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| Book Three Fourteenth Day: Evening Prayer 73 Quam bonus Israel! |
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Truly, God is good to Israel, * to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had nearly slipped; * I had almost tripped and fallen; Because I envied the proud * and saw the prosperity of the wicked: For they suffer no pain, * and their bodies are sleek and sound; In the misfortunes of others they have no share; * they are not afflicted as others are; Therefore they wear their pride like a necklace * and wrap their violence about them like a cloak. Their iniquity comes from gross minds, * and their hearts overflow with wicked thoughts. They scoff and speak maliciously; * out of their haughtiness they plan oppression. They set their mouths against the heavens, * and their evil speech runs through the world. And so the people turn to them * and find in them no fault. They say, “How should God know? * is there knowledge in the Most High?” So then, these are the wicked; * always at ease, they increase their wealth. In vain have I kept my heart clean, * and washed my hands in innocence. I have been afflicted all day long, * and punished every morning. Had I gone on speaking this way, * I should have betrayed the generation of your children. When I tried to understand these things, * it was too hard for me; Until I entered the sanctuary of God * and discerned the end of the wicked. Surely, you set them in slippery places; * you cast them down in ruin. Oh, how suddenly do they come to destruction, * come to an end, and perish from terror! Like a dream when one awakens, O Lord, * when you arise you will make their image vanish. When my mind became embittered, * I was sorely wounded in my heart. I was stupid and had no understanding; * I was like a brute beast in your presence. Yet I am always with you; * you hold me by my right hand. You will guide me by your counsel, * and afterwards receive me with glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? * and having you I desire nothing upon earth. Though my flesh and my heart should waste away, * God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. Truly, those who forsake you will perish; * you destroy all who are unfaithful. But it is good for me to be near God; * I have made the Lord GOD my refuge. I will speak of all your works * in the gates of the city of Zion. |
| 74 Ut quid, Deus? | |
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O God, why have you utterly cast us off? * why is your wrath so hot against the sheep of your pasture? Remember your congregation that you purchased long ago, * the tribe you redeemed to be your inheritance, and Mount Zion where you dwell. Turn your steps toward the endless ruins; * the enemy has laid waste everything in your sanctuary. Your adversaries roared in your holy place; * they set up their banners as tokens of victory. They were like men coming up with axes to a grove of trees; * they broke down all your carved work with hatchets and hammers. They set fire to your holy place; * they defiled the dwelling place of your Name and razed it to the ground. They said to themselves, “Let us destroy them altogether.” * They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land. There are no signs for us to see; there is no prophet left; * there is not one among us who knows how long. How long, O God, will the adversary scoff? * will the enemy blaspheme your Name for ever? Why do you draw back your hand? * why is your right hand hidden in your bosom? Yet God is my King from ancient times, * victorious in the midst of the earth. You divided the sea by your might * and shattered the heads of the dragons upon the waters; You crushed the heads of Leviathan * and gave him to the people of the desert for food. You split open spring and torrent; * you dried up ever flowing rivers. Yours is the day, yours also the night; * you established the moon and the sun. You fixed all the boundaries of the earth; * you made both summer and winter. Remember, O Lord, how the enemy scoffed, * how a foolish people despised your Name. Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; * never forget the lives of your poor. Look upon your covenant; * the dark places of the earth are haunts of violence. Let not the oppressed turn away ashamed; * let the poor and needy praise your Name. Arise, O God, maintain your cause; * remember how fools revile you all day long. Forget not the clamor of your adversaries, * the unending tumult of those who rise up against you. |
| Fifteenth Day: Morning Prayer 75 Confitebimur tibi |
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We give you thanks, O God, we give you thanks, * calling upon your Name and declaring all your wonderful deeds. “I will appoint a time,” says God; * “I will judge with equity. Though the earth and all its inhabitants are quaking, * I will make its pillars fast. I will say to the boasters, ‘Boast no more,’ * and to the wicked, ‘Do not toss your horns; Do not toss your horns so high, * nor speak with a proud neck.’” For judgment is neither from the east nor from the west, * nor yet from the wilderness or the mountains. It is God who judges; * he puts down one and lifts up another. For in the LORD’S hand there is a cup, full of spiced and foaming wine, which he pours out, * and all the wicked of the earth shall drink and drain the dregs. But I will rejoice for ever; * I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. He shall break off all the horns of the wicked; * but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. |
