8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice thë heart: +The commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto (the-eyes -. 9 The fear of the Lord is * clean, and endureth för éver: The jūdgements of the Lord are true, and righteous ältögether. [* purifying (?).] 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than müch fíne gold: Sweeter also than honey, and the honey-comb. 11 Moreover, by them is thy servänt taught : And in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 p. Who can tell how oft he öffend eth: O cleanse thou me from my secret-faults. 13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins; lest they get the dominion over-me : Sō shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great offence. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway accept able in thy síght: 15 O Lord my strength, and mỹ Rëdêemer. (H) 14 p. All. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart (:) be alway acceptable ïn thý sìght, 15 p. All. Ö Lórd (:) my strength, and (sl.) mỹ rëdêemer. NOTE. First chant for Gloria (Anglican) or Special Gloria. A joyous Greeting and Blessing to God's Anointed, Christ. m. THE | Lord hear thee in the day of trouble: The Name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary: And strengthen thee out of Sion; 3 Remember all thy of ferings : And accept thy bürntsacrifice; 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire : And fulfil all-thy-mind. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord öur God : The Lord perform all thỹ pëtîtions. 6 cr. Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed ; and will hear him from his holy heaven: Even with the * wholesome strength of his right hand. [* saving.] 7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses: But we will remember the Name of the Lord oúr Gòd. 8 They are brought down, and fallen: But we are risen, and ständ úpright. Hosanna! 9 f. Save Lord, and hear us, O King of heaven: When we (sl.) call üpón thèe. A Psalm of Joy in the Victory of the King, Christ. f. THË | King shall rejoice in thy strength, Ö Lórd : Exceeding glad shall he be of thy sälvation. 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire: And hast not denied him the request of his lîps -. 3 For thou shalt * prevent him with the blessings of good-. ness: And shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head. [* outrun his prayers.] 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a löng life : Even for ever änd êver. 5 His honour is great in thy salvation: Glory and great worship shalt thou lay üpón hìm. 6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felícity: And make him glad with the joy of thy countenance. 7 dim. And why? Because the King putteth his trūst in the Lord : And in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not mïscârry. 8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand : Thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery *oven in time of thy wrath: The Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume thèm. [* furnace.] 10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth: And their seed from among the children öf mên –. 11 For they intended mischief against thee : And imagined such a device as they are not able to përfôrm –. 12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight : And the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face. of-thèm. 13 f. Be thou exalted Lord, in thine own strength : So will we sing, (sl.) and praise thy pôwer. (Maj. G) Mr 1 i, i, m-m, ddt, D d 1, 8- 8-1...11, 8 Or this, vv. 1-21, minor; vv. 22-end, major. (On Good Friday, see Proper Psalms.) Psalm 22. A Cry to God from one in grievous distress, -as from Christ on the Cross. pp. MỸ | God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou försá-ken-me: And art so far * from my health, and from the words of my complaint? [* from saving me.] 2 Ō my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearëst nót : And in the night-season also I täke nó rèst. 3 cr. And Thōu continuëst hóly: Ō thou Worship öf Îs-rael. 4 Our fathers hoped in thée: They trusted in thee, and thou didst dëlíver-thèm. 5 They called upon thee, and were hól.pen: They put their trust in thee, and were not cönfounded. 6 pp. But as for me, I am a worm, and nó man: A very scorn of men, and the out-cast of the people. 7 All they that see me. laugh me to scorn; They shoot out their lips änd shake-theirheads; (H) 8 Saying, 'He trusted in God, that he would deliverhim: Let him deliver him, if he will have him.' (H) 7 All they that see me laugh me to scórn: They shoot out their lips, and shake their hėåds, sâying, 8 'He trusted in God, that he would deliver-him : Lēt him deliver him, if he will háve him.' 9 cr. But thou art he that took me out of my mother's wómb: Thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my mother's-brèasts. 10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born : Thou art my God even from my mother's-womb. 11 dim. O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand : And there is none tö hêlp me. 12 Many *oxen are come about me: Fat *bulls of Basan close me în ön évery-side. [* enemies.] 13 They gape upon me with their mouths: As it were a ramping and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out öf joint: My heart-also in the midst of my body is even like mélt-ing-wax. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to mÿ gúms: And thou shalt bring me into the dust öf death -. 16 For many * dogs are come about me: And the council of the wicked layeth siege ägainst me. [* mean persecutors.] 17 They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all mỹ bónes: They stand staring and looking üpôn me. 18 They part my garments among them: And cast lots upõn mỹ vêsture. 19 But be not thou far from me, Ö Lord : Thou art my succour, haste thee tö hêlp me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword: My *darling from the power of the dôg -. [* life.] 21 Save me from the lion's mouth: Thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the * unicorns. Major. I know that the Lord will deliver his own. [ wild oxen.] 22 cr. I will declare thy Name unto my brethren: In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23 O praise the Lord, ye that fear him: Magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob, and fear him, all ye seed öf Îsrael; 24 m. For he hath not despised, nor abhorred, the low estate of the poor: He hath not hid his face from him; but when he called unto him he heard him. 25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation : My vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him. 26 The poor shall eat, and be satisfied: They that seek after the Lord shall praise him; your heart shall live för êver. 27 + All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be türned into (the-Lórd: And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him. 28 For the kingdom is the Lord's ; And He is the Governour. among the people[s]. 29, 30 All such as be * fat upon earth have teaten and worshipped; all they that go down into the dust shall kneel beföre hím: And no man hath § quickened his own soul. (H) 29 p. All. All such as be * fat upon earth (:) have teaten, änd worship-pèd. 31 Mỹ seed shall serve hím: They shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation. 32 They shall come, and the heavens shall declare his righteousness: Unto a people that shall be born, (sl.) whom the Lord hath made. |