Day 1 Evening Prayer
Psalm 6
Domine, ne in furore
- O LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in thy displeasure.
- Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed.
- My soul also is sore troubled: but, Lord, how long wilt thou punish me?
- Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake.
- For in death no man remembereth thee: and who will give thee thanks in the pit?
- I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed: and water my couch with my tears.
- My beauty is gone for very trouble: and worn away because of all mine enemies.
- Away from me, all ye that work vanity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
- The Lord hath heard my petition: the Lord will receive my prayer.
- All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed: they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly.
Psalm 7
Domine, Deus meus
- O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
- Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces: while there is none to help.
- O Lord my God, if I have done any such thing: or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
- If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me: yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy,
- Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me: yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
- Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies: arise up for me in the judgement that thou hast commanded.
- And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee: for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
- The Lord shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O Lord: according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.
- O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end: but guide thou the just.
- For the righteous God: trieth the very hearts and reins.
- My help cometh of God: who preserveth them that are true of heart.
- God is a righteous Judge, strong and patient: and God is provoked every day.
- If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword: he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- He hath prepared for him the instruments of death: he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors
- Behold, he travaileth with mischief: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness.
- He hath graven and digged up a pit: and is fallen on himself into the destruction that he made for other.
- For his travail shall come upon his own head: and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
- I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteousness: and I will praise the Name of the Lord most High.
Psalm 8
Domine, Dominus noster
- O LORD our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world: thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens!
- Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies: that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
- For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained.
- What is man, that thou art mindful of him: and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
- Thou madest him lower than the angels: to crown him with glory and worship.
- Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands: and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet;
- All sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field;
- The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
- O Lord our Governor: how excellent is thy Name in all the world!