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| Book Four Eighteenth Day: Morning Prayer 90 Domine, refugium |
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Lord, you have been our refuge * from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, * from age to age you are God. You turn us back to the dust and say, * “Go back, O child of earth.” For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past * and like a watch in the night. You sweep us away like a dream; * we fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green and flourishes; * in the evening it is dried up and withered. For we consume away in your displeasure; * we are afraid because of your wrathful indignation. Our iniquities you have set before you, * and our secret sins in the light of your countenance. When you are angry, all our days are gone; * we bring our years to an end like a sigh. The span of our life is seventy years, perhaps in strength even eighty; * yet the sum of them is but labor and sorrow, for they pass away quickly and we are gone. Who regards the power of your wrath? * who rightly fears your indignation? So teach us to number our days * that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Return, O LORD; how long will you tarry? * be gracious to your servants. Satisfy us by your loving kindness in the morning; * so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. Make us glad by the measure of the days that you afflicted us * and the years in which we suffered adversity. Show your servants your works * and your splendor to their children. May the graciousness of the LORD our God be upon us; * prosper the work of our hands; prosper our handiwork. |
| 91 Qui habitat | |
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He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, * abides under the shadow of the Almighty. He shall say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my stronghold, * my God in whom I put my trust.” He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter * and from the deadly pestilence. He shall cover you with his pinions, and you shall find refuge under his wings; * his faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, * nor of the arrow that flies by day; Of the plague that stalks in the darkness, * nor of the sickness that lays waste at mid day. A thousand shall fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, * but it shall not come near you. Your eyes have only to behold * to see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the LORD your refuge, * and the Most High your habitation, There shall no evil happen to you, * neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over you, * to keep you in all your ways. They shall bear you in their hands, * lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and adder; * you shall trample the young lion and the serpent under your feet. Because he is bound to me in love, therefore will I deliver him; * I will protect him, because he knows my Name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; * I am with him in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him to honor. With long life will I satisfy him, * and show him my salvation. |
| 92 Bonum est confiteri | |
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It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, * and to sing praises to your Name, O Most High; To tell of your loving kindness early in the morning * and of your faithfulness in the night season; On the psaltery, and on the lyre, * and to the melody of the harp. For you have made me glad by your acts, O LORD; * and I shout for joy because of the works of your hands. LORD, how great are your works! * your thoughts are very deep. The dullard does not know, nor does the fool understand, * that though the wicked grow like weeds, and all the workers of iniquity flourish, They flourish only to be destroyed for ever; * but you, O LORD, are exalted for evermore. For lo, your enemies, O LORD, lo, your enemies shall perish, * and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. But my horn you have exalted like the horns of wild bulls; * I am anointed with fresh oil. My eyes also gloat over my enemies, * and my ears rejoice to hear the doom of the wicked who rise up against me. The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, * and shall spread abroad like a cedar of Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the LORD * shall flourish in the courts of our God; They shall still bear fruit in old age; * they shall be green and succulent; That they may show how upright the LORD is, * my Rock, in whom there is no fault. |
| Eighteenth Day: Evening Prayer 93 Dominus regnavit |
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The LORD is King; he has put on splendid apparel; * the LORD has put on his apparel and girded himself with strength. He has made the whole world so sure * that it cannot be moved; Ever since the world began, your throne has been established; * you are from everlasting. The waters have lifted up, O LORD, the waters have lifted up their voice; * the waters have lifted up their pounding waves. Mightier than the sound of many waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea, * mightier is the LORD who dwells on high. Your testimonies are very sure, * and holiness adorns your house, O LORD, for ever and for evermore. |
| 94 Deus ultionum | |
