8th Day Morning - Psalm 8

Psalm 8 Domine, Dominus noster

1 O Lord our Governor, *

how exalted is your Name in all the world!

2 Out of the mouths of infants and children *

your majesty is praised above the heavens.

3 You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, *

to quell the enemy and the avenger.

4 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, *

the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,

5 What is man that you should be mindful of him? *

the son of man that you should seek him out?

6 You have made him but little lower than the angels; *

you adorn him with glory and honor;

7 You give him mastery over the works of your hands; *

you put all things under his feet:

8 All sheep and oxen, *

even the wild beasts of the field,

9 The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, *

and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.

10 O Lord our Governor, *

how exalted is your Name in all the world!

8th Day Morning - Psalm 38

Psalm 38 Domine, ne in furore

1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *

do not punish me in your wrath.

2 For your arrows have already pierced me, *

and your hand presses hard upon me.

3 There is no health in my flesh,

because of your indignation; *

there is no soundness in my body, because of my sin.

4 For my iniquities overwhelm me; *

like a heavy burden they are too much for me to bear.

5 My wounds stink and fester *

by reason of my foolishness.

6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; *

I go about in mourning all the day long.

7 My loins are filled with searing pain; *

there is no health in my body.

8 I am utterly numb and crushed; *

I wail, because of the groaning of my heart.

9 O Lord, you know all my desires, *

and my sighing is not hidden from you.

10 My heart is pounding, my strength has failed me, *

and the brightness of my eyes is gone from me.

11 My friends and companions draw back from my affliction; *

my neighbors stand afar off.

12 Those who seek after my life lay snares for me; *

those who strive to hurt me speak of my ruin

and plot treachery all the day long.

13 But I am like the deaf who do not hear, *

like those who are mute and do not open their mouth.

14 I have become like one who does not hear *

and from whose mouth comes no defense.

15 For in you, O Lord, have I fixed my hope; *

you will answer me, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, “Do not let them rejoice at my expense, *

those who gloat over me when my foot slips.”

17 Truly, I am on the verge of falling, *

and my pain is always with me.

18 I will confess my iniquity *

and be sorry for my sin.

19 Those who are my enemies without cause are mighty, *

and many in number are those who wrongfully hate me.

20 Those who repay evil for good slander me, *

because I follow the course that is right.

21 O Lord, do not forsake me; *

be not far from me, O my God.

22 Make haste to help me, *

O Lord of my salvation.

8th Day Mid-Day - Psalm 69

69 Salvum me fac=

1 Save me, O God, *

for the waters have risen up to my neck.

2 I am sinking in deep mire, *

and there is no firm ground for my feet.

3 I have come into deep waters, *

and the torrent washes over me.

4 I have grown weary with my crying;

my throat is inflamed; *

my eyes have failed from looking for my God.

5 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs

of my head;

my lying foes who would destroy me are mighty. *

Must I then give back what I never stole?

6 O God, you know my foolishness, *

and my faults are not hidden from you.

7 Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,

Lord God of hosts; *

let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me,

O God of Israel.

8 Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *

and shame has covered my face.

9 I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *

an alien to my mother’s children.

10 Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *

the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.

11 I humbled myself with fasting, *

but that was turned to my reproach.

12 I put on sack‑cloth also, *

and became a byword among them.

13 Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, *

and the drunkards make songs about me.

14 But as for me, this is my prayer to you, *

at the time you have set, O Lord:

15 “In your great mercy, O God, *

answer me with your unfailing help.

16 Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; *

let me be rescued from those who hate me

and out of the deep waters.

17 Let not the torrent of waters wash over me,

neither let the deep swallow me up; *

do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.

18 Answer me, O Lord, for your love is kind; *

in your great compassion, turn to me.”

19 “Hide not your face from your servant; *

be swift and answer me, for I am in distress.

20 Draw near to me and redeem me; *

because of my enemies deliver me.

21 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; *

my adversaries are all in your sight.”

22 Reproach has broken my heart, and it cannot be healed; *

I looked for sympathy, but there was none,

for comforters, but I could find no one.

23 They gave me gall to eat, *

and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

24 Let the table before them be a trap *

and their sacred feasts a snare.

25 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, *

and give them continual trembling in their loins.

26 Pour out your indignation upon them, *

and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

27 Let their camp be desolate, *

and let there be none to dwell in their tents.

28 For they persecute him whom you have stricken *

and add to the pain of those whom you have pierced.

29 Lay to their charge guilt upon guilt, *

and let them not receive your vindication.

30 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living *

and not be written among the righteous.

31 As for me, I am afflicted and in pain; *

your help, O God, will lift me up on high.

32 I will praise the Name of God in song; *

I will proclaim his greatness with thanksgiving.

33 This will please the Lord more than an offering of oxen, *

more than bullocks with horns and hoofs.

34 The afflicted shall see and be glad; *

you who seek God, your heart shall live.

35 For the Lord listens to the needy, *

and his prisoners he does not despise.

36 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, *

the seas and all that moves in them;

37 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; *

they shall live there and have it in possession.

38 The children of his servants will inherit it, *

and those who love his Name will dwell therein.

