+ + + See the troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, | truth reaches to the clouds. 5 Be thou and all their wisdom is swallowed up. exalted, O God, above the heavens; 28 Then they cry to the Lord in their and thy glory above all the earth. affliction, and he brings them out of "That thy beloved ones may be detheir distresses. 29 And he commands livered, save with thy right hand, and the storm, and it is calmed into a hear me. God has spoken in his sancgentle breeze, and its waves are still. tuary; I will be exalted, and will 30 And they are glad, because they are divide Sicima, and will measure out quiet; and he guides them to their the valley of tents. Galaad is mine; desired haven. 31 Let them acknow- and Manasses is mine; and Ephraim is ledge to the Lord his mercies, and his the help of mine head; Judas is my wonderful works to the children of king; Moab is the caldron of my men. 32 Let them exalt him in the hope; over Idumea will Chald. word, congregation of the people, and praise I cast my sandal; the Phi-y Dan.3. 28. him in the seat of the elders. 33 He listines are made subject to me. 10 Who turns rivers into a desert, and streams will bring me into the fortified city? or + Gr. thirst. of water into a dry land. who will guide me to Idumea? "Wilt 34 A fruitful land into saltness, for the not thou, O God, who hast rejected us? wickedness of them that dwell in it. and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with 35 He turns a wilderness into pools of our hosts? 12 Give us help from tribulawater, and a dry land into streams of tion: for vain is the help + Gr. work 36 And there he causes the of man. 13 Through God we hungry to dwell, and they establish for will do valiantly: and he shall bring themselves cities of habitation. 37 And to nought our enemies. they sow fields and plant vineyards, and they yield fruit of increase. 38 And he blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, and he diminishes not the number of their cattle. 39 Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils, and pain. 40 Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land. 41 But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes him families as a flock. 42 The upright shall see and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 43 Who is wise, and will observe these things, and understand the mercies of the Lord? water. + power. 108. (109) For the end, a Psalm of David. turn for my O God, pass not over my praise in silence; 2 for the mouth of the sinner, and the mouth of the crafty man have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue. And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. + 4 In- + Or, in restead of loving me, they love. falsely accused me: but I continued to pray. And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right or, the aclet him go forth condemned: and let hand. When he is judged, cuser. his prayer become sin. Let his days be few: and let another + Acts 1. 20. take his office of overseer. 9 Let his 107. (108) Song of a Psalm by David. O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing and sing psalms with my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early. I will children be orphans, and his wife a give thanks to thee, O Lord, among widow. 10 Let his children wander the people; I will sing praise to thee without a dwelling-place, and beg: among the Gentiles. For thy mercy let them be cast out of their habitais great above the heavens, and thy tions. 11 Let his creditor exact all that + + 109. (110) A Psalm of David. 4 + belongs to him: and let strangers spoil 30 I will give thanks to the Lord abundhis labours. 12 Let him have no helper; antly with my mouth; and in the neither let there be any one to have midst of many I will praise him. compassion on his fatherless children. 31 For he stood on the right hand of 13 Let his children be given up to utter the poor, to save me from them that destruction: in one generation let his persecute my soul. name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin The Lord said to my Lord, Sit of his mother be blotted out. 1 Let thou on my right hand, un- + Mat. 22. 44. them be before the Lord continually; til I make thine enemies thy footstool. and let their memorial be blotted out 2 The Lord shall send out a rod of from the earth. 16 Because he remem-power for thee out of Sion: rule thou bered not to show mercy, but perse- in the midst of thine enemies. With cuted the needy and poor man, and thee is dominion in the day y ambig. that to slay him that was pricked in of thy power, in the splendours of the heart. 17 He loved cursing also, thy saints: I have begot-Or, holiness, holy and it shall come upon him; and he ten thee from the womb things. took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall before the morning. The Lord swore, be removed far from him. 18 Yea, he and will not repent, Thou art a priest put on cursing as a garment, and it is for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. come as water into his bowels, and as 5 The Lord at thy right hand has oil into his bones. 19 Let it be to him dashed in pieces kings in the day of as a garment which he puts on, and as his wrath. He shall judge among a girdle with which he girds himself the nations, he shall fill up the number continually. 20 This is the dealing of of corpses, he shall crush the heads of the Lord with those who falsely accuse many on the earth. 7 He shall drink me, and of them that speak evil against of the brook in the way; therefore my soul. 21 But thou, O Lord, Lord, shall he lift up the head. deal mercifully with me, for thy name's sake: for thy mercy is good. 22 Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me. 23 I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts. 24 My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of the want of oil. 25 I became also a reproach to them: when they saw me they shook their heads. 26 Help me, O Lord my God; and save me according to thy mercy. 27 And let them know that this is thy hand; and that thou, Lord, hast wrought it. 28 Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice. 29 Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle. 110. (111) Alleluia. + Comp. Gr. I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. 2 The works of the Lord are great, sought out according to + all his will. 3 His work is with Hebrew. worthy of thanksgiving and honour: and his righteousness endures for ever and ever. 4 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is merciful and compassionate. He has given food to them that fear him: he will remember his covenant for ever. 6 He has declared to his people the power of his works, to give them the inheritance of the heathen. The works of his hands are truth and judgment: all his commandments are sure: established for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness. He 9 sent redemption to his people: he needy from the dunghill; to set him commanded his covenant for ever: with princes, even with the princes of holy and fearful is his name. 10 The his people. Who settles the barren fear of the Lord is the beginning of woman in a house, as a mother re+ Or, sum. wisdom, and all that act joicing over children. accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever and ever. 111. (112) Alleluia. Blessed is the man that fears the Lord: he will delight greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty in the earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 Glory and riches shall be in his house; and his righteousness endures for evermore. To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: he is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous. The good man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his affairs with judgment. For he shall not be moved for ever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not be afraid of any evil report: his heart is ready to trust in the Lord. His heart is established, he shall not fear, till he shall see his 6 4 113. (114) Alleluia. or, conse At the going forth of Israel out of Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people, 2Judea became his sanctuary, and Israel his +Or, holiness, dominion. 