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O LORD God of vengeance, * O God of vengeance, show yourself. Rise up, O Judge of the world; * give the arrogant their just deserts. How long shall the wicked, O LORD, * how long shall the wicked triumph? They bluster in their insolence; * all evildoers are full of boasting. They crush your people, O LORD, * and afflict your chosen nation. They murder the widow and the stranger * and put the orphans to death. Yet they say, “The LORD does not see, * the God of Jacob takes no notice.” Consider well, you dullards among the people; * when will you fools understand? He that planted the ear, does he not hear? * he that formed the eye, does he not see? He who admonishes the nations, will he not punish? * he who teaches all the world, has he no knowledge? The LORD knows our human thoughts; * how like a puff of wind they are. Happy are they whom you instruct, O Lord! * whom you teach out of your law; To give them rest in evil days, * until a pit is dug for the wicked. For the LORD will not abandon his people, * nor will he forsake his own. For judgment will again be just, * and all the true of heart will follow it. Who rose up for me against the wicked? * who took my part against the evildoers? If the LORD had not come to my help, * I should soon have dwelt in the land of silence. As often as I said, “My foot has slipped,” * your love, O LORD, upheld me. When many cares fill my mind, * your consolations cheer my soul. Can a corrupt tribunal have any part with you, * one which frames evil into law? They conspire against the life of the just * and condemn the innocent to death. But the LORD has become my stronghold, * and my God the rock of my trust. He will turn their wickedness back upon them and destroy them in their own malice; * the LORD our God will destroy them. |
| Nineteenth Day: Morning Prayer 95 Venite, exultemus |
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Come, let us sing to the LORD; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, * and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, * and his hands have molded the dry land. Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the LORD our Maker. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice! Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did in the wilderness, * at Meribah, and on that day at Massah, when they tempted me. They put me to the test, * though they had seen my works. Forty years long I detested that generation and said, * “This people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways.” So I swore in my wrath, * “They shall not enter into my rest.” |
| 96 Cantate Domino | |
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Sing to the LORD a new song; * sing to the LORD, all the whole earth. Sing to the LORD and bless his Name; * proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations * and his wonders among all peoples. For great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; * he is more to be feared than all gods. As for all the gods of the nations, they are but idols; * but it is the LORD who made the heavens. Oh, the majesty and magnificence of his presence! * Oh, the power and the splendor of his sanctuary! Ascribe to the LORD, you families of the peoples; * ascribe to the LORD honor and power. Ascribe to the LORD the honor due his Name; * bring offerings and come into his courts. Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; * let the whole earth tremble before him. Tell it out among the nations: “The LORD is King! * he has made the world so firm that it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.” Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea thunder and all that is in it; * let the field be joyful and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the wood shout for joy before the LORD when he comes, * when he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness * and the peoples with his truth. |
| 97 Dominus regnavit | |
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The LORD is King; let the earth rejoice; * let the multitude of the isles be glad. Clouds and darkness are round about him, * righteousness and justice are the foundations of his throne. A fire goes before him * and burns up his enemies on every side. His lightnings light up the world; * the earth sees it and is afraid. The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, * at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens declare his righteousness, * and all the peoples see his glory. Confounded be all who worship carved images and delight in false gods! * Bow down before him, all you gods. Zion hears and is glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice, * because of your judgments, O LORD. For you are the LORD, most high over all the earth; * you are exalted far above all gods. The LORD loves those who hate evil; * he preserves the lives of his saints and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Light has sprung up for the righteous, * and joyful gladness for those who are truehearted. Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous, * and give thanks to his holy Name. |
| Nineteenth Day: Evening Prayer 98 Cantate Domino |
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Sing to the LORD a new song, * for he has done marvelous things. With his right hand and his holy arm * has he won for himself the victory. The LORD has made known his victory; * his righteousness has he openly shown in the sight of the nations. He remembers his mercy and faithfulness to the house of Israel, * and all the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God. Shout with joy to the LORD, all you lands; * lift up your voice, rejoice, and sing. Sing to the LORD with the harp, * with the harp and the voice of song. With trumpets and the sound of the horn * shout with joy before the King, the LORD. Let the sea make a noise and all that is in it, * the lands and those who dwell therein. Let the rivers clap their hands, * and let the hills ring out with joy before the LORD, when he comes to judge the earth. In righteousness shall he judge the world * and the peoples with equity. |
| 99 Dominus regnavit | |
