10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great II They shall speak of the glory of power: his understanding is infinite. thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. 14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 17 The LORD is righteous 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 fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry, and will save them. 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him but all the wicked will he destroy. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. SELECTION 57 PSALM 147 I PRAISE ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek he casteth the wicked down to the ground. 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. II The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. 12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels who can stand before his cold? 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and have not known them. Praise ye the bindeth up their wounds. LORD. SELECTION 58 PSALM 148 1 PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also stablished them for ever. and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 17 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 18 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. 19 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. 20 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 21 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 22 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 23 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye saints. Praise ye the LORD. dragons, and all deeps: 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word: 9 Mountains, and all hills; trees, and all cedars: 10 Beasts, and all cattle; things, and flying fowl: PSALM 150 fruitful in his sanctuary: praise him in the firma24 PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise God ment of his power. creeping II Kings of the earth, and all people ; princes, and all judges of the earth: 12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people unto him. Praise ye the Lord. PSALM 149 near 15 PRAISE ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 16 Let Israel rejoice in him that made kim: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 25 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 26 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. dance: praise him with stringed instru 27 Praise him with the timbrel and ments and organs. 28 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 29 Let everything that hath breath. praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. SELECTION 59 (For Good Friday) PSALM 22: 1-8, 11-31 1 MY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 9 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 10 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 11 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 12 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 13 My strength is dried up like a pot sherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 18 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. 19 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 20 I will declare thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 21 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him ; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 22 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 23 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 24 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. 25 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 26 For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations. 27 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. 28 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the LORD for a generation. 29 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. 3 I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. II I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble; hear me speedily. 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 21. They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 22 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. 23 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 24 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 25 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. 26 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 27 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. 28 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. 29. The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. |