| 76 Notus in Judæa | |
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In Judah is God known; * his Name is great in Israel. At Salem is his tabernacle, * and his dwelling is in Zion. There he broke the flashing arrows, * the shield, the sword, and the weapons of battle. How glorious you are! * more splendid than the everlasting mountains! The strong of heart have been despoiled; they sink into sleep; * none of the warriors can lift a hand. At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, * both horse and rider lie stunned. What terror you inspire! * who can stand before you when you are angry? From heaven you pronounced judgment; * the earth was afraid and was still; When God rose up to judgment * and to save all the oppressed of the earth. Truly, wrathful Edom will give you thanks, * and the remnant of Hamath will keep your feasts. Make a vow to the LORD your God and keep it; * let all around him bring gifts to him who is worthy to be feared. He breaks the spirit of princes, * and strikes terror in the kings of the earth. |
| 77 Voce mea ad Dominum | |
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I will cry aloud to God; * I will cry aloud, and he will hear me. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; * my hands were stretched out by night and did not tire; I refused to be comforted. I think of God, I am restless, * I ponder, and my spirit faints. You will not let my eyelids close; * I am troubled and I cannot speak. I consider the days of old; * I remember the years long past; I commune with my heart in the night; * I ponder and search my mind. Will the Lord cast me off for ever? * will he no more show his favor? Has his loving kindness come to an end for ever? * has his promise failed for evermore? Has God forgotten to be gracious? * has he, in his anger, withheld his compassion? And I said, “My grief is this: * the right hand of the Most High has lost its power.” I will remember the works of the LORD, * and call to mind your wonders of old time. I will meditate on all your acts * and ponder your mighty deeds. Your way, O God, is holy; * who is so great a god as our God? You are the God who works wonders * and have declared your power among the peoples. By your strength you have redeemed your people, * the children of Jacob and Joseph. The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you and trembled; * the very depths were shaken. The clouds poured out water; the skies thundered; * your arrows flashed to and fro; The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lit up the world; * the earth trembled and shook. Your way was in the sea, and your paths in the great waters, * yet your footsteps were not seen. You led your people like a flock * by the hand of Moses and Aaron. |
| Fifteenth Day: Evening Prayer 78 Part I Attendite, popule |
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Hear my teaching, O my people; * incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; * I will declare the mysteries of ancient times. That which we have heard and known, and what our forefathers have told us, * we will not hide from their children. We will recount to generations to come the praiseworthy deeds and the power of the LORD, * and the wonderful works he has done. He gave his decrees to Jacob and established a law for Israel, * which he commanded them to teach their children; That the generations to come might know, and the children yet unborn; * that they in their turn might tell it to their children; So that they might put their trust in God, * and not forget the deeds of God, but keep his commandments; And not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, * a generation whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirit was not faithful to God. The people of Ephraim, armed with the bow, * turned back in the day of battle; They did not keep the covenant of God, * and refused to walk in his law; They forgot what he had done, * and the wonders he had shown them. He worked marvels in the sight of their forefathers, * in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He split open the sea and let them pass through; * he made the waters stand up like walls. He led them with a cloud by day, * and all the night through with a glow of fire. He split the hard rocks in the wilderness * and gave them drink as from the great deep. He brought streams out of the cliff, * and the waters gushed out like rivers. But they went on sinning against him, * rebelling in the desert against the Most High. They tested God in their hearts, * demanding food for their craving. They railed against God and said, * “Can God set a table in the wilderness? True, he struck the rock, the waters gushed out, and the gullies overflowed; * but is he able to give bread or to provide meat for his people?” When the LORD heard this, he was full of wrath; * a fire was kindled against Jacob, and his anger mounted against Israel; For they had no faith in God, * nor did they put their trust in his saving power. So he commanded the clouds above * and opened the doors of heaven. He rained down manna upon them to eat * and gave them grain from heaven. So mortals ate the bread of angels; * he provided for them food enough. He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens * and led out the south wind by his might. He rained down flesh upon them like dust * and wingèd birds like the sand of the sea. He let it fall in the midst of their camp * and round about their dwellings. So they ate and were well filled, * for he gave them what they craved. But they