The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms: The Challoner Revision
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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms: The Challoner Revision
Bible. Psalms
91:10. For behold thy enemies, O lord, for behold thy enemies shall
perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
91:11. But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my old
age in plentiful mercy.
91:12. My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall
hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.
91:13. The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like
the cedar of Libanus.
91:14. They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in
the courts of the house of our God.
91:15. They shall still increase in a fruitful old age: and shall be
well treated,
91:16. That they may shew, That the Lord our God is righteous, and there
is no iniquity in him.
Psalms Chapter 92
Dominus regnavit.
The glory and stability of the kingdom; that is, of the church of
Christ.
Praise in the way of a canticle, for David himself, on the day before
the sabbath, when the earth was founded.
92:1. The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is
clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established
the world which shall not be moved.
92:2. My throne is prepared from of old: thou art from everlasting.
92:3. The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their
voice. The floods have lifted up their waves,
92:4. With the noise of many waters. Wonderful are the surges of the
sea: wonderful is the Lord on high.
92:5. Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh
thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.
Psalms Chapter 93
Deus ultionum.
God shall judge and punish the oppressors of his people.
A psalm for David himself on the fourth day of the week.
93:1. The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge
hath acted freely.
93:2. Lift up thyself, thou that judgest the earth: render a reward to
the proud.
93:3. How long shall sinners, O Lord: how long shall sinners glory?
93:4. Shall they utter, and speak iniquity: shall all speak who work
injustice?
93:5. Thy people, O Lord, they have brought low: and they have afflicted
thy inheritance.
93:6. They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered
the fatherless.
93:7. And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God
of Jacob understand.
93:8. Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise
at last.
93:9. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the
eye, doth he not consider?
93:10. He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth
man knowledge?
93:11. The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
93:12. Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt
teach him out of thy law.
93:13. That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be
dug for the wicked.
Rest from the evil days... That thou mayst mitigate the sorrows, to
which he is exposed, during the short and evil days of his mortality.
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