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1 To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me.

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses.

3 He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities.

4 He redeems your life from destruction. He crowns you with mercy and compassion.

5 He satisfies your desire with good things. Your youth will be renewed like that of the eagle.

6 The Lord accomplishes mercies, and his judgment is for all who patiently endure injuries.

7 He has made his ways known to Moses, his will to the sons of Israel.

8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.

9 He will not be angry forever, and he will not threaten for eternity.

10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, and he has not repaid us according to our iniquities.

11 For according to the height of the heavens above the earth, so has he reinforced his mercy toward those who fear him.

12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our iniquities from us.

13 As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him.

14 For he knows our form. He has called to mind that we are dust.

15 Man: his days are like hay. Like the flower of the field, so will he flourish.

16 For the spirit in him will pass away, and it will not remain, and he will know his place no longer.

17 But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity, and even unto eternity, upon those who fear him. And his justice is with the sons of the sons,

18 with those who serve his covenant and have been mindful of his commandments by doing them.

19 The Lord has prepared his throne in heaven, and his kingdom will rule over all.

20 Bless the Lord, all you his Angels: powerful in virtue, doing his word, in order to heed the voice of his discourse.

21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts: his ministers who do his will.

22 Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

1 To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are exceedingly great. You have clothed yourself with confession and beauty;

2 you are dressed with light like a garment, while you stretch out heaven like a tent.

3 You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds.

4 You make your Angels a breath of life, and your ministers a burning fire.

5 You founded the earth upon its stable base. It will not be bent from age to age.

6 The abyss, like a garment, is its clothing. The waters will remain standing above the mountains.

7 At your rebuke, they will flee. At the voice of your thunder, they will dread.

8 The mountains ascend, and the plains descend, to the place which you have founded for them.

9 You have set a limit that they will not cross. And they will not return to cover the earth.

10 You spring forth fountains in steep valleys. The waters will cross through the midst of the mountains.

11 All the wild beasts of the field will drink. The wild donkeys will anticipate in their thirst.

12 Above them, the flying things of the air will dwell. From the midst of the rocks, they will utter voices.

13 You irrigate the mountains from your heights. The earth will be satiated from the fruit of your works,

14 producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth,

15 and wine, in order to cheer the heart of man. Then he may gladden his face with oil, and bread will confirm the heart of man.

16 The trees of the field will be saturated, along with the cedars of Lebanon, which he planted.

17 There, the sparrows will make their nests. The leader of them is the house of the heron.

18 The heights of the hills are for the deer; the rock is a refuge for the hedgehog.

19 He has made the moon for seasons; the sun knows its setting.

20 You appointed darkness, and it has become night; all the beasts of the forest will cross through it.

21 The young lions will roar, while searching for and seizing their meal from God.

22 The sun arose, and they were gathered together; and in their dens, they will lie down together.

23 Man will go forth to his work and to his activities, until the evening.

24 How great are your works, O Lord! You have made all things in wisdom. The earth has been filled with your possessions.

25 This sea is great and its hands are spacious. There are creeping things without number: the small animals with the great.

26 There, the ships will pass by this sea-serpent that you have formed to mock them.

27 All these expect you to give them food in due time.

28 What you give to them, they will gather. When you open your hand, they will all be filled with goodness.

29 But if you turn your face away, they will be disturbed. You will take away their breath, and they will fail, and they will return to their dust.

30 You will send forth your Spirit, and they will be created. And you will renew the face of the earth.

31 May the glory of the Lord be for all ages. The Lord will rejoice in his works.

32 He considers the earth, and he makes it tremble. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33 I will sing to the Lord with my life. I will sing psalms to my God, as long as I am.

34 May my speech be pleasing to him. Truly, I will take delight in the Lord.

35 Let sinners fade away from the earth, along with the unjust, so that they may not be. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Announce his works among the nations.

2 Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.

3 Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

4 Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.

5 Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:

6 you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.

7 He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.

8 He has remembered his covenant for all ages: the word that he entrusted to a thousand generations,

9 which he assigned to Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.

10 And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,

11 saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.

12 Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,

13 and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,

14 he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.

15 Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.

16 And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.

17 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

18 They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,

19 until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.

20 The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.

21 He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,

22 so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.

23 And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.

24 And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.

25 He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.

27 He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.

28 He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.

29 He turned their waters into blood, and he slaughtered their fish.

30 Their land brought forth frogs, even in the inner chambers of their kings.

31 He spoke, and there came forth common flies and gnats, in every region.

32 He gave them a shower of hail and a burning fire, in the same land.

33 And he struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and he crushed the trees of their region.

34 He spoke, and the locust came forth, and the caterpillar, of which there was no number.

35 And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.

36 And he struck all the first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their labor.

37 And he led them out with silver and gold, and there was not an infirm one among their tribes.

38 Egypt was joyful at their departure, for the fear of them lay heavy upon them.

39 He spread a cloud for their protection, and a fire, to give them light through the night.

40 They petitioned, and the quail came; and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41 He ruptured the rock and the waters flowed: rivers gushed in the dry land.