did not stop their craving, * though the food was still in their mouths. So God’s anger mounted against them; * he slew their strongest men and laid low the youth of Israel. In spite of all this, they went on sinning * and had no faith in his wonderful works. So he brought their days to an end like a breath * and their years in sudden terror. Whenever he slew them, they would seek him, * and repent, and diligently search for God. They would remember that God was their rock, * and the Most High God their redeemer. But they flattered him with their mouths * and lied to him with their tongues. Their heart was not steadfast toward him, * and they were not faithful to his covenant. But he was so merciful that he forgave their sins and did not destroy them; * many times he held back his anger and did not permit his wrath to be roused. For he remembered that they were but flesh, * a breath that goes forth and does not return. |
| Psalm 78: Part II Quoties exacerbaverunt | |
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How often the people disobeyed him in the wilderness * and offended him in the desert! Again and again they tempted God * and provoked the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember his power * in the day when he ransomed them from the enemy; How he wrought his signs in Egypt * and his omens in the field of Zoan. He turned their rivers into blood, * so that they could not drink of their streams. He sent swarms of flies among them, which ate them up, * and frogs, which destroyed them. He gave their crops to the caterpillar, * the fruit of their toil to the locust. He killed their vines with hail * and their sycamores with frost. He delivered their cattle to hailstones * and their livestock to hot thunderbolts. He poured out upon them his blazing anger: * fury, indignation, and distress, a troop of destroying angels. He gave full rein to his anger; he did not spare their souls from death; * but delivered their lives to the plague. He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, * the flower of manhood in the dwellings of Ham. He led out his people like sheep * and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. He led them to safety, and they were not afraid; * but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. He brought them to his holy land, * the mountain his right hand had won. He drove out the Canaanites before them and apportioned an inheritance to them by lot; * he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. But they tested the Most High God, and defied him, * and did not keep his commandments. They turned away and were disloyal like their fathers; * they were undependable like a warped bow. They grieved him with their hill altars * and provoked his displeasure with their idols. When God heard this, he was angry * and utterly rejected Israel. He forsook the shrine at Shiloh, * the tabernacle where he had lived among his people. He delivered the ark into captivity, * his glory into the adversary’s hand. He gave his people to the sword * and was angered against his inheritance. The fire consumed their young men; * there were no wedding songs for their maidens. Their priests fell by the sword, * and their widows made no lamentation. Then the LORD woke as though from sleep, * like a warrior refreshed with wine. He struck his enemies on the backside * and put them to perpetual shame. He rejected the tent of Joseph * and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; He chose instead the tribe of Judah * and Mount Zion, which he loved. He built his sanctuary like the heights of heaven, * like the earth which he founded for ever. He chose David his servant, * and took him away from the sheepfolds. He brought him from following the ewes, * to be a shepherd over Jacob his people and over Israel his inheritance. So he shepherded them with a faithful and true heart * and guided them with the skillfulness of his hands. |
| Sixteenth Day: Morning Prayer 79 Deus, venerunt |
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O God, the heathen have come into your inheritance; they have profaned your holy temple; * they have made Jerusalem a heap of rubble. They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the air, * and the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the field. They have shed their blood like water on every side of Jerusalem, * and there was no one to bury them. We have become a reproach to our neighbors, * an object of scorn and derision to those around us. How long will you be angry, O LORD? * will your fury blaze like fire for ever? Pour out your wrath upon the heathen who have not known you * and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon your Name. For they have devoured Jacob * and made his dwelling a ruin. Remember not our past sins; let your compassion be swift to meet us; * for we have been brought very low. Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your Name; * deliver us and forgive us our sins, for your Name’s sake. Why should the heathen say, “Where is their God?” * Let it be known among the heathen and in our sight that you avenge the shedding of your servants’ blood. Let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before you, * and by your great might spare those who are condemned to die. May the revilings with which they reviled you, O Lord, * return seven fold into their bosoms. For we are your people and the sheep of your pasture; * we will give you thanks for ever and show forth your praise from age to age. |
| 80 Qui regis Israel | |
