The Psalter or Psalms of David
The Sixteenth Day.
Morning Prayer.
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.
Evening Prayer.
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.
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