SELECTIONS OF PSALMS,
TO BE USED INSTEAD OF THE PSALMS FOR THE DAY,
AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MINISTER.
Selection First.
FROM PSALM XIX. Coeli enarrant.
THE
heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
One day telleth
another; and one night certifieth another.
There is neither speech nor language;
but their voices are heard among them.
Their sound is gone out into all
lands; and their words into the ends of the world.
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.
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.
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.
The statutes of the LORD
are right, and rejoice the heart; the commandment of the LORD
is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes.
The fear of the LORD
is clean, and endureth for ever; the judgements of the LORD
are true, and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and the honey-comb.
Moreover, by them is thy servant
taught; and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.
Keep thy servant also from
presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me.
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 XXIV. Domini est terra.
THE
earth is the LORD’S,
and all that therein is; the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.
For he hath founded it upon the seas,
and prepared it upon the floods.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the
LORD? Or who
shall rise up in his holy place?
Even he that hath clean hands, and a
pure heart; and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to
deceive his neighbour.
He shall receive the blessing from the
LORD, and
righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that
seek him, even of them that seek thy face, O Jacob.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be
ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? It is the LORD
strong and mighty, even the LORD mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be
ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? Even the LORD
of hosts, he is the King of glory.
PSALM CIII. Benedic, anima mea.
PRAISE
the LORD,
O my soul; and all that is within me praise his holy Name.
Praise the LORD,
O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Who forgiveth
all thy sin; and healeth all thine infirmities;
Who saveth
thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with
mercy and loving-kindness;
Who satisfieth
thy mouth with good things, making thee young and lusty as an eagle.
The LORD
executeth righteousness and judgement for all them
that are oppressed with wrong.
He shewed his ways unto Moses, his
works unto the children of Israel.
The LORD
is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and of great goodness.
He will not alway be chiding; neither
keepeth he his anger for ever.
He hath not dealt with us after our
sins; nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses.
For look how high the heaven is in
comparison of the earth; so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him!
Look how wide also the east is from
the west; so far hath he set our sins from us!
Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children; even so is the LORD
merciful unto them that fear him.
For he knoweth whereof we are made; he
remembereth that we are but dust.
The days of man are but as grass; for
he flourisheth as a flower of the field.
For as soon as the wind goeth over it,
it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
But the merciful goodness of the LORD
endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him; and his righteousness upon
children’s children;
Even upon such as keep his covenant;
and think upon his commandments to do them.
The LORD
hath prepared his seat in heaven, and his kingdom ruleth over all.
O praise the LORD,
ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength; ye that fulfil his commandment,
and hearken unto the voice of his words.
O praise the LORD,
all ye his hosts; ye servants of his that do his pleasure.
O speak good of the LORD,
all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion; praise thou the LORD,
O my soul.
FROM PSALM CXXXIX. Domine, probasti.
O
LORD, thou
hast searched me out and known me; thou knowest my down-sitting and mine
up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts long
before.
Thou art about my path, and about my
bed; and spiest out all my ways.
For lo, there is not a word in my
tongue, but thou, O LORD, knowest it altogether.
Thou hast fashioned me behind and
before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful and
excellent for me; I cannot attain unto it.
Whither shall I go then from thy
Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence?
If I climb up into heaven, thou art
there; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
If I take the wings of the morning,
and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there also shall thy hand lead
me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, Peradventure the darkness
shall cover me; then shall my night be turned to day.
Yea, the darkness is no darkness with
thee, but the night is as clear as the day; the darkness and light to thee are
both alike.
For my reins are thine; thou hast
covered me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks unto thee, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy
works, and that my soul knoweth right well.
My bones are not hid from thee, though
I be made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth.
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet
being unperfect; and in thy book were all my members written;
Which day by day were fashioned; when
as yet there was none of them.
How dear are thy counsels unto me, O
God; O how great is the sum of them!
If I tell them, they are more in
number than the sand: when I wake up, I am present with thee.
