The Psalter or Psalms of David
The Twenty-seventh Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 120. Ad Dominum.
WHEN I was in trouble, I called upon the LORD, * and he heard
me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, * and from a deceitful
tongue.
3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue?
* even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.
4 Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, * and
to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!
5 My soul hath long dwelt among them * that are enemies unto
peace.
6 I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, * they
make them ready to battle.
Psalm 121. Levavi oculos.
I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills; * from whence cometh
my help?
2 My help cometh even from the LORD, * who hath made heaven and
earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; * and he that keepeth
thee will not sleep.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel * shall neither slumber nor
sleep.
5 The LORD himself is thy keeper; * the LORD is thy defence upon
thy right hand;
6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, * neither the moon
by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; * yea, it is even
he that shall keep thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, *
from this time forth for evermore.
Psalm 122. Laetatus sum.
I WAS glad when they said unto me, * We will go into the house
of the LORD.
2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates, * O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is built as a city * that is at unity in itself.
4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD,
* to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the
LORD.
5 For there is the seat of judgment, * even the seat of the house
of David.
6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem; * they shall prosper that
love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls, * and plenteousness within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, * I will wish thee prosperity.
9 Yea, because of the house of the LORD our God, * I will seek
to do thee good.
Psalm 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos.
UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, * O thou that dwellest in the
heavens.
2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of
their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her
mistress, * even so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until
he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us; * for we are
utterly despised.
4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy,
* and with the despitefulness of the proud.
Psalm 124. Nisi quia Dominus.
IF the LORD himself had not been on our side, now may Israel
say; * if the LORD himself had not been on our side, when men
rose up against us;
2 They had swallowed us up alive; * when they were so wrathfully
displeased at us.
3 Yea, the waters had drowned us, * and the stream had gone over
our soul.
4 The deep waters of the proud * had gone even over our soul.
5 But praised be the LORD, * who hath not given us over for a
prey unto their teeth.
6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the
fowler; * the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
7 Our help standeth in the Name of the LORD, * who hath made
heaven and earth.
Psalm 125. Qui confidunt.
THEY that put their trust in the LORD shall be even as the mount
Sion, * which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever.
2 The hills stand about Jerusalem; * even so standeth the LORD
round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.
3 For the sceptre of the ungodly shall not abide upon the lot
of the righteous; * lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness.
4 Do well, O LORD, * unto those that are good and true of heart.
5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, * the LORD
shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be
upon Israel.
Evening Prayer.
Psalm 126. In convertendo.
WHEN the LORD turned again the captivity of Sion, then were we
like unto them that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, * and our tongue with
joy.
3 Then said they among the heathen, * The LORD hath done great
things for them.
4 Yea, the LORD hath done great things for us already; * whereof
we rejoice.
5 Turn our captivity, O LORD, * as the rivers in the south.
6 They that sow in tears * shall reap in joy.
7 He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good
seed, * shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves
with him.
Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus.
EXCEPT the LORD build the house, * their labour is but lost that
build it.
2 Except the LORD keep the city, * the watchman waketh but in
vain.
3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so
late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness; * for so he
giveth his beloved sleep.
4 Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb, * are an heritage
and gift that cometh of the LORD.
5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, * even so are
the young children.
6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; * they
shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the
gate.
Psalm 128. Beati omnes.
BLESSED are all they that fear the LORD, * and walk in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: * O well is
thee, and happy shalt thou be.
3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine * upon the walls of
thine house;
4 Thy children like the olive-branches * round about thy table.
5 Lo, thus shall the man be blessed * that feareth the LORD.
6 The LORD from out of Sion shall so bless thee, * that thou
shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long;
7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children, * and peace
upon Israel.
Psalm 129. Saepe expugnaverunt.
MANY a time have they fought against me from my youth up, * may
Israel now say;
2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up; * but
they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back, * and made long furrows.
4 But the righteous LORD * hath hewn the snares of the ungodly
in pieces.
5 Let them be confounded and turned backward, * as many as have
evil will at Sion.
6 Let them be even as the grass upon the housetops, * which withereth
afore it be grown up;
7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, * neither he that bindeth
up the sheaves his bosom.
8 So that they who go by say not so much as, The LORD prosper
you; * we wish you good luck in the Name of the LORD.
Psalm 130. De profundis.
OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD; * Lord, hear
my voice.
2 O let thine ears consider well * the voice of my complaint.
3 If thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss,
* O Lord, who may abide it?
4 For there is mercy with thee; * therefore shalt thou be feared.
5 I look for the LORD; my soul doth wait for him; * in his word
is my trust.
6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch; * I
say, before the morning watch.
7 O Israel, trust in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy,
* and with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel * from all his sins.
Psalm 131. Domine, non est.
LORD, I am not high-minded; * I have no proud looks.
2 I do not exercise myself in great matters * which are too high
for me.
3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that
is weaned from his mother: * yea, my soul is even as a weaned
child.
4 O Israel, trust in the LORD * from this time forth for evermore.
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