Sixteenth Sunday My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; And in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not confounded. But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to I am poured out like water, My heart is like wax; My strength is dried up like a And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me: The assembly of the wicked have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. I may count all my bones, They look and stare upon me; They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots. But be not thou far off, O Lord: O thou my strength, haste thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild oxen thou hast heard me. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. Evening Psa. 22. 23-28, 30, 31; 44. 1-4. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel, 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. My praise shall be of thee in the The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise the Lord that seek after him: Let your heart live forever. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's; And he is the governor among the nations. A seed shall serve him; They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. We have heard with our ears, O What work thou didst in their days, Thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them. Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob. Seventeenth Sunday Psa. 31. 1-5, 7, 8, 14-17, 19-24. In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defense to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. Pull me out of the net that they have hidden for me; For thou art my strength. Into thy hand I commend my Thou hast redeemed me, O I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy; For thou hast considered my trouble: Thou hast known my soul in adversities; Thou didst afflict the peoples; And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place. For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; And I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand: : Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that perse cute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me for thy mercies' sake. Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence : Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Blessed be the Lord; As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Oh love the Lord, all ye his saints: Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, All ye that hope in the Lord. Evening Psa. 29; 117. Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, Give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, The voice of the Lord is powerful; The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; Yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; The Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forest bare: And in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. The Lord sitteth upon the flood; Yea, the Lord sitteth King forever. The Lord will give strength unto his people; The Lord will bless his people with peace. Oh praise the Lord, all ye nations; Praise him, all ye peoples. For his mercy is great toward us; And the truth of the Lord endureth forever. Praise ye the Lord. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the depth in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord: Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done; The Lord bringeth the counsel of The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. The Lord looketh from heaven; From the place of his habita- Upon all the inhabitants of the earth, He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works. There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by much strength. A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. Behold, the eye of the Lord is To deliver their soul from death, Our soul waiteth for the Lord: For our heart shall rejoice in him, Because we have trusted in his holy name. Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, According as we have hoped in thee. Evening Psa. 32. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old Through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture is turned into the I acknowledged my sin unto thee, I said, I will confess my trans- For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Nineteenth Sunday Morning Psa. 34. I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in Oh magnify the Lord with me, I sought the Lord, and he heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened; And their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the I will instruct thee and teach thee in The angel of the Lord encampeth the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not as the horse, or as the Whose mouth must be held in Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous; And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. round about them that fear him, And delivereth them. Oh taste and see that the Lord is good: Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Oh fear the Lord, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 1 |