Psalm 21
Domine, in virtute tua
1
The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord *
exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.
2
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire *
and hast not denied him the request of his lips.
3
For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness *
and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life *
even for ever and ever.
5
His honour is great in thy salvation *
glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him.
6
For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity *
and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.
7
And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord *
and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry.
8
All thine enemies shall feel thine hand *
thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee.
9
Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath *
the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.
10
Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth *
and their seed from among the children of men.
11
For they intended mischief against thee *
and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.
12
Therefore shalt thou put them to flight *
and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them.
13
Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength *
so we will sing, and praise thy power.
Psalm 24
Domini est terra
1
The earth is the Lord’s, and all that therein is *
the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.
2
For he hath founded it upon the seas *
and prepared it upon the floods.
3
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord *
or who shall rise up in his holy place?
4
Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart *
and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.
5
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord *
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6
This is the generation of them that seek him *
even of them that seek thy face, O Jacob.
7
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors *
and the King of glory shall come in.
8
Who is the King of glory *
it is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle.
9
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors *
and the King of glory shall come in.
10
Who is the King of glory *
even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.