Psalms 108:1-150:6 A canticle of a psalm for David himself. (108:2) My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and will give praise, with my glory.

DouayRheims⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A canticle of a psalm for David himself. ^(108:2) My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and will give praise, with my glory. ² ^(108:3) Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early. ³ ^(108:4) I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing unto thee among the nations. ⁴ ^(108:5) For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth even unto the clouds. ⁵ ^(108:6) Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory over all the earth: ⁶ ^(108:7) That thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and hear me. ⁷ ^(108:8) God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles. ⁸ ^(108:9) Galaad is mine: and Manasses is mine and Ephraim the protection of my head. Juda is my king: ⁹ ^(108:10) Moab the pot of my hope. Over Edom I will stretch out my shoe: the aliens are become my friends. ¹⁰ ^(108:11) Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? ¹¹ ^(108:12) Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off ? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies? ¹² ^(108:13) O grant us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. ¹³ ^(108:14) Through God we shall do mightily: and he will bring our enemies to nothing. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ Unto the end, a psalm for David. ^(109:2) O God, be not thou silent in my praise: ² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful man is opened against me. ³ They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause. ⁴ Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer. ⁵ And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love. ⁶ Set thou the sinner over him: and may the devil stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin. ⁸ May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take. ⁹ May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings. ¹¹ May the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours. ¹² May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring. ¹³ May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out. ¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. ¹⁵ May they be before the Lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth: ¹⁶ Because he remembered not to shew mercy, ¹⁷ But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death. ¹⁸ And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones. ¹⁹ May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually. ²⁰ This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul. ²¹ But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me, ²² For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me. ²³ I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts. ²⁴ My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil. ²⁵ And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads. ²⁶ Help me, O Lord my God; save me; according to thy mercy. ²⁷ And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it. ²⁸ They will curse and thou wilt bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice. ²⁹ Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with their confusion as with a double cloak. ³⁰ I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him. ³¹ Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors. ¹¹⁰ ¹ A psalm for David. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand: Until I make thy enemies thy footstool. ² The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies. ³ With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee. ⁴ The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech. ⁵ The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath. ⁶ He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of many. ⁷ He shall drink of the torrent in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. ¹¹¹ ¹ I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; in the council of the just, and in the congregation. ² Great are the works of the Lord: sought out according to all his wills. ³ His work is praise and magnificence: and his justice continueth for ever and ever. ⁴ He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord: ⁵ He hath given food to them that fear him. He will be mindful for ever of his covenant: ⁶ He will shew forth to his people the power of his works. ⁷ That he may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles: the works of his hands are truth and judgment. ⁸ All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, made in truth and equity. ⁹ He hath sent redemption to his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever. Holy and terrible is his name: ¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding to all that do it: his praise continueth for ever and ever. ¹¹² ¹ Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments. ² His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed. ³ Glory and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth for ever and ever. ⁴ To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just. ⁵ Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment: ⁶ Because he shall not be moved for ever. ⁷ The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not fear the evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord: ⁸ His heart is strengthened, he shall not be moved until he look over his enemies. ⁹ He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory. ¹⁰ The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. ¹¹³ ¹ Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord. ² Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever. ³ From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise. ⁴ The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens. ⁵ Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: ⁶ And looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth? ⁷ Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill: ⁸ That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people. ⁹ Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children. ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people: ² Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. ³ The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. ⁴ The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock. ⁵ What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock? ⁷ At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob: ⁸ Who turned the rock into pools of water, and the stony hill into fountains of waters. