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Misericordias DominiBCP p. 7131Your 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 es19You 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.