3 The sea saw crated thing. and fled: Jordan was turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs? The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; who turned or, Gr.sharp the rock into pools of water, rock. and the flint into fountains of water. + 8 but to thy name give glory, because of (115) Not to us, O Lord, not to us, 2 desire upon his enemies. 9 He has thy mercy and thy truth; lest at any +2 Cor. 9. 9. dispersed abroad; he has their God? 3 But our God has done time the nations should say, Where is given to the poor; his righteousness in heaven and on earth, whatsoever he endures for evermore: his horn shall be exalted with honour. 10 The sinner shall see and be angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: desire of the sinner shall perish. 112. (113) Alleluia. the + Praise the Lord, ye servants of his, praise the name of the Lord. 2 Let the name of the Lord be blessed, from this present time and for ever. 3 From the rising of the sun to his setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised. 4 The Lord is high above all the nations; his glory is above the heavens. 5 Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the high places, and yet looks upon the low things in heaven, and on the earth. Who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the has pleased. The idols of the nations hands. They have a mouth, but they are silver and gold, the works of men's cannot speak; they have +Gr. will not. eyes, but they cannot see: they have ears, but they cannot hear; they have noses, but they cannot smell: they have hands but they cannot handle; they have feet, but they cannot walk: they cannot speak through their throat. Let those that make them become like to them, and all who trust in them. 7 8 9 The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. 10 The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. "They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. 12 The Lord has remembered us, and you. ren. to you blessed us: he has blessed the house of + 114. (116) Alleluia. I am well pleased because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication. Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live. 3The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul. 5 The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity. The Lord Gr. infants. preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me. 4 8 7 Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee. For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I shall be wellpleasing before the Lord in the land of the living. 8 Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let now the house of Israel say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. 3 Let now the house of Aaron say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. 4 Let now all that fear the Lord say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. 5 I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he hearkened to me, so as to bring me into a wide place. 6 The Lord Heb. 13. 6. is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me. The Lord is my helper; and I shall see my desire upon mine enemies. It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. 9 It is better to hope in the Lord, than to hope in princes. 10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 11 They 10 I believed, wherefore I have completely compassed me about: but + 2 Cor. 4. 13. spoken: but I was greatly in the name of the Lord I repulsed afflicted. And I said in mine amaze- them. 12 They compassed me about as ment, Every man is a liar. 12 What bees do a honeycomb, and they burst shall I render to the Lord for all the into flame as fire among thorns: but things wherein he has rewarded me? in the name of the Lord I repulsed 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and them. 13 I was thrust, and sorely call upon the name of the Lord. 14 I shaken, that I might fall: but the will pay my vows to the Lord, in the Lord helped me. The Lord is my presence of all his people. 15 Precious strength and my song, and is become in the sight of the Lord is the death my salvation. 15 The voice of exultaof his saints. 16 O Lord, I am thy ser- tion and salvation is in the tabernacles 11 115. Alleluia. 7 I will give all thy commandments. 19 I of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily. 16 The right hand of the Lord has exalted me: the right hand of the Lord has wrought powerfully. I shall not die, but live, and recount the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord has chastened me sore: but he has not given me up to death. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it. 21 I will give thanks to thee; because thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 22 The stone +Mat. 21. 42. which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner. 23 This has been done of the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it. 25 O Lord, save now: O Lord, send + Mat. 21. 9. now prosperity. 26+ Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord, and he has shined upon us: celebrate the feast with thick branches, binding +Possibly, the the victims even to the horns multitude, of the altar. 28 Thou art my rebuked the proud: cursed are they God, and I will give thee that turn aside from thy commandthanks: thou art my God, and I will ments. 22 Remove from me reproach exalt thee. I will give thanks to thee, and contempt; for I have sought out for thou hast heard me, and art be- thy testimonies. 23 For princes sat and come my salvation. 29 Give thanks to spoke against me: but thy servant was the Lord; for he is good: for his meditating on thine ordinances. 24 For mercy endures for ever. thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors. 25 My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word. 26 I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thine ordinances. 27 Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works. 28 My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words. 29 Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law. 30 I have chosen the way of thy law. truth; and have not forgotten thy q. d. cætu frequenti. 118. (119) Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart. 3 For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways. Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts. 50 that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances. 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to 9. d. in teaching me |