Try me, O God, and seek the ground of
my heart; prove me, and examine my thoughts.
Look well if there be any way of
wickedness in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
PSALM CXLV. Exaltabo te, Deus.
I
WILL
magnify thee, O God, my King; and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.
Every day will I give thanks unto
thee; and praise thy Name for ever and ever.
Great is the LORD,
and marvellous worthy to be praised; there is no end
of his greatness.
One generation shall praise thy works
unto another, and declare thy power.
As for me, I will be talking of thy
worship; thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous works;
So that men shall speak of the might
of thy marvellous acts; and I will also tell of thy
greatness.
The memorial of thine abundant
kindness shall be showed; and men shall sing of thy righteousness.
The LORD
is gracious and merciful; long-suffering, and of great goodness.
The LORD
is loving unto every man; and his mercy is over all his works.
All thy works praise thee, O LORD;
and thy saints give thanks unto thee.
They show the glory of thy kingdom;
and talk of thy power;
That thy power, thy glory, and
mightiness of thy kingdom, might be known unto men.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.
The LORD
upholdeth all such as fall, and lifteth
up all those that are down.
The eyes of all wait upon thee, O
Lord; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Thou openest
thine hand, and fillest all things living with
plenteousness.
The LORD
is righteous in all his ways; and holy in all his works.
The LORD
is nigh unto all them that call upon him; yea, all such as call upon him
faithfully.
He will fulfil the desire of them that
fear him; he also will hear their cry, and will help them.
The LORD
preserveth all them that love him; but scattereth
abroad all the ungodly.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the
LORD: and
let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever.
FROM PSALM LI. Miserere mei,
Deus.
HAVE
mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of
thy mercies do away mine offences.
Wash me throughly
from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my faults, and my
sin is ever before me.
Against thee only have I sinned, and
done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be
justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged.
Behold, I was shapen
in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
But lo, thou requirest
truth in the inward parts, and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I
shall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Thou shalt make me hear of joy and
gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Turn thy face from my sins, and put
out all my misdeeds.
Make me a clean heart, O God, and
renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence,
and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
O give me the comfort of thy help
again, and stablish me with thy free Spirit.
Then shall I teach thy ways unto the
wicked, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O
God, thou that art the God of my health; and my tongue shall sing of thy
righteousness.
Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and
my mouth shall show thy praise.
For thou desirest no sacrifice, else
would I give it thee; but thou delightest not in
burnt-offerings.
The sacrifice of God is a troubled
spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.
PSALM PSALM xlii. Quemadmodum.
LIKE
as the hart desireth
the water-brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O
God.
My soul is athirst for God, yea, even
for the living God: when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
My tears have been my meat day and
night, while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God?
Now when I think thereupon, I pour out
my heart by myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into
the house of God;
In the voice of praise and
thanksgiving; among such as keep holy-day.
Why art thou so full of heaviness, O
my soul? And why art thou so disquieted within me?
Put thy trust in God; for I will yet
give him thanks for the help of his countenance.
The LORD
hath granted his loving-kindness in the day-time; and in the night-season did I
sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life.
I will say unto the God of my
strength, Why hast thou forgotten me; why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?
Namely, while they say daily unto me,
Where is now thy God?
Why art thou so vexed, O my soul? and
why art thou so disquieted within me?
O put thy trust in God; for I will yet
thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
PSALM XXXVII. Noli æmulari.
FRET
not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the
evil-doers.
For they shall soon be cut down like
the grass, and be withered even as the green herb.
Put thou thy trust in the LORD,
and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Delight thou in the LORD;
and he shall give thee thy heart’s desire.
Commit thy way unto the LORD,
and put thy trust in him, and he shall bring it to pass.
He shall make thy righteousness as
clear as the light, and thy just dealing as the noon-day.
Hold thee still in the LORD,
and abide patiently upon him: but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth
prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels.
Leave off from wrath, and let go
displeasure: fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil.
