Day 21 of the 30-day Psalter: Morning and Evening

Give thanks to the LORD and call upon his Name; *

make known his deeds among the peoples.

Sing to him, sing praises to him, *

and speak of all his marvelous works.

Glory in his holy Name; *

let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

Search for the LORD and his strength; *

continually seek his face.

Remember the marvels he has done, *

his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,

O offspring of Abraham his servant, *

O children of Jacob his chosen.

He is the LORD our God; *

his judgments prevail in all the world.

He has always been mindful of his covenant, *

the promise he made for a thousand generations:

The covenant he made with Abraham, *

the oath that he swore to Isaac,

Which he established as a statute for Jacob, *

an everlasting covenant for Israel,

Saying, "To you will I give the land of Canaan *

to be your allotted inheritance."

When they were few in number, *

of little account, and sojourners in the land,

Wandering from nation to nation *

and from one kingdom to another,

He let no one oppress them *

and rebuked kings for their sake,

Saying, "Do not touch my anointed *

and do my prophets no harm."

Then he called for a famine in the land *

and destroyed the supply of bread.

He sent a man before them, *

Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

They bruised his feet in fetters; *

his neck they put in an iron collar.

Until his prediction came to pass, *

the word of the LORD tested him.

The king sent and released him; *

the ruler of the peoples set him free.

He set him as a master over his household, *

as a ruler over all his possessions,

To instruct his princes according to his will *

and to teach his elders wisdom.

Israel came into Egypt, *

and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.

The LORD made his people exceedingly fruitful; *

he made them stronger than their enemies;

Whose heart he turned, so that they hated his people, *

and dealt unjustly with his servants.

He sent Moses his servant, *

and Aaron whom he had chosen.

They worked his signs among them, *

and portents in the land of Ham.

He sent darkness, and it grew dark; *

but the Egyptians rebelled against his words.

He turned their waters into blood *

and caused their fish to die.

Their land was overrun by frogs, *

in the very chambers of their kings.

He spoke, and there came swarms of insects *

and gnats within all their borders.

He gave them hailstones instead of rain, *

and flames of fire throughout their land.

He blasted their vines and their fig trees *

and shattered every tree in their country.

He spoke, and the locust came, *

and young locusts without number,

Which ate up all the green plants in their land *

and devoured the fruit of their soil.

He struck down the firstborn of their land, *

the firstfruits of all their strength.

He led out his people with silver and gold; *

in all their tribes there was not one that stumbled.

Egypt was glad of their going, *

because they were afraid of them.

He spread out a cloud for a covering *

and a fire to give light in the night season.

They asked, and quails appeared, *

and he satisfied them with bread from heaven.

He opened the rock, and water flowed, *

so the river ran in the dry places.

For God remembered his holy word *

and Abraham his servant.

So he led forth his people with gladness, *

his chosen with shouts of joy.

He gave his people the lands of the nations, *

and they took the fruit of others' toil,

That they might keep his statutes *

and observe his laws.

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, *

for his mercy endures for ever.

Who can declare the mighty acts of the LORD *

or show forth all his praise?

Happy are those who act with justice *

and always do what is right!

Remember me, O LORD, with the favor you have for your people, *

and visit me with your saving help;

That I may see the prosperity of your elect

and be glad with the gladness of your people, *

that I may glory with your inheritance.

We have sinned as our forebears did; *

we have done wrong and dealt wickedly.

In Egypt they did not consider your marvelous works,

nor remember the abundance of your love; *

they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.

But he saved them for his Name's sake, *

to make his power known.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, *

and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

He saved them from the hand of those who hated them *

and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

The waters covered their oppressors; *

not one of them was left.

Then they believed his words *

and sang him songs of praise.

But they soon forgot his deeds *

and did not wait for his counsel.

A craving seized them in the wilderness, *

and they put God to the test in the desert.

He gave them what they asked, *

but sent leanness into their soul.

They envied Moses in the camp, *

and Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

The earth opened and swallowed Dathan *

and covered the company of Abiram.

Fire blazed up against their company, *

and flames devoured the wicked.

Israel made a bull-calf at Horeb *

and worshiped a molten image;

And so they exchanged their Glory *

for the image of an ox that feeds on grass.

They forgot God their Savior, *

who had done great things in Egypt,

Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham, *

and fearful things at the Red Sea.

So he would have destroyed them,

had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, *

to turn away his wrath from consuming them.

They refused the pleasant land *

and would not believe his promise.

They grumbled in their tents *

and would not listen to the voice of the LORD.

So he lifted his hand against them, *

to overthrow them in the wilderness,

To cast out their seed among the nations, *

and to scatter them throughout the lands.

They joined themselves to Baal-Peor *

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

They provoked him to anger with their actions, *

and a plague broke out among them.

Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, *

and the plague came to an end.

This was reckoned to him as righteousness *

throughout all generations for ever.

Again they provoked his anger at the waters of Meribah, *

so that he punished Moses because of them;

For they so embittered his spirit *

that he spoke rash words with his lips.

They did not destroy the peoples *

as the LORD had commanded them.

They intermingled with the heathen *

and learned their pagan ways,

So that they worshiped their idols, *

which became a snare to them.

They sacrificed their sons *

and their daughters to evil spirits.

They shed innocent blood,

the blood of their sons and daughters, *

which they offered to the idols of Canaan,

and the land was defiled with blood.

Thus they were polluted by their actions *

and went whoring in their evil deeds.

Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against his people *

and he abhorred his inheritance.

He gave them over to the hand of the heathen, *

and those who hated them ruled over them.

Their enemies oppressed them, *

and they were humbled under their hand.

Many a time did he deliver them,

but they rebelled through their own devices, *

and were brought down in their iniquity.

Nevertheless, he saw their distress, *

when he heard their lamentation.

He remembered his covenant with them *

and relented in accordance with his great mercy.

He caused them to be pitied *

by those who held them captive.

Save us, O LORD our God,

and gather us from among the nations, *

that we may give thanks to your holy Name

and glory in your praise.

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting; *

and let all the people say, "Amen!"

Hallelujah!