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THE PSALTER,

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PSALMS OF DAVID.

The first Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them

Psalm 1. Beatus vir, qui non abiit. in his sore displeasure.

BLESSED is the man that

hath walked in the coun

sel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat

in the seat of the scornful :

my

6 Yet have I set my King upon of Sion.

holy hillver Set

7 I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have ĺ begotten thee.

8 Desire of me, and I shall give

ance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law will he thee the heathen for thine inheritexercise himself day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, that will 9 Thou shalt bruise them with bring forth his fruit in due season: 4 His leaf also shall not wither; pieces like a potter's vessel. a rod of iron, and break them in and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

10 Be wise now, therefore, O judges of the earth. ye kings; be learned, ye that are

11 Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto him with reverence. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be an

6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judg-y, and so ye perish from the right ment; neither the sinners in the but a little: blessed are all they that way, if his wrath be kindled, yea congregation of the righteous.

7 But the Lord knoweth the put their trust in him.

way of the righteous; and the way Psalm 3. Domine, quid multiof the ungodly shall perish.

plicati?

Psalm 2. Quare fremueruntORD, how are they increased that trouble me? many are

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gentes?

WHY do the heathen so fu- they that rise against me. riously rage together? and 2 Many one there be that say why do the people imagine a vain of my soul, There is no help for thing? him in his God.

2 The kings of the earth stand 3 But thou, O Lord, art my deup, and the rulers take counsel fender; thou art my worship, and together against the Lord, and the lifter up of my head. 4 I did call upon the Lord with 3 Let us break their bonds my voice, and he heard me out of asunder, and cast away their cords his holy hill.

against his Anointed:

from us.

5 I laid me down and slept, and 4 He that dwelleth in heaven rose up again; for the Lord susshall laugh them to scorn: the tained me.

Lord shall have them in derision. 6 I will not be afraid for ten thou

sands of the people, that have set no pleasure in wickedness; neither themselves against me round about. shall any evil dwell with thee.

7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my 5 Such as be foolish, shall not God; for thou smitest all mine ene- stand in thy sight; for thou hatest mies upon the cheek bone: thou all them that work vanity. hast broken the teeth of the un- 6 Thou shalt destroy them that godly. speak lies: The Lord will abhor 8 Salvation belongeth unto the both the blood-thirsty and deceitLord; and thy blessing is upon thy ful man. people.

Psalm 4. Cum invocarem.

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7 But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon the

EAR me, when I call, O God multitude of thy mercy, and in thy of my righteousness: thou fear will I worship toward thy hast set me at liberty, when I was holy temple.

and hearken unto my prayer.

in trouble; have mercy upon me, 8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine ene2 O ye sons of men, how long mies; make thy way plain before will ye blaspheme mine honour, my face.

and have such pleasure in vanity, 9 For there is no faithfulness in and seek after falsehood? his mouth; their inward parts are

3 Know this also, that the Lord very wickedness. hath chosen to himself the man 10 Their throat is an open that is godly: when I call upon the sepulchre; they flatter with their Lord he will hear me. tongue.

4 Stand in awe, and sin not; 11 Destroy thou them, O God; commune with your own heart, let them perish through their own and in your chamber, and be still. imaginations; cast them out in the 5 Offer the sacrifice of righteous-multitude of their ungodliness; for ness, and put your trust in the Lord. they have rebelled against thee. 6 There be many that say, Who 12 And let all them that put their will show us any good?

7 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

trust in thee rejoice: they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love 8 Thou hast put gladness in my thy name shall be joyful in thee: heart, since the time that their corn, 13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy

and wine, and oil increased.

9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou Lord only that makest me dwell in safety.

Psalm 5. Verba mea auribus. DONDER my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.

PON

my

2 O hearken thou unto the voice

blessing unto the righteous, and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield.

EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 6. Domine, ne in furore.

LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation, neither chasten me in thy displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord,

of my calling, my King, and my for I am weak: O Lord, heal me, God for unto thee will I make for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul also is sore troubled: 3 My voice shalt thou hear be- but, Lord, how long wilt thou times, O Lord; early in the morn- punish me?

my prayer.

ing will I direct my prayer unto 4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul; O save me, for thy

thee, and will look up.

