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The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

PREFATORY NOTE.

THIS Manual was prepared, originally, at the re-
quest of the Trustees of the George Junior Re-
public, at Freeville, N. Y. In the Chapel attached to
that little community, which is designed lor the develop-
ment, in lads and young girls, of habits of self-discipline
and self-restraint, and for the cultivation of high ideals
as the foundation stones of life and conduct, Services
are held by Ministers of Religion of various Com-
munions, but of one common purpose.

For the convenience of such, ^whether wonted to
liturgical Forms of Worship or otherwise; but most
of all for the boys and g-rts who are to use it, has this
Manual been prepared. ' Of course there may be those
who, in conducting the Services In the Chapel, may pre-
fer to dispense with it altogether, and others who may
elect to use only some parts of it ; and the unfettered dis-
cretion of all such is, here, most unreservedly recognized.
There are other occasions of Worship, such as those
connected with the work of Young Men's, or Women's,
Christian Associations, where this Manual may be
convenient; and for such uses a generous friend has
undertaken to provide a convenient and inexpensive
edition.

Henry C. Potter.

Edward G. Andrews,

Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Charles Cuthbert Hall,

President of the Union Theological Seminary.

William H. P. Faunce,

President of Brown University.

(Signed)

MORNING SERVICE.

^ This Service may he begun with a Hymn, or by reading one or more of
the following Sentences : or by both.

THE Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth
keep silence before him. Hab, ii. 20.

I was glad when they said unto me, We will go into
the house of the Lord. Psalm exxii. 1.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation
of my heart, be always acceptable in thy sight, O
Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm xix.
14, 15.

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 2.

Repent ye ; for the Kingdom of heaven is at
hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. '^'^''^^^

Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in
the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah xl. 3.

Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which
shall be to all people. For unto you is born
this day in the city of David a Saviour, which ^^^^^^^«^-
is Christ the Lord. St. Luke ii. 10, 11.

From the rising of the sun even unto the going
down of the same my Name shall be great
among the Gentiles; and in every place in- ^^^ ^^^'
cense shall be offered unto my Name, and a pure
offering: for my Name shall be great among the
heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. Mai. i. 11.

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put
on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem. Isaiah Hi. 1.

2 MORNING SERVICE

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold,
and see if there be any sorrow like unto my
sorrow which is done unto me, wherewith ^^ ^^ "^'
the Lord had afflicted me. Lam. i. 12.

He is risen. The Lord is risen indeed.
,S^. Mark xvi. 6. ,S/. Luke xxiv. 34. ^^'^'^•

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will
rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm cxviii. 24.

Seeing that we have a great High Priest, that is
passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of
God, let us come boldly unto the throne '^'^'''''^^'
of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace
to help in time of need. Heb. iv. 14, 16.

Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit
of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, ^^^ .
Father. Gal. iv. 6, Whusurulay.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make
glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles
of the Most High. Psalm xlvi. 4.

The hour cometh, and now is, when the true wor-
shippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in
truth. St. John iv. 23.

Holy, holy, holy. Lord God Almighty, Trinity
which was, and is, and is to come. Rev. iv. 8. Sunday.

When the wicked man turneth away from his
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that
which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul
alive. Ezek. xviii. 27.

I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is
ever before me. Psalm, li. 3.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine
iniquities. Psalm li. 9.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm li. 17.

Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn

MORNING SERVICE 3

unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merci-
ful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth
him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgive-
nesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither
have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk
in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10.

0 Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in
thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x.
24. Psalm vi. 1.

1 will arise and go to my father, and will say unto
him. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before
thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
St Luke XV. 18, 19.

Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord;
for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm
cxliii. 2.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins,
God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St, John i. 8, 9.

A General Confession

\ Which may he said by the whole Congregation, after the Minister, all

kneeling.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have
erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep.
We have followed too much the devices and desires
of our own hearts. We have offended against thy
holy laws. We have left undone those things which
we ought to have done; And we have done those
things which we ought not to have done; And there
is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O
God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those
who are penitent; According to thy promises declared

4 MORNING SERVICE

unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant,
O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may
hereafter Hve a godly, righteous, and sober life. To the
glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

^ The People shall answer here, and at the end of every Prayer, Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of
his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins
to all those who, with hearty repentance and true faith,
turn unto him; Have mercy upon us; pardon and
deliver us from all our sins; confirm and strengthen
us in all goodness; and bring us to everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

^ Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the People
still kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever
else it is used in Divine Service.

OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth. As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our trespasses. As we forgive
those who trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and
ever. Amen.

^ Then likewise he shall say,

O Lord, open thou our lips.
Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.

^ Then may follow a portion of the Psalms, or one of the Selections of

Psalms.
^ At the end of the whole Portion of the Psalms or Selection from the Psalter,
the Gloria in excelsis may be sung or said instead of the Gloria Patri.
^ Then shall be read the Lesson of Holy Scripture. After which

may be said or sung a Hymn.
If Then may be said the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the People,

standing.

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth:

MORNING SERVICE 5

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who
was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin
Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified,
dead, and buried: He descended into Hell; The third
day he arose again from the dead: He ascended into
heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the
Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge
the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost: the holy Catholic
Church; The Communion of Saints: The Forgiveness
of sins: The Resurrection of the body: And the Life
everlasting. Amen.

^ And after that. Prayers, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pro-
nouncing.

The Lord be with you.
Answer. And with thy spirit.

Minister. Let us pray.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us.
Answer. And grant us thy salvation.
Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us.
Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

A Collect for Peace,

OGOD, who art the author of peace and lover of
concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our
eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend
us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies;
that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear
the power of any adversaries, through the might of
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Grace.

OLORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and ever-
lasting God, who hast safely brought us to the
beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with

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thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall
into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but
that all our doings, being ordered by thy governance,
may be righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for The President of the United States, and
all in Civil Authority,

OLORD, our heavenly Father, the high and mighty
Ruler of the universe, who dost from thy throne
behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we
beseech thee, with thy favour to behold and bless thy
servant The President of the United States, and
all others in authority; and so replenish them with the
grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they may always incline to
thy will, and walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously
with heavenly gifts; grant them in health and pros-
perity long to live; and finally, after this life, to attain
everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Clergy and People.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom
Cometh every good and perfect gift; Send down
upon all Ministers of Religion, and upon the Congrega-
tions committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of
thy grace ; and, that they may truly please thee, pour upon
them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O
Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator,
Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men.

OGOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind,
we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and con-
ditions of men; that thou wouldest be pleased to make

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thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all
nations. More especially we pray for thy holy Church
universal; that it may be so guided and governed by
thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves
Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold
the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in
righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy
fatherly goodness all those who are any ways ^ j,j^.^ ^^
afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or he said when
estate; [^especially those for whom our prayers any desire
are desired;] that it may please thee to com- the prayers
fort and relieve them, according to their ^/ '^^. ^^-
several necessities; giving them patience 9^^9^^^'^'
under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all
their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's
sake. Amen.

A General Thanksgiving.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine
unworthy servants, do give thee most humble
and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and ^
loving-kindness to us, and to all men; [*par- ^^^J'^n
ticularly to those tvho desire now to offer up ^^y desire to
their praises and thanksgivings for thy late reiumthanks
mercies vouchsafed unto them.] We bless jor mercies
thee for our creation, preservation, and all "^ouchsajedto
the blessings of this life; but above all, for ^^'
thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world
by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and
for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us
that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may
be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy
praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving
up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in
holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost,
be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen,

8 MORNING SERVICE

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at
this time with one accord to make our common
suppHcations unto thee; and dost promise that when
two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou
wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the de-
sires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most
expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge
of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Amen,

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love
of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost,
be with us all evermore. Amen,

Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer.

THE ORDER FOR AN

EVENING SERVICE.

^ The Minister may begin the Evening Service with a Hymn or by read-
ing one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture.

THE Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth
keep silence before him. Hab. ii. 20.

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house,
and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Psalm
xxvi. 8.

Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense;
and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacri-
fice. Psalm cxli. 2.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness ; let the
whole earth stand in awe of him. Psalm xcvi. 9.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of
my heart, be always acceptable in thy sight, O Lord
my strength and my redeemer. Psalm xix. 14, 15.

Watch ye, for ye know not when the master of the

house Cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at

.1 1 . • .1 • 1 4. Advent.

the cock-crowmg, or m the morning: lest

coming suddenly he find you sleeping. St. Mark xiii.

35, 36.

Repent ye; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.

St Matt iii. 2.

10 E\^NING SERMCE

Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and
he will dwell with them, and they shall be
his people, and God himself shall be with ^^^^ ^"^'
them, and be their God. Rev. xxi. 3.

From the rising of the sun even unto the going
down of the same my Name shall be great .
among the Gentiles; and in every place in- ^^^ ^^^*
cense shall be offered unto my Name, and a pure offer-
ing: for my Name shall be great among the heathen,
saith the Lord of hosts. MaL i. 11.

Come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
And he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in
his paths. Isaiah ii. 5, 3.

He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no
sin; that we might be made the righteous- Good

ness of God in him. 2 Cor. v. 21. Friday.

In whom we have redemption through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his
grace. Eph. i. 7.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things
which are above, where Christ sitteth on the
right hand of God. Col. iii. 1. ^^^'•

Christ is not entered into the holy places made
with hands, which are the figures of the true;
but into heaven itself, now to appear in the ^ ^cension.
presence of God for us. Heh. ix. 24.

The Spirit and the bride say. Come. And let him
that heareth say. Come. And let him that
is athirst come. And whosoever will, let ' ^"" ^^'
him take the water of life freely. Rev. xxii. 17.

O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may
lead me, and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy
dwelling. Psalm xliii. 3.

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: Trinity
the whole earth is full of his glory. Isaiah Sunday.
vi. 3.

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Wlien the wicked man turneth away from his wicked-
ness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is
lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek.
xviii. 27.

I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is
ever before me. Psalm li. 3.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine
iniquities. Psalm li. 9.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm U. 17.

Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn
unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merci-
ful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and re-
penteth him of tne evil. Joel ii. 13.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgive-
nesses, though w^e have rebelled against him; neither
have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to
walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10.

0 Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in
thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x.
24. Psalm vi. 1.

1 will arise and go to my father, and will say unto
him. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and be-
fore thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
St. Luke XV. 18, 19.

Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord;
for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm
cxliii. 2.

LET us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty
God.

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A General Confession,

^ Which may be said by the whole Congregation, after the Minister, all

kneeling.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; VV^e have
erred, and strayed from thy ways Uke lost sheep.
We have followed too much the devices and desires
of our own hearts. We have offended against thy
holy laws. We have left undone those things which
we ought to have done; And we have done those
things which we ought not to have done; And there
is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy
upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O
God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those
who are penitent; According to thy promises de-
clared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And
grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we
may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life.
To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his
great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins
to all those who, with hearty repentance and true faith,
turn unto him; Have mercy upon us; pardon and de-
liver us from all our sins; confirm and strengthen us
in all goodness; and bring us to everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

^ Then the Minister may say the Lord's Prayer; the People still kneeling
and repeating it with him.

OUR Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth. As it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses. As we
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us
not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
ever and ever. Amen.

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•| Then likewise he shall say,

O Lord, open thou our lips.
Answer, And our mouth shall show forth thy
praise.

^ Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost;

Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Minister, Praise ye the Lord.

Answer, The Lord's Name be praised.

^ Then may follow a Portion of the Psalms.

^ Then may be read the Lesson from Holy Scripture.

^ After which may be sung or said the Hymn called Magnificat, as
followeth, or any other.

Magnificat. St. Luke i. 46.

MY soul doth magnify the Lord : and thy spirit
hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his hand-
maiden.

For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall
call me blessed.

For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and holy
is his Name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him : through-
out all generations.

He hath showed strength with his arm : he hath
scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and
hath exalted the humble and meek.

He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the
rich he hath sent empty away.

He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant
Israel : as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham
and his seed, for ever.

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^ Then may be said the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the People,

standing.

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth:

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: W^ho
was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin
Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified,
dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third
day he rose again from the dead: He ascended into
heaven. And sitteth on the right hand of God the
Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge
the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost : the holy Catholic Church :
The Communion of Saints: The Forgiveness of sins:
The Resurrection of the body: And the Life everlast-
ing. Amen.

A Collect for Peace.

OGOD, from whom all holy desires, all good coun-
sels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto
thy servants that peace which the world cannot give;
that our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments,
and also that by thee, we, being defended from the
fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and
quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our
Saviour. Amen,

A Collect for Aid against Perils,

LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord;
and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils
and dangers of this night ; for the love of thy only Son,
our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen,

^ In places where it may be convenient, here followeth the Anthem.

^ The Minister may here end the Evening Prayer with such Prayer,
or Prayers taken out of this Book, as he shall think fit.

EVENING SERVICE 15

A Prayer for The President of the United States, and
all in Civil Authority,

ALMIGHTY God, whose kingdom is everlasting
and power infinite; Have mercy upon this whole
land ; and so rule the hearts of thy servants The Presi-
dent OF THE United States, The Governor of this
State, and all others in authority, that they, knowing
whose ministers they are, may above all things seek
thy honour and glory; and that we and all the People,
duly considering whose authority they bear, may faith-
fully and obediently honour them, in thee, and for
thee, according to thy blessed Word and ordinance;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the
Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God, world
without end. Amen,

A Prayer for the Clergy and People.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom
Cometh every good and perfect gift; Send down
upon all Ministers of Religion, and upon the Congre-
gations committed to their charge, the healthful
Spirit of thy grace; and, that they may truly please
thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy bless-
ing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advo-
cate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen,

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men,

OGOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind,
we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and con-
ditions of men; that thou wouldest be pleased to
make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health
unto all nations. More especially we pray for thy
holy Church universal; that it may be so guided and
governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and
call themselves Christians may be led into the way of

16 EVENING SERVICE

truth, and hold the faith in unity of Spirit, in the bond
of peace, and in righteousness of hfe. Finally, we
commend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are
any ways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, ^rhism
body, or estate; ["^especially those for whom he said when
our prayers are desired;] that it may please any desire
thee to comfort and relieve them, accord- the prayers
ing to their several necessities; giving them ^/ ^^^. ^^'
patience under their sufferings, and a happy 9^^9^^^'
issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for
Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

A General Thanksgiving.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine
unworthy servants, do give thee most humble
and hearty thanks for all thy goodness
and lovinej-kindness to us, and to all men; , ^s may

_, .. 7^T,,7 77* , n ^^ ^^^d when

[^particularly to those who desire now to ojjer ^^y ^^^y^ ^^
up their praises and thanksgivings for thy return thanks
late mercies vouchsafed unto them.] We for mercies
bless thee for our creation, preservation, 'vouchsafed to
and all the blessings of this life; but above ^*
all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of
the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means
of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech
thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our
hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we may
show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our
lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by
walking befo^re thee in holiness and righteousness all
our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, and
the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without
end. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this
time with one accord to make our common sup-

EVENING SERVICE 17

plications unto thee; and dost promise that when two
or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt
grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires
and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedi-
ent for them; granting us in this world knowledge of
thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Amen.

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love
of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be
with us all evermore. Amen.

PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS

UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

Ptagew.

A Prayer for Congress.

^ To be used during their Session.

MOST gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as
for the people of these United States in gen-
eral, so especially for their Senate and Representa-
tives in Congress assembled; that thou wouldest be
pleased to direct and prosper all their consulta-
tions, to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy
Church, the safety, honour, and vy^elfare of thy people;
that all things may be so ordered and settled by their
endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations,
that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion
and piety, may be established among us for all genera-
tions. These and all other necessaries, for them, for
us, and thy whole church, we humbly beg in the Name
and Mediation of Jesus Christ, our most blessed Lord
and Saviour. Amen,

For the Unity of God's People,

OGOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our
only Saviour, the Prince of Peace; Give us grace
seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in
by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and

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prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from
godly union and concord: that as there is but one
Body and one Spirit, and one hope of our calling, one
Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of
us all, so we may be all of one heart and of one soul,
united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith
and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth
glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Missions,

OGOD, who hast made of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell on the face of the whole earth,
and didst send thy blessed Son to preach peace to
them that are far off and to them that are nigh; Grant
that all men everywhere may seek after thee and find
thee. Bring the nations into thy fold, and add the
heathen to thine inheritance. And we pray thee
shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and
to hasten thy kingdom; through the same Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

For Rain.

OGOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus
Christ hast promised to all those who seek thy
kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things
necessary to their bodily sustenance; Send us, we be-
seech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain
and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth
to our comfort, and to thy honour; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Fair Weather.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we humbly
beseech thee, of thy great goodness, to restrain
those immoderate rains, wherewith, for our sins, thou
hast afflicted us. And we pray thee to send us such sea-

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sonable weather, that the earth may, in due time,
yield her increase for our use and benefit. And give us
grace, that we may learn by thy punishments to amend
our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee thanks and
praise; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In Time of Dearth and Famine

OGOD, heavenly Father, whose gift it is that the
rain doth fall, and the earth bring forth her
increase ; Behold, we beseech thee, the afilictions of thy
people; increase the fruits of the earth by thy heavenly
benediction; and grant that the scarcity and dearth,
which we now most justly suffer for our sins, may,
through thy goodness, be mercifully turned into plenty;
for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with
thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory,
now and for ever. Amen.

For a Sick Person.

O FATHER of mercies and God of all comfort, our
only help in time of need; Look down from
heaven, we humbly beseech thee, behold, visit, and
relieve thy sick servant, for whom our prayers are de-
sired. Look upon him with the eyes of thy mercy;
comfort him with a sense of thy goodness; preserve
him from the temptations of the enemy; give him pa-
tience under his affliction; and, in thy good time, re-
store him to health, and enable him to lead the residue
of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory. Or else give
him grace so to take thy visitation, that, after this pain-
ful life ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlasting;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For a Sick Child.

ALMIGHTY God, and merciful Father, to whom
alone belong the issues of life and death; Look

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down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with
the eyes of mercy, upon the sick child for whom our
prayers are desired. DeHver him, O Lord, in thy
good appointed time, from his bodily pain, and visit
him with thy salvation; that if it should be thy good
pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live
to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving
thee faithfully, and doing good in his generation. Or
else receive him into those heavenly habitations, where
the souls of those who sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy
perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for
the love of thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

For a Person, or Persons, going to Sea.

O ETERNAL God, who alone spreadest out the
heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea; We
commend to thy almighty protection, thy servant, for
whose preservation on the great deep our prayers are
desired. Guard him, we beseech thee, from the dan-
gers of the sea, from sickness, from the violence of
enemies, and from every evil to which he may be ex-
posed. Conduct him in safety to the haven where he
would be, with a grateful sense of thy mercies; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For a Person under Affliction.

O MERCIFUL God, and heavenly Father, who
hast taught us in thy holy Word that thou dost
not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men;
Look with pity, we beseech thee, upon the sorrows of
thy servant, for whom our prayers are desired. In
thy wisdom thou hast seen fit to visit him with trouble,
and to bring distress upon him. Remember him, O
Lord, in mercy; sanctify thy fatherly correction to
him; endue his soul with patience under his affliction,
and with resignation to thy blessed will; comfort him

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with a sense of thy goodness; Hft up thy countenance
upon him, and give him peace; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen,

In Time of War and Tumults.

O ALMIGHTY God, the supreme Governor of all
things, whose power no creature is able to resist,
to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to
be merciful to those who truly repent; Save and deliver
us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our
enemies; that we, being armed with thy defence, may
be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee,
who art the only giver of all victory; through the merits
of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Fruitful Seasons.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast blessed the earth that
it should be fruitful and bring forth whatsoever
is needful for the life of man, and hast commanded
us to work with quietness, and eat our own bread;
Bless the labours of the husbandman, and grant such
seasonable weather that he may gather in the fruits of
the earth, and ever rejoice in thy goodness, to the
praise of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

^ Or this.

