
Day X : Morning Prayer

50 - Deus deorum

1   The Lord, even the most mighty God, has spoken +
    and called the world, from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.

2   Out of Zion, perfect in her beauty, +
    has God shone forth in glory.

3   Our God shall come and shall not keep silence; +
    there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.

4   He shall call to the heavens above, +
    and to the earth beneath, that he may judge his people:

5   “Gather my faithful together unto me, +
    those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

6   And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, +
    for God himself is Judge.

7   “Hear, O my people, and I will speak; +
    I myself will testify against you, O Israel, for I am God, even your God.

8   I will not rebuke you because of your sacrifices, or for your burnt offerings, +
    because they are always before me.

9   I will take no bull calf out of your house, +
    nor he-goat out of your folds.

10  For all the beasts of the forest are mine, +
    and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11  I know all the birds of the air, +
    and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.

12  If I were hungry, I would not tell you, +
    for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein.

13  Do you think that I will eat the flesh of bulls +
    and drink the blood of goats?

14  Offer unto God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, +
    and pay your vows unto the Most High,

15  And call upon me in the time of trouble; +
    so will I hear you, and you shall praise me.”

16  But to the ungodly God says: +
    “Why do you recite my laws, and take my covenant in your mouth,

17  Though you hate to be disciplined, +
    and have cast my words behind you?

18  When you saw a thief, you agreed with him, +
    and you have taken part with adulterers.

19  You have let your mouth speak wickedness, +
    and with your tongue you have set forth deceit.

20  You sat and spoke against your brother; +
    yes, and have slandered your own mother’s son.

21  These things you have done, and I held my tongue, +
    and you thought wickedly that I am such a one as yourself.

22  But I will reprove you, +
    and set before you the things that you have done.

23  O consider this, you who forget God, +
    lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver you.

24  Whoever offers me a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me, +
    and to him who orders his way aright will I show the salvation of God.”
