He leadeth me beside still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over. Fifteenth Sunday Psa. 18. 20-28, 30-36, 46-50. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. I was also upright before him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my right eousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright; With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward. For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But wilt bring down high looks. For thou wilt light my candle: The Lord my God will lighten my darkness. As for God, his way is perfect: He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him. For who is God, save the Lord? It is God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: And setteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet did not slip. The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; And let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me. He delivereth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man. Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, And will sing praises unto thy name. Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth mercy to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for ever more. Evening Psa. 27. The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, In this will I be confident. One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: In the secret of his tabernacle he shall hide me: He shall lift me up upon a rock. And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take me up. Teach me thy way, O Lord; Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord. Sixteenth Sunday Morning Psa. 22. 1-8, 11-22. 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 scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord, that he would deliver him: Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help. Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gape upon me with their mouths, As a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; 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 great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 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; It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation. 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 Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the times of old. Thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; For they got not the land in pos- 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. Be thou to me a strong rock, For thou art my rock and my 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; And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place. And I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God. 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 them that trust in thee, Before the sons of men! 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; For he hath showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city. As for me, I said in my haste, 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. |