O GRACIOUS Father, who openest thine hand and
fillest all things living with plenteousness; We
beseech thee of thine infinite goodness to hear us, who
now make our prayers and supplications unto thee.
Remember not our sins, but thy promises of mercy.
Vouchsafe to bless the lands and multiply the harvests
of the world. Let thy breath go forth that it may re-
new the face of the earth. Show thy loving-kindness,
that our land may give her increase; and so fill us with

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good things that the poor and needy may give thanks
unto thy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

In Time of great Sickness and Mortality,

O ALMIGHTY God, the Lord of life and death, of
sickness and health; Regard our supplications,
we humbly beseech thee; and, as thou hast thought
fit to visit us for our sins with great sickness and mortal-
ity, in the midst of thy judgment, O Lord, remember
mercy. Have pity upon us miserable sinners, and
withdraw from us the grievous sickness with which we
are afflicted. May this thy fatherly correction have
its due influence upon us, by leading us to consider how
frail and uncertain our life is ; that we may apply our
hearts unto that heavenly wisdom which in the end
will bring us to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

For Rain.

OGOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious
providence dost cause the former and the latter
rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth
fruit for the use of man; We give thee humble thanks
that it hath pleased thee, in our great necessity, to
send us at the last a joyful rain upon thine inheritance,
and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great com-
fort of us thy unworthy servants, and to the glory of
thy holy Name; through thy mercies in Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

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For Fair Weather.

OLORD God, who hast justly humbled us by thy
late visitation of us with immoderate rain and
waters, and in thy mercy hast relieved and comforted
our souls by this seasonable and blessed change of
weather; We praise and glorify thy holy Name for
this thy mercy, and will always declare thy loving-
kindness from generation to generation; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen,

For Plenty,

OMOST merciful Father, who of thy gracious
goodness hast heard the devout prayers of thy
Church, and turned our dearth and scarcity into plenty;
We give thee humble thanks for this thy special bounty;
beseeching thee to continue thy loving-kindness unto us,
that our land may yield us her fruits of increase, to thy
glory and our comfort; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen,

For a Recovery from Sickness,

OGOD, who art the giver of life, of health, and of
safety; We bless thy Name, that thou hast been
pleased to deliver from his bodily sickness this thy
servant, who now desireth to return thanks unto thee,
in the presence of all thy people. Gracious art thou,
O Lord, and full of compassion to the children of
men. May his heart be duly impressed with a sense
of thy merciful goodness, and may he devote the residue
of his days to an humble, holy, and obedient walking
before thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen,

For a Child's Recovery from Sickness,

ALMIGHTY God and heavenly Father, we give
thee humble thanks for that thou hast been
graciously pleased to deliver from his bodily sickness

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the child in whose behalf we bless and praise thy
Name, in the presence of all thy people. Grant, we
beseech thee, O gracious Father, that he, through thy
help, may both faithfully live in this world according
to thy will, and also may be partaker of everlasting
glory in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

For a Safe Return from Sea.

MOST gracious Lord, whose mercy is over all thy
works : We praise thy holy Name that thou hast
been pleased to conduct in safety, through the perils
of the great deep, this thy servant, who now desireth
to return his thanks unto thee in thy holy Church.
May he be duly sensible of thy merciful providence
towards him, and ever express his thankfulness by a
holy trust in thee, and obedience to thy laws; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PSALMS OF DAVID.

THE FIRST DAY.

Psalm 1. Beatus vir qui non abiit

BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of
sinners : and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord : and in
his law will he exercise himself day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-
side : that will bring forth his fruit in due season.

4 His leaf also shall not wither : and look, whatso-
ever he doeth, it shall prosper.

5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them : but
they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth
away from the face of the earth.

6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand
in the judgment : neither the sinners in the congrega-
tion of the righteous.

7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous:
and the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalm 2. Quare fremuerunt gentes?

HY do the heathen so furiously rage together:
and why do the people imagine a vain thing .^

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2 The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers
take counsel together : against the Lord, and against
his Anointed:

3 Let us break their bonds asunder : and cast away
their cords from us.

4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to
scorn : the Lord shall have them in derision.

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath : and
vex them in his sore displeasure:

6 Yet have I set my King : upon my holy hill of
Sion.

7 I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said
unto me : Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten
thee.

8 Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen
for thine inheritance : and the utmost parts of the earth
for thy possession.

9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron : and
break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be learned,
ye that are judges of the earth.

11 Serve the Lord in fear : and rejoice unto him
with reverence.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish
from the right way : if his wrath be kindled, yea but a
little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Psalm 3. Domine, quid multiplicati ?

LORD, how are they increased that trouble me:
many are they that rise against me.

2 Many one there be that say of my soul : There is
no help for him in his God.

3 But thou, O Lord, art my defender : thou art my
worship, and the lifter up of my head.

4 I did call upon the Lord with my voice : and he
heard me out of his holy hill.

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5 I laid me down and slept, and rose up again : for
the Lord sustained me.

6 I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people :
that have set themselves against me round about.

7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my God : for thou
smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou
hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : and thy bless-
ing is upon thy people.

Psalm 4. Cum invocarem.

HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteous-
ness : thou hast set me at liberty when I was in
trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my
prayer.

2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme
mine honour : and have such pleasure in vanity, and
seek after falsehood ?

3 Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to
himself the man that is godly : when I call upon the
Lord he will hear me.

4 Stand in awe, and sin not : commune with your
own heart, and in your chamber, and be still.

5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousness : and put your
trust in the Lord.

6 There be many that say : Who will show us any
good ?

7 Lord, lift thou up : the light of thy countenance
upon us.

8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart: since the
time that their corn and wine and oil increased.

9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest :
for it is thou. Lord, only, that makest me dwell in
safety.

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Psalm 5. Verba mea aurihus,

PONDER my words, O Lord : consider my medi-
tations.

2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my
King and my God : for unto thee will I make my
prayer.

3 My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord : early
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and
will look up.

4 For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in
wickedness : neither shall any evil dwell with thee.

5 Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight : for
thou hatest all them that work vanity.

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies : the
Lord will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful
man.

7 But as for me, I will come into thine house, even
upon the multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will
I worship toward thy holy temple.

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because
of mine enemies : make thy way plain before my face.

9 For there is no faithfulness in his mouth : their in-
ward parts are very wickedness.

10 Their throat is an open sepulchre: they flatter
with their tongue.

11 Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish
through their own imaginations : cast them out in the
multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled
against thee.

12 And let all them that put their trust in thee re-
joice : they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou
defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joy-
ful in thee;

13 For thou. Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto the
righteous : and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou
defend him as with a shield.

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Psalm 6. Domine, ne in furore.

OLORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation:
neither chasten me in thy displeasure.

2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak:
O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

3 My soul also is sore troubled : but. Lord, how
long wilt thou punish me ?

4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul : O save
me, for thy mercy's sake.

5 For in death no man remembereth thee : and who
will give thee thanks in the pit ?

6 I am weary of my groaning, every night wash I my
bed: and water my couch with my tears.

7 My beauty is gone for very trouble : and worn
away because of all mine enemies.

8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity : for the
Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9 The Lord hath heard my petition : the Lord will
receive my prayer.

10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore
vexed : they shall be turned back, and put to shame
suddenly.

Psalm 7. Domine^ Deus mens.

OLORD my God, in thee have I put my trust:
save me from all them that persecute me, and
deliver me;

2 Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in
pieces; while there is none to help.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done any such thing:
or if there be any wickedness in my hands;

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly
with me : yea, I have delivered him that without any
cause is mine enemy;

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5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and
take me : yea, let him tread my life down upon the
earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.

6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thy-
self, because of the indignation of mine enemies : arise
up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.

7 And so shall the congregation of the people come
about thee : for their sakes therefore lift up thyself
again.

8 The Lord shall judge the people; give sentence
with me, O Lord : according to my righteousness,
and according to the innocency that is in me.

9 O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an
end : but guide thou the just.

10 For the righteous God : trieth the very hearts
and reins.

11 My help cometh of God : who preserveth them
that are true of heart.

12 God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient :
and God is provoked every day.

13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword :
he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of
death : he ordaineth his arrows against the perse-
cutors.

15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief : he hath
conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness.

16 He hath graven and digged up a pit : and is
fallen himself into the destruction that he made for
other.

17 For his travail shall come upon his own head :
and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.

18 I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to
righteousness : and I will praise the Name of the
Lord Most High.

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Psalm 8. Domine, Dominus nosier.

OLORD our Governor, how excellent is thy Name
in all the world : thou that hast set thy glory
above the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings
hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies :
that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of
thy fingers : the moon and the stars which thou hast
ordained.

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him : and
the son of man, that thou visitest him ?

5 Thou madest him lower than the angels : to crown
him with glory and worship.

6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works
of thy hands : and thou hast put all things in subjec-
tion under his feet.

7 All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the
field;

8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and
whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord our Governor : how excellent is thy Name
in all the world!

THE SECOND DAY.

Psalm 9. Confitebor tibi.

I WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my
whole heart : I will speak of all thy marvellous
works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee : yea, my songs
will I make of thy Name, O thou Most Highest.

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3 While mine enemies are driven back : they shall
fall and perish at thy presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause :
thou art set in the throne that judgest right.

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the
ungodly : thou hast put out their name for ever and
ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpet-
ual end : even as the cities which thou hast destroyed,
their memorial is perished with them.

7 But the Lord shall endure for ever : he hath also
prepared his seat for judgment.

8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness :
and minister true judgment unto the people.

9 The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed :
even a refuge in due time of trouble.

10 And they that know thy Name will put their
trust in thee : for thou, Lord, hast never failed them
that seek thee.

11 O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion : show
the people of his doings.

12 For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he
remembereth them : and forgetteth not the complaint
of the poor.