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Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, leading Joseph like a flock; * shine forth, you that are enthroned upon the cherubim. In the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, * stir up your strength and come to help us. Restore us, O God of hosts; * show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved. O LORD God of hosts, * how long will you be angered despite the prayers of your people? You have fed them with the bread of tears; * you have given them bowls of tears to drink. You have made us the derision of our neighbors, * and our enemies laugh us to scorn. Restore us, O God of hosts; * show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved. You have brought a vine out of Egypt; * you cast out the nations and planted it. You prepared the ground for it; * it took root and filled the land. The mountains were covered by its shadow * and the towering cedar trees by its boughs. You stretched out its tendrils to the Sea * and its branches to the River. Why have you broken down its wall, * so that all who pass by pluck off its grapes? The wild boar of the forest has ravaged it, * and the beasts of the field have grazed upon it. Turn now, O God of hosts, look down from heaven; behold and tend this vine; * preserve what your right hand has planted. They burn it with fire like rubbish; * at the rebuke of your countenance let them perish. Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, * the son of man you have made so strong for yourself. And so will we never turn away from you; * give us life, that we may call upon your Name. Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; * show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved. |
| 81 Exultate Deo | |
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Sing with joy to God our strength * and raise a loud shout to the God of Jacob. Raise a song and sound the timbrel, * the merry harp, and the lyre. Blow the ram’s horn at the new moon, * and at the full moon, the day of our feast. For this is a statute for Israel, * a law of the God of Jacob. He laid it as a solemn charge upon Joseph, * when he came out of the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar voice saying, * “I eased his shoulder from the burden; his hands were set free from bearing the load.” You called on me in trouble, and I saved you; * I answered you from the secret place of thunder and tested you at the waters of Meribah. Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you: * O Israel, if you would but listen to me! There shall be no strange god among you; * you shall not worship a foreign god. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and said, * “Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.” And yet my people did not hear my voice, * and Israel would not obey me. So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their hearts, * to follow their own devices. Oh, that my people would listen to me! * that Israel would walk in my ways! I should soon subdue their enemies * and turn my hand against their foes. Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, * and their punishment would last for ever. But Israel would I feed with the finest wheat * and satisfy him with honey from the rock. |
| Sixteenth Day: Evening Prayer 82 Deus stetit |
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God takes his stand in the council of heaven; * he gives judgment in the midst of the gods: “How long will you judge unjustly, * and show favor to the wicked? Save the weak and the orphan; * defend the humble and needy; Rescue the weak and the poor; * deliver them from the power of the wicked. They do not know, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; * all the foundations of the earth are shaken. Now I say to you, ‘You are gods, * and all of you children of the Most High; Nevertheless, you shall die like mortals, * and fall like any prince.’” Arise, O God, and rule the earth, * for you shall take all nations for your own. |
| 83 Deus, quis similis? | |
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O God, do not be silent; * do not keep still nor hold your peace, O God; For your enemies are in tumult, * and those who hate you have lifted up their heads. They take secret counsel against your people * and plot against those whom you protect. They have said, “Come, let us wipe them out from among the nations; * let the name of Israel be remembered no more.” They have conspired together; * they have made an alliance against you: The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; * the Moabites and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; * the Philistines and those who dwell in Tyre. The Assyrians also have joined them, * and have come to help the people of Lot. Do to them as you did to Midian, * to Sisera, and to Jabin at the river of Kishon: They were destroyed at Endor; * they became like dung upon the ground. Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeëb, * and all their commanders like Zebah and Zalmunna, Who said, “Let us take for ourselves * the fields of God as our possession.” O my God, make them like whirling dust * and like chaff before the wind; Like fire that burns down a forest, * like the flame that sets mountains ablaze. Drive them with your tempest * and terrify them with your storm; Cover their faces with shame, O LORD, * that they may seek your Name. Let them be disgraced and terrified for ever; * let them be put to confusion and perish. Let them know that you, whose Name is YAHWEH, * you alone are the Most High over all the earth. |
