Book of Common Prayer, 1928

Psalms 128, 12J The Psalter Day 27
Day 27 The Psalter Psalms 130, 1 Jl
6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; •
7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, • neither he
they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies
in the gate.
8 So that they who go by say not so much as, The LoRD
that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.
prosper you; • we wish you good luck in the Name of the
Psalm 128. Beati omnes.
loRD.
BLESSED are all they that fear the LORD, • and walk in
his ways.
Psalm 130. De profundis.
2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: • 0 well OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, 0 loRD; •
is thee, and happy shalt thou be.
Lord, hear my voice.
3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine' upon the walls
2 0 let thine ears consider well' the voice of my complaint.
of thine house;
4 Thy children like the olive-branches' round about
3 If thou, loRD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done
thy table.
amiss, • 0 Lord, who may abide it?
S Lo, thus shall the man be blessed' that feareth the
4 For there is mercy with thee; • therefore shalt thou
loRD.
be feared.
6 The LoRD from out of Sion shall so bless thee, • that
S I look for the loRD; my soul doth wait for him; • in
thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long;
his word is my trust.
7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children, • and
6 My soul /leeth unto the Lord before the morning
peace upon Israel.
watch; • I say, before the morning watch.
7 0 Israel, trust in the LoRD; for with the LoRD there is
Psalm 129. Stepe expugnaverunt.
mercy, • and with him is plenteous redemption.
MANY a time have they fought against me from my
8 And he shall redeem Israel' from all his sins.
youth up, • may Israel now say;
2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth
Psalm I 3 I. Domine, non est.
up; • but they have not prevailed against me.
TORD, I am not high-minded; • I have no proud looks.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back, • and made long
furrows.
L 2 I do not exercise myself in great matters' which are
too high for me.
4 But the righteous LoRD' hath hewn the snares of the
3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child
ungodly in pieces.
that is weaned from his mother: • yea, my soul is even as
S Let them be confounded and turned backward,' as
a weaned child.
many as have evil will at Sion.
4 0 Israel, trust in the loRD' from this time forth for
6 Let them be even as the grass upon the housetops, •
evermore.
which withereth afore it be grown up;
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