21  Domine, in virtute tua
   
1 The king rejoices in your strength, O LORD; *
    how greatly he exults in your victory!
   
2 You have given him his heart's desire; *
    you have not denied him the request of his lips.

 

 

608    Psalm 21

 
3 For you meet him with blessings of prosperity, *
    and set a crown of fine gold upon his head.
   
4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him: *
    length of days, for ever and ever.
   
5 His honor is great, because of your victory; *
    splendor and majesty have you bestowed upon him.
   
6 For you will give him everlasting felicity *
    and will make him glad with the joy of your presence.
   
7 For the king puts his trust in the LORD; *
    because of the loving-kindness of the Most High, he
                              will not fall.
   
   
8 Your hand will lay hold upon all your enemies; *
    your right hand will seize all those who hate you.
   
9 You will make them like a fiery furnace *
    at the time of your appearing, O LORD;
   
10 You will swallow them up in your wrath, *
    and fire shall consume them.
   
11 You will destroy their offspring from the land *
    and their descendants from among the peoples of the earth.
   
12 Though they intend evil against you
and devise wicked schemes, *
    yet they shall not prevail.
   
13 For you will put them to flight *
    and aim your arrows at them.
   
14 Be exalted, O LORD, in your might; *
    we will sing and praise your power.

 

 

Psalm 21     609

 

  Fourth Day: Evening Prayer
   
  22  Deus, Deus meu
   
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? *
    and are so far from my cry
    and from the words of my distress?
   
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; *
    by night as well, but I find no rest.
   
3 Yet you are the Holy One, *
    enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
   
4 Our forefathers put their trust in you; *
    they trusted, and you delivered them.
   
5 They cried out to you and were delivered; *
    they trusted in you and were not put to shame.
   
6 But as for me, I am a worm and no man, *
    scorned by all and despised by the people.
   
7 All who see me laugh me to scorn; *
    they curl their lips and wag their heads, saying,
   
8 "He trusted in the LORD; let him deliver him; *
    let him rescue him, if he delights in him."
   
9 Yet you are he who took me out of the womb, *
    and kept me safe upon my mother's breast.
   
10 I have been entrusted to you ever since I was born; *
    you were my God when I was still in my
                              mother's womb.
   
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near, *
    and there is none to help.

 

 

610   Psalm 22

 
12 Many young bulls encircle me; *
    strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
   
13 They open wide their jaws at me, *
    like a ravening and a roaring lion.
   
14 I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint; *
    my heart within my breast is melting wax.
   
15 My mouth is dried out like a pot-sherd;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; *
    and you have laid me in the dust of the grave.
   
16 Packs of dogs close me in,
and gangs of evildoers circle around me; *
    they pierce my hands and my feet;
    I can count all my bones.
   
17 They stare and gloat over me; *
    they divide my garments among them;
    they cast lots for my clothing.
   
18 Be not far away, O LORD; *
    you are my strength; hasten to help me.
   
19 Save me from the sword, *
    my life from the power of the dog.
   
20 Save me from the lion's mouth, *
    my wretched body from the horns of wild bulls.
   
21 I will declare your Name to my brethren; *
    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.
   
   
22 Praise the LORD, you that fear him; *
    stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel;
    all you of Jacob's line, give glory.

 

 

Psalm 22     611

 

23 For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty;
neither does he hide his face from them; *
    but when they cry to him he hears them.
   
24 My praise is of him in the great assembly; *
    I will perform my vows in the presence of those who
                               worship him.
   
25 The poor shall eat and be satisfied,
and those who seek the LORD shall praise him: *
    "May your heart live for ever!"
   
26 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to
                                the LORD, *
    and all the families of the nations bow before him.
   
27 For kingship belongs to the LORD; *
    he rules over the nations.
   
28 To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down
                                in worship; *
    all who go down to the dust fall before him.
   
29 My soul shall live for him;
my descendants shall serve him; *
    they shall be known as the LORD'S for ever.
   
30 They shall come and make known to a people yet unborn *
    the saving deeds that he has done.
   
  23  Dominus regit me
   
1 The LORD is my shepherd; *
    I shall not be in want.
   
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures *
    and leads me beside still waters.

 

 

612    Psalm 23

 
3 He revives my soul *
    and guides me along right pathways for his Name's sake.
   
4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I shall fear no evil; *
    for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
   
5 You spread a table before me in the presence of those
                             who trouble me; *
    you have anointed my head with oil,
    and my cup is running over.
   
