O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 26 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 12 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread." 13 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; 27 For with thee is the fountain of and dwell for evermore. life in thy light shall we see light. 28 O continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. SELECTION 13 PSALM 37: I-9, 23-40 FRET not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it 15 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 16 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 17 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 18 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. 19 The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh to slay him. 20 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 21 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 22 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 23 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 24 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace. 25 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 26 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 27 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. SELECTION 14 PSALM 39 I I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me; while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not. who shall gather them. PSALM 40: 1-13, 16–17 14 I WAITED patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 15 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 16 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 17 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 18 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: 19 They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 20 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? burnt offering and sin offering hast thou my hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions make me not the reproach of the foolish. not required. 21 Then said I, Lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me, 22 I delight to do thy will, O my God: 9 I was dumb, I opened not my yea, thy law is within my heart. mouth; because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. II When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. 23 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. 24 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 25 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 26 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourn 27 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: ing because of the oppression of the O LORD, make haste to help me. 28 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. 29 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. SELECTION 15 PSALM 42 I AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 8 Yet the LORD will command his loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. enemy? 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? II Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSALM 43 12 JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation : O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 13 For thou art the God of my strength why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 14 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 15 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 16 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor unto them. 20 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. 21 Through thee will we push down our enemies through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 22 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 23 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. 24 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. SELECTION 16 PSALM 45 1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the King: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. honorable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; II So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favor. 13 The King's daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the King's palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. PSALM 46 18 GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 19 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 20 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. 21 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 22 God is in the midst of her; shc shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 23 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the 9 Kings' daughters were among thy earth melted. 24 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 25 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 26 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cuttetn the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. 27 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 28 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. SELECTION 17 PSALM 47 I O CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. 5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth : sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. PSALM 48 10 GREAT is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. II Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 12 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 13 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 14 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 15 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 16 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. 17 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. 18 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 19 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteous ness. 20 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 21 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 22 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. 23 For this God is our God for ever and ever he will be our guide even unto death. SELECTION 18 PSALM 51 I HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. |