42 For he had called to mind his holy word, which he kept near to his servant Abraham.

43 And he led forth his people in exultation, and his elect in rejoicing.

44 And he gave them the regions of the Gentiles, and they possessed the labors of the peoples,

45 so that they might observe his justifications, and inquire about his law.

1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

2 Who will declare the powers of the Lord? Who make a hearing for all his praises?

3 Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.

4 Remember us, O Lord, with good will for your people. Visit us with your salvation,

5 so that we may see the goodness of your elect, so that we may rejoice in the joy of your nation, so that you may be praised along with your inheritance.

6 We have sinned, as have our fathers. We have acted unjustly; we have wrought iniquity.

7 Our fathers did not understand your miracles in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your mercies. And they provoked you, while going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.

8 And he saved them for the sake of his name, so that he might make known his power.

9 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up. And he led them into the abyss, as if into a desert.

10 And he saved them from the hand of those who hated them. And he redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11 And the water covered those who troubled them. Not one of them remained.

12 And they believed his words, and they sang his praises.

13 As soon as they had finished, they forgot his works, and they would not endure his counsel.

14 And they coveted their desire in the desert, and they tempted God in a waterless place.

15 And he granted to them their request, and he sent abundance into their souls.

16 And they provoked Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

17 The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered the congregation of Abiram.

18 And a fire broke out in their congregation. A flame burned up the sinners.

19 And they fashioned a calf at Horeb, and they adored a graven image.

20 And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of a calf that eats hay.

21 They forgot God, who saved them, who did great things in Egypt:

22 miracles in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea.

23 And he said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them.

24 And they held the desirable land to be nothing. They did not trust in his word.

25 And they murmured in their tabernacles. They did not heed the voice of the Lord.

26 And he lifted up his hand over them, in order to prostrate them in the desert,

27 and in order to cast their offspring among the nations, and to scatter them among the regions.

28 And they were initiated into Baal of Peor, and they ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 And they provoked him with their inventions, and ruination was multiplied in them.

30 Then Phinehas stood up and placated him: and so the violent disturbance ceased.

31 And it was reputed to him unto justice, from generation to generation, even forever.

32 And they provoked him at the Waters of Contradiction, and Moses was afflicted because of them,

33 for they exasperated his spirit. And so he divided them with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the nations, about which the Lord had spoken to them.

35 And they were mixed among the Gentiles. And they learned their works,

36 and they served their graven images, and it became a scandal to them.

37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38 And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan. And the land was infected with bloodshed,

39 and was contaminated with their works. And they fornicated according to their own inventions.

40 And the Lord became furiously angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations. And those who hated them became rulers over them.

42 And their enemies afflicted them, and they were humbled under their hands.

43 Many times, he delivered them. Yet they provoked him with their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.

44 And he saw that they were in tribulation, and he heard their prayer.

45 And he was mindful of his covenant, and he repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

46 And he provided for them with mercies, in the sight of all those who had seized them.

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, so that we may confess your holy name and glory in your praise.

48 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, from ages past, even to all ages. And let all the people say: Amen. Amen.

1 Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

2 Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regions,

3 from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.

4 They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.

5 They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.

6 And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.

7 And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.

8 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

9 For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:

10 those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.

11 For they exasperated the eloquence of God, and they irritated the deliberation of the Most High.

12 And their heart was brought low with hardships. They were weakened, and there was no one to help them.

13 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he freed them from their distress.

14 And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.

15 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

16 For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.

17 He has taken them up, from the way of their iniquity. For they were brought low, because of their injustices.

18 Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near even to the gates of death.

19 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he delivered them in their necessity.

20 He sent his word, and he healed them, and he rescued them from their utter destruction.

21 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

22 And let them offer sacrifice with the sacrifice of praise, and let them announce his works in exultation.

23 Those who descend to the sea in ships, making their livelihood in the great waters:

24 these have seen the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.

25 He spoke: and a windstorm stood up, and its waves were exalted.

26 They ascend even to the heavens, and they descend even to the abyss. Their soul will waste away in distress.

27 They were troubled, and they moved like a drunkard, and all their wisdom was consumed.

28 And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.

29 And he replaced the storm with a breeze, and its waves were stilled.

30 And they were joyful that it was stilled, and he led them into the haven that they desired.

31 Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

32 And let them exalt him in the Church of the people, and praise him in the chair of the elders.

33 He has placed rivers in the desert and sources of water in dry places,

34 a fruit-bearing land in the midst of brine, before the malice of those who dwell in it.

35 He has placed a desert in the midst of pools of waters, and a land without water in the midst of sources of water.

36 And he has gathered the hungry together there, and they constructed a city of habitation.

37 And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they produced the fruit of nativity.

38 And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden.

39 And they became few, and they were afflicted by the tribulation of evils and of sorrow.

40 Contempt was poured over their leaders, and he caused them to wander in an impassable place, and not on the way.

41 And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep.

42 The upright will see, and they will rejoice. And every iniquity will block its mouth.

43 Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord?

