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1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

2 O God, do not be silent toward my praise, for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful one have been opened against me.

3 They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues, and they have surrounded me with hateful words, and they fought against me over nothing.

4 Instead of choosing to act on my behalf, they detracted me. But I gave myself to prayer.

5 And they set evil against me, instead of good, and hatred, in return for my love.

6 Establish the sinner over him, and let the devil stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, may he go forth in condemnation, and may his prayer be counted as sin.

8 May his days be few, and let another take his episcopate.

9 May his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow.

10 May his sons be carried by those who walk unsteadily, and may they go begging. And may they be cast out of their dwelling places.

11 May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, and let foreigners plunder his labors.

12 May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.

13 May his posterity be in utter ruin. In one generation, may his name be wiped away.

14 May the iniquity of his fathers return in memory before the sight of the Lord, and do not let the sin of his mother be wiped away.

15 May these be opposite the Lord always, but let their memory perish from the earth.

16 For certain things are not remembered about them, in order to be merciful.

17 And so the destitute man was pursued, with the beggar and the remorseful in heart, so as to be put to death.

18 And he loved a curse, and it came to him. And he was unwilling to have a blessing, and it went far from him. And he clothed himself with curses like a garment, and it entered his inner self like water, and it entered his bones like oil.

19 May it be to him like a garment that covers him, and like a belt that always cinches him.

20 This is the work of those who detract me with the Lord and who speak evils against my soul.

21 But as for you, Lord, O Lord: act on my behalf for your name’s sake. For your mercy is sweet.

22 Free me, for I am destitute and poor, and my heart has been disquieted within me.

23 I have been taken away like a shadow when it declines, and I have been shaken off like locusts.

24 My knees have been weakened by fasting, and my flesh has been replaced by oil.

25 And I have become a disgrace to them. They saw me, and they shook their heads.

26 Help me, O Lord, my God. Save me according to your mercy.

27 And let them know that this is your hand, and that you, O Lord, have done this.

28 They will curse, and you will bless. May those who rise up against me be confounded. But your servant will rejoice.

29 May those who detract me be clothed with shame, and may they be covered with their confusion, as if with a double cloak.

30 I will confess exceedingly to the Lord with my mouth. And I will praise him in the midst of the multitude.

31 For he stands at the right hand of the poor, in order to save my soul from persecutors.

1 A Psalm of David. The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

2 The Lord will send forth the scepter of your virtue from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.

3 It is with you from the beginning, in the day of your virtue, in the splendor of the saints. From conception, before the light-bearer, I begot you.

4 The Lord has sworn, and he will not repent: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at your right hand. He has broken kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He will judge between the nations; he will fill up ruination. He will shatter heads in the land of the many.

7 He will drink from the torrent on the way. Because of this, he will exalt the head.

1 Alleluia. I will confess to you, O Lord, with my whole heart, in the council of the just and in the congregation.

2 Great are the works of the Lord, exquisite in all his intentions.

3 Confession and magnificence are his work. And his justice remains from age to age.

4 He has created a memorial to his wonders; he is a merciful and compassionate Lord.

5 He has given food to those who fear him. He will be mindful of his covenant in every age.

6 He will announce the virtue of his works to his people,

7 so that he may give them the inheritance of the nations. The works of his hands are truth and judgment.

8 All his commands are faithful: confirmed from age to age, created in truth and fairness.

9 He has sent redemption upon his people. He has commanded his covenant for all eternity. Holy and terrible is his name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding is for all who do it. His praise remains from age to age.

1 Alleluia. Of the return of Haggai and Zachariah. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. He will prefer his commandments exceedingly.

2 His offspring will be powerful on the earth. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

3 Glory and wealth will be in his house, and his justice shall remain from age to age.

4 For the upright, a light has risen up in the darkness. He is merciful and compassionate and just.

5 Pleasing is the man who shows mercy and lends. He will order his words with judgment.

6 For he will not be disturbed in eternity.

7 The just one will be an everlasting memorial. He will not fear a report of disasters. His heart is prepared to hope in the Lord.

8 His heart has been confirmed. He will not be disturbed, until he looks down upon his enemies.

9 He has distributed, he has given to the poor. His justice shall remain from age to age. His horn shall be exalted in glory.

10 The sinner will see and become angry. He will gnash his teeth and waste away. The desire of sinners will perish.

1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord.

