Psalm 146: For the Acknowledging of Our Duties in Praising God and Trusting in Him, of Our Weakness, and of God's Protec
clemency appeareth in the same. Forsomuch as therefore we know assuredly that the sacred Church which is thy glorious kingdom, shall endure forever, we earnestly require thee to uphold the same continually, when as it is like to fall, to raise it up when it seemeth most pressed down, by feeding all thy people in time convenient with thy blessed word, and satisfying all such (with thy liberal grace) as repose their whole trust in thee: neither suffer these men's prayers to be in vain which with a pure and unfeigned heart call upon thy most holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
PSALM 146: FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGING OF OUR
DUTIES IN PRAISING GOD AND TRUSTING IN HIM, OF
OUR WEAKNESS, AND OF GOD'S PROTECTION OVER
ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE
Thou right well deservest (O most good and merciful God) that we should continually extol thy worthy praises from the bottom of our heart and with a right pure mind, neither can we practice anything in this life more noble or of greater profit. In thee only ought we to repose our whole trust, and not in men be they never so famous and puissant: for their body is easily dissolved, their soul is soon breathed out, and their imaginations are of none effect. But thou (who hast created the whole world) dost confirm thy faithful promises with everlasting truth in revenging the oppressed, satisfying the hungry, delivering the fettered out of prison, giving sight to the blind, recomforting the heavy hearted, favoring the righteous, defending the strangers, fatherless children, and widows, and also in disappointing the lewd wiles, sly crafts, and subtle deceits of ungodly persons.
Seeing that all these things be thy wondrous works, and are seen of us continually, they do marvelously establish our wavering faith. And therefore, being stirred up by them, we do earnestly beseech thee both to govern and also preserve the Church (which is thy blessed kingdom) among the waves of this wretched world, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.