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The LORD is King; let the people tremble; * he is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth shake. The LORD is great in Zion; * he is high above all peoples. Let them confess his Name, which is great and awesome; * he is the Holy One. “O mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; * you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.” Proclaim the greatness of the LORD our God and fall down before his footstool; * he is the Holy One. Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who call upon his Name, * they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. He spoke to them out of the pillar of cloud; * they kept his testimonies and the decree that he gave them. “O LORD our God, you answered them indeed; * you were a God who forgave them, yet punished them for their evil deeds.” Proclaim the greatness of the LORD our God and worship him upon his holy hill; * for the LORD our God is the Holy One. |
| 100 Jubilate Deo | |
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Be joyful in the LORD, all you lands; * serve the LORD with gladness and come before his presence with a song. Know this: The LORD himself is God; * he himself has made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; * give thanks to him and call upon his Name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; * and his faithfulness endures from age to age. |
| 101 Misericordiam et judicium | |
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I will sing of mercy and justice; * to you, O LORD, will I sing praises. I will strive to follow a blameless course; oh, when will you come to me? * I will walk with sincerity of heart within my house. I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; * I hate the doers of evil deeds; they shall not remain with me. A crooked heart shall be far from me; * I will not know evil. Those who in secret slander their neighbors I will destroy; * those who have a haughty look and a proud heart I cannot abide. My eyes are upon the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me, * and only those who lead a blameless life shall be my servants. Those who act deceitfully shall not dwell in my house, * and those who tell lies shall not continue in my sight. I will soon destroy all the wicked in the land, * that I may root out all evildoers from the city of the LORD. |
| Twentieth Day: Morning Prayer 102 Domine, exaudi |
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LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come before you; * hide not your face from me in the day of my trouble. Incline your ear to me; * when I call, make haste to answer me, For my days drift away like smoke, * and my bones are hot as burning coals. My heart is smitten like grass and withered, * so that I forget to eat my bread. Because of the voice of my groaning * I am but skin and bones. I have become like a vulture in the wilderness, * like an owl among the ruins. I lie awake and groan; * I am like a sparrow, lonely on a house top. My enemies revile me all day long, * and those who scoff at me have taken an oath against me. For I have eaten ashes for bread * and mingled my drink with weeping. Because of your indignation and wrath * you have lifted me up and thrown me away. My days pass away like a shadow, * and I wither like the grass. But you, O LORD, endure for ever, * and your Name from age to age. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; * indeed, the appointed time has come. For your servants love her very rubble, * and are moved to pity even for her dust. The nations shall fear your Name, O LORD, * and all the kings of the earth your glory. For the LORD will build up Zion, * and his glory will appear. He will look with favor on the prayer of the homeless; * he will not despise their plea. Let this be written for a future generation, * so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD. For the LORD looked down from his holy place on high; * from the heavens he beheld the earth; That he might hear the groan of the captive * and set free those condemned to die; That they may declare in Zion the Name of the LORD, * and his praise in Jerusalem; When the peoples are gathered together, * and the kingdoms also, to serve the LORD. He has brought down my strength before my time; * he has shortened the number of my days; And I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days; * your years endure throughout all generations. In the beginning, O LORD, you laid the foundations of the earth, * and the heavens are the work of your hands; They shall perish, but you will endure; they all shall wear out like a garment; * as clothing you will change them, and they shall be changed; But you are always the same, * and your years will never end. The children of your servants shall continue, * and their offspring shall stand fast in your sight.” |
| 103 Benedic, anima mea | |
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Bless the LORD, O my soul, * and all that is within me, bless his holy Name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, * and forget not all his benefits. He forgives all your sins * and heals all your infirmities; He redeems your life from the grave * and crowns you with mercy and loving kindness; He satisfies you with good things, * and your youth is renewed like an eagle’s. The LORD executes righteousness * and judgment for all who are oppressed. He made his ways known to Moses * and his works to the children of Israel. The LORD is full of compassion and mercy, * slow to anger and of great kindness. He will not always accuse us, * nor will he keep his anger for ever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, * nor rewarded us according to our wickedness. For as the heavens are high above the earth, * so is his mercy great upon those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, * so far has he removed our sins from us. As a father cares for his children, * so does the LORD care for those who fear him. For he himself knows whereof we are made; * he remembers that we are but dust. Our days are like the grass; * we flourish like a flower of the field; When the wind goes over it, it is gone, * and its place shall know it no more. But the merciful goodness of the LORD endures for ever on those who fear him, * and his righteousness on children’s children; On those who keep his covenant * and remember his commandments and do them. The LORD has set his throne in heaven, * and his kingship has dominion over all. Bless the LORD, you angels of his, you mighty ones who do his bidding, * and hearken to the voice of his word. Bless the LORD, all you his hosts, * you ministers of his who do his will. Bless the LORD, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion; * bless the LORD, O my soul. |
