8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity : for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Lord hath heard my petition : the Lord will receive my prayer. 10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed : they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly. PSALM VII. Domine, Deus meus. O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust : save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me; 2 Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces : while there is none to help. 30 Lord my God, if I have done any such thing : or if there be any wickedness in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me : yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy; 5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me : yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. 6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies : arise up for me in the judgement that thou hast commanded. 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee : for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again. 8 The Lord shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O Lord : according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me. 90 let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end : but guide thou the just. 10 For the righteous God : trieth the very hearts and reins. 11 My help cometh of God : who preserveth them that are true of heart. 12 God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient : and God is provoked every day. 13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword : he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of death : he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief : he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. 16 He hath graven and digged up a pit : and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other. 17 For his travail shall come upon his own head : and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate. 18 I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteousness : and I will praise the Name of the Lord most High. PSALM VIII. Domine, Dominus noster. in all the world : thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens ! 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies : that thou mightest still the enemy, and the avenger. 3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers : the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained. 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him : and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 Thou madest him lower than the angels : to crown him with glory and worship. 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of-thy hands : and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet ; 7 All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord our Governour : how excellent is thy Name in all the world! Morning Prayer. PSALM IX. Confitebor tibi. I Will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart : I will speak of all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee : yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou most Highest. 3 While mine enemies are driven back : they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause : thou art set in the throne that judgest right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly : thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end : even as the cities which thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them. 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever : he hath also prepared his seat for judgement. 8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness : and minister true judgement unto the people. 9 The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed : even a refuge in due time of trouble. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee : for thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee. 11 O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion : shew the people of his doings. 12 For, when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them : and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me : thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. 14 That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion : I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made : in the same net which they hid privily, is their foot taken. 16 The Lord is known to execute judgement : the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell : and all the people that forget God. 18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten : the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever. 19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand : let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear, O Lord : that the heathen may know themselves to be but men. PSALM X. Ut quid, Domine? WHY standest thou so far off, O Lord ; and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble? 2 The ungodly for his own lust doth persecute the poor : let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined. 3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire : and speaketh good of the covetous, whom God abhorreth. 4 The ungodly is so proud, that he careth not for God : neither is God in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are alway grievous : thy judgements are far above out of his sight, and therefore defieth he all his enemies. 6 For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down : there shall no harm happen unto me. 7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud : under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity. 8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets : and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor. 9 For he lieth waiting secretly, even as a lion lurketh he in his den : that he may ravish the poor. 10 He doth ravish the poor : when he getteth him into his net. 11 He falleth down, and humbleth himself : that find none. the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains. 12 He hath said in his heart, Tush, God hath forgotten : he hideth away his face, and he will never see it. 13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand : forget not the poor. 14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God : while he doth say in his heart, Tush, thou God carest not for it. 15 Surely thou hast seen it : for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong. 16 That thou mayest take the matter into thine hand : the poor committeth himself unto thee; for thou art the helper of the friendless. 17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious : take away his ungodliness, and thou shalt 18 The Lord is King for ever and ever : and the heathen are perished out of the land. 19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor : thou preparest their heart, and thine ear he net! thereto; 20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right: that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them. PSALM XI. In Domino con fido. ye my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill ? 2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver : that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart. 3 For the foundations will be cast down : and what hath the righteous done? 4 The Lord is in his holy temple : the Lord's seat is in heaven. 5 His eyes consider the poor : and his eye-lids try the children of men. : |