Day 23 of the 30-day Psalter: Morning and Evening

The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, *

until I make your enemies your footstool."

The LORD will send the scepter of your power out of Zion, *

saying, "Rule over your enemies round about you.

Princely state has been yours from the day of your birth; *

in the beauty of holiness have I begotten you,

like dew from the womb of the morning."

The LORD has sworn and he will not recant: *

"You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek."

The Lord who is at your right hand

will smite kings in the day of his wrath; *

he will rule over the nations.

He will heap high the corpses; *

he will smash heads over the wide earth.

He will drink from the brook beside the road; *

therefore he will lift high his head.

Hallelujah!

I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, *

in the assembly of the upright, in the congregation.

Great are the deeds of the LORD! *

they are studied by all who delight in them.

His work is full of majesty and splendor, *

and his righteousness endures for ever.

He makes his marvelous works to be remembered; *

the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.

He gives food to those who fear him; *

he is ever mindful of his covenant.

He has shown his people the power of his works *

in giving them the lands of the nations.

The works of his hands are faithfulness and justice; *

all his commandments are sure.

They stand fast for ever and ever, *

because they are done in truth and equity.

He sent redemption to his people;

he commanded his covenant for ever; *

holy and awesome is his Name.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; *

those who act accordingly have a good understanding;

his praise endures for ever.

Hallelujah!

Happy are they who fear the Lord *

and have great delight in his commandments!

Their descendants will be mighty in the land; *

the generation of the upright will be blessed.

Wealth and riches will be in their house, *

and their righteousness will last for ever.

Light shines in the darkness for the upright; *

the righteous are merciful and full of compassion.

It is good for them to be generous in lending *

and to manage their affairs with justice.

For they will never be shaken; *

the righteous will be kept in everlasting remembrance.

They will not be afraid of any evil rumors; *

their heart is right;

they put their trust in the Lord.

Their heart is established and will not shrink, *

until they see their desire upon their enemies.

They have given freely to the poor, *

and their righteousness stands fast for ever;

they will hold up their head with honor.

The wicked will see it and be angry;

they will gnash their teeth and pine away; *

the desires of the wicked will perish.

Hallelujah!

Give praise, you servants of the LORD; *

praise the Name of the LORD.

Let the Name of the LORD be blessed, *

from this time forth for evermore.

From the rising of the sun to its going down *

let the Name of the LORD be praised.

The LORD is high above all nations, *

and his glory above the heavens.

Who is like the LORD our God, who sits enthroned on high, *

but stoops to behold the heavens and the earth?

He takes up the weak out of the dust *

and lifts up the poor from the ashes.

He sets them with the princes, *

with the princes of his people.

He makes the woman of a childless house *

to be a joyful mother of children.

Hallelujah!

When Israel came out of Egypt, *

the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,

Judah became God's sanctuary *

and Israel his dominion.

The sea beheld it and fled; *

Jordan turned and went back.

The mountains skipped like rams, *

and the little hills like young sheep.

What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? *

O Jordan, that you turned back?

You mountains, that you skipped like rams? *

you little hills like young sheep?

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, *

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Who turned the hard rock into a pool of water *

and flint-stone into a flowing spring.

Not to us, O LORD, not to us,

but to your Name give glory; *

because of your love and because of your faithfulness.

Why should the heathen say, *

"Where then is their God?"

Our God is in heaven; *

whatever he wills to do he does.

Their idols are silver and gold, *

the work of human hands.

They have mouths, but they cannot speak; *

eyes have they, but they cannot see;

They have ears but they cannot hear; *

noses, but they cannot smell;

They have hands, but they cannot feel;

feet, but they cannot walk; *

they make no sound with their throat.

Those who make them are like them, *

and so are all who put their trust in them.

O Israel, trust in the LORD; *

he is their help and their shield.

O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; *

he is their help and their shield.

You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; *

he is their help and their shield.

The LORD has been mindful of us, and he will bless us; *

he will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron;

He will bless those who fear the LORD, *

both small and great together.

May the LORD increase you more and more, *

you and your children after you.

May you be blessed by the LORD, *

the maker of heaven and earth.

The heaven of heavens is the LORD'S, *

but he entrusted the earth to its peoples.

The dead do not praise the LORD, *

nor all those who go down into silence;

But we will bless the LORD, *

from this time forth for evermore.

Hallelujah!