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory. ² For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake: lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God? ³ But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would. ⁴ The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men. ⁵ They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not. ⁶ They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not. ⁷ They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat. ⁸ Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them. ⁹ The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector. ¹⁰ The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector. ¹¹ They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector. ¹² The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron. ¹³ He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great. ¹⁴ May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children. ¹⁵ Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ The heaven of heaven is the Lord's: but the earth he has given to the children of men. ¹⁷ The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell. ¹⁸ But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever. ¹¹⁶ ¹ I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer. ² Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him. ³ The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow: ⁴ And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul. ⁵ The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy. ⁶ The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me. ⁷ Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee. ⁸ For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling. ⁹ I will please the Lord in the land of the living. ¹⁰ I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly. ¹¹ I said in my excess: Every man is a liar. ¹² What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he hath rendered to me? ¹³ I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord. ¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people: ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. ¹⁶ O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds: ¹⁷ I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people: ¹⁹ In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. ¹¹⁷ ¹ O Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. ² For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever. ¹¹⁸ ¹ Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. ² Let Israel now say, that he is good: that his mercy endureth for ever. ³ Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. ⁴ Let them that fear the Lord now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. ⁵ In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me. ⁶ The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man can do unto me. ⁷ The Lord is my helper: and I will look over my enemies. ⁸ It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man. ⁹ It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in princes. ¹⁰ All nations compassed me about; and, in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them. ¹¹ Surrounding me they compassed me about: and in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them. ¹² They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them. ¹³ Being pushed I was overturned that I might fall: but the Lord supported me. ¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my praise: and he is become my salvation. ¹⁵ The voice of rejoicing and of salvation is in the tabernacles of the just. ¹⁶ The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord hath exalted me: the right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength. ¹⁷ I shall not die, but live: and shall declare the works of the Lord. ¹⁸ The Lord chastising hath chastised me: but he hath not delivered me over to death. ¹⁹ Open ye to me the gates of justice: I will go in to them, and give praise to the Lord. ²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord, the just shall enter into it. ²¹ I will give glory to thee because thou hast heard me: and art become my salvation. ²² The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner. ²³ This is the Lord's doing, and it is wonderful in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein. ²⁵ O Lord, save me: O Lord, give good success. ²⁶ Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. ²⁷ The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us. Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the altar. ²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, and I will exalt thee. I will praise thee, because thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. ²⁹ O praise ye the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹¹⁹ ¹ Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. ² Blessed are they that search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart. ³ For they that work iniquity, have not walked in his ways. ⁴ Thou hast commanded thy commandments to be kept most diligently. ⁵ O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications. ⁶ Then shall I not be confounded, when I shall look into all thy commandments. ⁷ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy justice. ⁸ I will keep thy justifications: O! do not thou utterly forsake me. ⁹ By what doth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words. ¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments. ¹¹ Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee. ¹² Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications. ¹³ With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth. ¹⁴ I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate on thy commandments: and I will consider thy ways. ¹⁶ I will think of thy justifications: I will not forget thy words. ¹⁷ Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words. ¹⁸ Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law. ¹⁹ I am a sojourner on the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times. ²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud: they are cursed who decline from thy commandments. ²² Remove from me reproach and contempt: because I have sought after thy testimonies. ²³ For princes sat, and spoke against me: but thy servant was employed in thy justifications. ²⁴ For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel. ²⁵ My soul hath cleaved to the pavement: quicken thou me according to thy word. ²⁶ I have declared my ways, and thou hast heard me: teach me thy justifications. ²⁷ Make me to understand the way of thy justifications: and I shall be exercised in thy wondrous works. ²⁸ My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou me in thy words. ²⁹ Remove from me the way of iniquity: and out of thy law have mercy on me. ³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten. ³¹ I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame. ³² I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. ³³ Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it. ³⁴ Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart. ³⁵ Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired. ³⁶ Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness. ³⁷ Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way. ³⁸ Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear. ³⁹ Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful. ⁴⁰ Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice. ⁴¹ Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word. ⁴² So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words. ⁴³ And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words, I have hoped exceedingly. ⁴⁴ So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments. ⁴⁶ And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed. ⁴⁷ I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved. ⁴⁸ And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications. ⁴⁹ Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope. ⁵⁰ This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me. ⁵¹ The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law. ⁵² I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted. ⁵³ A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law. ⁵⁴ Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage. ⁵⁵ In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law. ⁵⁶ This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications. ⁵⁷ O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep thy law. ⁵⁸ I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word. ⁵⁹ I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments. ⁶¹ The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. ⁶² I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification. ⁶³ I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments. ⁶⁴ The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications. ⁶⁵ Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word. ⁶⁶ Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word. ⁶⁸ Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications. ⁶⁹ The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart. ⁷⁰ Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law. ⁷¹ It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications. ⁷² The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver. ⁷³ Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments. ⁷⁴ They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad : because I have greatly hoped in thy words. ⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me. ⁷⁶ O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. ⁷⁷ Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation. ⁷⁸ Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments. ⁷⁹ Let them that fear thee turn to me: and they that know thy testimonies. ⁸⁰ Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded. ⁸¹ My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped. ⁸² My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me? ⁸³ For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? ⁸⁵ The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law. ⁸⁶ All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me. ⁸⁷ They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments. ⁸⁸ Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth. ⁸⁹ For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven. ⁹⁰ Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth. ⁹¹ By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee. ⁹² Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection. ⁹³ Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life. ⁹⁴ I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications. ⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies. ⁹⁶ I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad. ⁹⁷ O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day. ⁹⁸ Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me. ⁹⁹ I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments. ¹⁰¹ I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words. ¹⁰² I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law. ¹⁰³ How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity. ¹⁰⁵ Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice. ¹⁰⁷ I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word. ¹⁰⁸ The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments. ¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law. ¹¹⁰ Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts. ¹¹¹ I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward. ¹¹³ I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law. ¹¹⁴ Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation. ¹¹⁷ Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications. ¹¹⁸ Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust. ¹¹⁹ I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments. ¹²¹ I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me. ¹²² Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me. ¹²³ My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice. ¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications. ¹²⁵ I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law. ¹²⁷ Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz. ¹²⁸ Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways. ¹²⁹ Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them. ¹³⁰ The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones. ¹³¹ I opened my mouth, and panted: because I longed for thy commandments. ¹³² Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me according to the judgment of them that love thy name. ¹³³ Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments. ¹³⁵ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications. ¹³⁶ My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law. ¹³⁷ Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right. ¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly. ¹³⁹ My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words. ¹⁴⁰ Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it. ¹⁴¹ I am very young and despised; but I forget not thy justifications. ¹⁴² Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth. ¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation. ¹⁴⁴ Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. ¹⁴⁵ I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications. ¹⁴⁶ I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments. ¹⁴⁷ I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words. ¹⁴⁹ Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy judgment. ¹⁵⁰ They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from thy law. ¹⁵¹ Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth. ¹⁵² I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever. ¹⁵³ See my humiliation and deliver me for I have not forgotten thy law. ¹⁵⁴ Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word's sake. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications. ¹⁵⁶ Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment. ¹⁵⁷ Many are they that persecute me and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I beheld the transgressors, and pined away; because they kept not thy word. ¹⁵⁹ Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy. ¹⁶⁰ The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever. ¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words. ¹⁶² I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil. ¹⁶³ I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice. ¹⁶⁵ Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling. block. ¹⁶⁶ I looked for thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments. ¹⁶⁷ My soul hath kept thy testimonies and hath loved them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight. ¹⁶⁹ Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word. ¹⁷¹ My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications. ¹⁷² My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice. ¹⁷³ Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation. ¹⁷⁵ My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me. ¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments. ¹²⁰ ¹ A gradual canticle. In my trouble I cried to the Lord: and he heard me. ² O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue. ³ What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue? ⁴ The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste. ⁵ Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: ⁶ My soul hath been long a sojourner. ⁷ With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause. ¹²¹ ¹ A gradual canticle. I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me. ² My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. ³ May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee. ⁴ Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel. ⁵ The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand. ⁶ The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night. ⁷ The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul. ⁸ May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever. ¹²² ¹ A gradual canticle. