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Psalms 110–116

Psalms 110

Confitebor tibi, Domine. God is to be praised for his graces, and benefits to his church. Alleluia.

1 

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; in the council of the just, and in the congregation.

2 

Great are the works of the Lord: sought out according to all his wills.

3 

His work is praise and magnificence: and his justice continueth for ever and ever.

4 

He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord:

5 

He hath given food to them that fear him. He will be mindful for ever of his covenant:

6 

He will shew forth to his people the power of his works.

7 

That he may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles: the works of his hands are truth and judgment.

8 

All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, made in truth and equity.

9 

He hath sent redemption to his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever. Holy and terrible is his name:

10 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding to all that do it: his praise continueth for ever and ever.


Psalms 111

Beatus vir. The good man is happy. Alleluia, of the returning of Aggeus and Zacharias.

1 

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.

2 

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

3 

Glory and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

4 

To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

5 

Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:

6 

Because he shall not be moved for ever.

7 

The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not fear the evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord:

8 

His heart is strengthened, he shall not be moved until he look over his enemies.

9 

He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.

10 

The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.


Psalms 112

Laudate, pueri. God is to be praised for his regard to the poor and humble. Alleluia.

1 

Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord.

2 

Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.

3 

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise.

4 

The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.

5 

Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high:

6 

and looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth?

7 

Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:

8 

That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people.

9 

Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.


Psalms 113

In exitu Israel. God hath shewn his power in delivering his people: idols are vain. The Hebrews divide this into two psalms. Alleluia.

1 

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

2 

Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 

The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

4 

The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock.

5 

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

6 

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?

7 

At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob:

8 

Who turned the rock into pools of water, and the stony hill into fountains of waters.

9 

Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory.

10 

For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?

11 

But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.

12 

The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.

13 

They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.

14 

They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.

15 

They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.

16 

Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.

17 

The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

18 

The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

19 

They that fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

20 

The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.

21 

He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.

22 

May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.

23 

Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

24 

The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children of men.

25 

The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.

26 

But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.


Psalms 114

Dilexi. The prayer of a just man in affliction, with a lively confidence in God. Alleluia.

1 

I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.

2 

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.

3 

The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

4 

And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.

5 

The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

6 

The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.

7 

Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

8 

For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

9 

I will please the Lord in the land of the living.


Psalms 115

Credidi. This in the Hebrew is joined with the foregoing psalm, and continues to express the faith and gratitude of the psalmist. Alleluia.

10 

I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.

11 

I said in my excess: Every man is a liar.

12 

What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he hath rendered to me?

13 

I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

14 

I will pay my vows to the Lord before all his people:

15 

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

16 

O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:

17 

I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

18 

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:

19 

In the courts of the house of the Lord, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.


Psalms 116

Laudate Dominum. All nations are called upon to praise God for his mercy and truth. Alleluia.

1 

O Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

2 

For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

Catechism

An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine, Lesson 22, Question 241

241 Q. How did Our Lord institute the Holy Eucharist?

A. Our Lord instituted the Holy Eucharist by taking bread, blessing, breaking, and giving to His Apostles, saying: "Take ye and eat. This is My body"; and then by taking the cup of wine, blessing and giving it, saying to them: "Drink ye all of this. This is My blood which shall be shed for the remission of sins. Do this for a commemoration of Me."

"Eucharist" means thanks. Hence this Sacrament is called Eucharist, because Our Lord gave thanks before changing the bread and wine into His body and blood, and because the offering of it to God is the most solemn act of thanksgiving. "Do this"—that is, the same thing I am doing, namely, changing bread and wine into My body and blood. "Commemoration"—that is, to remind you of Me, that you may continue to do the same till the end of time.