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider the
trouble which I suffer of them that hate me : thou that
liftest me up from the gates of death;

14 That I may show all thy praises within the
ports of the daughter of Sion : I will rejoice in thy
salvation.

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they
made : in the same net which they hid privily is their
foot taken.

16 The Lord is known to execute judgment ; the
ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell : and all the
people that forget God,

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18 For the poor shall not always be forgotten : the
patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever.

19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand :
let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O Lord : that the heathen may
know themselves to be but men.

Psalm 10. Ut quid, Domine?

WHY standest thou so far off, O Lord : and
hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble ?

2 The ungodly, for his own lust, doth persecute the
poor : let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that
they have imagined.

3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own
heart's desire : and speaketh good of the covetous,
whom God abhorreth.

4 The ungodly is so proud, that he careth not for
God : neither is God in all his thoughts.

5 His ways are always grievous : thy judgments are
far above out of his sight, and therefore defieth he all
his enemies.

6 For he hath said in his heart. Tush, I shall never
be cast down : there shall no harm happen unto me.

7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud :
under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity.

8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the
streets : and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder
the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor.

9 For he lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh
he is his den : that he may ravish the poor.

10 He doth ravish the poor : when he getteth him
into his net.

11 He falleth down, and humbleth himself : that
the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands
of his captains.

12 He hath said in his heart. Tush, God hath for-

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gotten : he hideth away his face, and he will never
see it.

13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand : for-
get not the poor.

14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God :
while he doth say in his heart, Tush, thou God, carest
not for it ?

15 Surely thou hast seen it : for thou beholdest un-
godliness and wrong,

16 That thou mayest take the matter into thy hand :
the poor committeth himself unto thee; for thou art
the helper of the friendless.

17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and ma-
licious : take away his ungodliness, and thou shalt find
none.

18 The Lord is King for ever and ever : and the
heathen are perished out of the land.

19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor :
thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth
thereto ;

20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right :
that the man of the earth be no more exalted against
them.

Psalm 11. In Domino confido.

IN the Lord put I my trust : how say ye then to
my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill ?

2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make
ready their arrows within the quiver : that they may
privily shoot at them which are true of heart.

3 For the foundations will be cast down : and what
hath the righteous done.'^

4 The Lord is in his holy temple : the Lord's seat
is in heaven.

5 His eyes consider the poor : and his eyelids try
the children of men.

6 The Lord alloweth the righteous : but the un-

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godly, and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his
soul abhor.

7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and
brimstone, storm and tempest : this shall be their por-
tion to drink.

8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness : his
countenance will behold the thing that is just.

Psalm 12. Salvum me fac.

HELP me. Lord, for there is not one godly man
left : for the faithful are minished from among
the children of men.

2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour :
they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in
their double heart.

3 The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips : and
the tongue that speaketh proud things;

4 Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail :
we are they that ought to speak, who is lord over us ?

5 Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the
needy : and because of the deep sighing of the poor,

6 I will up, saith the Lord : and will help every
one from him that swelleth against him, and will set
him at rest.

7 The words of the Lord are pure words : even as
the silver which from the earth is tried, and purified
seven times in the fire.

8 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord : thou shalt pre-
serve him from this generation for ever.

9 The ungodly walk on every side : when they are
exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.

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Psalm 13. Usquequo, Domine ?

HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ; for ever :
how long wilt thou hide thy face from me ?

2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be
so vexed in my heart : how long shall mine enemies
triumph over me?

3 Consider, and hear me, O Lord : my God, lighten
mine eyes, that I sleep not in death;

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against
him : for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will
rejoice at it.

5 But my trust is in thy mercy : and my heart is
joyful in thy salvation.

6 I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so
lovingly with me : yea, I will praise the Name of the
Lord most highest.

Psalm 14. Dixit insipiens.

THE fool hath said in his heart : There is no
God.

2 They are corrupt, and become abominable in
their doings : there is none that doeth good, no, not
one.

3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the
children of men : to see if there were any that would
understand, and seek after God.

4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are alto-
gether become abominable : there is none that doeth
good, no, not one.

5 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their
tongues have they deceived : the poison of asps is
under their lips.

6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness : their
feet are swift to shed blood.

7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and

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the way of peace have they not known : there is no fear
of God before their eyes.

8 Have they no knowledge, that they are all such
workers of mischief : eating up my people as it were
bread, and call not upon the Lord ?

9 There were they brought in great fear, even where
no fear was : for God is in the generation of the
righteous.

10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel
of the poor : because he putteth his trust in the Lord.

11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion.'^
When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people :
then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

THE THIRD DAY.

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Psalm 15. Domine, quis habitahit?

LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle : or who
shall rest upon thy holy hill.?

2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life : and
doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth
from his heart.

3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor
done evil to his neighbour : and hath not slandered his
neighbour.

4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his
own eyes : and maketh much of them that fear the Lord.

5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and dis-
appointeth him not : though it were to his own
hindrance.

6 He that hath not given his money upon usury :
nor taken reward against the innocent.

7 Whoso doeth these things : shall never fall.

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Psalm 16. Conserva me, Domine,

PRESERVE me, O God : for in thee have I put my
trust.

2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord : Thou
art my God; my goods are nothing unto thee.

3 All my delight is upon the saints that are in the
earth : and upon such as excel in virtue.

4 But they that run after another god : shall have
great trouble.

5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer :
neither make mention of their names within my lips.

6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inherit-
ance, and of my cup : thou shalt maintain my lot.

7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground : yea, I
have a goodly heritage.

8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning : my
reins also chasten me in the night season.

9 I have set God alway before me : for he is on
my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.

10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory re-
joiced : my flesh also shall rest in hope.

11 For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell :
neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corrup-
tion.

12 Thou shalt show me the path of life; in thy
presence is the fulness of joy : and at thy right hand
there is pleasure for evermore.

Psalm 17. Exaudi, Domine.

HEAR the right, O Lord, consider my complaint:
and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out
of feigned lips.

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence :
and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal.

3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the

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night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no
wickedness in me : for I am utterly purposed that my
mouth shall not offend.

4 Because of men's works that are done against the
words of thy lips : I have kept me from the ways of
the destroyer.

5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths : that my
footsteps slip not.

6 I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt
hear me : incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto
my words.

7 Show thy marvellous loving-kindness, thou that
art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee :
from such as resist thy right hand.

8 Keep me as the apple of an eye : hide me under
the shadow of thy wings,

9 From the ungodly, that trouble me : mine ene-
mies compass me round about, to take away my soul.

10 They are inclosed in their own fat : and their
mouth speaketh proud things.

11 They lie waiting in our way on every side : turn-
ing their eyes down to the ground;

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey : and as it
were a lion's whelp lurking in secret places.

13 Up, Lord, disappoint him, and cast him down :
deliver my soul from the ungodly, which is a sword of
thine ;

14 From the men of thy hand, O Lord, from the
men, I say, and from the evil world : which have their

Eortion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy
id treasure.

15 They have children at their desire : and leave
the rest of their substance for their babes.

16 But as for me, I will behold thy presence in
righteousness : and when I wake up after thy likeness,
I shall be satisfied with it.

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Psalm 18. Diligam te, Domine.

I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord
is my stony rock, and my defence : my Saviour, my
God, and my might, in whom I will trust; my buckler,
the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge.

2 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be
praised : so shall I be safe from mine enemies.

3 The sorrows of death compassed me : and the
overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid.

4 The pains of hell came about me : the snares of
death overtook me.

5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord : and
complain unto my God :

6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple :
and my complaint shall come before him; it shall enter
even into his ears.

7 The earth trembled and quaked : the very foun-
dations also of the hills shook, and were removed, be-
cause he was wroth.

8 There went a smoke out in his presence : and a
consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were
kindled at it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and
it was dark under his feet.

10 He rode upon the Cherubim, and did fly : he
came flying upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his secret place : his pavilion
round about him with dark water, and thick clouds to
cover him.

12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds re-
moved : hailstones and coals of fires.

13 The Lord also thundered out of heaven, and the
Highest gave his thunder : hailstones and coals of
fire.

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14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them : he
cast forth Hghtnings, and destroyed them.

15 The springs of waters were seen, and the founda-
tions of the round world were discovered at thy chiding,
O Lord : at the blasting of the breath of thy dis-
pleasure.

16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me :
and shall take me out of many waters.

17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and
from them which hate me : for they are too mighty
for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble : but
the Lord was my upholder.

19 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty :
he brought me forth, even because he had a favour
unto me.

20 The Lord shall reward me after my righteous
dealing : according to the cleanness of my hands shall
he recompense me.

21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord : and
have not forsaken my God, as the wicked doth.

22 For I have an eye unto all his laws : and will not
cast out his commandments from me.

23 I was also uncorrupt before him : and eschewed
mine own wickedness.

24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my
righteous dealing : and according unto the cleanness of
my hands in his eyesight.

25 With the holy thou shalt be holy : and with a
perfect man thou shalt be perfect.

26 With the clean thou shalt be clean : and with the
froward thou shalt learn frowardness.

27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adver-
sity : and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud.

28 Thou also shalt light my candle : the Lord my
God shall make my darkness to be light.

29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men :

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and with the help of my God I shall leap over the
wall.

30 The way of God is an undefiled way : the word
of the Lord also is tried in the fire ; he is the defender
of all them that put their trust in him.

31 For who is God, but the Lord : or who hath an}^
strength, except our God ?

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength of war :
and maketh my way perfect.

33 He maketh my feet like harts' feet : and setteth
me up on high.

34 He teacheth mine hands to fight : and mine arms
shall break even a bow of steel.

35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation :
thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving
correction shall make me great.

36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to
go : that my footsteps shall not slide.

37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and overtake
them : neither will I turn again till I have destroyed
them.