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord. ² Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem. ³ Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together. ⁴ For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. ⁵ Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David. ⁶ Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee. ⁷ Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers. ⁸ For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee. ⁹ Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee. ¹²³ ¹ A gradual canticle. To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven. ² Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us. ³ Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt. ⁴ For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud. ¹²⁴ ¹ A gradual canticle. If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say: ² If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us, ³ Perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us, ⁴ Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up. ⁵ Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable. ⁶ Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth. ⁷ Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered. ⁸ Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. ¹²⁵ ¹ A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth ² In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever. ³ For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity. ⁴ Do good, O Lord, to those that are good, and to the upright of heart. ⁵ But such as turn aside into bonds, the Lord shall lead out with the workers of iniquity: peace upon Israel. ¹²⁶ ¹ A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted. ² Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them. ³ The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful. ⁴ Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south. ⁵ They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. ⁶ Going they went and wept, casting their seeds. ^(126:7) But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves. ¹²⁷ ¹ A gradual canticle of Solomon. Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it. ² It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved, ³ Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb. ⁴ As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken. ⁵ Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate. ¹²⁸ ¹ A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways. ² For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. ³ Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table. ⁴ Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. ⁵ May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. ⁶ And mayst thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel. ¹²⁹ ¹ A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say. ² Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me. ³ The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity. ⁴ The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners: ⁵ Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion. ⁶ Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up: ⁷ Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom. ⁸ And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord. ¹³⁰ ¹ A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: ² Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. ³ If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it. ⁴ For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word: ⁵ My soul hath hoped in the Lord. ⁶ From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord. ⁷ Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption. ⁸ And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. ¹³¹ ¹ A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me. ² If I was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: As a child that is weaned is towards his mother, so reward in my soul. ³ Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever. ¹³² ¹ A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness. ² How he swore to the Lord, he vowed a vow to the God of Jacob: ³ If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house: if I shall go up into the bed wherein I lie: ⁴ If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, ⁵ Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. ⁶ Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood. ⁷ We will go into his tabernacle: we will adore in the place where his feet stood. ⁸ Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified. ⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints rejoice. ¹⁰ For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed. ¹¹ The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne. ¹² If thy children will keep my covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne. ¹³ For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling. ¹⁴ This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it. ¹⁵ Blessing I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with bread. ¹⁶ I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy. ¹⁷ There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. ¹⁸ His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him shall my sanctification flourish. ¹³³ ¹ A gradual canticle of David. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity: ² Like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, Which ran down to the skirt of his garment: ³ As the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for evermore. ¹³⁴ ¹ A gradual canticle. Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. ² In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless ye the Lord. ³ May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that made heaven and earth. ¹³⁵ ¹ Alleluia. Praise ye the name of the Lord: O you his servants, praise the Lord: ² You that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. ³ Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet. ⁴ For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself: Israel for his own possession. ⁵ For I have known that the Lord is great, and our God is above all gods. ⁶ Whatsoever the Lord pleased he hath done, in heaven, in earth, in the sea, and in all the deeps. ⁷ He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores: ⁸ He slew the firstborn of Egypt from man even unto beast. ⁹ He sent forth signs and wonders in the midst of thee, O Egypt: upon Pharao, and upon all his servants. ¹⁰ He smote many nations, and slew mighty kings: ¹¹ Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan. ¹² And gave their land for an inheritance, for an inheritance to his people Israel. ¹³ Thy name, O Lord, is for ever: thy memorial, O Lord, unto all generations. ¹⁴ For the Lord will judge his people, and will be entreated in favour of his servants. ¹⁵ The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of men's hands. ¹⁶ They have a mouth, but they speak not: they have eyes, but they see not. ¹⁷ They have ears, but they hear not: neither is there any breath in their mouths. ¹⁸ Let them that make them be like to them: and every one that trusteth in them. ¹⁹ Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron. ²⁰ Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: you that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. ²¹ Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem. ¹³⁶ ¹ Alleluia. Praise the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. ² Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. ³ Praise ye the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁴ Who alone doth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁵ Who made the heavens in understanding: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁶ Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁷ Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁸ The sun to rule the day: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁹ The moon and the stars to rule the night: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁰ Who smote Egypt with their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹¹ Who brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹² With a mighty hand and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹³ Who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁴ And brought out Israel through the midst thereof: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁵ And overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁶ Who led his people through the desert: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁷ Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁸ And slew strong kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁹ Sehon king of the Amorrhites: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²⁰ And Og king of Basan: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²¹ And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²² For an inheritance to his servant Israel: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²³ For he was mindful of us in our affliction: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²⁴ And he redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²⁵ Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²⁶ Give glory to the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. ^(136:27) Give glory to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹³⁷ ¹ Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion: ² On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments. ³ For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion. ⁴ How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land? ⁵ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. ⁶ Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy. ⁷ Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. ⁸ O daughter of Babylon, miserable: blessed shall he be who shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid us. ⁹ Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock. ¹³⁸ ¹ For David himself. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of the angels: ² I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy holy name above all. ³ In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shalt multiply strength in my soul. ⁴ May all the kings of the earth give glory to thee: for they have heard all the words of thy mouth. ⁵ And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord. ⁶ For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he knoweth afar off. ⁷ If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me. ⁸ The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the works of thy hands. ¹³⁹ ¹ Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: ² Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up. ³ Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out. ⁴ And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue. ⁵ Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me. ⁶ Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it. ⁷ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? ⁸ If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. ⁹ If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: ¹⁰ Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me. ¹¹ And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures. ¹² But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light all the day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee. ¹³ For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb. ¹⁴ I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well. ¹⁵ My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth. ¹⁶ Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them. ¹⁷ But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. ¹⁸ I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand, I rose up and am still with thee. ¹⁹ If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me: ²⁰ Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain. ²¹ Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pined away because of thy enemies? ²² I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me. ²³ Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths. ²⁴ And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way. ¹⁴⁰ ¹ Unto the end, a psalm of David. ^(140:2) Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man. ² ^(140:3) Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles. ³ ^(140:4) They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of asps is under their lips. ⁴ ^(140:5) Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps: ⁵ ^(140:6) The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside. ⁶ ^(140:7) I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication. ⁷ ^(140:8) O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle. ⁸ ^(140:9) Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph. ⁹ ^(140:10) The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them. ¹⁰ ^(140:11) Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand. ¹¹ ^(140:12) A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction. ¹² ^(140:13) I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor. ¹³ ^(140:14) But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance. ¹⁴¹ ¹ I have cried to thee, O Lord, hear me: hearken to my voice, when I cry to thee. ² Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice. ³ Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips. ⁴ Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them. ⁵ The just man shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased: ⁶ Their judges falling upon the rock have been swallowed up. They shall hear my words, for they have prevailed: ⁷ As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell. ⁸ But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul. ⁹ Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity. ¹⁰ The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass. ¹⁴² ¹ Of understanding for David, A prayer when he was in the cave. [1 Samuel 24] ^(142:2) I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord. ² ^(142:3) In his sight I pour out my prayer, and before him I declare my trouble: ³ ^(142:4) When my spirit failed me, then thou knewest my paths. In this way wherein I walked, they have hidden a snare for me. ⁴ ^(142:5) I looked on my right hand, and beheld, and there was no one that would know me. Flight hath failed me: and there is no one that hath regard to my soul. ⁵ ^(142:6) I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living. ⁶ ^(142:7) Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. ⁷ ^(142:8) Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me. ¹⁴³ ¹ A psalm of David, when his son Absalom pursued him. [2 Samuel 17] Hear, O Lord, my prayer: give ear to my supplication in thy truth: hear me in thy justice. ² And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified. ³ For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my life to the earth. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been dead of old: ⁴ And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled. ⁵ I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands. ⁶ I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is as earth without water unto thee. ⁷ Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit hath fainted away. Turn not away thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. ⁸ Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee have I hoped. Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk: for I have lifted up my soul to thee. ⁹ Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, to thee have I fled: ¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Thy good spirit shall lead me into the right land: ¹¹ For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt quicken me in thy justice. Thou wilt bring my soul out of trouble: ¹² And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy my enemies. And thou wilt cut off all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. ¹⁴⁴ ¹ Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war. ² My mercy, and my refuge: my support, and my deliverer: My protector, and I have hoped in him: who subdueth my people under me. ³ Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou makest account of him? ⁴ Man is like to vanity: his days pass away like a shadow. ⁵ Lord, bow down thy heavens and descend: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. ⁶ Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: shoot out thy arrows, and thou shalt trouble them. ⁷ Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: from the hand of strange children: ⁸ Whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity. ⁹ To thee, O God, I will sing a new canticle: on the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises to thee. ¹⁰ Who givest salvation to kings: who hast redeemed thy servant David from the malicious sword: ¹¹ Deliver me, And rescue me out of the hand of strange children; whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity: ¹² Whose sons are as new plants in their youth: Their daughters decked out, adorned round about after the similitude of a temple: ¹³ Their storehouses full, flowing out of this into that. Their sheep fruitful in young, abounding in their goings forth: ¹⁴ Their oxen fat. There is no breach of wall, nor passage, nor crying out in their streets. ¹⁵ They have called the people happy, that hath these things: but happy is that people whose God is the Lord. ¹⁴⁵ ¹ Praise, for David himself. I will extol thee, O God my king: and I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. ² Every day will I bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever. ³ Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end. ⁴ Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power. ⁵ They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works. ⁶ And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness. ⁷ They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice. ⁸ The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy. ⁹ The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. ¹⁰ Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee. ¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy power: ¹² To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom. ¹³ Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words: and holy in all his works. ¹⁴ The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season. ¹⁶ Thou openest thy hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature. ¹⁷ The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works. ¹⁸ The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth. ¹⁹ He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them. ²⁰ The Lord keepeth all them that love him; but all the wicked he will destroy. ²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name forever; yea, for ever and ever. ¹⁴⁶ ¹ Alleluia, of Aggeus and Zacharias. ^(146:2) Praise the Lord, O my soul, ² In my life I will praise the Lord: I will sing to my God as long as I shall be. ^(146:3) Put not your trust in princes: ³ In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation. ⁴ His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: in that day all their thoughts shall perish. ⁵ Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God: ⁶ Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them. ⁷ Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered: ⁸ The Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just. ⁹ The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy. ¹⁰ The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, unto generation and generation. ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise. ² The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: he will gather together the dispersed of Israel. ³ Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises. ⁴ Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number. ⁶ The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even to the ground. ⁷ Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp. ⁸ Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men. ⁹ Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him. ¹⁰ He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure in the legs of a man. ¹¹ The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them that hope in his mercy. ¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion. ¹³ Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, he hath blessed thy children within thee. ¹⁴ Who hath placed peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the fat of corn. ¹⁵ Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: his word runneth swiftly. ¹⁶ Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes. ¹⁷ He sendeth his crystal like morsels: who shall stand before the face of his cold? ¹⁸ He shall send out his word, and shall melt them: his wind shall blow, and the waters shall run. ¹⁹ Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments to Israel. ²⁰ He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them. Alleluia. ¹⁴⁸ ¹ Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places. ² Praise ye him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts. ³ Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light. ⁴ Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens ⁵ Praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made: he commanded, and they were created. ⁶ He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away. ⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all ye deeps: ⁸ Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds, which fulfil his word: ⁹ Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars: ¹⁰ Beasts and all cattle: serpents and feathered fowls: ¹¹ Kings of the earth and all people: princes and all judges of the earth: ¹² Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord: ¹³ For his name alone is exalted. ¹⁴ The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia. ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the church of the saints. ² Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king. ³ Let them praise his name in choir: let them sing to him with the timbrel and the psaltery. ⁴ For the Lord is well pleased with his people: and he will exalt the meek unto salvation. ⁵ The saints shall rejoice in glory: they shall be joyful in their beds. ⁶ The high praises of God shall be in their mouth: and two-edged swords in their hands: ⁷ To execute vengeance upon the nations, chastisements among the people: ⁸ To bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron. ⁹ To execute upon them the judgment that is written: this glory is to all his saints. Alleluia. ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: praise ye him in the firmament of his power. ² Praise ye him for his mighty acts: praise ye him according to the multitude of his greatness. ³ Praise him with the sound of trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp. ⁴ Praise him with timbrel and choir: praise him with strings and organs. ⁵ Praise him on high sounding cymbals: praise him on cymbals of joy: ⁶ Let every spirit praise the Lord. Alleluia.