2 Blessed is the name of the Lord, from this time forward and even forever.

3 From the rising of the sun, even to its setting, praiseworthy is the name of the Lord.

4 The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory is high above the heavens.

5 Who is like the Lord, our God, who dwells on high,

6 and who gazes upon the humble things in heaven and on earth?

7 He lifts up the needy from the ground, and he urges the poor away from filth,

8 so that he may place him with the leaders, with the leaders of his people.

9 He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.

1 Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

2 Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power.

3 The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again.

4 The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep.

5 What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again?

6 What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep?

7 Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob.

8 He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters.

9 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory.

10 Give glory to your mercy and your truth, lest the Gentiles should say, “Where is their God?”

11 But our God is in heaven. All things whatsoever that he has willed, he has done.

12 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.

13 They have mouths, and do not speak; they have eyes, and do not see.

14 They have ears, and do not hear; they have noses, and do not smell.

15 They have hands, and do not feel; they have feet, and do not walk. Neither will they cry out with their throat.

16 Let those who make them become like them, along with all who trust in them.

17 The house of Israel has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector.

18 The house of Aaron has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector.

19 Those who fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector.

20 The Lord has been mindful of us, and he has blessed us. He has blessed the house of Israel. He has blessed the house of Aaron.

21 He has blessed all who fear the Lord, the small with the great.

22 May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your sons.

23 Blessed are you by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

24 The heaven of heaven is for the Lord, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

25 The dead will not praise you, Lord, and neither will all those who descend into Hell.

26 But we who live will bless the Lord, from this time forward, and even forever.

1 Alleluia. I have loved: therefore, the Lord will heed the voice of my prayer.

2 For he has inclined his ear to me. And in my days, I will call upon him.

3 The sorrows of death have surrounded me, and the perils of Hell have found me. I have found tribulation and sorrow.

4 And so, I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, free my soul.

5 Merciful is the Lord, and just. And our God is compassionate.

6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones. I was humbled, and he freed me.

7 Turn again, my soul, to your rest. For the Lord has done good to you.

8 For he has rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from slipping.

9 I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

1 Alleluia. I had confidence, because of what I was saying, but then I was greatly humbled.

2 I said in my excess, “Every man is a liar.”

3 What shall I repay to the Lord, for all the things that he has repaid to me?

4 I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

5 I will repay my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people.

6 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his holy ones.

7 O Lord, because I am your servant, your servant and the son of your handmaid, you have broken my bonds.

8 I will sacrifice to you the sacrifice of praise, and I will invoke the name of the Lord.

9 I will repay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people,

10 in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem.

1 Alleluia. All nations, praise the Lord. All peoples, praise him.

2 For his mercy has been confirmed over us. And the truth of the Lord remains for all eternity.

1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever.

2 Let Israel now say: For he is good, for his mercy is forever.

3 Let the house of Aaron now say: For his mercy is forever.

4 Let those who fear the Lord now say: For his mercy is forever.

5 In my tribulation, I called upon the Lord. And the Lord heeded me with generosity.

6 The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what man can do to me.

7 The Lord is my helper. And I will look down upon my enemies.

8 It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in man.

9 It is good to hope in the Lord, rather than to hope in leaders.

10 All the nations have surrounded me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them.

11 Surrounding me, they closed in on me. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them.

12 They surrounded me like a swarm, and they burned like fire among the thorns. And, in the name of the Lord, I have been avenged over them.

13 Having been pushed, I was overturned so as to fall. But the Lord took me up.

14 The Lord is my strength and my praise. And he has become my salvation.

15 A voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the just.

16 The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue. The right hand of the Lord has exalted me. The right hand of the Lord has wrought virtue.

17 I will not die, but I will live. And I will declare the works of the Lord.

18 When chastising, the Lord chastised me. But he has not delivered me over to death.

19 Open the gates of justice to me. I will enter them, and I will confess to the Lord.

20 This is the gate of the Lord. The just will enter by it.

21 I will confess to you because you have heard me. And you have become my salvation.

22 The stone which the builders have rejected, this has become the head of the corner.

23 By the Lord has this been done, and it is a wonder before our eyes.

24 This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us exult and rejoice in it.

25 O Lord, grant salvation to me. O Lord, grant good prosperity.

26 Blessed is he who arrives in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.

27 The Lord is God, and he has enlightened us. Establish a solemn day amid a dense crowd, even to the horn of the altar.

28 You are my God, and I will confess to you. You are my God, and I will exalt you. I will confess to you, for you have heeded me. And you have become my salvation.

29 Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is forever.