Book of Common Prayer

42 ^(B)As a deer pants for flowing streams,
    so pants my soul for you, O God.
^2 (C)My soul thirsts for God,
    for ^(D)the living God.
When shall I come and ^(E)appear before God?^[b]
3 (F)My tears have been my food
    day and night,
^(G)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”
⁴ These things I remember,
    as I ^(H)pour out my soul:
^(I)how I would go ^(J)with the throng
    and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
    ^(K)a multitude keeping festival.
^5 (L)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you ^(M)in turmoil within me?
^(N)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation^{[c] 6} and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I ^(O)remember you
^(P)from the land of Jordan and of ^(Q)Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.
⁷ Deep calls to deep
    at the roar of your waterfalls;
^(R)all your breakers and your ^(S)waves
    have gone over me.
⁸ By day the Lord ^(T)commands his steadfast love,
    and at ^(U)night his song is with me,
    a prayer to the God of my life.
⁹ I say to God, ^(V)my rock:
    “Why have you forgotten me?
^(W)Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?”
¹⁰ As with a deadly wound in my bones,
    my adversaries taunt me,
^(X)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”
^11 (Y)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

43 ^(Z)Vindicate me, O God, and ^(AA)defend my cause
    against an ungodly people,
from ^(AB)the deceitful and unjust man
    deliver me!
² For you are ^(AC)the God in whom I take refuge;
    why have you ^(AD)rejected me?
Why do I ^(AE)go about mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?
^3 (AF)Send out your light and your truth;
    let them lead me;
let them bring me to your ^(AG)holy hill
    and to your ^(AH)dwelling!
⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God,
    to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
    O God, my God.
^5 (AI)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
^(AJ)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

^(A)“My heart exults in the Lord;
    ^(B)my strength^[a] is exalted in the Lord.
My mouth derides my enemies,
    because ^(C)I rejoice in your salvation.
^2 (D)“There is none holy like the Lord;
    there is none besides you;
    there is ^(E)no rock like our God.
³ Talk no more so very proudly,
    let not arrogance come from your mouth;
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
    and by him actions are weighed.
^4 (F)The bows of the mighty are broken,
    but the feeble bind on strength.
⁵ Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
    but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
^(G)The barren has borne seven,
    ^(H)but she who has many children is forlorn.
^6 (I)The Lord kills and brings to life;
    he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
^7 (J)The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    ^(K)he brings low and he exalts.
^8 (L)He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
^(M)to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honour.
^(N)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
    and on them he has set the world.
^9 (O)“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
    but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
    for not by might shall a man prevail.
^10 (P)The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;
    ^(Q)against them he will thunder in heaven.
^(R)The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
    he will give strength to his king
    ^(S)and exalt the power^[b] of his anointed.”

48 ^(B)Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
    in ^(C)the city of our God!
His ^(D)holy mountain, ^2 (E)beautiful in elevation,
    is ^(F)the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
    ^(G)the city of the great King.
³ Within her citadels God
    has made himself known as a fortress.
⁴ For behold, ^(H)the kings assembled;
    they came on together.
⁵ As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
    they were in panic; they took to flight.
^6 (I)Trembling took hold of them there,
    anguish ^(J)as of a woman in labour.
⁷ By ^(K)the east wind you ^(L)shattered
    the ships of ^(M)Tarshish.
⁸ As we have heard, so have we seen
    in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in ^(N)the city of our God,
    which God will ^(O)establish for ever. Selah
⁹ We have thought on your ^(P)steadfast love, O God,
    in the midst of your temple.
¹⁰ As your ^(Q)name, O God,
    so your praise reaches to ^(R)the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹     Let Mount ^(S)Zion be glad!
Let ^(T)the daughters of Judah rejoice
    because of your judgements!
¹² Walk about Zion, go round her,
    number her towers,
¹³ consider well her ^(U)ramparts,
    go through her citadels,
^(V)that you may tell the next generation
¹⁴     that this is God,
our God for ever and ever.
    He will ^(W)guide us for ever.^[a]

87 On ^(B)the holy mount ^(C)stands the city he founded;
²     the Lord ^(D)loves the gates of Zion
    more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
^3 (E)Glorious things of you are spoken,
    O ^(F)city of God. Selah
⁴ Among those who ^(G)know me I mention ^(H)Rahab and Babylon;
    behold, Philistia and Tyre, with ^(I)Cush^[a]—
    “This one was born there”, they say.
⁵ And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her”;
    for the Most High himself will ^(J)establish her.
⁶ The Lord records as he ^(K)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah
^7 (L)Singers and ^(M)dancers alike say,
    “All my ^(N)springs are in you.”