12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart; * and
will praise thy Name for evermore.
13 For great is thy mercy toward me; * and thou hast delivered
my soul from the nethermost hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen against me; * and the congregations
of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee
before their eyes.
15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy, * long-suffering,
plenteous in goodness and truth.
16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; * give thy
strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.
17 Show some token upon me for good; that they who hate me may
see it, and be ashamed, * because thou, LORD, hast holpen me,
and comforted me.
Psalm 87. Fundamenta ejus.
HER foundations are upon the holy hills: * the LORD loveth the
gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee, * thou city of God.
3 I will make mention of Egypt and Babylon, * among them that
know me.
4 Behold, Philistia also; and Tyre, with Ethiopia; * lo, in Sion
were they born.
5 Yea, of Sion it shall be reported, this one and that one were
born in her; * and the Most High shall stablish her.
6 The LORD shall record it, when he writeth up the peoples; *
lo, in Sion were they born.
7 The singers also and trumpeters shall make answer: * All my
fresh springs are in thee.
Psalm 88. Domine, Deus.
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before
thee: * O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine
ear unto my calling;
2 For my soul is full of trouble, * and my life draweth nigh unto
the grave.
3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, * and
I am even as a man that hath no strength;
4 Cast off among the dead, like unto them that are slain, and
lie in the grave, * who are out of remembrance, and are cut away
from thy hand.
5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, * in a place of darkness,
and in the deep.
6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, * and thou hast vexed
me with all thy storms.
7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, * and made
me to be abhorred of them.
8 I am so fast in prison * that I cannot get forth.
9 My sight faileth for very trouble; * LORD, I have called daily
upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee.
10 Dost thou show wonders among the dead? * or shall the dead
rise up again, and praise thee?
11 Shall thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave? * or thy
faithfulness in destruction?
12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? * and thy righteousness
in the land where all things are forgotten?
13 Unto thee have I cried, O LORD; * and early shall my prayer
come before thee.
14 LORD, why abhorrest thou my soul, * and hidest thou thy face
from me?
15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die;
* even from my youth up, thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled
mind.
16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me, * and the fear of thee
hath undone me.
17 They came round about me daily like water, * and compassed
me together on every side.
18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, * and hid
mine acquaintance out of my sight.
Psalm 89. Misericordias Domini.
MY song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the LORD; * with
my mouth will I ever be showing thy truth from one generation
to another.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever; * thy truth
shalt thou stablish in the heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen; * I have sworn unto David
my servant:
4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever, * and set up thy throne from
one generation to another.
5 O LORD, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works; *
and thy truth in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who is he among the clouds, * that shall be compared unto
the LORD?
7 And what is he among the gods, * that shall be like unto the
LORD?
8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the saints,
* and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about
him.
9 O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee? * thy truth, most
mighty LORD, is on every side.
10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea; * thou stillest the waves
thereof when they arise.
11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it; * thou hast scattered
thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.
12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; * thou hast
laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is.
13 Thou hast made the north and the south; * Tabor and Hermon
shall rejoice in thy Name.
14 Thou hast a mighty arm; * strong is thy hand, and high is thy
right hand.
15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat; *
mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
16 Blessed is the people, O LORD, that can rejoice in thee; *
they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.
17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name; * and in thy righteousness
shall they make their boast.
18 For thou art the glory of their strength, * and in thy loving-kindness
thou shalt lift up our horns.
19 For the LORD is our defence; * the Holy One of Israel is our
King.
20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst,
* I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one
chosen out of the people.
21 I have found David my servant; * with my holy oil have I anointed
him.
22 My hand shall hold him fast, * and my arm shall strengthen
him.
23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence; * the son of
wickedness shall not hurt him.
24 I will smite down his foes before his face, * and plague them
that hate him.
25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him; * and in my Name
shall his horn be exalted.
26 I will set his dominion also in the sea, * and his right hand
in the floods.
27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father, * my God, and my strong
salvation.
28 And I will make him my firstborn, * higher than the kings of
the earth.
29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, * and my covenant
shall stand fast with him.
30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, * and his throne
as the days of heaven.
31 But if his children forsake my law, * and walk not in my judgments;
32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; *
I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges.
33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from
him, * nor suffer my truth to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone
out of my lips: * I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will
not fail David.
35 His seed shall endure for ever, * and his throne is like as
the sun before me.
36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon, * and as the
faithful witness in heaven.
37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine anointed, * and art
displeased at him.
38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant, * and cast his
crown to the ground.
39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges, * and broken down his
strongholds.
40 All they that go by spoil him, * and he is become a reproach
to his neighbours.
41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies, * and made
all his adversaries to rejoice.
42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword, * and givest him
not victory in the battle.
43 Thou hast put out his glory, * and cast his throne down to
the ground.
44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened, * and covered him
with dishonour.
45 LORD, how long wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? * and shall
thy wrath burn like fire?
46 O remember how short my time is; * wherefore hast thou made
all men for nought?
47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? * and
shall he deliver his soul from the power of the grave?
48 Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses, * which thou swarest
unto David in thy truth?
49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have, * and how
I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people;
50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, * and slandered
the footsteps of thine anointed.
51 Praised be the LORD for evermore. * Amen, and Amen.