Day 17. Evening Prayer. Psalm 89. Misericordias Domini MY SONG shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the Lord : with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another. 2. For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever : thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens. 3. I have made a covenant with my chosen : I have sworn unto David my servant; 4. Thy seed will I stablish for ever : and set up thy throne from one generation to another. 5. O Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works : and thy truth in the congregation of the saints. 6. For who is he among the clouds : that shall be compared unto the Lord? 7. And what is he among the gods : that shall be like unto the Lord? 8. God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the saints : and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him. 9. O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee : thy truth, most mighty Lord, is on every side. 10. Thou rulest the raging of the sea : thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise. 11. Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it : thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm. 12. The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is. 13. Thou hast made the north and the south : Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name. 14. Thou hast a mighty arm : strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 15. Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 16. Blessed is the people, O Lord, that can rejoice in thee : they shall walk in the light of thy countenance. 17. Their delight shall be daily in thy Name : and in thy righteousness shall they make their boast. 18. For thou art the glory of their strength : and in thy loving-kindness thou shalt lift up our horns. 19. For the Lord is our defence : the Holy One of Israel is our King. 20. Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst : I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 21. I have found David my servant : with my holy oil have I anointed him. 22. My hand shall hold him fast : and my arm shall strengthen him. 23. The enemy shall not be able to do him violence : the son of wickedness shall not hurt him. 24. I will smite down his foes before his face : and plague them that hate him. 25. My truth also and my mercy shall be with him : and in my Name shall his horn be exalted. 26. I will set his dominion also in the sea : and his right hand in the floods. 27. He shall call me, Thou art my Father : my God, and my strong salvation. 28. And I will make him my first-born : higher than the kings of the earth. 29. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore : and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 30. His seed also will I make to endure for ever : and his throne as the days of heaven. 31. But if his children forsake my law : and walk not in my judgements; 32. If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments : I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges. 33. Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him : nor suffer my truth to fail. 34. My covenant I will not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips : I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David. 35. His seed shall endure for ever : and his seat is like as the sun before me. 36. He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon : and as the faithful witness in heaven. 37. But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed : and art displeased at him. 38. Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant : and cast his crown to the ground. 39. Thou hast overthrown all his hedges : and broken down his strong holds. 40. All they that go by spoil him : and he is become a reproach to his neighbours. 41. Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies : and made all his adversaries to rejoice. 42. Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword : and givest him not victory in the battle. 43. Thou hast put out his glory : and cast his throne down to the ground. 44. The days of his youth hast thou shortened : and covered him with dishonour. 45. Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself, for ever : and shall thy wrath burn like fire? 46. O remember how short my time is : wherefore hast thou made all men for nought? 47. What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death : and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell? 48. Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses : which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? 49. Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have : and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people. 50. Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed : Praised be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
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