8th Day Evening - Psalm 98

Psalm 98 Cantate Domino

1 Sing to the Lord a new song, *

for he has done marvelous things.

2 With his right hand and his holy arm *

has he won for himself the victory.

3 The Lord has made known his victory; *

his righteousness has he openly shown in

the sight of the nations.

4 He remembers his mercy and faithfulness to

the house of Israel, *

and all the ends of the earth have seen the

victory of our God.

5 Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands; *

lift up your voice, rejoice, and sing.

6 Sing to the Lord with the harp, *

with the harp and the voice of song.

7 With trumpets and the sound of the horn *

shout with joy before the King, the Lord.

8 Let the sea make a noise and all that is in it, *

the lands and those who dwell therein.

9 Let the rivers clap their hands, *

and let the hills ring out with joy before the Lord,

when he comes to judge the earth.

10 In righteousness shall he judge the world *

and the peoples with equity.

8th Day Evening - Psalm 128

128 Beati omnes

1 Happy are they all who fear the Lord, *

and who follow in his ways!

2 You shall eat the fruit of your labor; *

happiness and prosperity shall be yours.

3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house, *

your children like olive shoots round about your table.

4 The man who fears the Lord *

shall thus indeed be blessed.

5 The Lord bless you from Zion, *

and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days

of your life.

6 May you live to see your children’s children; *

may peace be upon Israel.

7th Day Morning- Psalm 7

Psalm 7    Domine, Deus meus

 

1            O Lord my God, I take refuge in you; *

        save and deliver me from all who pursue me;

 

2            Lest like a lion they tear me in pieces *

        and snatch me away with none to deliver me.

 

3            O Lord my God, if I have done these things: *

        if there is any wickedness in my hands,

4            If I have repaid my friend with evil, *

        or plundered him who without cause is my enemy;

 

5            Then let my enemy pursue and overtake me, *

        trample my life into the ground,

        and lay my honor in the dust.

 

6            Stand up, O Lord, in your wrath; *

        rise up against the fury of my enemies.

 

7            Awake, O my God, decree justice; *

        let the assembly of the peoples gather round you.

 

8            Be seated on your lofty throne, O Most High; *

        O Lord, judge the nations.

 

9            Give judgment for me according to my

righteousness, O Lord, *

        and according to my innocence, O Most High.

 

10            Let the malice of the wicked come to an end,

but establish the righteous; *

        for you test the mind and heart, O righteous God.

 

11            God is my shield and defense; *

        he is the savior of the true in heart.

 

12            God is a righteous judge; *

        God sits in judgment every day.

 

13            If they will not repent, God will whet his sword; *

        he will bend his bow and make it ready.

 

14            He has prepared his weapons of death; *

        he makes his arrows shafts of fire.

 

15            Look at those who are in labor with wickedness, *

        who conceive evil, and give birth to a lie.

16            They dig a pit and make it deep *

        and fall into the hole that they have made.

 

17            Their malice turns back upon their own head; *

        their violence falls on their own scalp.

 

18            I will bear witness that the Lord is righteous; *

        I will praise the Name of the Lord Most High.

7th Day Morning - Psalm 37 (Parts I, and II)

Psalm 37

Part I Noli æmulari

1 Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; *

do not be jealous of those who do wrong.

2 For they shall soon wither like the grass, *

and like the green grass fade away.

3 Put your trust in the Lord and do good; *

dwell in the land and feed on its riches.

4 Take delight in the Lord, *

and he shall give you your heart’s desire.

5 Commit your way to the Lord and put your trust in him, *

and he will bring it to pass.

6 He will make your righteousness as clear as the light *

and your just dealing as the noonday.

7 Be still before the Lord *

and wait patiently for him.

8 Do not fret yourself over the one who prospers, *

the one who succeeds in evil schemes.

9 Refrain from anger, leave rage alone; *

do not fret yourself; it leads only to evil.

10 For evildoers shall be cut off, *

but those who wait upon the Lord shall possess the land.

11 In a little while the wicked shall be no more; *

you shall search out their place, but they will not be there.

12 But the lowly shall possess the land; *

they will delight in abundance of peace.

13 The wicked plot against the righteous *

and gnash at them with their teeth.

14 The Lord laughs at the wicked, *

because he sees that their day will come.

15 The wicked draw their sword and bend their bow

to strike down the poor and needy, *

to slaughter those who are upright in their ways.

16 Their sword shall go through their own heart, *

and their bow shall be broken.

17 The little that the righteous has *

is better than great riches of the wicked.

18 For the power of the wicked shall be broken, *

but the Lord upholds the righteous.

Psalm 37: Part II Novit Dominus

19 The Lord cares for the lives of the godly, *

and their inheritance shall last for ever.

20 They shall not be ashamed in bad times, *

and in days of famine they shall have enough.

21 As for the wicked, they shall perish, *

and the enemies of the Lord, like the glory of

the meadows, shall vanish;

they shall vanish like smoke.

22 The wicked borrow and do not repay, *

but the righteous are generous in giving.

23 Those who are blessed by God shall possess the land, *

but those who are cursed by him shall be destroyed.