4 For thou art the God that hast mercies' sake:

5 For in death no man remem- 9 O let the wickedness of the bereth thee; and who will give ungodly come to an end; but guide thee thanks in the pit ? thou the just.

6 I am weary of my groaning:

10 For the righteous God trieth

every night wash I my bed, and the very hearts and reins. water my couch with my tears.

11 My help cometh of God, who

7 My beauty is gone for very preserveth them that are true of trouble, and worn away because of heart. all mine enemies.

12 God is a righteous judge,

8 Away from me, all ye that strong, and patient; and God is work vanity; for the Lord hath provoked every day.

heard the voice of my weeping. 13 If a man will not turn, he 9 The Lord hath heard my pe- will whet his sword; he hath bent tition; the Lord will receive my his bow, and made it ready. 14 He hath prepared for him the

prayer.

10 All mine enemies shall be instruments of death; he ordaineth confounded, and sore vexed; they his arrows against the persecutors. shall be turned back, and put to 15 Behold, he travaileth with shame suddenly. mischief; he hath conceived sor Psalm 7. Domine, Deus meus. row, and brought forth ungodliLORD, my God, in thee have ness.

I put my trust: save me from 16 He hath graven and digged all them that persecute me, and up a pit, and is fallen himself into deliver me; the destruction that he made for

2 Lest he devour my soul like other. a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done any such thing; or if there be any wickedness in my hands;

17 For his travail shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.

18 I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteous4 If I have rewarded evil unto ness; and I will praise the name him that dealt friendly with me; of the Lord most high. yea, I have delivered him that with- Psalm 8. Domine, Dominus noster. out any cause is mine enemy; LORD, our Governor, how 5 Then let mine enemy persecute excellent is thy name in all my soul, and take me; yea, let him the world; thou that hast set thy tread my life down upon the earth, glory above the heavens! and lay mine honour in the dust. 2 Out of the mouth of very babes

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6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy and sucklings hast thou ordained wrath, and lift up thyself, because strength, because of thine enemies, of the indignation of mine enemies; that thou mightest still the enemy arise up for me in the judgment and the avenger.

that thou hast commanded :

3 For I will consider thy hea

7 And so shall the congregation vens, even the works of thy fingers; of the people come about thee: for the moon and the stars which thou their sakes therefore lift up thyself hast ordained.

again. 4 What is man, that thou art 8 The Lord shall judge the peo- mindful of him? and the son of ple: give sentence with me, O Lord, man, that thou visitest him? according to my righteousness, and 5 Thou madest him lower than according to the innocency that is the angels, to crown him with glory and worship.

in me.

6 Thou makest him to have do- 11 O praise the Lord which minion of the works of thy hands: dwelleth in Sion; show the people and thou hast put all things in sub- of his doings: jection under his feet;

12 For when he maketh inqui

7 All sheep and oxen; yea, and sition for blood, he remembereth the beasts of the field; them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the

seas.

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou 9 O Lord, our Governor, how that liftest me up from the gates of excellent is thy name in all the death; world!

The second Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 9. Confitebor tibi. WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will speak of all thy marvellous works.

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14 That I may show all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken.

16 The Lord is known to execute 2 I will be glad and rejoice in judgment; the ungodly is trapped thee; yea, my songs will I make in the work of his own hands. of thy name, O thou Most Highest. 17 The wicked shall be turned 3 While mine enemies are driven into hell, and all the people that back, they shall fall and perish at forget God. thy presence:

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou art set in the throne that judgest right.

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten; the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever.

19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand; let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O Lord, that the heathen may know them

6 O thou enemy, destructions selves to be but men. are come to a perpetual end; even Psalm 10. Ut quid, Domine ? as the cities which thou hast de-WHY standest thou so far off, stroyed, their memorial is perished with them.

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O Lord, and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble? 2 The ungodly, for his own lust,

7 But the Lord shall endure for ever; he hath also prepared his doth persecute the poor: let them seat for judgment. be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined.

8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness, and minister true judgment unto the people.

3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous,

9 The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed, even a whom God abhorreth. refuge in due time of trouble.

4 The ungodly is so proud, that 10 And they that know thy name he careth not for God, neither is will put their trust in thee; for God in all his thoughts.

thou, Lord, hast never failed them

that seek thee.

5 His ways are alway grievous; thy judgments are far above out of

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