Wicked doers shall be rooted out; and
they that patiently abide the LORD,
those shall inherit the land.
Yet a little while, and the ungodly
shall be clean gone: thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away.
But the meek-spirited shall possess
the earth, and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.
The ungodly seeketh counsel against
the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
The LORD
shall laugh him to scorn; for he hath seen that his day is coming.
The ungodly have drawn out the sword,
and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as
are of a right conversation.
Their sword shall go through their own
heart, and their bow shall be broken.
A small thing that the righteous hath,
is better than great riches of the ungodly.
For the arms of the ungodly shall be
broken, and the LORD
upholdeth the righteous.
The LORD
knoweth the days of the godly; and their inheritance shall endure for ever.
They shall not be confounded in the
perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.
As for the ungodly, they shall perish;
and the enemies of the LORD shall consume as the fat of lambs: yea, even as the
smoke shall they consume away.
The ungodly borroweth,
and payeth not again; but the righteous is merciful
and liberal.
Such as are blessed of God shall
possess the land; and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out.
The LORD
ordereth a good man’s going; and maketh his way acceptable to himself.
Though he fall, he shall not be cast
away; for the LORD
upholdeth him with his hand.
I have been young, and now am old; and
yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.
The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Flee from evil, and do the thing that
is good; and dwell for evermore.
For the LORD
loveth the thing that is right; he forsaketh not his
that be godly, but they are preserved for ever.
The unrighteous shall be punished; as
for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.
The righteous shall inherit the land,
and dwell therein for ever.
The mouth of the righteous is
exercised in wisdom, and his tongue will be talking of judgement.
The law of his God is in his heart,
and his goings shall not slide.
The ungodly seeth the righteous, and
seeketh occasion to slay him.
The LORD
will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Hope thou in the LORD,
and keep his way, and he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land:
when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.
I myself have seen the ungodly in
great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.
I went by, and lo, he was gone: I
sought him, but his place could no where be found.
Keep innocency,
and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at
the last.
As for the transgressors, they shall
perish together; and the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the
last.
But the salvation of the righteous
cometh of the LORD; who is also their strength in the time of trouble.
And the LORD
shall stand by them, and save them: he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and
shall save them, because they put their trust in him.
PSALM I. Beatus vir qui non abiit.
BLESSED
is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the
way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD;
and in his law will he exercise himself day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by
the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season.
His leaf also shall not wither; and
look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.
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.
Therefore the ungodly shall not be
able to stand in the judgement, neither the sinners in the congregation of the
righteous.
But the LORD
knoweth the way of the righteous; and the way of the ungodly shall perish.
PSALM XV. Domine, quis habitabit?
LORD,
who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? Or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?
Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt
life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his
heart.
He that hath used no deceit in his
tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbour.
He that setteth not by himself, but is
lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the LORD.
He that sweareth
unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not though
it were to his own hindrance.
He that hath not given his money upon
usury, nor taken reward against the innocent.
Whoso doeth these things; shall never
fall.
PSALM XCI. Qui habitat.
WHOSO
dwelleth under the defence of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of
the Almighty.
I will say unto the LORD,
Thou art my hope, and my strong hold; my God, in him will I trust.
For he shall deliver thee from the
snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall defend thee under his wings,
and thou shalt be safe under his feathers; his faithfulness and truth shall be
thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for any
terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by
day;
For the pestilence that walketh in
darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the
noon-day.
A thousand shall fall beside thee, and
ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou
behold, and see thereward of the ungodly.
For thou, LORD,
art my hope; thou hast set thine house of defence very high.
There shall no evil happen unto thee,
neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee in their hands,
that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder:
the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.
Because he hath set his love upon me,
therefore will I deliver him; I will set him up, because he hath known my Name.
He shall call upon me, and I will hear
him; yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to
honour.
With long life will I satisfy him; and
shew him my salvation.
FROM PSALM XXXII. Beati, quorum.
