11. Thy word have I hid in my heart: that I might not sin against thee.

12. Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.

13. With my lips have I declared: all the judgments of thy mouth.

14. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

15. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

16. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

III. Retribue servo tuo.

17. DEAL bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, so will I observe thy word.

18. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

19. I am a sojourner in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 20. My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

21. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do wander from thy commandments.

22. Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

23. Princes also sat and talked against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

24. Thy testimonies are my delight, and my counsellors.

PSALM 121. Levavi oculos.

1. I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?

2. My help cometh from the Lord: which made heaven and earth.

3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

6. The sun shall not smite thee by day: nor the moon by night.

7. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

8. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in: from this time forth, and for evermore.

PSALM 122. Lætatus sum.

1. I WAS glad when they said unto me: Let us go into the house of the Lord.

2. Our feet shall stand within thy gates: O Jerusalem.

3. Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together:

4. Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, for a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

5. For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

7. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

8. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

9. For the sake of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.

PSALM 139. Domine, probasti.

1. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; thou understandest my thought afar off.

3. Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

5. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11. If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, then the night shall be night about me.

12. Even the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the

day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14. I will give thanks to thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15. My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret: and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16. Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance: and in thy book all my members were written: which day by day were fashioned: when as yet there was none of them.

17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye blood-thirsty men.

20. For they speak against thee wickedly and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22. I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

23. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts; 24. And see if there be any way of wickedness in me: and lead me in the way everlasting.

PSALM 141. Domine, clamavi.

1. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me, and consider my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

4. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

5. Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

6. When their judges are overthrown in stormy places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7. Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

8. But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

9. Keep me from the snares which they have laid me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.

20. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, and let me ever escape them.

PSALM 145. Exaltabo te, Deus.

1. I WILL extol thee, my God, O King and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

2. Every day will I bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever.

3. Great is the Lord and highly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

4. One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

5. Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, and of thy wondrous works, will I meditate.

6. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

7. They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness: and shall sing of thy righteousness.

8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and great to mercy.

9. The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works. 10. All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee. 11. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

12. To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

14. The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

15. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due

season.

16. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.

18. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

19. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

20. The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

21. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

PSALM 147. Laudate Dominum.

1. PRAISE ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

2. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

4. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their

names.

5. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power: his understanding is infinite.

6. The Lord upholdeth the meek: he bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

7. Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving: sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

8. Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

9, He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

10. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

11. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

12. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

13. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

14. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

15. He sendeth out his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

16. He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.

17. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

18. He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19. He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

20. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.

PSALM 150. Laudate Dominum.

1. PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary, praise him in the firmament of his power.

2. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

3. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

4. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

5. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

6. Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.