The Psalter or Psalms of David
The Thirteenth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 68. Exsurgat Deus.
LET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; * let them also
that hate him flee before him.
2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away;
* 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 rejoice before God; * let
them also be merry and joyful.
4 O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name; magnify him
that rideth upon the heavens; * praise him in his Name JAH, and
rejoice before him.
5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of
the widows; * even God in his holy habitation.
6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house,
and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity; * but letteth the
runagates continue in scarceness.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before the people; * when thou
wentest 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 inheritance,
* and refreshedst it when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein; * for thou, O God, hast
of thy goodness prepared for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word; * great was the company of women that
bare the tidings.
12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited, *
and they of the household divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lain among the sheep-folds, 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 Bashan, so is God's hill; * even an high hill,
as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why mock ye so, ye high hills? this is God's hill, in the
which it pleaseth him to dwell; * yea, the LORD will abide 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 holy place of
Sinai.
18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive,
and received gifts from men; * yea, even from thine enemies,
that the LORD God might dwell among them.
19 Praised be the Lord daily, * even the God who helpeth us,
and poureth his benefits upon us.
20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: * GOD
is the Lord, by whom we escape 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 Bashan; * 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, goest in the sanctuary.
25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, * in the
midst of the damsels playing with the timbrels.
26 Give thanks unto God the Lord in the congregation, * ye that
are of the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah
their council; * the princes of Zebulon, and the princes of Naphthali.
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 Jerusalem; * so shall kings bring
presents unto thee.
30 Rebuke thou the dragon and the bull, with the leaders of the
heathen, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver; * scatter
thou the peoples that delight in war;
31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt; * the Morians' land
shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth; * O sing praises
unto the Lord;
33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the beginning: *
lo, he doth send out his voice; yea, and that a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel; * his worship and
strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places: * even the God
of Israel, he will give strength and power unto his people. Blessed
be God.
Evening Prayer.
Psalm 69. Salvum me fac.
SAVE me, O God; * for the waters are come in, even unto 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 upon 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 destroy me guiltless,
are mighty.
5 I paid them the things that I never 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, O Lord God of Israel.
7 And why? for thy sake have I suffered reproof; * shame hath
covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, * even an alien unto
my mother's children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me; * and the rebukes
of them that rebuked thee are fallen upon me.
10 I wept, and chastened myself with fasting, * and that was
turned to my reproof.
11 I put on sackcloth also, * and they jested upon me.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me, * and the drunkards
make songs upon me.
13 But, LORD, I make my prayer unto thee * in an acceptable time.
14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, * even in the
truth of thy salvation.
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 upon me.
17 Hear me, O LORD, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable; *
turn thee unto me according to the multitude 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, because
of mine enemies.
20 Thou hast known my reproach, my shame, and my dishonour: *
mine adversaries are all in thy sight.
21 Reproach 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 themselves withal;
* and let the things that should have been for their wealth be
unto them an occasion of falling.
24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; * and ever bow
thou down their backs.
25 Pour out thine indignation upon them, * and let thy wrathful
displeasure take hold of them.
26 Let their habitation be void, * and no man to dwell in their
tents.
27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; * and they
talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.
28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another, * and not come
into thy righteousness.
29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, * and not
be written among the righteous.
30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness, * thy help, O
God, shall lift me up.
31 I will praise the Name of God with a song, * and magnify it
with thanksgiving.
32 This also shall please the LORD * better than a bullock that
hath horns and hoofs.
33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad: * seek ye after
God, and your soul shall live.
34 For the LORD heareth the poor, * and despiseth not his prisoners.
35 Let heaven and earth praise him: * the sea, and all that moveth
therein.
36 For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah, * that
men may dwell there, and have it in possession.
37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it; * and
they that love his Name shall dwell therein.
Psalm 70. Deus, in adjutorium.
HASTE thee, O God, to deliver me; * make haste to help me, O
LORD.
2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul;
* let them be turned backward and put to confusion that wish
me evil.
3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame, * that
cry over me, There! there!
4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee:
* and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway, The
Lord be praised.
5 As for me, I am poor and in misery: * haste thee unto me, O
God.
6 Thou art my helper, and my redeemer: * O LORD, make no long
tarrying.
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