Psalm 75

Confitebimur tibi

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks *

yea, unto thee do we give thanks.

Thy Name also is so nigh *

and that do thy wondrous works declare.

When I receive the congregation *

I shall judge according unto right.

The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof *

I bear up the pillars of it.

I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly *

and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn.

Set not up your horn on high *

and speak not with a stiff neck.

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west *

nor yet from the south.

And why? God is the Judge *

he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red *

it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same.

As for the dregs thereof *

all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.

But I will talk of the God of Jacob *

and praise him for ever.

All the horns of the ungodly also will I break *

and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Psalm 76

Notus in Judaea

In jewry is God known *

his Name is great in Israel.

At Salem is his tabernacle *

and his dwelling in Sion.

There brake he the arrows of the bow *

the shield, the sword, and the battle.

Thou art of more honour and might *

than the hills of the robbers.

The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep *

and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob *

both the chariot and horse are fallen.

Thou, even thou art to be feared *

and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry?

Thou didst cause thy judgement to be heard from heaven *

the earth trembled, and was still;

When God arose to judgement *

and to help all the meek upon earth.

The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise *

and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.

Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him *

bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

He shall refrain the spirit of princes *

and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.

Psalm 77

Voce mea ad Dominum

I will cry unto God with my voice *

even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me.

In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord *

my sore ran and ceased not in the night-season ; my soul refused comfort.

When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God *

when my heart is vexed, I will complain.

Thou holdest mine eyes waking *

I am so feeble, that I cannot speak.

I have considered the days of old *

and the years that are past.

I call to remembrance my song *

and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirits.

Will the Lord absent himself for ever *

and will he be no more intreated?

Is his mercy clean gone for ever *

and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore?

Hath God forgotten to be gracious *

and will he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure?

And I said, It is mine own infirmity *

but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest.

I will remember the works of the Lord *

and call to mind thy wonders of old time.

I will think also of all thy works *

and my talking shall be of thy doings.

Thy way, O God, is holy *

who is so great a God as our God?

Thou art the God that doeth wonders *

and hast declared thy power among the people.

Thou hast mightily delivered thy people *

even the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid *

the depths also were troubled.

The clouds poured out water, the air thundered *

and thine arrows went abroad.

The voice of thy thunder was heard round about *

the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was moved, and shook withal.

Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters *

and thy footsteps are not known.

Thou leddest thy people like sheep *

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.