38 I will smite them, that they shall not be able to
stand : but fall under my feet.

39 Thou hast girded me with strength unto the
battle : thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me.

40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their
backs upon me : and I shall destroy them that hate me.

41 They shall cry, but there shall be none to help
them : yea, even unto the Lord shall they cry, but he
shall not hear them.

42 I will beat them as small as the dust before the
wind : I will cast them out as the clay in the streets.

43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the
people : and thou shalt make me the head of the
heathen.

44 A people whom I have not known : shall serve
me.

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45 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me :
but the strange children shall dissemble with me.

46 The strange children shall fail : and be afraid
out of their prisons.

47 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my strong
helper : and praised be the God of my salvation :

48 Even the God that seeth that I be avenged : and
subdueth the people unto me.

49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies,
and setteth me up above mine adversaries : thou shalt
rid me from the wicked man.

50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O
Lord, among the Gentiles : and sing praises unto thy
Name.

51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King : and
showeth loving-kindness unto David his anointed, and
unto his seed for evermore.

THE FOURTH DAY.

Psalm 19. CcbU enarrant.

THE heavens declare the glory of God : and the
firmament showeth his handy-work.

2 One day telleth another : and one night certifieth
another.

3 There is neither speech nor language : but their
voices are heard among them.

4 Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their
words into the ends of the world.

5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun :
which Cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber,
and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.

6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the

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heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again :
and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law, convert-
ing the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, and
giveth wisdom unto the simple.

8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the
heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, and
giveth light unto the eyes.

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth for
ever : the judgments of the Lord are true, and right-
eous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than
much fine gold : sweeter also than honey, and the
honey-comb.

11 Moreover, by them is thy servant taught : and in
keeping of them there is great reward.

12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth : O cleanse
thou me from my secret faults.

13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins,
lest they get the dominion over me : so shall I be un-
defiled, and innocent from the great offence.

14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of
my heart : be always acceptable in thy sight,

15 O Lord : my strength and my redeemer.

Psalm 20. Exaudiat te Dominus.

THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble : the
Name of the God of Jacob defend thee :

2 Send thee help from the sanctuary : and strengthen
thee out of Sion :

3 Remember all thy offerings : and accept thy burnt-
sacrifice :

4 Grant thee thy heart's desire : and fulfil all thy mind.

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in
the Name of the Lord our God : the Lord perform all
thy petitions.

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6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his anointed,
and will hear him from his holy heaven : even with the
wholesome strength of his right hand.

7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses :
but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God.

8 They are brought down and fallen : but we are
risen and stand upright.

9 Save, Lord; and hear us, O King of heaven :
when we call upon thee.

Psalm 21. Domine, in virtute tua,

THE King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord :
exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation.

2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire : and hast
not denied him the request of his lips.

3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of
goodness : and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon
his head.

4 He asked life of thee; and thou gavest him a long
life : even for ever and ever.

5 His honour is great in thy salvation : glory and
great worship shalt thou lay upon him.

6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity : and
make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.

7 And why.P because the King putteth his trust in
the Lord : and in the mercy of the Most Highest he
shall not miscarry.

8 All thine enemies shall feel thine hand : thy right
hand shall find out them that hate thee.

9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of
thy wrath : the Lord shall destroy them in his dis-
pleasure, and the fire shall consume them.

10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth : and
their seed from among the children of men.

11 For they intended mischief against thee : and
imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

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12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight : and the
strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the
face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength :
so will we sing, and praise thy power.

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Psalm 22. Deus, Deus mens,

MY God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou
forsaken me : and art so far from my health, and
from the words of my complaint.^

2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest
not : and in the night season also I take no rest.

3 And thou continuest holy : O thou Worship of Israel.

4 Our fathers hoped in thee : they trusted in thee,
and thou didst deliver them.

5 They called upon thee, and were holpen : they put
their trust in thee, and were not confounded.

6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man : a very
scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn : they
shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,

8 He trusted in God that he would deliver him :
let him deliver him, if he will have him.

9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother's
womb : thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon
my mother's breasts.

10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born :
thou art my God even from my mother's womb.

11 O go not from me; for trouble is hard at hand :
and there is none to help me.

12 Many oxen are come about me : fat bulls of
Basan close me in on every side.

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13 They gape upon me with their mouths : as it
were a ramping and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out Hke water, and all my bones are
out of joint : my heart also in the midst of my body is
even like melting wax.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my
tongue cleaveth to my gums : and thou shalt bring me
into the dust of death.

16 For many dogs are come about me : and the
council of the wicked layeth siege against me.

17 They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell
all my bones : they stand staring and looking upon me.

18 They part my garments among them : and cast
lots upon my vesture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord : thou art
my succour, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword : my darling
from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth : thou hast heard
me also from among the horns of the unicorns.

22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren : in
the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 O praise the Lord, ye that fear him : magnify
him, all ye of the seed of Jacob; and fear him, all ye
seed of Israel.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low
estate of the poor : he hath not hid his face from him;
but when he called unto him he heard him.

25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation :
my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear
him.

26 The poor shall eat, and be satisfied : they that
seek after the Lord shall praise him; your heart shall
live for ever.

27 All the ends of the world shall remember them-
selves, and be turned unto the Lord : and all the kin-
dreds of the nations shall worship before him.

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28 For the kingdom is the Lord's : and he is the
Governor among the people.

29 All such as be fat upon earth : have eaten, and
worshipped.

30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel
before him : and no man hath quickened his own soul.

31 My seed shall serve him: they shall be counted
unto the Lord for a generation.

32 They shall come, and the heavens shall declare
his righteousness : unto a people that shall be born,
whom the Lord hath made.

Psalm 23. Dominus regit me,

THE Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack
nothing.

2 He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me
forth beside the waters of comfort.

3 He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in
the paths of righteousness for his Name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with
me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.

5 Thou shall prepare a table before me against them
that trouble me : thou hast anointed my head with oil,
and my cup shall be full.

6 But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow
me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house
of the Lord for ever.

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THE FIFTH DAY.

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Psalm 24. Domini est terra.

THE earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is :
the compass of the world, and they that dwell
therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas : and pre-
pared it upon the floods.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord : or
who shall rise up in his holy place?

4 Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart :
and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor
sworn to deceive his neighbour.

5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord : and
righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek him : even
of them that seek thy face, O Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up,
ye everlasting doors : and the King of glory shall
come in.

8 Who is this King of glory : It is the Lord strong
and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up,
ye everlasting doors : and the King of glory shall come
in.

10 Who is this King of glory : Even the Lord of
hosts, he is the King of glory.

Psalm 25. Ad te, Domine, levavi.

UNTO thee, O Lord, will I lift up my soul; my
God, I have put my trust in thee : O let me not
be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over
me.

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2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed :
but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to
confusion.

3 Show me thy ways, O Lord : and teach me thy
paths.

4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me : for
thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my
hope all the day long.

5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies :
and thy loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old.

6 O remember not the sins and offences of my
youth : but according to thy mercy think thou upon
me, O Lord, for thy goodness.

7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord : therefore
will he teach sinners in the way.

8 Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment :
and such as are gentle, them shall he learn his way.

9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth :
unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

10 For thy Name's sake, O Lord : be merciful unto
my sin; for it is great.

11 What man is he that feareth the Lord : him
shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

12 His soul shall dwell at ease : and his seed shall
inherit the land.

13 The secret of the Lord is among them that fear
him : and he will show them his covenant.

14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord : for
he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

15 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me :
for I am desolate, and in misery.

16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged : O bring
thou me out of my troubles.

17 Look upon my adversity and misery : and for-
give me all my sin.

18 Consider mine enemies, how many they are : and
they bear a tyrannous hate against me.

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19 O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be
confounded, for I have put my trust in thee.

20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon
me : for my hope hath been in thee.

21 Deliver Israel, O God : out of all his troubles.

Psalm 26. Judica me, Domine,

BE thou my Judge, O Lord, for I have walked in-
nocently : my trust hath been also in the Lord,
therefore shall I not fall.

2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me : try out my
reins and my heart.

3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes :
and I will walk in thy truth.

4 I have not dwelt with vain persons : neither will
I have fellowship with the deceitful.

5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked : and
will not sit among the ungodly.

6 I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord : and
so will I go to thine altar;

7 That I may show the voice of thanksgiving : and
tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house :
and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners : nor my
life with the blood-thirsty;

10 In whose hands is wickedness : and their right
hand is full of gifts.

11 But as for me, I will walk innocently : O deliver
me, and be merciful unto me.

12 My foot standeth right : I will praise the Lord
in the congregations.

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Psalm 27. Dominus illuminatio,

THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom
then shall I fear : the Lord is the strength of my
life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes,
came upon me to eat up my flesh : they stumbled and fell.

3 Though an host of men were laid against me, yet
shall not my heart be afraid : and though there rose
up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him.

4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will
require : even that I may dwell in the house of the
Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty
of the Lord, and visit his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
tabernacle : yea, in the secret place of his dwelling
shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone.

6 And now shall he lift up mine head : above mine
enemies round about me.

7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation,
with great gladness : I will sing and speak praises unto
the Lord.

8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto
thee : have mercy upon me, and hear me.

9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face :
Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

10 O hide not thou thy face from me : nor cast thy
servant away in displeasure.

11 Thou hast been my succour : leave me not,
neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

12 When my father and my mother forsake me:
the Lord taketh me up.

13 Teach me thy way, O Lord : and lead me in the
right way, because of mine enemies.

14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adver-

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saries : for there are false witnesses risen up against
me, and such as speak wrong.

15 I should utterly have fainted : but that I believe
verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of
living.

16 O tarry thou the Lord's leisure : be strong, and
he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in
the Lord.

Psalm 28. Ad te, Domine.

UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord, my strength :
think no scorn of me ; lest, if thou make as though
thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into
the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry
unto thee : when I hold up my hands towards the
mercy-seat of thy holy temple.

3 O pluck me not away, neither destroy me with
the ungodly and wicked doers : which speak friendly
to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their hearts.