| Twentieth Day: Evening Prayer 104 Benedic, anima mea |
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Bless the LORD, O my soul; * O LORD my God, how excellent is your greatness! you are clothed with majesty and splendor. You wrap yourself with light as with a cloak * and spread out the heavens like a curtain. You lay the beams of your chambers in the waters above; * you make the clouds your chariot; you ride on the wings of the wind. You make the winds your messengers * and flames of fire your servants. You have set the earth upon its foundations, * so that it never shall move at any time. You covered it with the Deep as with a mantle; * the waters stood higher than the mountains. At your rebuke they fled; * at the voice of your thunder they hastened away. They went up into the hills and down to the valleys beneath, * to the places you had appointed for them. You set the limits that they should not pass; * they shall not again cover the earth. You send the springs into the valleys; * they flow between the mountains. All the beasts of the field drink their fill from them, * and the wild asses quench their thirst. Beside them the birds of the air make their nests * and sing among the branches. You water the mountains from your dwelling on high; * the earth is fully satisfied by the fruit of your works. You make grass grow for flocks and herds * and plants to serve mankind; That they may bring forth food from the earth, * and wine to gladden our hearts, Oil to make a cheerful countenance, * and bread to strengthen the heart. The trees of the LORD are full of sap, * the cedars of Lebanon which he planted, In which the birds build their nests, * and in whose tops the stork makes his dwelling. The high hills are a refuge for the mountain goats, * and the stony cliffs for the rock badgers. You appointed the moon to mark the seasons, * and the sun knows the time of its setting. You make darkness that it may be night, * in which all the beasts of the forest prowl. The lions roar after their prey * and seek their food from God. The sun rises, and they slip away * and lay themselves down in their dens. Man goes forth to his work * and to his labor until the evening. O LORD, how manifold are your works! * in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Yonder is the great and wide sea with its living things too many to number, * creatures both small and great. There move the ships, and there is that Leviathan, * which you have made for the sport of it. All of them look to you * to give them their food in due season. You give it to them; they gather it; * you open your hand, and they are filled with good things. You hide your face, and they are terrified; * you take away their breath, and they die and return to their dust. You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; * and so you renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the LORD endure for ever; * may the LORD rejoice in all his works. He looks at the earth and it trembles; * he touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; * I will praise my God while I have my being. May these words of mine please him; * I will rejoice in the LORD. Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, * and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. * Hallelujah! |
| Twenty first Day: Morning Prayer 105 Part I Confitemini Domino |
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Give thanks to the LORD and call upon his Name; * make known his deeds among the peoples. Sing to him, sing praises to him, * and speak of all his marvelous works. Glory in his holy Name; * let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Search for the LORD and his strength; * continually seek his face. Remember the marvels he has done, * his wonders and the judgments of his mouth, O offspring of Abraham his servant, * O children of Jacob his chosen. He is the LORD our God; * his judgments prevail in all the world. He has always been mindful of his covenant, * the promise he made for a thousand generations: The covenant he made with Abraham, * the oath that he swore to Isaac, Which he established as a statute for Jacob, * an everlasting covenant for Israel, Saying, “To you will I give the land of Canaan * to be your allotted inheritance.” When they were few in number, * of little account, and sojourners in the land, Wandering from nation to nation * and from one kingdom to another, He let no one oppress them * and rebuked kings for their sake, Saying, “Do not touch my anointed * and do my prophets no harm.” Then he called for a famine in the land * and destroyed the supply of bread. He sent a man before them, * Joseph, who was sold as a slave. They bruised his feet in fetters; * his neck they put in an iron collar. Until his prediction came to pass, * the word of the LORD tested him. The king sent and released him; * the ruler of the peoples set him free. He set him as a master over his household, * as a ruler over all his possessions, To instruct his princes according to his will * and to teach his elders wisdom. |
| Psalm 105: Part II Et intravit Israel | |
