Psalm 116

Alleluia.

¹ I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication. ² Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live. ³ The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. ⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul.

⁵ The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity. ⁶ The Lord preserves ¹the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.

⁷ Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee. ⁸ For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. ⁹ I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living.

Alleluia.

^{10 2}I believed, wherefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted. ¹¹ And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar. ¹² What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me? ¹³ I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. ¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. ¹⁶ O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast burst by bonds asunder. ¹⁷ I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹ in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem.

Psalm 117

Alleluia.

^{1 3}Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye peoples. ² For his mercy has been abundant toward us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.

Psalm 118

Alleluia.

¹ Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. ² Let now the house of Israel say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. ³ Let now the house of Aaron say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. ⁴ Let now all that fear the Lord say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

⁵ I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he hearkened to me, so as to bring me into a wide place. ^{6 4}The Lord is my

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helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me. ⁷ The Lord is my helper; and I shall see my desire upon mine enemies. ⁸ It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. ⁹ It is better to hope in the Lord, than to hope in princes.

¹⁰ All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. ¹¹ They completely compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. ¹² They compassed me about as bees do a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. ¹³ I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation. ¹⁵ The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily. ¹⁶ The right hand of the Lord has exalted me: the right hand of the Lord has wrought powerfully. ¹⁷ I shall not die, but live, and recount the works of the Lord. ¹⁸ The Lord has chastened me sore: but he has not given me up to death.

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord. ²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it. ²¹ I will give thanks to thee; because thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. ^{22 5}The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner. ²³ This has been done of the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it. ²⁵ O Lord, save now: O Lord, send now prosperity. ^{26 6}Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

²⁷ God is the Lord, and he has shined upon us: celebrate the feast with ⁷thick branches, binding the victims even to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will give thee thanks: thou art my God, and I will exalt thee. I will give thanks to thee, for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. ²⁹ Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.