24 Our steps are directed by the Lord; *

he strengthens those in whose way he delights.

25 If they stumble, they shall not fall headlong, *

for the Lord holds them by the hand.

26 I have been young and now I am old, *

but never have I seen the righteous forsaken,

or their children begging bread.

27 The righteous are always generous in their lending, *

and their children shall be a blessing.

28 Turn from evil, and do good, *

and dwell in the land for ever.

29 For the Lord loves justice; *

he does not forsake his faithful ones.

30 They shall be kept safe for ever, *

but the offspring of the wicked shall be destroyed.

31 The righteous shall possess the land *

and dwell in it for ever.

32 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, *

and their tongue speaks what is right.

33 The law of their God is in their heart, *

and their footsteps shall not falter.

34 The wicked spy on the righteous *

and seek occasion to kill them.

35 The Lord will not abandon them to their hand, *

nor let them be found guilty when brought to trial.

36 Wait upon the Lord and keep his way; *

he will raise you up to possess the land,

and when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

37 I have seen the wicked in their arrogance, *

flourishing like a tree in full leaf.

38 I went by, and behold, they were not there; *

I searched for them, but they could not be found.

39 Mark those who are honest;

observe the upright; *

for there is a future for the peaceable.

40 Transgressors shall be destroyed, one and all; *

the future of the wicked is cut off.

41 But the deliverance of the righteous comes from the Lord; *

he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

42 The Lord will help them and rescue them; *

he will rescue them from the wicked and deliver them,

because they seek refuge in him.

7th Day Mid-Day - Psalm 68

Psalm 68   Exsurgat Deus

 

1            Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; *

        let those who hate him flee before him.

 

2            Let them vanish like smoke when the wind drives it away; *

        as the wax melts at the fire, so let the wicked perish at

the presence of God.

 

3            But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; *

        let them also be merry and joyful.

 

4            Sing to God, sing praises to his Name;

exalt him who rides upon the heavens; *

        Yahweh is his Name, rejoice before him!

 

5            Father of orphans, defender of widows, *

        God in his holy habitation!

 

6            God gives the solitary a home and brings forth prisoners

into freedom; *

        but the rebels shall live in dry places.

 

7            O God, when you went forth before your people, *

        when you marched through the wilderness,

 

8            The earth shook, and the skies poured down rain,

at the presence of God, the God of Sinai, *

        at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

 

9            You sent a gracious rain, O God, upon your inheritance; *

        you refreshed the land when it was weary.

 

10            Your people found their home in it; *

        in your goodness, O God, you have made provision

for the poor.

11            The Lord gave the word; *

        great was the company of women who bore the tidings:

 

12            “Kings with their armies are fleeing away; *

        the women at home are dividing the spoils.”

 

13            Though you lingered among the sheepfolds, *

        you shall be like a dove whose wings are covered with silver,

        whose feathers are like green gold.

 

14            When the Almighty scattered kings, *

        it was like snow falling in Zalmon.

 

15            O mighty mountain, O hill of Bashan! *

        O rugged mountain, O hill of Bashan!

 

16            Why do you look with envy, O rugged mountain,

at the hill which God chose for his resting place? *

        truly, the Lord will dwell there for ever.

 

17            The chariots of God are twenty thousand,

even thousands of thousands; *

        the Lord comes in holiness from Sinai.

 

18            You have gone up on high and led captivity captive;

you have received gifts even from your enemies, *

        that the Lord God might dwell among them.

 

19            Blessed be the Lord day by day, *

        the God of our salvation, who bears our burdens.

 

20            He is our God, the God of our salvation; *

        God is the Lord, by whom we escape death.

 

 

21            God shall crush the heads of his enemies, *

        and the hairy scalp of those who go on still in their

wickedness.

22            The Lord has said, “I will bring them back from Bashan; *

        I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

 

23            That your foot may be dipped in blood, *

        the tongues of your dogs in the blood of your enemies.”

 

 

24            They see your procession, O God, *

        your procession into the sanctuary, my God and my King.

 

25            The singers go before, musicians follow after, *

        in the midst of maidens playing upon the hand‑drums.

 

26            Bless God in the congregation; *

        bless the Lord, you that are of the fountain of Israel.

 

27            There is Benjamin, least of the tribes, at the head;

the princes of Judah in a company; *

        and the princes of Zebulon and Naphtali.

 

28            Send forth your strength, O God; *

        establish, O God, what you have wrought for us.

 

29            Kings shall bring gifts to you, *

        for your temple’s sake at Jerusalem.

 

30            Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, *

        and the peoples, a herd of wild bulls with its calves.

 

31            Trample down those who lust after silver; *

        scatter the peoples that delight in war.

 

32            Let tribute be brought out of Egypt; *

        let Ethiopia stretch out her hands to God.

 

33            Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; *

        sing praises to the Lord.

 

34            He rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; *

        he sends forth his voice, his mighty voice.

35            Ascribe power to God; *

        his majesty is over Israel;

        his strength is in the skies.

 

36            How wonderful is God in his holy places! *

        the God of Israel giving strength and power to his people!

        Blessed be God!