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Part I

Misericordias DominiBCP p. 713

1Your love, O Lord, for ever will I sing; *from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness.

2For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever; *you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens.

3“I have made a covenant with my chosen one; *I have sworn an oath to David my servant:

4‘I will establish your line for ever, *and preserve your throne for all generations.’”

5The heavens bear witness to your wonders, O Lord, *and to your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones;

6For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? *who is like the Lord among the gods?

7God is much to be feared in the council of the holy ones, *great and terrible to all those round about him.

8Who is like you, Lord God of hosts? *O mighty Lord, your faithfulness is all around you.

9You rule the raging of the sea *and still the surging of its waves.

10You have crushed Rahab of the deep with a deadly wound; *you have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

11Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours; *you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it.

12You have made the north and the south; *Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your Name.

13You have a mighty arm; *strong is your hand and high is your right hand.

14Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne; *love and truth go before your face.

15Happy are the people who know the festal shout! *they walk, O Lord, in the light of your presence.

16They rejoice daily in your Name; *they are jubilant in your righteousness.

17For you are the glory of their strength, *and by your favor our might is exalted.

18Truly, the Lord is our ruler; *The Holy One of Israel is our King.

Part II

Tunc locutus es

19You spoke once in vision and said to your faithful people: *“I have set the crown upon a warrior and have exalted one chosen out of the people.

20I have found David my servant; *with my holy oil have I anointed him.

21My hand will hold him fast *and my arm will make him strong.

22No enemy shall deceive him, *nor any wicked man bring him down.

23I will crush his foes before him *and strike down those who hate him.

24My faithfulness and love shall be with him, *and he shall be victorious through my Name.

25I shall make his dominion extend *from the Great Sea to the River.

26He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, *my God, and the rock of my salvation.’

27I will make him my firstborn *and higher than the kings of the earth.

28I will keep my love for him for ever, *and my covenant will stand firm for him.

29I will establish his line for ever *and his throne as the days of heaven.”

30“If his children forsake my law *and do not walk according to my judgments;

31If they break my statutes *and do not keep my commandments;

32I will punish their transgressions with a rod *and their iniquities with the lash;

33But I will not take my love from him, *nor let my faithfulness prove false.

34I will not break my covenant, *nor change what has gone out of my lips.

35Once for all I have sworn by my holiness: *‘I will not lie to David.

36His line shall endure for ever *and his throne as the sun before me;

37It shall stand fast for evermore like the moon, *the abiding witness in the sky.’”

38But you have cast off and rejected your anointed; *you have become enraged at him.

39You have broken your covenant with your servant, *defiled his crown, and hurled it to the ground.

40You have breached all his walls *and laid his strongholds in ruins.

41All who pass by despoil him; *he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

42You have exalted the right hand of his foes *and made all his enemies rejoice.

43You have turned back the edge of his sword *and have not sustained him in battle.

44You have put an end to his splendor *and cast his throne to the ground.

45You have cut short the days of his youth *and have covered him with shame.

46How long will you hide yourself, O Lord? will you hide yourself for ever? *how long will your anger burn like fire?

47Remember, Lord, how short life is, *how frail you have made all flesh.

48Who can live and not see death? *who can save himself from the power of the grave?

49Where, Lord, are your loving-kindnesses of old, *which you promised David in your faithfulness?

50Remember, Lord, how your servant is mocked, *how I carry in my bosom the taunts of many peoples,

51The taunts your enemies have hurled, O Lord, *which they hurled at the heels of your anointed.

52Blessed be the Lord for evermore! *Amen, I say, Amen.