BLESSED
is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD
imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no
guile.
I will acknowledge my sin unto thee;
and mine unrighteousness have I not hid.
I said, I will confess my sins unto
the LORD;
and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.
For this shall every one that is godly
make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found; but in the
great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.
Thou art a place to hide me in; thou
shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of
deliverance.
I will inform thee, and teach thee in
the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye.
Great plagues remain for the ungodly;
but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD,
mercy embraceth him on every side.
Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice
in the LORD;
and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart.
PSALM CXXX. De profundis.
OUT
of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD;
Lord, hear my voice.
O let thine ears consider well the
voice of my complaint.
If thou, LORD,
wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it?
For there is mercy with thee;
therefore shalt thou be feared.
I look for the LORD;
my soul doth wait for him; in his word is my trust.
My soul fleeth unto the Lord before
the morning watch; I say, before the morning watch.
O Israel, trust in the LORD;
for with the LORD
there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel from all
his sins.
PSALM CXXI. Levavi oculus.
I
WILL lift up
mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh even from the LORD;
who hat made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be
moved; and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD
himself is thy keeper; the LORD
is thy defence upon thy right hand;
So that the sun shall not burn thee by
day, neither the moon by night.
The LORD
shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
The LORD
shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, from this time forth for
evermore.
PSALM XXIII. Dominus regit me.
THE
LORD is my
shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture,
and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul, and bring me
forth in the paths of righteousness for his Name’s sake.
Yea, thou 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.
Thou shalt prepare a table before me
against them that trouble me; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup
shall be full.
But 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.
Psalm xxxiv. Benedicam Dominum.
I WILL
alway give thanks unto the LORD; his praise shall ever be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD;
the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
O praise the LORD
with me; and let us magnify his Name together.
I sought the LORD,
and he heard me; yea, he delivered me out of all my fear.
They had an eye unto him, and were
lightened; and their faces were not ashamed.
Lo, the poor crieth,
and the LORD
heareth him; yea, and saveth him out of all his
troubles.
The angel of the LORD
tarrieth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
O taste, and see, how gracious the LORD
is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
O fear the LORD,
ye that are his saints; for they that fear him lack nothing.
The lions do lack, and suffer hunger;
but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good.
Come, ye children, and hearken unto
me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
What man is he that lusteth to live,
and would fain see good days?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
lips, that they speak no guile.
Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace,
and ensue it.
The eyes of the LORD
are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers.
The countenance of the LORD
is against them that do evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the
earth.
The righteous cry, and the LORD
heareth them, and delivereth them out of all their
troubles.
The LORD
is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as be of an
humble spirit.
Great are the troubles of the
righteous; but the LORD
delivereth him out of all.
He keepeth all his bones, so that not
one of them is broken.
But misfortune shall slay the ungodly;
and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
The LORD
delivereth the souls of his servants; and all they
that put their trust in him shall not be destitute.
PSALM LXV. Te decet hymnus.
THOU,
O God, art praised in Sion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed in
Jerusalem.
Thou that hearest the prayer, unto
thee shall all flesh come.
My misdeeds prevail against me: O be
thou merciful unto our sins.
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto
thee: he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of
thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Thou shalt show us wonderful things in
thy righteousness,
O God of our salvation; thou that art
the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad
sea.
Who in his strength setteth fast the
mountains, and is girded about with power.
Who stilleth
the raging of the sea, and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the
people.
They also that dwell in the uttermost
parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens, thou that makest the
out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee.
Thou visitest
the earth, and blessest it; thou makest it very
plenteous.
The river of God is full of water:
thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for
the earth.
Thou waterest
her furrows; thou sendest rain into the little
valleys thereof; thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it.
Thou crownest
the year with thy goodness; and thy clouds drop fatness.
They shall drop upon the dwellings of
the wilderness; and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.
The folds shall be full of sheep; the
valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing.
FROM PSALM LXXXIV. Quam dilecta!