6 Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days
                             of my life, *
    and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
   
  Fifth Day: Morning Prayer
   
  24  Domini est terra
   
1 The earth is the LORD'S and all that is in it, *
    the world and all who dwell therein.
   
2 For it is he who founded it upon the seas *
    and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.
   
3 "Who can ascend the hill of the LORD? *
    and who can stand in his holy place?"
   
4 "Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, *
    who have not pledged themselves to falsehood,
    nor sworn by what is a fraud.
   
5 They shall receive a blessing from the LORD *
    and a just reward from the God of their salvation."
   
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, *
    of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.

 

 

Psalm 24     613

 

7 Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
    and the King of glory shall come in.
   
8 "Who is this King of glory?" *
    "The LORD, strong and mighty,
    the LORD, mighty in battle."
   
9 Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
    and the King of glory shall come in.
   
10 "Who is he, this King of glory?" *
    "The LORD of hosts,
    he is the King of glory."
   
  25  Ad te, Domine, levavi
   
1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
my God, I put my trust in you; *
    let me not be humiliated,
    nor let my enemies triumph over me.
   
2 Let none who look to you be put to shame; *
    let the treacherous be disappointed in their schemes.
   
3 Show me your ways, O LORD, *
    and teach me your paths.
   
4 Lead me in your truth and teach me, *
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    in you have I trusted all the day long.
   
5 Remember, O LORD, your compassion and love, *
    for they are from everlasting.

 

 

614    Psalm 25

 
6 Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions; *
    remember me according to your love
    and for the sake of your goodness, O LORD.
   
7 Gracious and upright is the LORD; *
    therefore he teaches sinners in his way.
   
8 He guides the humble in doing right *
    and teaches his way to the lowly.
   
9 All the paths of the LORD are love and faithfulness *
    to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
   
10 For your Name's sake, O LORD, *
    forgive my sin, for it is great.
   
11 Who are they who fear the LORD? *
    he will teach them the way that they should choose.
   
12 They shall dwell in prosperity, *
    and their offspring shall inherit the land.
   
13 The LORD is a friend to those who fear him *
    and will show them his covenant.
   
14 My eyes are ever looking to the LORD, *
    for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
   
   
15 Turn to me and have pity on me, *
    for I am left alone and in misery.
   
16 The sorrows of my heart have increased; *
    bring me out of my troubles.
   
17 Look upon my adversity and misery *
    and forgive me all my sin.
   
18 Look upon my enemies, for they are many, *
    and they bear a violent hatred against me.

 

 

Psalm 25     615

 

19 Protect my life and deliver me; *
    let me not be put to shame, for I have trusted in you.
   
20 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, *
    for my hope has been in you.
   
21 Deliver Israel, O God, *
    out of all his troubles.
   
  26  Judica me, Domine
   
1 Give judgment for me, O LORD,
for I have lived with integrity; *
    I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.
   
2 Test me, O LORD, and try me; *
    examine my heart and my mind.
   
3 For your love is before my eyes; *
    I have walked faithfully with you.
   
4 I have not sat with the worthless, *
    nor do I consort with the deceitful.
   
5 I have hated the company of evildoers; *
    I will not sit down with the wicked.
   
6 I will wash my hands in innocence, O LORD, *
    that I may go in procession round your altar,
   
7 Singing aloud a song of thanksgiving *
    and recounting all your wonderful deeds.
   
8 LORD, I love the house in which you dwell *
    and the place where your glory abides.
   
9 Do not sweep me away with sinners, *
    nor my life with those who thirst for blood,

 

 

616    Psalm 26

 
10 Whose hands are full of evil plots, *
    and their right hand full of bribes.
   
11 As for me, I will live with integrity; *
    redeem me, O LORD, and have pity on me.
   
12 My foot stands on level ground; *
    in the full assembly I will bless the LORD.
   
  Fifth Day: Evening Prayer
   
  27  Dominus illuminatio
   
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom then shall I fear? *
    the LORD is the strength of my life;
    of whom then shall I be afraid?
   
2 When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh, *
    it was they, my foes and my adversaries, who
                              stumbled and fell.
   
3 Though an army should encamp against me, *
    yet my heart shall not be afraid;
   
4 And though war should rise up against me, *
    yet will I put my trust in him.
   
5 One thing have I asked of the LORD;
one thing I seek; *
    that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days
                              of my life;
   
6 To behold the fair beauty of the LORD *
    and to seek him in his temple.

 

 

Psalm 27     617

 

7 For in the day of trouble he shall keep me safe
                               in his shelter; *
    he shall hide me in the secrecy of his dwelling
    and set me high upon a rock.
   
