Psalm 107. Confitemini Domino.
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is gracious, * and his mercy
endureth for ever.
2 Let them give thanks whom the LORD hath redeemed, * and delivered
from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from
the west; * from the north, and from the south.
4 They went astray in the wilderness out of the way, * and found
no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, * their soul fainted in them.
6 So they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, * and he delivered
them from their distress.
7 He led them forth by the right way, * that they might go to
the city where they dwelt.
8 O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness;
* and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the empty soul, * and filleth the hungry
soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, * being
fast bound in misery and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord, * and
lightly regarded the counsel of the Most Highest;
12 He also brought down their heart through heaviness: * they
fell down, and there was none to help them.
13 SO when they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, * he delivered
them out of their distress.
14 For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow
of death, * and brake their bonds in sunder.
15 O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness;
* and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men
!
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, * and smitten the bars
of iron in sunder.
17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence, * and because of
their wickedness.
18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, * and they were even
hard at death's door.
19 So when they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, * he delivered
them out of their distress.
20 He sent his word, and healed them; * and they were saved from
their destruction.
21 O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness;
* and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men
!
22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
* and tell out his works with gladness!
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, * and occupy their
business in great waters;
24 These men see the works of the LORD, * and his wonders in
the deep.
25 For at his word the stormy wind ariseth, * which lifteth up
the waves thereof.
26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep;
* their soul melteth away because of the trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, * and
are at their wit's end.
28 SO when they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, * he delivereth
them out of their distress.
29 For he maketh the storm to cease, * so that the waves thereof
are still.
30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest; * and so he
bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
31 O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness;
* and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the
people, * and praise him in the seat of the elders!
33 He turneth the floods into a wilderness, * and drieth up the
water-springs.
34 A fruitful land maketh he barren, * for the wickedness of
them that dwell therein.
35 Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water, * and water-springs
of a dry ground.
36 And there he setteth the hungry, * that they may build them
a city to dwell in;
37 That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards, * to yield
them fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly; * and
suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 And again, when they are minished and brought low * through
oppression, through any plague or trouble;
40 Though he suffer them to be evil entreated through tyrants,
* and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness;
41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery, * and maketh him households
like a flock of sheep.
42 The righteous will consider this, and rejoice; * and the mouth
of all wickedness shall be stopped.
43 Whoso is wise, will ponder these things; * and they shall
understand the loving-kindness of the LORD.
Evening Prayer.
Psalm 108. Paratum cor meum.
O GOD, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; * I will sing, and
give praise with the best member that I have.
2 Awake, thou lute and harp; * I myself will awake right early.
3 I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the peoples; *
I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens, * and thy truth
reacheth unto the clouds.
5 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens, * and thy glory above
all the earth;
6 That thy beloved may be delivered: * let thy right hand save
them, and hear thou me.
7 God hath spoken in his holiness; * I will rejoice therefore,
and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; * Ephraim also is the
strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver;
9 Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; * upon
Philistia will I triumph.
10 Who will lead me into the strong city? * and who will bring
me into Edom?
11 Hast not thou forsaken us, O God? * and wilt not thou, O God,
go forth with our hosts?
12 O help us against the enemy: * for vain is the help of man.
13 Through God we shall do great acts; * and it is he that shall
tread down our enemies.
Psalm 109. Deus, laudem.
HOLD not thy tongue, O God of my praise; * for the mouth of the
ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me.
2 And they have spoken against me with false tongues; * they
compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against
me without a cause.
3 For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take now my contrary
part; * but I give myself unto prayer.
4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for good, * and hatred for
my good will.
5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him, * and let an
adversary stand at his right hand.
6 When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned; * and
let his prayer be turned into sin.
7 Let his days be few; * and let another take his office.
8 Let his children be fatherless, * and his wife a widow.
9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread; * let them
seek it also out of desolate places.
10 Let the extortioner consume all that he hath; * and let the
stranger spoil his labour.
11 Let there be no man to pity him, * nor to have compassion
upon his fatherless children.
12 Let his posterity be destroyed; * and in the NEXT
generation
let his name be clean put out.
13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in
the sight of the LORD; * and let not the sin of his mother be
done away.
14 Let them alway be before the LORD, * that he may root out
the memorial of them from off the earth;
15 And that, because his mind was not to do good; * but persecuted
the poor helpless man, that he might slay him that was vexed
at the heart.
16 His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen unto him;
* he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him.
17 He clothed himself with cursing like as with a raiment, *
and it shall come into his bowels like water, and like oil into
his bones.
18 Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath upon him, * and
as the girdle that he is alway girded withal.
19 Let it thus happen from the LORD unto mine enemies, * and
to those that speak evil against my soul.
20 But deal thou with me, O LORD God, according unto thy Name;
* for sweet is thy mercy.
21 O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor, ~ and my heart is
wounded within me.
22 I go hence like the shadow that departeth, * and am driven
away as the grasshopper.
23 My knees are weak through fasting; * my flesh is dried up
for want of fatness.
24 I am become also a reproach unto them: * they that look upon
me shake their heads.
25 Help me, O LORD my God; * O save me according to thy mercy;
26 And they shall know how that this is thy hand, * and that
thou, LORD, hast done it.
27 Though they curse, yet bless thou; * and let them be confounded
that rise up against me; but let thy servant rejoice.
28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame; * and let them
cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloak.
29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my
mouth, * and praise him among the multitude;
30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, * to save
his soul from unrighteous judges.