O
HOW
amiable are thy dwellings; thou LORD
of hosts!
My soul hath a desire and longing to
enter int the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found her an
house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; even thy altars, O LORD
of hosts, my King and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy
house; they will be alway praising thee.
Blessed is the man whose strength is
in thee; in whose heart are thy ways.
Who going through the vale of misery
use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water.
They will go from strength to
strength; and unto the God of gods appeareth every
one of them in Sion.
O LORD
God of hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob. For one day in thy
courts is better than a thousand.
I had rather be a door-keeper in the
house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.
For the LORD
God is a light and defence; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good
thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.
O LORD
God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his
trust in thee.
PSALM LXXXV. Benedixisti, Domine.
LORD,
thou art become gracious unto thy land; thou hast turned away the captivity of
Jacob.
Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy
people, and covered all their sins.
Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure,
and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation.
Turn us then, O God our Saviour, and
let thine anger cease from us.
Wilt thou be displeased at us for
ever? and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another?
Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken
us, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Show us thy mercy, O LORD,
and grant us thy salvation.
I will hearken what the LORD
God will say concerning me; for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to
his saints, that they turn not again.
For his salvation is nigh them that
fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Mercy and truth are met together;
righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth shall flourish out of the earth,
and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
Yea, the LORD
shall shew loving-kindness; and our land shall give her increase.
Righteousness shall go before him; and
he shall direct his going in the way.
PSALM XCIII. Dominus
regnavit.
THE
LORD is King, and hath put on glorious apparel; the LORD hath put on his
apparel, and girded himself with strength.
He hath made the round world so sure;
that it cannot be moved.
Ever since the world began hath thy
seat been prepared: thou art from everlasting.
The floods are risen, O LORD,
the floods have lift up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
The waves of the sea are mighty, and
rage horribly; but yet the LORD,
who dwelleth on high, is mightier.
Thy testimonies, O LORD,
are very sure; holiness becometh thine house for ever.
PSALM XCVII. Dominus
regnavit.
THE
LORD is
King, the earth may be glad thereof; yea, the multitude of the isles may be
glad thereof.
Clouds and darkness are round about
him: righteousness and judgement are the habitation of his seat.
There shall go a fire before him, and
burn up his enemies on every side.
His lightnings gave shine unto the
world: the earth saw it, and was afraid.
The hills melted like wax at the
presence of the LORD;
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
The heavens have declared his
righteousness, and all the people have seen his glory.
Confounded be all they that worship
carved images, and that delight in vain gods: worship him, all ye gods.
Sion heard of it, and rejoiced; and
the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgements, O LORD.
For thou, LORD,
art higher than all that are in the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
O ye that love the LORD,
see that ye hate the thing which is evil: the Lord preserveth
the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.
There is sprung up a light for the
righteous, and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted.
Rejoice in the LORD,
ye righteous; and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.
PSALM VIII. Domine, Dominus noster.
O
LORD, our
Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world; thou that hast set thy
glory above the heavens!
Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine
enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the
avenger.
For I will consider thy heavens, even
the works of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained.
What is man, that thou art mindful of
him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Thou madest
him lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and worship.
Thou makest him to have dominion of
the works of thy hands; and thou hast put all things in subjection under his
feet;
All sheep and oxen; yea, and the
beasts of the field;
The fowls of the air, and the fishes
of the sea; and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
O LORD
our Governor; how excellent is thy Name in all the world!
FROM PSALM XXXIII. Exultate,
justi.
REJOICE
in the LORD,
O ye righteous; for it becometh well the just to be thankful.
Praise the LORD
with harp; sing praises unto him with the lute, and instrument of ten strings.
Sing unto the Lord a new song; sing
praises lustily unto him with a good courage.
For the word of the LORD
is true; and all his works are faithful.
He loveth righteousness and judgement;
the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
By the word of the LORD
were the heavens made; and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.