| 84 Quam dilecta! | |
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How dear to me is your dwelling, O LORD of hosts! * My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. The sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; * by the side of your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. Happy are they who dwell in your house! * they will always be praising you. Happy are the people whose strength is in you! * whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way. Those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs, * for the early rains have covered it with pools of water. They will climb from height to height, * and the God of gods will reveal himself in Zion. LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; * hearken, O God of Jacob. Behold our defender, O God; * and look upon the face of your Anointed. For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room, * and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. For the LORD God is both sun and shield; * he will give grace and glory; No good thing will the LORD withhold * from those who walk with integrity. O LORD of hosts, * happy are they who put their trust in you! |
| 85 Benedixisti, Domine | |
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You have been gracious to your land, O LORD, * you have restored the good fortune of Jacob. You have forgiven the iniquity of your people * and blotted out all their sins. You have withdrawn all your fury * and turned yourself from your wrathful indignation. Restore us then, O God our Savior; * let your anger depart from us. Will you be displeased with us for ever? * will you prolong your anger from age to age? Will you not give us life again, * that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your mercy, O LORD, * and grant us your salvation. I will listen to what the LORD God is saying, * for he is speaking peace to his faithful people and to those who turn their hearts to him. Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him, * that his glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth have met together; * righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring up from the earth, * and righteousness shall look down from heaven. The LORD will indeed grant prosperity, * and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness shall go before him, * and peace shall be a pathway for his feet. |
| Seventeenth Day: Morning Prayer 86 Inclina, Domine |
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Bow down your ear, O LORD, and answer me, * for I am poor and in misery. Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful; * save your servant who puts his trust in you. Be merciful to me, O LORD, for you are my God; * I call upon you all the day long. Gladden the soul of your servant, * for to you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. For you, O LORD, are good and forgiving, * and great is your love toward all who call upon you. Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer, * and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the time of my trouble I will call upon you, * for you will answer me. Among the gods there is none like you, O LORD, * nor anything like your works. All nations you have made will come and worship you, O LORD, * and glorify your Name. For you are great; you do wondrous things; * and you alone are God. Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; * knit my heart to you that I may fear your Name. I will thank you, O LORD my God, with all my heart, * and glorify your Name for evermore. For great is your love toward me; * you have delivered me from the nethermost Pit. The arrogant rise up against me, O God, and a band of violent men seeks my life; * they have not set you before their eyes. But you, O LORD, are gracious and full of compassion, * slow to anger, and full of kindness and truth. Turn to me and have mercy upon me; * give your strength to your servant; and save the child of your handmaid. Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed; * because you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me. |
| 87 Fundamenta ejus | |
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On the holy mountain stands the city he has founded; * the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of you, * O city of our God. I count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me; * behold Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia: in Zion were they born. Of Zion it shall be said, “Everyone was born in her, * and the Most High himself shall sustain her.” The LORD will record as he enrolls the peoples, * “These also were born there.” The singers and the dancers will say, * “All my fresh springs are in you.” |
| 88 Domine, Deus | |