4 Reward them according to their deeds : and ac-
cording to the wickedness of their own inventions.

5 Recompense them after the work of their hands :
pay them that they have deserved.

6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the
Lord, nor the operation of his hands : therefore shall
he break them down, and not build them up.

7 Praised be the Lord : for he hath heard the voice
of my humble petitions.

8 The Lord is my strength, and my shield; my
heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped : there-
fore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I
praise him.

9 The Lord is my strength : and he is the whole-
some defence of his anointed.

10 O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto
thine inheritance : feed them, and set them up for ever.

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Psalm 29. Afferte Domino.

BRING unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring young
rams unto the Lord : ascribe unto the Lord wor-
ship and strength.

2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name :
worship the Lord with holy worship.

3 It is the Lord that commandeth the waters : it
is the glorious God that maketh the thunder.

4 It is the Lord that ruleth the sea; the voice of the
Lord is mighty in operation : the voice of the Lord
is a glorious voice.

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar-trees :
yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus.

6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf : Libanus
also, and Sirion, like a young unicorn.

7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire;
the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness : yea,
the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades.

8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring
forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes : in his
temple doth every man speak of his honour.

9 The Lord sitteth above the water-flood : and the
Lord remaineth a King for ever.

10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people :
the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.

THE SIXTH DAY.

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Psalm 30. Exaltaho te, Domine.
WILL magnify thee, O Lord ; for thou hast set me

up : and not made my foes to triumph over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee : and thou
hast healed me.

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3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell :
thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the
pit.

4 Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye saints of his :
and give thanks unto him, for a remembrance of his
holiness.

5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an
eye, and in his pleasure is life : heaviness may endure
for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

6 Ana in my prosperity I said, I shall never be re-
moved : thou. Lord, of thy goodness, hast made my
hill so strong.

7 Thou didst turn thy face from me : and I was
troubled.

8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord : and gat me to
my Lord right humbly.

9 What profit is there in my blood : when I go down
to the pit?

10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee : or shall it
declare thy truth?

11 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me :
Lord, be thou my helper.

12 Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy : thou
hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with glad-
ness :

13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy
praise without ceasing : O my God, I will give thanks
unto thee for ever.

Psalm 31. In te^ Domine, speravi.

IN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust : let me never
be put to confusion; deliver me in thy righteousness.

2 Bow down thine ear to me : make haste to deliver
me.

3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence :
that thou mayest save me.

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4 For thou art my strong rock, and my castle : be
thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake.

5 Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily
for me : for thou art my strength.

6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit : for thou
hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth.

7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious van-
ities : and my trust hath been in the Lord.

8 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou
hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul
in adversities.

9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the
enemy : but hast set my feet in a large room.

10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in
trouble : and mine eye is consumed for very heavi-
ness; yea, my soul and my body.

11 For my life is waxen old with heaviness : and
my years with mourning.

12 My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity :
and my bones are consumed.

13 I became a reproof among all mine enemies,
but especially among my neighbours : and they of
mine acquaintance were afraid of me; and they that
did see me without, conveyed themselves from me.

14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind :
I am become like a broken vessel.

15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multi-
tude : and fear is on every side; while they conspire to-
gether against me, and take their counsel to take away
my life.

16 But my hope hath been in thee, O Lord : I have
said. Thou art my God.

17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me from the
hand of mine enemies : and from them that persecute
me.

18 Show thy servant the light of thy countenance :
and save me for thy mercy's sake.

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19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have
called upon thee : let the ungodly be put to confusion,
and be put to silence in the grave.

20 Let the lying lips be put to silence : which cruelly,
disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.

21 O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou
hast laid up for them that fear thee: and that thou
hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even
before the sons of men!

22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own pres-
ence from the provoking of all men : thou shalt keep
them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of
tongues.

23 Thanks be to the Lord : for he hath showed me
marvellous great kindness in a strong city.

24 And when I made haste, I said : I am cast out of
the sight of thine eyes.

25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my
prayer : when I cried unto thee.

26 O love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord
preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously re-
wardeth the proud doer.

27 Be strong, and he shall establish your heart :
all ye that put your trust in the Lord.

Psalm 32. Beati quorum,

BLESSED is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven :
and whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth
no sin : and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3 For whilst I held my tongue : my bones consumed
away through my daily complaining.

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4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night :
and my moisture is Hke the drought in summer.

5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee : and mine
unrighteousness have I not hid.

6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord :
and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.

7 For this shall every one that is godly make his
prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found :
but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

8 Thou art a place to hide me in ; thou shalt preserve
me from trouble : thou shalt compass me about with
songs of deliverance.

9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way where-
in thou shalt go : and I will guide thee with mine eye.

10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no
understanding : whose mouths must be held with bit
and bridle, lest they fall upon thee.

11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly: but who-
so putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him
on every side.

12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord ;
and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart.

Psalm 33. Exultate, justi.

REJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous : for it be-
cometh well the just to be thankful.

2 Praise the Lord with harp : sing praises unto
him with the lute, and instrument of ten strings.

3 Sing unto the Lord a new song : sing praises lustily
unto him with a good courage.

4 For the word of the Lord is true : and all his
works are faithful.

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment : the earth
is full of the goodness of the Lord.

6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made :
and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.

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7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it
were upon an heap : and layeth up the deep, as in a
treasure-house,

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : stand in awe of
him, all ye that dwell in the world.

9 For he spake, and it was done : he commanded,
and it stood fast.

10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen
to naught : and maketh the devices of the people to be
of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes.

1 1 The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever : and
the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord
JEHOVAH : and blessed are the folk that he hath
chosen to him, to be his inheritance.

13 The Lord looked down from heaven, and be-
held all the children of men : from the habitation of his
dwelling, he considereth all them that dwell on the
earth.

14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them : and un-
derstandeth all their works.

15 There is no king that can be saved by the multi-
tude of an host : neither is any mighty man delivered
by much strength.

16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man :
neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength.

17 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that
fear him : and upon them that put their trust in his
mercy;

18 To deliver their soul from death : and to feed
them in the time of dearth.

19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord : for
he is our help and our shield.

20 For our heart shall rejoice in him : because we
have hoped in his holy Name.

21 Let thy merciful kindness, O Lord, be upon us :
like as we do put our trust in thee.

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Psalm 34. Benedicam Dominum.

I WILL alway give thanks unto the Lord : his praise
shall ever be in my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the
humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

3 O praise the Lord with me : and let us magnify
his Name together.

4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me : yea, he de-
livered me out of all my fear.

5 They had an eye unto him, and were lightened :
and their faces were not ashamed.

6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him :
yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them
that fear him : and delivereth them.

8 O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is :
blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

9 O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints : for they
that fear him lack nothing.

10 The lions do lack, and suffer hunger : but they
who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that
is good.

11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto me : I will
teach you the fear of the Lord.

12 What man is he that lusteth to live : and would
fain see good days?

13 Keep thy tongue from evil : and thy lips, that
they speak no guile.

14 Eschew evil, and do good : seek peace, and ensue it.

15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous :
and his ears are open unto their prayers.

16 The countenance of the Lord is against them
that do evil : to root out the remembrance of them
from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them :
and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

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18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a con-
trite heart : and will save such as be of an humble spirit.

19 Great are the troubles of the righteous : but the
Lord delivereth him out of all.

20 He keepeth all his bones : so that not one of
them is broken.

21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly : and they
that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants :
and all they that put their trust in him shall not be
destitute.

THE SEVENTH DAY.

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Psalm 35. Judica, Domine,

PLEAD thou my cause, O Lord, with them that
strive with me : and fight thou against them that
fight against me.

2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler : and stand
up to help me.

3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against
them that persecute me : say unto my soul, I am thy
salvation.

4 Let them be confounded, and put to shame, that
seek after my soul : let them be turned back, and
brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me.

5 Let them be as the dust before the wind : and the
angel of the Lord scattering them.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery : and let the
angel of the Lord persecute them.

7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me
without a cause : yea, even without a cause have they
made a pit for my soul.

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8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares
and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself :
that he may fall into his own mischief.

9 And, my soul, be joyful in the Lord : it shall re-
joice in his salvation.

10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto
thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too
strong for him : yea, the poor, and him that is in misery,
from him that spoileth him ?

11 False witnesses did rise up : they laid to my charge
things that I knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil for good : to the great
discomfort of my soul.

13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sack-
cloth, and humbled my soul with fasting : and my
prayer shall turn into mine own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though it had been my
friend or my brother : I went heavily, as one that
mourneth for his mother.

15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered
themselves together : yea, the very abjects came to-
gether against me unawares, making mouths at me,
and ceased not.

16 With the flatterers were busy mockers : who
gnashed upon me with their teeth.

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look upon this : O de-
liver my soul from the calamities which they bring on
me, and my darling from the lions.

18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congrega-
tion : I will praise thee among much people.

19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph
over me ungodly : neither let them wink with their
eyes, that hate me without a cause.

20 And why.^ their communing is not for peace :
but they imagine deceitful words against them that are
quiet in the land.

21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and

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said : Fie on thee! fie on tkee! we saw it with our
eyes.

22 This thou hast seen, O Lord : hold not thy
tongue then, go not far from me, O Lord.

23 Awake, and stand up to judge my quarrel :
avenge thou my cause, my God and my Lord.

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy
righteousness : and let them not triumph over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts. There ! there 1 so
would we have it : neither let them say, We have de-
voured him.

26 Let them be put to confusion and shame to-
gether, that rejoice at my trouble : let them be clothed
with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves
against me.

27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that favour my
righteous dealing : yea, let them say alway. Blessed
be the Lord, wno hath pleasure in the prosperity of
his servant.

28 And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy
righteousness : and of thy praise, all the day long.

Psalm 36. Dixit in Justus,

MY heart showeth me the wickedness of the un-
godly : that there is no fear of God before his
eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own sight : until
his abominable sin be found out.

