5 Thou art my King, | O-- God: send help { un--to Ja--cob. 6 Through thee will we overthrow our | ene-mies and in thy Name will we tread them under, that rise up -- against -- us. 7 For I will not trust in my my sword that - shall | help - me; bow it is not 8 But it is thou that savest us from our | ene-mies and puttest them to confusion hate -- us. 9 We make our boast of God all day and will praise thy Name fore--ver. - that | 10 But now thou art far off, and puttest us to con fu--sion and goest not forth with -- our | ar--mies. 11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our | ene--mies so that they which hate { us -our -- goods. 12 Thou lettest us be eaten up and hast scattered us among the 13 Thou sellest thy people for takest nomo--ney | for them. spoil | 14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our | neigh--bours to be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them that are round about - us. 15 Thou makest us to be a by-word among the | hea--then and that the people shake heads at -'- us. their 16 My confusion is daily be fore -- me and the shame of my face hath -- covered -- me; 17 For the voice of the slanderer and blas- | phem--er for the enemy and -- a | ven--ger. 18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do thee nor behave ourselves fro we not forget -' wardly in thy --cove--nant. 19 Our heart is not turned -- back; neither our steps gone out of | thy -- way ; - 20 No, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dra--gons and covered us with the { sha--dow of - death. 21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and holden up our hands to any | strange -- god : shall not God search it out? for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart. -' - 22 For thy sake also are we killed all the day --long and are counted as sheep appointed -to be -- slain. 23 Up, Lord, why sleep | est -- thou awake, and be not absent from us -- for e--ver. 24 Wherefore hidest thou | thy gettest our misery -- and trou--ble? -' face and for 25 For our soul is brought low, even unto the -- dust: our belly cleaveth un--to | the -- ground. 26 Arise, and help -- us and deliver us for { thy -- mercy's sake. -' GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, AND TO THE -- SON: AND TO THE -- HOLY GHOST; -' AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW, AND EVER --- SHALL BE WORLD WITHOUT -- END. | A--MEN. PSALM XLV.* Eructavit cor meum. MY Y heart is inditing of a good | mat--ter: I speak of the things which I have made { un--to the King. -' * 2nd Proper Psalm for the Morning of Christmas-Day. 3 Thou art fairer than the children of | -- men : full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for e--ver. - 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most Migh--ty according to thy worship -and re--nown. 5 Good luck have thou with thine | hon--our : ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible -- things. -' 6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee even in the midst among the King's en | e--mies. 7 Thy seat, O God, endureth for | e--ver: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a -- right scep- tre. 8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated ini | qui--ty wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fel--lows. - 9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and | cas--sia out of the ivory palaces, whereby they { have -- made thee glad. 10 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable | wo--men upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, wrought about with § di---vers | co---lours. 11 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, incline | thine -- ear forget also thine own people, and § house. father's thy - 12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beau--ty for he is thy Lord God, and ship thou him. -' - wor- 13 And the daughter of 1yre shall be there with a gift like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before -thee. -' 14 The King's daughter is all glorious | with-in her clothing is of wrought -- gold. - 15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle--work the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be { brought -- un to -- thee. 16 With joy and gladness shall they be -brought and shall enter into the King's pa--lace. 17 Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have | child--ren whom thou mayest make princes -in all lands. 18 I will remember thy Name from one generation to a no--ther therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end. GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, AND TO | THE -AND TO THE -- Ho|LY -- GHOST; - - - SON: AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW, AND EVER -'- SHALL BE: WORLD WITH OUT -- END. | A--MEN. PSALM XLVI. Deus noster refugium. | GOD is our hope and -- strength: strength a very present help in trou--ble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be mov--ed and though the hills be carried into the midst of the -- sea. - - 3 Though the waters thereof rage | and swell : and though the mountains shake at the tempest --of the -- same. 4 The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacle of the most | High--est. - that 5 God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed God shall help her, and -- right ear--ly. 6 The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are mov--ed but God hath shewed his voice, and the earth shall melt a--way. - 7 The Lord of hosts is with - us the God of Jacob is -- our | re--fuge. 80 come hither, and behold the works of the -Lord what destruction he hath brought up--on | world : spear in in the fire. God: I 9 He maketh wars to cease in all the he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the sunder, and burneth the chariots 10 Be still then, and know that I | am -will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted -- in the earth. - 11 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is -- our re--fuge. GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, AND TO | THE -AND TO THE -- HOLY -- GHOST; SON: AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW, AND EVER -- SHALL BE WORLD WITH OUT -- END. | A--MEN. |