8 Even now he lifts up my head *
    above my enemies round about me.
   
9 Therefore I will offer in his dwelling an oblation
with sounds of great gladness; *
    I will sing and make music to the LORD.
   
10 Hearken to my voice, O LORD, when I call; *
    have mercy on me and answer me.
   
11 You speak in my heart and say, "Seek my face." *
    Your face, LORD, will I seek.
   
12 Hide not your face from me, *
    nor turn away your servant in displeasure.
   
13 You have been my helper;
cast me not away; *
    do not forsake me, O God of my salvation.
   
14 Though my father and my mother forsake me, *
    the LORD will sustain me.
   
15 Show me your way, O LORD; *
    lead me on a level path, because of my enemies.
   
16 Deliver me not into the hand of my adversaries, *
    for false witnesses have risen up against me,
    and also those who speak malice.
   
17 What if I had not believed
that I should see the goodness of the LORD *
    in the land of the living!

 

 

618    Psalm 27

 
18 O tarry and await the LORD'S pleasure;
be strong, and he shall comfort your heart; *
    wait patiently for the LORD.
   
  28  Ad te, Domine
   
1 O LORD, I call to you;
my Rock, do not be deaf to my cry; *
    lest, if you do not hear me,
    I become like those who go down to the Pit.
   
2 Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you, *
    when I lift up my hands to your holy of holies.
   
3 Do not snatch me away with the wicked or with the
                              evildoers, *
    who speak peaceably with their neighbors,
    while strife is in their hearts.
   
4 Repay them according to their deeds, *
    and according to the wickedness of their actions.
   
5 According to the work of their hands repay them, *
    and give them their just deserts.
   
6 They have no understanding of the LORD'S doings,
nor of the works of his hands; *
    therefore he will break them down and not
                               build them up.
   
7 Blessed is the LORD! *
    for he has heard the voice of my prayer.
   
8 The LORD is my strength and my shield; *
    my heart trusts in him, and I have been helped;
   
9 Therefore my heart dances for joy, *
    and in my song will I praise him.

 

 

Psalm 28     619

 

10 The LORD is the strength of his people, *
    a safe refuge for his anointed.
   
11 Save your people and bless your inheritance; *
    shepherd them and carry them for ever.
   
  29  Afferte Domino
   
1 Ascribe to the LORD, you gods, *
    ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
   
2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his Name; *
    worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
   
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters;
the God of glory thunders; *
    the LORD is upon the mighty waters.
   
4 The voice of the LORD is a powerful voice; *
    the voice of the LORD is a voice of splendor.
   
5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedar trees; *
    the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon;
   
6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, *
    and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.
   
7 The voice of the LORD splits the flames of fire;
the voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; *
    the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
   
8 The voice of the LORD makes the oak trees writhe *
    and strips the forests bare.
   
9 And in the temple of the LORD *
    all are crying, "Glory!"
   
10 The LORD sits enthroned above the flood; *
    the LORD sits enthroned as King for evermore.

 

 

620    Psalm 29

 
11 The LORD shall give strength to his people; *
    the LORD shall give his people the blessing of peace.
   
  Sixth Day: Morning Prayer
   
  30  Exaltabo te, Domine
   
1 I will exalt you, O LORD,
because you have lifted me up *
    and have not let my enemies triumph over me.
   
2 O LORD my God, I cried out to you, *
    and you restored me to health.
   
3 You brought me up, O LORD, from the dead; *
    you restored my life as I was going down to the grave.
   
4 Sing to the LORD, you servants of his; *
    give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness.
   
5 For his wrath endures but the twinkling of an eye, *
    his favor for a lifetime.
   
6 Weeping may spend the night, *
    but joy comes in the morning.
   
7 While I felt secure, I said,
"I shall never be disturbed. *
    You, LORD, with your favor, made me as strong as
                              the mountains."
   
8 Then you hid your face, *
    and I was filled with fear.
   
9 I cried to you, O LORD; *
    I pleaded with the Lord, saying,
   
10 "What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the Pit? *
    will the dust praise you or declare your faithfulness?

 

 

Psalm 30     621

 

11 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me; *
    O LORD, be my helper."
   
12 You have turned my wailing into dancing; *
    you have put off my sack-cloth and clothed me with joy.
   
13 Therefore my heart sings to you without ceasing; *
    O LORD my God, I will give you thanks for ever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

622    Psalm 30