He gathereth the waters of the sea
together, as it were upon an heap; and layeth up the deep, as in a
treasure-house.
Let all the earth fear the LORD:
stand in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world.
For he spake, and it was done; he
commanded, and it stood fast.
FROM PSALM CXLVII. Laudate
Dominum.
O
PRAISE the
LORD, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God; yea, a joyful and
pleasant thing it is to be thankful.
The LORD
doth build up Jerusalem, and gather together the outcasts of Israel.
He healeth
those that are broken in heart, and giveth medicine to heal their sickness.
He telleth
the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.
Great is our Lord, and great is his
power; yea, and his wisdom is infinite.
The LORD
setteth up the meek, and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground.
O sing unto the LORD
with thanksgiving; sing praises upon the harp unto our God;
Who covereth
the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the
earth; and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of
men;
Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, and
feedeth the young ravens that call upon him.
The LORD’S
delight is in them that fear him, and put
their trust in his mercy.
Praise the LORD,
O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.
For he hath made fast the bars of thy
gates, and hath blessed thy children within thee.
He maketh peace in thy borders. and filleth thee with the flour of wheat.
He sendeth forth his commandment upon
earth, and his word runneth very swiftly.
He giveth snow like wool, and
scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
He casteth forth his ice like morsels:
who is able to abide his frost?
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he bloweth with his wind, and the waters
flow.
He showeth
his word unto Jacob, his statutes and ordinances unto Israel.
He hath not dealt so with any nation;
neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws.
FROM PSALM LVII. Miserere
mei, Deus.
SET
up thyself, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is
fixed; I will sing and give praise.
Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and
harp: I myself will awake right early.
I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
among the people; and I will sing unto thee among the nations.
For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
Set up thyself, O God, above the
heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.
FROM PSALM XCVI. Cantate Domino.
O
SING unto
the LORD
a new song; sing unto the LORD,
all the whole earth.
Sing unto the LORD,
and praise his Name; be telling of his salvation from day to day.
Declare his honour unto the heathen,
and his wonders unto all people.
For the LORD
is great, and cannot worthily be praised; he is more to be feared than all
gods.
PSALM CXLVIII. Laudate
Dominum.
O
PRAISE the LORD
of heaven: praise him in the height.
Praise
him, all ye angels of his: praise him, all his host.
Praise him, sun and moon: praise him,
all ye stars and light.
Praise him, all ye heavens, and ye
waters that are above the heavens.
Let them praise the Name of the LORD:
for he spake the word, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.
He hath made them fast for ever and
ever: he hath given them a law which shall not be broken.
Praise the LORD
upon earth; ye dragons, and all deeps;
Fire and hail, snow and vapours, wind and storm, fulfilling his word:
Mountains and all hills; fruitful
trees and all cedars:
Beasts and all cattle; worms and
feathered fowls:
Kings of the earth and all people;
princes and all judges of the world:
Young men and maidens, old men and
children, praise the Name of the LORD:
for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth.
He shall exalt the horn of his people:
all his saints shall praise him; even the children of Israel, even the people
that serveth him.
FROM PSALM CXLIX. Cantate Domino.
O
SING unto the
LORD a new song; let the congregation of saints praise him.
Let Israel rejoice in him that made
him, and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King.
Let them praise his Name in the dance:
let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp.
For the LORD
hath pleasure in his people, and helpeth the meek-hearted.
PSALM CL. Laudate Dominum.
O
PRAISE God in
his holiness: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him in his noble acts: praise
him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise him in the sound of the
trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp.
Praise him in the cymbals and dances:
praise him upon the strings and pipe.
Praise him upon the well-tuned
cymbals: praise him upon the loud cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath
praise the LORD.
Portions of
Psalms, to be sung or said, at Morning Prayer, on certain Feasts and Fasts,
instead of the Venite Exultemus, when any of the foregoing Selections are to
follow instead of the Psalms, as in the table.
Christmas-Day.
FROM PSALMS xlv. lxxxix. cx.
