As Written in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer
Today is Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The liturgical color of the day is PURPLE
The Twentieth-First Psalm
Domine, in virtute tua.
THE King shall rejoice in thy strength, O LORD; * exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, * and hast not denied him the request of his lips.
For thou shalt meet him with the blessings of goodness, * and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
He asked life of thee; and thou gavest him a long life, * even for ever and ever.
His honour is great in thy salvation; * glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him.
For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity, * and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.
vs 7 And why? because the King putteth his trust in the LORD; * and in the mercy of the Most Highest he shall not miscarry.
All thine enemies shall feel thine hand; * thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee.
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.
Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth, * and their seed from among the children of men.
For they intended mischief against thee, * and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.
Therefore shalt thou put them to flight, * and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them.
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength; * so will we sing, and praise thy power.