Psalm 21

For the end, a Psalm of David.

¹ O Lord, the king shall rejoice in thy strength; and in thy salvation he shall greatly exult. ² Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause. ³ For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou has set upon his head a crown of precious stone. ⁴ He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever. ⁵ His glory is great in thy salvation: thou wilt crown him with glory and majesty. ⁶ For thou wilt give him a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance. ⁷ For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.

⁸ Let thy hand be found by all thine enemies: let thy right hand find all that hate thee. ⁹ Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven at the time of thy presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them. ¹⁰ Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from among the sons of men. ¹¹ For they intended evils against thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform. ¹² For thou shalt make them turn their back in thy latter end, thou wilt prepare their face. ¹³ Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: we will sing and praise thy mighty acts.

Psalm 22

For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David.

^{1 1}O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation. ² O my God, I will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be accounted for folly to me.

³ But thou, the praise of Israel, dwellest in a sanctuary. ⁴ Our fathers hoped in thee; they hoped, and thou didst deliver them. ⁵ They cried to thee, and were saved: they hoped in thee, and were not ashamed. ⁶ But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people. ⁷ All that saw me mocked me: they spoke with their lips, they shook the head, saying, ⁸ He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him. ⁹ For thou art he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from my mother's breasts. ¹⁰ I was cast on thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

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¹¹ Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper. ¹² Many ²bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round. ¹³ They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion. ¹⁴ I am poured out like water, and all my bones are loosened: my heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax. ¹⁵ My strength is dried up, like a potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and thou hast brought me down to the dust of death. ¹⁶ For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet. ¹⁷ They counted all my bones; and they observed and looked upon me. ^{18 3}They parted my garments among themselves, and cast lots upon my raiment.

¹⁹ But thou, O Lord, remove not my help afar off: be ready for mine aid. ²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword; my only-begotten one from the power of the dog. ²¹ Save me from the lion's mouth; and regard my ⁴lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.

²² I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I sing praise to thee. ²³ Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye seed of Jacob, glorify him: let all the seed of Israel fear him. ²⁴ For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me. ²⁵ My praise is of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

²⁶ The poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their heart shall live for ever. ²⁷ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him. ²⁸ For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he is the governor of the nations. ²⁹ All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped: all that go down to the earth shall fall down before him: my soul also lives to him. ³⁰ And my seed shall serve him: the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord. ³¹ And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.