THY
seat, O God, endureth forever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Thou hast loved
righteousness, and hated iniquity; wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed
thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
My song shall be
alway of the loving-kindness of the LORD;
with my mouth will I ever be showing thy truth from one generation to another.
For I have said,
Mercy shall be set up for ever; thy truth shalt thou establish in the heavens.
The LORD
is our defence; the Holy One of Israel is our King.
Thou spaketh sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst, I have laid help upon One that is mighty,
I have exalted One
chosen out of the people.
I will set his dominion
in the sea, and his right hand in the floods.
And I will make him
my First-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
The LORD
said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy
footstool.
The LORD
shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion: be thou ruler, even in the midst
among thine enemies.
In the day of thy
power shall the people offer thee free-will offerings with an holy worship: the
dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning.
The LORD
sware, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for
ever, after the order of Meichizedech.
FROM PSALMS xxxii. xxxviii. cxxx.
BLESSED
is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Put me not to rebuke, O LORD,
in thine anger; neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure:
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and
thy hand presseth me sore.
My wickednesses
are gone over my head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear.
I will confess my wickedness, and be
sorry for my sin.
Haste thee to help me, O Lord God of
my salvation.
Out of the depth have I called unto
thee, O LORD;
Lord, hear my voice.
Let thine ears be attentive to the
voice of my supplications.
If thou, LORD,
shouldest be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who shall stand?
But there is forgiveness with thee,
that thou mayest be feared.
FROM PSALMS xxii. lxix. xl.
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?
But thou art holy, O Thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of
men, and despised of the people.
All they that see me laugh me to
scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
He trusted in GOD, that he would
deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him.
The council of the wicked layeth siege
against me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
They part my garments among them, and
cast lots upon my vesture.
But be not thou far from me, O LORD:
O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am
full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man,
neither found I any to comfort me.
They gave me gall to eat; and when I
was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.
Sacrifice and meat-offering thou
wouldest not, but mine ears hast thou opened.
Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin
hast thou not required: then said I, Lo, I come;
In the volume of the book it is
written of me, that I should fulfil thy will, O my God: I am content to do it;
yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ascension-Day.
FROM PSALMS xxiv. xlvii.
LIFT
up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the
King of glory shall come in.
Who is the King of
glory? the LORD
strong and mighty; even the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O
ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall
come in.
Who is the King of
glory? Even the LORD
of hosts, he is the King of glory.
O clap your hands
together, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
For the LORD most
high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
God is gone up with a
shout; the LORD
with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God, sing
praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
God reigneth over the
heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
The princes of the
people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham; for the
shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
FROM PSALMS ii.
lxviii.
I
WILL declare the decree: The Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day
have I begotten thee.
Desire of me, and I
shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the
earth for thy possession.
Be wise now,
therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Serve the LORD
with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Sing unto God, sing
praises to his Name: extol him that rideth upon the
heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance, and refreshedst it when it was weary.
The Lord gave the
word; great was the company of those that published it.
Though ye have lain
among the pots; yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and
her feathers with yellow gold.
Thou hast ascended on
high; thou hast led captivity captive; thou has received gifts for men; yea,
for the rebellious also, that the LORD
God might dwell among them.
Bless be the Lord,
who daily loadeth us with benefits; even the God of
our salvation.
Sing unto God, ye
kingdoms of the earth: O sing praises unto the Lord;
To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which were of old: lo,
he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
Ascribe ye strength
unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
O God, thou art
terrible out of thy holy places; the God of Israel is he that giveth strength
and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
INDEX
First, Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth
Instead of Venite on Holy Days: Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Ascension-Day, Whitsunday,
Editor's suggestions for certain days
Christmas-1st, Saints Day-4th, Ash-Wednesday-2rd, Presentation-2rd, Ascension-Day-10th, Good Friday-3rd, Whitsunday-8th, Lord’s Supper-7th
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Centurions, based on an 1869 BCP