The Psalter or Psalms of David
The Twenty-fourth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 116. Dilexi, quoniam.
MY delight is in the LORD; * because he hath heard the voice
of my prayer;
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me; * therefore will
I call upon him as long as I live.
3 The snares of death compassed me round about, * and the pains
of hell gat hold upon me.
4 I found trouble and heaviness; then called I upon the Name
of the LORD; * O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; * yea, our God is merciful.
6 The LORD preserveth the simple: * I was in misery, and he helped
me.
7 Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul; * for the LORD hath
rewarded thee.
8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death, * mine eyes
from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD * in the land of the living.
10 I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled:
* I said in my haste, All men are liars.
11 What reward shall I give unto the LORD * for all the benefits
that he hath done unto me?
12 I will receive the cup of salvation, * and call upon the Name
of the LORD.
13 I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people:
* right dear in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
14 Behold, O LORD, how that I am thy servant; * I am thy servant,
and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.
15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, * and
will call upon the Name of the LORD.
16 I will pay my vows unto the LORD, in the sight of all his
people, * in the courts of the LORD'S house; even in the midst
of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 117. Laudate Dominum.
O PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations; * praise him, all ye peoples.
2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more toward us;
* and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 118. Confitemini Domino.
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is gracious; * because his
mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let Israel now confess that he is gracious, * and that his
mercy endureth for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now confess, * that his mercy endureth
for ever.
4 Yea, let them now that fear the LORD confess, * that his mercy
endureth for ever.
5 I called upon the LORD in trouble; * and the LORD heard me
at large.
6 The LORD is on my side; * I will not fear what man doeth unto
me.
7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me; * therefore
shall I see my desire upon mine enemies.
8 It is better to trust in the LORD, * than to put any confidence
in man.
9 It is better to trust in the LORD, * than to put any confidence
in princes.
10 All nations compassed me round about; * but in the Name of
the LORD will I destroy them.
11 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on
every side; * but in the Name of the LORD will I destroy them.
12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct even as the
fire among the thorns; * for in the Name of the LORD I will destroy
them.
13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall; * but the
LORD was my help.
14 The LORD is my strength, and my song; * and is become my salvation.
15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous;
* the right hand of the LORD bringeth mighty things to pass.
16 The right hand of the LORD hath the pre-eminence; * the right
hand of the LORD bringeth mighty things to pass.
17 I shall not die, but live, * and declare the works of the
LORD.
18 The LORD hath chastened and corrected me; * but he hath not
given me over unto death.
19 Open me the gates of righteousness, * that I may go into them,
and give thanks unto the LORD.
20 This is the gate of the LORD, * the righteous shall enter
into it.
21 I will thank thee; for thou hast heard me, * and art become
my salvation.
22 The same stone which the builders refused, * is become the
head-stone in the comer.
23 This is the LORD'S doing, * and it is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; * we will rejoice
and be glad in it.
25 Help me now, O LORD: * O LORD, send us now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the LORD: * we have
wished you good luck, we that are of the house of the LORD.
27 God is the LORD, who hath showed us light: * bind the sacrifice
with cords, yea, even unto the horns of the altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee; * thou art my God,
and I will praise thee.
29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is gracious, * and his
mercy endureth for ever.
Evening Prayer.
Psalm 119. I. Beati immaculati.
BLESSED are those that are undefiled in the way, and walk in
the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, * and seek him
with their whole heart;
3 Even they who do no wickedness, * and walk in his ways.
4 Thou hast charged * that we shall diligently keep thy commandments.
5 O that my ways were made so direct, * that I might keep thy
statutes!
6 So shall I not be confounded, * while I have respect unto all
thy commandments.
7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, * when I shall have
learned the judgments of thy righteousness.
8 I will keep thy statutes; * O forsake me not utterly.
II. In quo corrigit?
WHEREWITHAL shall a young man cleanse his way? * even by ruling
himself after thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee; * O let me not go
wrong out of thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid within my heart, * that I should not sin
against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O LORD; * O teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I been telling * of all the judgments of
thy mouth.
14 I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies,
* as in all manner of riches.
15 I will talk of thy commandments, * and have respect unto thy
ways.
16 My delight shall be in thy statutes, * and I will not forget
thy word.
III. Retribue servo tuo.
O DO well unto thy servant; * that I may live, and keep thy word.
18 Open thou mine eyes; * that I may see the wondrous things
of thy law.
19 I am a stranger upon earth; * O hide not thy commandments
from me.
20 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire * that it
hath alway unto thy judgments.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud; * and cursed are they that do
err from thy commandments.
22 O turn from me shame and rebuke; * for I have kept thy testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me; * but thy servant
is occupied in thy statutes.
24 For thy testimonies are my delight, * and my counsellors.
IV. Adhaesit pavimento.
MY soul cleaveth to the dust; * O quicken thou me, according
to thy word.
26 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: * O teach
me thy statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy commandments; * and so
shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28 My soul melteth away for very heaviness; * comfort thou me
according unto thy word.
29 Take from me the way of lying, * and cause thou me to make
much of thy law.
30 I have chosen the way of truth, * and thy judgments have I
laid before me.
31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies; * O LORD, confound me not.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments, * when thou hast set
my heart at liberty.
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