1 A Canticle Psalm, of David himself.

2 My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing songs, and I will sing psalms in my glory.

3 Rise up, my glory. Rise up, Psalter and harp. I will arise in early morning.

4 I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. And I will sing psalms to you among the nations.

5 For your mercy is great, beyond the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.

6 Be exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and your glory, beyond all the earth,

7 so that your beloved may be freed. Save with your right hand, and heed me.

8 God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult, and I will divide Shechem, and I will divide by measure the steep valley of tabernacles.

9 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the supporter of my head. Judah is my king.

10 Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends.

11 Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me, even into Idumea?

12 Will not you, O God, who had rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?

13 Grant us help from tribulation, for vain is the help of man.

14 In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

2 O God, do not be silent toward my praise, for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful one have been opened against me.

3 They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues, and they have surrounded me with hateful words, and they fought against me over nothing.

4 Instead of choosing to act on my behalf, they detracted me. But I gave myself to prayer.

5 And they set evil against me, instead of good, and hatred, in return for my love.

6 Establish the sinner over him, and let the devil stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, may he go forth in condemnation, and may his prayer be counted as sin.

8 May his days be few, and let another take his episcopate.

9 May his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow.

10 May his sons be carried by those who walk unsteadily, and may they go begging. And may they be cast out of their dwelling places.

11 May the money lenders scrutinize all his belongings, and let foreigners plunder his labors.

12 May there be no one to assist him, nor anyone to be compassionate to his orphaned children.

13 May his posterity be in utter ruin. In one generation, may his name be wiped away.

14 May the iniquity of his fathers return in memory before the sight of the Lord, and do not let the sin of his mother be wiped away.

15 May these be opposite the Lord always, but let their memory perish from the earth.

16 For certain things are not remembered about them, in order to be merciful.

17 And so the destitute man was pursued, with the beggar and the remorseful in heart, so as to be put to death.

18 And he loved a curse, and it came to him. And he was unwilling to have a blessing, and it went far from him. And he clothed himself with curses like a garment, and it entered his inner self like water, and it entered his bones like oil.

19 May it be to him like a garment that covers him, and like a belt that always cinches him.

20 This is the work of those who detract me with the Lord and who speak evils against my soul.

21 But as for you, Lord, O Lord: act on my behalf for your name’s sake. For your mercy is sweet.

22 Free me, for I am destitute and poor, and my heart has been disquieted within me.

23 I have been taken away like a shadow when it declines, and I have been shaken off like locusts.

24 My knees have been weakened by fasting, and my flesh has been replaced by oil.

25 And I have become a disgrace to them. They saw me, and they shook their heads.

26 Help me, O Lord, my God. Save me according to your mercy.

27 And let them know that this is your hand, and that you, O Lord, have done this.

28 They will curse, and you will bless. May those who rise up against me be confounded. But your servant will rejoice.

29 May those who detract me be clothed with shame, and may they be covered with their confusion, as if with a double cloak.

30 I will confess exceedingly to the Lord with my mouth. And I will praise him in the midst of the multitude.

31 For he stands at the right hand of the poor, in order to save my soul from persecutors.

1 A Psalm of David. The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

2 The Lord will send forth the scepter of your virtue from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.

3 It is with you from the beginning, in the day of your virtue, in the splendor of the saints. From conception, before the light-bearer, I begot you.

4 The Lord has sworn, and he will not repent: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

5 The Lord is at your right hand. He has broken kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He will judge between the nations; he will fill up ruination. He will shatter heads in the land of the many.

7 He will drink from the torrent on the way. Because of this, he will exalt the head.

1 Alleluia. I will confess to you, O Lord, with my whole heart, in the council of the just and in the congregation.

2 Great are the works of the Lord, exquisite in all his intentions.

3 Confession and magnificence are his work. And his justice remains from age to age.

4 He has created a memorial to his wonders; he is a merciful and compassionate Lord.

5 He has given food to those who fear him. He will be mindful of his covenant in every age.

6 He will announce the virtue of his works to his people,

7 so that he may give them the inheritance of the nations. The works of his hands are truth and judgment.

8 All his commands are faithful: confirmed from age to age, created in truth and fairness.

9 He has sent redemption upon his people. He has commanded his covenant for all eternity. Holy and terrible is his name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding is for all who do it. His praise remains from age to age.

1 Alleluia. Of the return of Haggai and Zachariah. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord. He will prefer his commandments exceedingly.

2 His offspring will be powerful on the earth. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

3 Glory and wealth will be in his house, and his justice shall remain from age to age.

4 For the upright, a light has risen up in the darkness. He is merciful and compassionate and just.

5 Pleasing is the man who shows mercy and lends. He will order his words with judgment.

6 For he will not be disturbed in eternity.

7 The just one will be an everlasting memorial. He will not fear a report of disasters. His heart is prepared to hope in the Lord.

8 His heart has been confirmed. He will not be disturbed, until he looks down upon his enemies.

9 He has distributed, he has given to the poor. His justice shall remain from age to age. His horn shall be exalted in glory.

10 The sinner will see and become angry. He will gnash his teeth and waste away. The desire of sinners will perish.