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Israel came into Egypt, * and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham. The LORD made his people exceedingly fruitful; * he made them stronger than their enemies; Whose heart he turned, so that they hated his people, * and dealt unjustly with his servants. He sent Moses his servant, * and Aaron whom he had chosen. They worked his signs among them, * and portents in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and it grew dark; * but the Egyptians rebelled against his words. He turned their waters into blood * and caused their fish to die. Their land was overrun by frogs, * in the very chambers of their kings. He spoke, and there came swarms of insects * and gnats within all their borders. He gave them hailstones instead of rain, * and flames of fire throughout their land. He blasted their vines and their fig trees * and shattered every tree in their country. He spoke, and the locust came, * and young locusts without number, Which ate up all the green plants in their land * and devoured the fruit of their soil. He struck down the firstborn of their land, * the firstfruits of all their strength. He led out his people with silver and gold; * in all their tribes there was not one that stumbled. Egypt was glad of their going, * because they were afraid of them. He spread out a cloud for a covering * and a fire to give light in the night season. They asked, and quails appeared, * and he satisfied them with bread from heaven. He opened the rock, and water flowed, * so the river ran in the dry places. For God remembered his holy word * and Abraham his servant. So he led forth his people with gladness, * his chosen with shouts of joy. He gave his people the lands of the nations, * and they took the fruit of others’ toil, That they might keep his statutes * and observe his laws. Hallelujah! |
| Twenty first Day: Evening Prayer 106 Part I Confitemini Domino |
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Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, * for his mercy endures for ever. Who can declare the mighty acts of the LORD * or show forth all his praise? Happy are those who act with justice * and always do what is right! Remember me, O LORD, with the favor you have for your people, * and visit me with your saving help; That I may see the prosperity of your elect and be glad with the gladness of your people, * that I may glory with your inheritance. We have sinned as our forebears did; * we have done wrong and dealt wickedly. In Egypt they did not consider your marvelous works, nor remember the abundance of your love; * they defied the Most High at the Red Sea. But he saved them for his Name’s sake, * to make his power known. He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, * and he led them through the deep as through a desert. He saved them from the hand of those who hated them * and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. The waters covered their oppressors; * not one of them was left. Then they believed his words * and sang him songs of praise. But they soon forgot his deeds * and did not wait for his counsel. A craving seized them in the wilderness, * and they put God to the test in the desert. He gave them what they asked, * but sent leanness into their soul. They envied Moses in the camp, * and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD. The earth opened and swallowed Dathan * and covered the company of Abiram. Fire blazed up against their company, * and flames devoured the wicked. |
| Psalm 106: Part II Et fecerunt vitulum | |
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Israel made a bull calf at Horeb * and worshiped a molten image; And so they exchanged their Glory * for the image of an ox that feeds on grass. They forgot God their Savior, * who had done great things in Egypt, Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham, * and fearful things at the Red Sea. So he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, * to turn away his wrath from consuming them. They refused the pleasant land * and would not believe his promise. They grumbled in their tents * and would not listen to the voice of the LORD. So he lifted his hand against them, * to overthrow them in the wilderness, To cast out their seed among the nations, * and to scatter them throughout the lands. They joined themselves to Baal Peor * and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. They provoked him to anger with their actions, * and a plague broke out among them. Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, * and the plague came to an end. This was reckoned to him as righteousness * throughout all generations for ever. Again they provoked his anger at the waters of Meribah, * so that he punished Moses because of them; For they so embittered his spirit * that he spoke rash words with his lips. They did not destroy the peoples * as the LORD had commanded them. They intermingled with the heathen * and learned their pagan ways, So that they worshiped their idols, * which became a snare to them. They sacrificed their sons * and their daughters to evil spirits. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, * which they offered to the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood. Thus they were polluted by their actions * and went whoring in their evil deeds. Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against his people * and he abhorred his inheritance. He gave them over to the hand of the heathen, * and those who hated them ruled over them. Their enemies oppressed them, * and they were humbled under their hand. Many a time did he deliver them, but they rebelled through their own devices, * and were brought down in their iniquity. Nevertheless, he saw their distress, * when he heard their lamentation. He remembered his covenant with them * and relented in accordance with his great mercy. He caused them to be pitied * by those who held them captive. Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, * that we may give thanks to your holy Name and glory in your praise. Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting; * and let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah! |
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