3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full
of deceit : he hath left off to behave himself wisely,
and to do good.

4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set
himself in no good way : neither doth he abhor any
thing that is evil.

5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the heavens :
and thy faithfulness unto the clouds.

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6 Thy righteousness standeth Hke the strong moun-
tains : thy judgments are Hke the great deep.

7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and beast; how
excellent is thy mercy, O God : and the children of
men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy
wings.

8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of
thy house : and thou shalt give them drink of thy
pleasures, as out of the river.

9 For with thee is the well of life : and in thy light
shall we see light.

10 O continue forth thy loving-kindness unto them
that know thee : and thy righteousness unto them that
are true of heart.

11 O let not the foot of pride come against me : and
let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down.

12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness :
they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand.

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Psalm 37. Noli oemulari,

FRET not thyself because of the ungodly : neither
be thou envious against the evil doers.

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass :
and be withered even as the green herb.

3 Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good :
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thou in the Lord : and he shall give
thee thy heart's desire.

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust
in him : and he shall bring it to pass.

6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the
light : and thy just dealing as the noon-day.

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7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently
upon him : but grieve not thyself at him whose way
doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil
counsels.

8 Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure : fret
not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil.

9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out : and they that
patiently abide the Lord, those shall inherit the land.

10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean
gone : thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be
away.

11 But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth :
and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.

12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just :
and gnashed upon him with his teeth.

13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn : for he hath
seen that his day is coming.

14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and
have bent their bow : to cast down the poor and needy,
and to slay such as are of a right conversation.

15 Their sword shall go through their own heart :
and their bow shall be broken.

16 A small thing that the righteous hath : is better
than great riches of the ungodly.

17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken :
and the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly : and
their inheritance shall endure for ever.

19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous
time : and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

20 As for the ungodly, they shall perish, and the
enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs :
yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.

21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again :
but the righteous is merciful and liberal.

22 Such as are blessed of God, shall possess the land :
and they that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out.

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23 The Lord ordereth a good man's going : and
maketh his way acceptable to himself.

24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away : for
the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old : and yet
saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging
their bread.

26 The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth : and
his seed is blessed.

27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good :
and dwell for evermore.

28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is right : he
forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved
for ever.

29 The unrighteous shall be punished : as for the
seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.

30 The righteous shall inherit the land : and dwell
therein for ever.

31 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wis-
dom : and his tongue will be talking of judgment.

32 The law of his God is in his heart : and his go-
ings shall not slide.

33 The ungodly seeth the righteous : and seeketh occa-
sion to slay him.

34 The Lord will not leave him in his hand : nor
condemn him when he is judged.

35 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his way, and
he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land :
when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.

36 I myself have seen the ungodly in great power :
and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

37 I went by, and lo, he was gone : I sought him,
but his place could no where be found.

38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing
that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the
last.

39 As for the transgressors, they shall perish to-

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gether : and the end of the ungodly is, they shall be
rooted out at the last.

40 But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the
Lord : who is also their strength in the time of trouble.

41 And the Lord shall stand by them, and save
them : he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and
shall save them, because they put their trust in him.

THE EIGHTH DAY.

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Psalm 38. Domine, ne in furore,

PUT me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger :
neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure :

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me : and thy hand
presseth me sore.

3 There is no health in my flesh, because of thy dis-
pleasure : neither is there any rest in my bones, by
reason of my sin.

4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head : and
are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear.

5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt : through my
foolishness.

6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery :
that I go mourning all the day long.

7 For my loins are filled with a sore disease : and
there is no whole part in my body.

8 I am feeble and sore smitten : I have roared for
the very dis quietness of my heart.

9 Lord, thou knowest all my desire : and my groan-
ing is not hid from thee.

10 My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me :
and the light of mine eyes is gone from me.

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11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking
upon my trouble : and my kinsmen stood afar off.

12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for
me : and they that went about to do me evil talked of
wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long.

13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not :
and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth.

14 I became even as a man that heareth not : and
in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For in thee, O Lord, have I put my trust : thou
shalt answer for me, O Lord my God.

16 I have required that they, even mine enemies,
should not triumph over me : for when my foot slipt,
they rejoiced greatly against me.

17 And I truly am set in the plague : and my heavi-
ness is ever in my sight.

18 For I will confess my wickedness : and be sorry
for my sin.

19 But mine enemies live, and are mighty : and they
that hate me wrongfully are many in number.

20 They also that reward evil for good are against
me : because I follow the thing that good is.

21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God : be not thou
far from me.

22 Haste thee to help me : O Lord God of my sal-
vation.

Psalm 39. Dixi, Custodiam.

I SAID, I will take heed to my ways : that I offend not
in my tongue.

2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle :
while the ungodly is in my sight.

3 I held my tongue, and spake nothing : I kept
silence, yea, even from good words ; but it was pain and
grief to me.

4 My heart was hot within me; and while I was thus

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musing the fire kindled : and at the last I spake with my
tongue :

5 Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of
my days : that I may be certified how long I have to
live.

6 Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span
long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of
thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.

7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth
himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell
who shall gather them.

8 And now. Lord, what is my hope : truly my hope
is even in thee.

9 Deliver me from all mine offences : and make me
not a rebuke unto the foolish.

10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth : for
it was thy doing.

11 Take thy plague away from me : I am even con-
sumed by the means of thy heavy hand.

12 When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for
sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it
were a moth fretting a garment : every man therefore
is but vanity.

13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears
consider my calling : hold not thy peace at my tears ;

14 For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner :
as all my fathers were.

15 O spare me a little, that I may recover my
strength : before I go hence, and be no more seen.

Psalm 40. Expedans expectavi.

1 WAITED patiently for the Lord : and he inclined
unto me, and heard my calling.

2 He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of
the mire and clay : and set my feet upon the rock, and
ordered my goings.

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3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth : even a
thanksgiving unto our God.

4 Many shall see it, and fear : and shall put their
trust in the Lord.

5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the
Lord : and turned not unto the proud, and to such as
go about with lies.

6 O Lord my God, great are the wondrous works
which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts,
which are to us-ward : and yet there is no man that
ordereth them unto thee.

7 If I should declare them, and speak of them :
they should be more than I am able to express.

8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not :
but mine ears hast thou opened.

9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not
required : then said I, Lo, I come;

10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, that
I should fulfil thy will, O my God : I am content to do
it; yea, thy law is within my heart.

11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great
congregation : lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord,
and that thou knowest.

12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my
heart : my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy sal-
vation.

13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth :
from the great congregation.

14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O Lord :
let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway preserve
me.

15 For innumerable troubles are come about me;
my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not
able to look up : yea, they are more in number than
the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.

16 O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me :
make haste, O Lord, to help me.

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17 Let them be ashamed, and confounded together,
that seek after my soul to destroy it : let them be driven
backward, and put to rebuke, that wish me evil.

18 Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame :
that say unto me. Fie upon thee! fie upon thee!

19 Let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in
thee : and let such as love thy salvation, say alway.
The Lord be praised.

20 As for me, I am poor and needy : but the Lord
careth for me.

21 Thou art my helper and redeemer : make no
long tarrying, O my God.

Psalm 41. Beatus qui intelligit.

BLESSED is he that considereth the poor and
needy : the Lord shall deliver him in the time of
trouble.

2 The Lord preserve him, and keep him alive, that
he may be blessed upon earth : and deliver not thou
him into the will of his enemies.

3 The Lord comfort him when he lieth sick upon
his bed : make thou all his bed in his sickness.

4 I said. Lord, be merciful unto me : heal my soul,
for I have sinned against thee.

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me : When shall he
die, and his name perish ?

6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity :
and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; and
when he cometh forth, he telleth it.

7 All mine enemies whisper together against me :
even against me do they imagine this evil:

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8 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against
him : and now that he Heth, let him rise up no more.

9 Yea, even mine own familiar friend whom I
trusted : who did also eat of my bread, hath laid great
wait for me.

10 But be thou merciful unto me, O Lord : raise
thou me up again, and I shall reward them.

11 By this I know thou favourest me : that mine
enemy doth not triumph against me.

12 And when I am in my health, thou upholdest me :
and shalt set me before thy face for ever.

13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel : world with-
out end. Amen.

Psalm 42. Quemadmodum,

LIKE as the hart desireth the water-brooks : so
longeth my soul after thee, O God.

2 My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living
God : when shall I come to appear before the presence
of God.?

3 My tears have been my meat day and night :
while they daily say unto me. Where is now thy God ?

4 Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart
by myself : for I went with the multitude, and brought
them forth into the house of God;

5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving : among
such as keep holy-day.

6 Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul : and
why art thou so disquieted within me ?

7 Put thy trust in God : for I will yet give him
thanks for the help of his countenance.

8 My God, my soul is vexed within me : therefore
will I remember thee concerning the land of Jordan,
and the little hill of Hermon.

9 One deep calleth another, because of the noise of thy
water-pipes : all thy waves and storms are gone over me.

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10 The Lord hath granted his loving-kindness in
the day-time : and in the night season did I sing of him,
and made my prayer unto the God of my Hfe.

Ill will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast
thou forgotten me : why go I thus heavily, while the
enemy oppresseth me ?

12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword :
while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the
teeth ;

13 Namely, while they say daily unto me : Where is
now thy God ?

14 Why art thou so vexed, O my soul : and why art
thou so disquieted within me ?

15 O put thy trust in God : for I will yet thank him,
which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43. Judica me, Deus.

GIVE sentence with me, O God, and defend my
cause against the ungodly people : O deliver me
from the deceitful and wicked man.

2 For thou art the God of my strength; why hast
thou put me from thee : and why go I so heavily, while
the enemy oppresseth me ?

3 O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may
lead me : and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy
dwelling.

4 And that I may go unto the altar of God, even
unto the God of my joy and gladness : and upon the
harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God.

