Psalm 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 I MC VC

Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, 2 I MC VC

Psalm 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. MC VC

Psalm 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 2 I MC VC

Psalm 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. MC VC

Psalm 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 4 I MC VC

Psalm 2:7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 10 I MC VC

Psalm 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 6 I MC VC

Psalm 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. MC VC

Psalm 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. MC VC

Psalm 2:11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 24 I MC VC

Psalm 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 10 I MC VC

Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 4 I MC VC

Psalm 22:2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 4 I MC VC

Psalm 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 18 I MC VC

Psalm 22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 I MC VC

Psalm 22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 4 I MC VC

Psalm 22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. MC VC

Psalm 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, MC VC

Psalm 22:8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. MC VC

Psalm 22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts. 4 I MC VC

Psalm 22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly. 6 I MC VC

Psalm 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 6 I MC VC

Psalm 22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. MC VC

Psalm 22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. MC VC

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. MC VC

Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. MC VC

Psalm 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 6 I MC VC

Psalm 22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 6 I MC VC

Psalm 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 8 I MC VC

Psalm 22:19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 8 I MC VC

Psalm 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. MC VC

Psalm 22:21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 2 I MC VC

Psalm 22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 16 I MC VC

Psalm 22:23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 6 I MC VC

Psalm 22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 2 I MC VC

Psalm 22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. MC VC

Psalm 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. 8 I MC VC

Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 4 I MC VC

Psalm 22:28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations. 11 I MC VC

Psalm 22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. MC VC

Psalm 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. MC VC

Psalm 22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. MC VC

Psalm 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. MC VC

Psalm 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 2 I MC VC

Psalm 45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. MC VC

Psalm 45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 2 I MC VC

Psalm 45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. MC VC

Psalm 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 25 I MC VC

Psalm 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. MC VC

Psalm 45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. MC VC

Psalm 45:9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. MC VC

Psalm 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house; MC VC

Psalm 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. 3 I MC VC

Psalm 45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. MC VC

Psalm 45:13 The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. MC VC

Psalm 45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. MC VC

Psalm 45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace. 3 I MC VC

Psalm 45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. 1 I MC VC

Psalm 45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. 4 I MC VC

Psalm 72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. MC VC

Psalm 72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. MC VC

Psalm 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. MC VC

Psalm 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. MC VC

Psalm 72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. MC VC

Psalm 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. MC VC

Psalm 72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. MC VC

Psalm 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. MC VC

Psalm 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. MC VC

Psalm 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. MC VC

Psalm 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. MC VC

Psalm 72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. MC VC

Psalm 72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. MC VC

Psalm 72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. MC VC

Psalm 72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. MC VC

Psalm 72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. MC VC

Psalm 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. 2 I MC VC

Psalm 72:18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 6 I MC VC

Psalm 72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. 16 I MC VC

Psalm 72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. MC VC