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 Sichem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine: Ephraim also is the strength of my head; 9 Judah is my lawgiver; 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. H OLD 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 goodwill. 5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him : and let Satan stand at his right hand. 1 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 became also a reproach unto them: they that looked upon me shaked 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. T THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY. Morning Prayer. PSALM 110. Dixit Dominus. : HE LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion: be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies. 3 In the day of thy power shall thy people offer thee free-will offerings with an holy worship : the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning. 4 The LORD Sware, and will not repent: Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedech. 5 The Lord upon thy right hand : shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the places with the dead bodies : and smite in sunder the heads over divers countries. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up his head. I PSALM 111. Confitebor tibi. WILL give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart: secretly among the faithful, and in the congregation. 2 The works of the LORD are great : sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. 3 His work is worthy to be praised and had in honour : and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works: that they ought to be had in remembrance. 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : he shall ever be mindful of his covenant. 6 He hath showed his people the power of his works: that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment: all his commandments are true. 8 They stand fast for ever and ever: and are done in truth and equity. 9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever; holy and reverend is his Name. 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do thereafter; the praise of it endureth for ever. B PSALM 112. Beatus vir. LESSED is the man that feareth the LORD : he hath great delight in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the faithful shall be blessed. 3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house ; and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness: he is merciful, loving, and righteous. 5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth : and will guide his words with discretion. 6 For he shall never be moved: and the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. 7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings : for his heart standeth fast, and believeth in the LORD. 8 His heart is stablished, and will not shrink : until he see his desire upon his enemies. 9 He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor: and his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. 10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away; the desire of the ungodly shall perish. PSALM 113. Laudate, pueri. PRAISE the LORD, ye servants : O praise the 2 Blessed be the Name of the LORD : from this time forth for evermore. 3 The LORD'S Name is praised: from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same. |