The Psalter or Psalms of David
The Fourth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 19. Caeli enarrant.
THE heavens declare the glory of God; * and the firmament showeth
his handy-work.
2 One day telleth another; * and one night certifieth another.
3 There is neither speech nor language; * but their voices are
heard among them.
4 Their sound is gone out into all lands; * and their words into
the ends of the world.
5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; * which cometh
forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a
giant to run his course.
6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth
about unto the end of it again; * and there is nothing hid from
the heat thereof.
7 The law of the LORD is an undefiled law, converting the soul;
* the testimony of the LORD is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the
simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, and rejoice the heart;
* the commandment of the LORD is pure, and giveth light unto
the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, and endureth for ever; * the
judgments of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine
gold; * sweeter also than honey, and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them is thy servant taught; * and in keeping
of them there is great reward.
12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth? * O cleanse thou me from
my secret faults.
13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get
the dominion over me; * so shall I be undefiled, and innocent
from the great offence.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart,
be alway acceptable in thy sight, * O LORD, my strength and my
redeemer.
Psalm 20. Exaudiat te Dominus.
THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; * the Name of the God
of Jacob defend thee:
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, * and strengthen thee out
of Sion:
3 Remember all thy offerings, * and accept thy burnt-sacrifice:
4 Grant thee thy heart's desire, * and fulfil all thy mind.
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of
the Lord our God: * the LORD perform all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the LORD helpeth his anointed, and will hear
him from his holy heaven, * even with the wholesome strength
of his right hand.
7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses; * but
we will remember the Name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen; * but we are risen and stand
upright.
9 Save, LORD; and hear us, O King of heaven, * when we call upon
thee.
Psalm 21. Domine, in virtute tua.
THE King shall rejoice in thy strength, O LORD; * exceeding glad
shall he be of thy salvation.
2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, * and hast not denied
him the request of his lips.
3 For thou shalt meet him with the blessings of goodness, * and
shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked life of thee; and thou gavest him a long life, * even
for ever and ever.
5 His honour is great in thy salvation; * glory and great worship
shalt thou lay upon him.
6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity, * and make him
glad with the joy of thy countenance.
7 And why? because the King putteth his trust in the LORD; *
and in the mercy of the Most Highest he shall not miscarry.
8 All thine enemies shall feel thine hand; * thy right hand shall
find out them that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath:
* the LORD shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire
shall consume them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth, * and their
seed from among the children of men.
11 For they intended mischief against thee, * and imagined such
a device as they are not able to perform.
12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight, * and the strings
of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them.
13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength; * so will we
sing, and praise thy power.
Evening Prayer.
Psalm 22. Deus, Deus meus.
MY God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou forsaken me? * and
art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint?
2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; * and
in the night season also I take no rest.
3 And thou continuest holy, * O thou Worship of Israel.
4 Our fathers hoped in thee; * they trusted in thee, and thou
didst deliver them.
5 They called upon thee, and were holpen; * they put their trust
in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; * a very scorn of men,
and the outcast of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn; * they shoot out their
lips, and shake their heads, saying,
8 He trusted in the LORD, that he would deliver him; * let him
deliver him, if he will have him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb; * thou
wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts.
10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born; * thou art
my God even from my mother's womb.
11 O go not from me; for trouble is hard at hand, * and there
is none to help me.
12 Many oxen are come about me; * fat bulls of Bashan close me
in on every side.
13 They gape upon me with their mouths, * as it were a ramping
and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint;
* my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting
wax.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my
tongue cleaveth to my gums, * and thou bringest me into the dust
of death.
16 For many dogs are come about me, * and the council of the
wicked layeth siege against me.
17 They pierced my hands and my feet: I may tell all my bones:
* they stand staring and looking upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, * and cast lots upon my
vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD; * thou art my succour,
haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword, * my darling from the power
of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth; * thou hast heard me also from
among the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren; * in the midst of
the congregation will I praise thee.
23 O praise the LORD, ye that fear him: * magnify him, all ye
of the seed of Jacob; and fear him, all ye seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the
poor; * he hath not hid his face from him; but when he called
unto him he heard him.
25 My praise is of thee in the great-congregation; * my vows
will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.
26 The poor shall eat, and be satisfied; they that seek after
the LORD shall praise him: * your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be
turned unto the LORD; * and all the kindreds of the nations shall
worship before him.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S, * and he is the Governor among
the nations.
29 All such as be fat upon earth * have eaten, and worshipped.
30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him;
* and no man hath quickened his own soul.
31 My seed shall serve him: * they shall be counted unto the
Lord for a generation.
32 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness * unto
a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.
Psalm 23. Dominus regit me.
THE LORD is my shepherd; * therefore can I lack nothing.
2 He shall feed me in a green pasture, * and lead me forth beside
the waters of comfort.
3 He shall convert my soul, * and bring me forth in the paths
of righteousness for his Name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; * for thou art with me; thy rod and thy
staff comfort me.
5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the presence of them
that trouble me; * thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my
cup shall be full.
6 Surely thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the
days of my life; * and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
for ever.
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