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O LORD, my God, my Savior, * by day and night I cry to you. Let my prayer enter into your presence; * incline your ear to my lamentation. For I am full of trouble; * my life is at the brink of the grave. I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; * I have become like one who has no strength; Lost among the dead, * like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more, * for they are cut off from your hand. You have laid me in the depths of the Pit, * in dark places, and in the abyss. Your anger weighs upon me heavily, * and all your great waves overwhelm me. You have put my friends far from me; you have made me to be abhorred by them; * I am in prison and cannot get free. My sight has failed me because of trouble; * LORD, I have called upon you daily; I have stretched out my hands to you. Do you work wonders for the dead? * will those who have died stand up and give you thanks? Will your loving kindness be declared in the grave? * your faithfulness in the land of destruction? Will your wonders be known in the dark? * or your righteousness in the country where all is forgotten? But as for me, O LORD, I cry to you for help; * in the morning my prayer comes before you. LORD, why have you rejected me? * why have you hidden your face from me? Ever since my youth, I have been wretched and at the point of death; * I have borne your terrors with a troubled mind. Your blazing anger has swept over me; * your terrors have destroyed me; They surround me all day long like a flood; * they encompass me on every side. My friend and my neighbor you have put away from me, * and darkness is my only companion. |
| Seventeenth Day: Evening Prayer 89 Part I Misericordias Domini |
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Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing; * from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness. For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever; * you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens. “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; * I have sworn an oath to David my servant: ‘I will establish your line for ever, * and preserve your throne for all generations.’” The heavens bear witness to your wonders, O LORD, * and to your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones; For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? * who is like the LORD among the gods? God is much to be feared in the council of the holy ones, * great and terrible to all those round about him. Who is like you, LORD God of hosts? * O mighty LORD, your faithfulness is all around you. You rule the raging of the sea * and still the surging of its waves. You have crushed Rahab of the deep with a deadly wound; * you have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours; * you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it. You have made the north and the south; * Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your Name. You have a mighty arm; * strong is your hand and high is your right hand. Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne; * love and truth go before your face. Happy are the people who know the festal shout! * they walk, O LORD, in the light of your presence. They rejoice daily in your Name; * they are jubilant in your righteousness. For you are the glory of their strength, * and by your favor our might is exalted. Truly, the LORD is our ruler; * the Holy One of Israel is our King. |
| Psalm 89: Part II Tunc locutus es | |
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You spoke once in a vision and said to your faithful people: * “I have set the crown upon a warrior and have exalted one chosen out of the people. I have found David my servant; * with my holy oil have I anointed him. My hand will hold him fast * and my arm will make him strong. No enemy shall deceive him, * nor any wicked man bring him down. I will crush his foes before him * and strike down those who hate him. My faithfulness and love shall be with him, * and he shall be victorious through my Name. I shall make his dominion extend * from the Great Sea to the River. He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, * my God, and the rock of my salvation.’ I will make him my firstborn * and higher than the kings of the earth. I will keep my love for him for ever, * and my covenant will stand firm for him. I will establish his line for ever * and his throne as the days of heaven.” “If his children forsake my law * and do not walk according to my judgments; If they break my statutes * and do not keep my commandments; I will punish their transgressions with a rod * and their iniquities with the lash; But I will not take my love from him, * nor let my faithfulness prove false. I will not break my covenant, * nor change what has gone out of my lips. Once for all I have sworn by my holiness: * ‘I will not lie to David. His line shall endure for ever * and his throne as the sun before me; It shall stand fast for evermore like the moon, * the abiding witness in the sky.’” But you have cast off and rejected your anointed; * you have become enraged at him. You have broken your covenant with your servant, * defiled his crown, and hurled it to the ground. You have breached all his walls * and laid his strongholds in ruins. All who pass by despoil him; * he has become the scorn of his neighbors. You have exalted the right hand of his foes * and made all his enemies rejoice. You have turned back the edge of his sword * and have not sustained him in battle. You have put an end to his splendor * and cast his throne to the ground. You have cut short the days of his youth * and have covered him with shame. How long will you hide yourself, O LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? * how long will your anger burn like fire? Remember, LORD, how short life is, * how frail you have made all flesh. Who can live and not see death? * who can save himself from the power of the grave? Where, Lord, are your loving kindnesses of old, * which you promised David in your faithfulness? Remember, Lord, how your servant is mocked, * how I carry in my bosom the taunts of many peoples, The taunts your enemies have hurled, O LORD, * which they hurled at the heels of your anointed. Blessed be the LORD for evermore! * Amen, I say, Amen. |
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