THE PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID. The first Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 1. Beatus vir, qui non abiit. LESSED is the man that sel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful: 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law will hel exercise himself day and night. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hiller Sic 7 I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 8 Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt bruise them with 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, that will bring forth his fruit in due season: 4 His leaf also shall not wither; a rod of iron, and break them in and look, whatsoever he doeth, it pieces like a potter's vessel. shall prosper. 10 Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings; be learned, ye that are judges of the earth. 5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth 11 Serve the Lord in fear, and away from the face of the earth. rejoice unto him with reverence. 6 Therefore the ungodly shall 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be annot be able to stand in the judg-gry, and so ye perish from the right ment; neither the sinners in the way: if his wrath be kindled, yea congregation of the righteous. but a little, blessed are all they that 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 fremuerunt LORD, how are they increased WHY gentes? that trouble me? many are HY 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. against his Anointed: 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. from us. 5 I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; for the Lord sus 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall 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 ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord; and thy blessing is upon thy people. Psalm 4. Cum invocarem. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: The Lord will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. 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. HE in trouble; have mercy upon me, 8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righand hearken unto my prayer. teousness, 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 very wickedness. 3 Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; when I call upon the Lord he will hear me. 10 Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their 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 will show us any good? 7 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, since the time that their corn, 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. 12 And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy name shall be joyful in thee: 13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy 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. PONDER my words, O Lord, O LORD, rebuke me not in consider my meditation. 20 hearken thou unto the voice 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 puntimes, O Lord; early in the morn-ish me? my prayer. ing will I direct my prayer unto 4 Turn thee, O Lord, and dethee, and will look up. liver my soul; O save me, for thy 4 For thou art the God that hast mercies' sake: 5 For in death no man remem- 9 0 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 peti-will whet his sword; he hath bent tion;the Lord willreceivemyprayer. his bow, and made it ready. 10 All mine enemies shall be 14 He hath prepared for him the confounded, and sore vexed; they instruments of death; he ordaineth shall be turned back, and put to his arrows against the persecutors. shame suddenly. 15 Behold, he travaileth with Psalm 7. Domine, Deus meus. mischief; he hath conceived sorLORD, my God, in thee have row, and brought forth ungodliI put my trust: save me from ness. all them that persecute me, and deliver me; 16 He hath graven and digged up a pit, and is fallen himself into 2 Lest he devour my soul like the destruction that he made for a lion, and tear it in pieces, while other. there is none to help. 17 For his travail shall come 30 Lord my God, if I have done upon his own head, and his wickany such thing; or if there be any edness shall fall on his own pate. wickedness in my hands; 18 I will give thanks unto the 4 If I have rewarded evil unto Lord, according to his righteoushim that dealt friendly with me;ness; and I will praise the name yea, I have delivered him that with- of the Lord most high. out any cause is mine enemy; Psalm 8. Domine, Dominus noster. 5 Then let mine enemy perse-excellent is thy name in all the LORD, our Governor, how cute my soul, and take me; yea, let him tread my life down upon world; thou that hast set thy glothe earth, and lay mine honour in ry above the heavens! the dust. 2 Out of the mouth of very babes 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 1 will consider thy hea7 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 mindful of him? and the son of people: give sentence with me, O man, that thou visitest him? Lord, according to my righteous- 5 Thou madest him lower than ness, and according to the innocen- the angels, to crown him with glocy that is in me. ry and worship. 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, 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. 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 into hell, and all the people that driven back, they shall fall and forget God. perish at thy presence: 18 For the poor shall not alway 4 For thou hast maintained my be forgotten; the patient abiding right and my cause; thou art set in of the meek shall not perish for ever. the throne that judgest right. 19 Up, Lord, and let not man 5 Thou hast rebuked the hea-have the upper hand; let the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly; then be judged in thy sight. thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 60 thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end; even as the cities which thou hast detroyed, their memorial is perished with them. 20 Put them in fear, O Lord, that the heathen may know themselves to be but men. Psalm 10. Ut quid, Domine? WHY standest thou so far off, 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, 9 The Lord also will be a de- and speaketh good of the covetous, fence 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 his sight, and therefore defieth he of the earth be no more exalted all his enemies. against them. IN 6 For he hath said in his heart, Psalm 11. In Domino Confido. Tush, I shall never be cast down, TN the Lord put I my trust; how there shall no harm happen unto me. say ye then to my soul, that she 7 His mouth is full of curs- should flee as a bird unto the hill? ing, deceit, and fraud; under his 2 For lo, the ungodly bend tongue is ungodliness and vanity. their bow, and make ready their 8 He sitteth lurking in the arrows within the quiver, that thievish corners of the streets, and they may privily shoot at them privily in his lurking dens doth he which are true of heart. murder the innocent; his eyes are 3 For the foundations will be set against the poor. cast down; and what hath the 9 For he lieth waiting secretly; righteous done? even as a lion lurketh he in his 4 The Lord is in his holy temden, that he may ravish the poor. ple; the Lord's seat is in heaven. 10 He doth ravish the poor, 5 His eyes consider the poor, when he getteth him into his net. and his eye-lids try the children of 11 He falleth down and hum-men. bleth himself, that the congrega- 6 The Lord alloweth the rightion of the poor may fall into the teous; but the ungodly, and him hands of his captains. that delighteth in wickedness, 12 He hath said in his heart, doth his soul abhor. Tush, God hath forgotten; he 7 Upon the ungodly he shall hideth away his face, and he will rain snares, fire and brimstone, never see it. storm and tempest: this shall be 13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift their portion to drink. up thine hand; forget not the poor. 8 For the righteous Lord loveth 14 Wherefore should the wick-righteousness: his countenance ed blaspheme God, while he doth will behold the thing that is just. say in his heart, Tush, thou God EVENING PRAYER. carest not for it? Psalm 12. Salvum me fac. 15 Surely thou hast seen it; HELP me, Lord, for there is for thou beholdest ungodliness not one godly man left; for and wrong, the faithful are minished from 16 That thou mayest take the among the children of men. matter into thy hand: the poor 2 They talk of vanity every one committeth himself unto thee; for with his neighbour; they do but thou art the helper of the friendless. flatter with their lips, and dissem17 Break thou the power of ble in their double heart. the ungodly and malicious; take 3 The Lord shall root out all away his ungodliness, and thou deceitful lips, and the tongue that shalt find none. speaketh proud things: 18 The Lord is King for ever and ever, and the heathen are perished out of the land. 4 Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail; we are they that ought to speak: who is Lord over us? 19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou preparest 5 Now, for the comfortless troutheir heart, and thine ear hearken-bles' sake of the needy, and because eth thereto. of the deep sighing of the poor, 20 To help the fatherless and 6 I will up, saith the Lord, and poor unto their right, that the man will help every one from him that |