5 Why art thou so heavy, O my soul : and why art
thou so disquieted within me.^

6 O put thy trust in God : for I will yet give him
thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my
God.

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THE NINTH DAY.

aborning praper*

Psalm 44. Deus, auribus.

WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers
have told us : what thou hast done in their time
of old:

2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy
hand, and planted them in : how thou hast destroyed
the nations, and cast them out.

3 For they gat not the land in possession through
their own sword : neither was it their own arm that
helped them;

4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light
of thy countenance : because thou hadst a favour unto
them.

5 Thou art my King, O God, send help unto Jacob.

6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies :
and in thy Name will we tread them under that rise up
against us.

7 For I will not trust in my bow : it is not my sword
that shall help me;

8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies :
and puttest them to confusion that hate us.

9 We make our boast of God all day long : and will
praise thy Name for ever.

10 But now thou art far off, and puttest us to con-
fusion : and goest not forth with our armies.

11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our
enemies : so that they which hate us spoil our goods.

12 Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep : and hast
scattered us among the heathen.

13 Thou sellest thy people for nought : and takest
no money for them.

14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours :

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to be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them
that are round about us.

15 Thou makest us to be a by- word among the
heathen : and that the people shake their heads at us.

16 My confusion is daily before me : and the shame
of my face hath covered me;

17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer :
for the enemy and avenger.

18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we
not forget thee : nor behave ourselves frowardly in thy
covenant.

19 Our heart is not turned back : neither our steps
gone out of thy way;

20 No, not when thou hast smitten us into the place
of dragons : and covered us with the shadow of death.

21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and
holden up our hands to any strange god : shall not
God search it out? for he knoweth the very secrets of
the heart.

22 For thy sake also are we killed all the day long :
and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain.

23 Up, Lord, why sleepest thou : awake, and be not
absent from us for ever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face : and forgettest
our misery and trouble.^

25 For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust :
our belly cleaveth unto the ground.

26 Arise, and help us : and deliver us, for thy mercy's
sake.

Psalm 45. Eructavit cor meum,

MY heart is inditing of a good matter : I speak of
the things which I have made unto the King.

2 My tongue is the pen : of a ready writer.

3 Thou art fairer than the children of men : full of
grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for
ever.

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4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou
Most Mighty : according to thy worship and renown.

5 Good luck have thou with thine honour : ride on,
because of the word of truth, of meekness, and right-
eousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible
things.

6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall
be subdued unto thee : even in the midst among the
King's enemies.

7 Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever : the sceptre
of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity :
wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with
the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia :
out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee
glad.

10 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable
women : upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a
vesture of gold, wrought about with divers colours.

11 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, incline thine
ear : forget also thine own people, and thy father's
house.

12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty :
for he is thy Lord God, and worship thou him.

13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a
gift : like as the rich also among the people shall make
their supplication before thee.

14 The King's daughter is all glorious within : her
clothing is of wrought gold.

15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment
of needlework : the virgins that be her fellows shall bear
her company, and shall be brought unto thee.

16 With joy and gladness shall they be brought : and
shall enter into the King's palace.

17 Instead of thy fathers, thou shalt have children :
whom thou mayest make princes in all lands.

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18 I will remember thy Name from one generation
to another : therefore shall the people give thanks unto
thee, world without end.

Psalm 46. Deus nosier refugium.

GOD is our hope and strength : a very present help
in trouble.

2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be
moved : and though the hills be carried into the midst
of the sea.

3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell : and
though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same.

4 The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the
city of God : the holy place of the tabernacle of the
Most Highest.

5 God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not
be removed : God shall help her, and that right early.

6 The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms
are moved : but God hath showed his voice, and the
earth shall melt away.

7 The Lord of hosts is with us : the God of Jacob
is our refuge.

8 O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord :
what destruction he hath brought upon the earth.

9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world : he
breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder,
and burneth the chariots in the fire.

10 Be still then, and know that I am God : I will be
exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the
earth.

11 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is
our refuge.

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(Ctiening praper*

Psalm 47. Omnes gentes, plaudite,

OCLAP your hands together, all ye people : O sing
unto God with the voice of melody.

2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared : he is the
great King upon all the earth.

3 He shall subdue the people under us : and the na-
tions under our feet.

4 He shall choose out an heritage for us : even the
worship of Jacob, whom he loved.

5 God is gone up with a merry noise : and the Lord
with the sound of the trump.

6 O sing praises, sing praises unto our God : O sing
praises, sing praises unto our King.

7 For God is the King of all the earth : sing ye
praises with understanding.

8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon
his holy seat.

9 The princes of the people are joined unto the
people of the God of Abraham : for God, which is very
high exalted, doth defend the earth, as it were with a
shield.

Psalm 48. Magnus Dominus,

GREAT is the Lord, and highly to be praised : in
the city of our God, even upon his holy hill.

2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the
whole earth : upon the north side lieth the city of the
great King; God is well known in her palaces as a sure
refuge.

3 For lo, the kings of the earth : are gathered, and
gone by together.

4 They marvelled to see such things : they were as-
tonished, and suddenly cast down.

5 Fear came there upon them, and sorrow : as upon
a woman in her travail.

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6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea : through the
east-wind.

7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city
of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God : God up-
holdeth the same for ever.

8 We wait for thy loving-kindness, O God : in the
midst of thy temple.

9 O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise
unto the world's end : thy right hand is full of right-
eousness.

10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of
Judah be glad ; because of thy judgments.

11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her : and
tell the towers thereof.

12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses : that
ye may tell them that come after.

13 For this God is our God for ever and ever : he
shall be our guide unto death.

Psalm 49. Audite hwc, omnes.

OHEAR ye this, all ye people : ponder it with your
ears, all ye that dwell in the world ;

2 High and low, rich and poor : one with another.

3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom : and my heart
shall muse of understanding.

4 I will incline mine ear to the parable : and show
my dark speech upon the harp.

5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of wicked-
ness : and when the wickedness of my heels com-
passeth me round about .^

6 There be some that put their trust in their goods :
and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

7 But no man may deliver his brother : nor make
agreement unto God for him;

8 For it cost more to redeem their souls : so that he
must let that alone for ever;

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9 Yea, though he live long : and see not the grave.

10 For he seeth that wise men also die and perish to-
gether : as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave
their riches for other.

11 And yet they think that their houses shall con-
tinue for ever : and that their dwelling places shall en-
dure from one generation to another; and call the lands
after their own names.

12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour : see-
ing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish;
this is the way of them.

13 This is their foolishness : and their posterity
praise their saying.

14 They lie in the hell like sheep; death gnaweth
upon them, and the righteous shall have domination
over them in the morning : their beauty shall consume
in the sepulchre out of their dwelling.

15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of
hell : for he shall receive me.

16 Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich : or
if the glory of his house be increased;

17 For he shall carry nothing away with him when
he dieth : neither shall his pomp follow him.

18 For while he lived, he counted himself an happy
man : and so long as thou doest well unto thyself, men
will speak good of thee.

19 He shall follow the generation of his fathers : and
shall never see light.

20 Man being in honour hath no understanding :
but is compared unto the beasts that perish.

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THE TENTH DAY.

aborning praper*

Psalm 50. Deus deorum.

THE Lord, even the Most Mighty God, hath
spoken : and called the world, from the rising
up of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2 Out of Sion hath God appeared : in perfect beauty.

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 the heaven from above : and the
earth, that he may judge his people.

5 Gather my saints together unto me : those that
have made a covenant with me with sacrifice.

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

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak : I myself
will testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even
thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or
for thy burnt-offerings : because they were not alway
before me.

9 I will take no bullock out of thine house : nor he-
goats out of thy 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 fowls upon the mountains : and
the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.

12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee : for the whole
world is mine, and all that is therein.

13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh : and
drink the blood of goats.?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving : and pay thy vows
unto the Most Highest.

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15 And call upon me in the time of trouble : so will
I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me.

16 But unto the ungodly said God : Why dost thou
preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth;

17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed : and hast
cast my words behind thee?

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto
him : and hast been partaker with the adulterers.

19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness : and
with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit.

20 Thou sattest and spakest against thy brother :
yea, and hast slandered thine own mother's son.

21 These things hast thou done, and I held my
tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even
such a one as thyself : but I will reprove thee, and set
before thee the things that thou hast done.

22 O consider this, ye that forget God : lest I pluck
you away, and there be none to deliver you.

23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honour-
eth me : and to him that ordereth his conversation
right, will I show the salvation of God.

Psalm 51. Miserere mei, Deus,

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great
goodness : according to the multitude of thy
mercies do away mine offences.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness : and
cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my faults : and my sin is ever
before me.

4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil
in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified in thy say-
ing, and clear when thou art judged.

5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness : and in sin
hath my mother conceived me.

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6 But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts :
and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.

7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be
clean : thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than
snow.

8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness :
that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Turn thy face from my sins : and put out all my
misdeeds.

10 Make me a clean heart, O God : and renew a
right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence : and take
not thy holy Spirit from me.

12 O give me the comfort of thy help again : and
stablish me with thy free Spirit.

13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked :
and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou
that art the God of my health : and my tongue shall
sing of thy righteousness.

15 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord : and my
mouth shall show thy praise.

16 For thou desireth no sacrifice, else would I give it
thee : but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.

17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit : a
broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not de-
spise.

18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion : build
thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of
righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations :
then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar.

Psalm 52. Quid gloriaris ?

HY boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant : that thou
canst do mischief;

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2 Whereas the goodness of God : endureth yet daily ?

3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness : and with lies
thou cuttest like a sharp razor.

4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more than good-
ness : and to talk of lies more than righteousness.

5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do
hurt : O thou false tongue.

6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever : he
shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and
root thee out of the land of the living.

7 The righteous also shall see this, and fear : and
shall laugh him to scorn :

8 Lo, this is the man that took not God for his
strength : but trusted unto the multitude of his riches,
and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

9 As for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house
of God : my trust is in the tender mercy of God for
ever and ever.

10 I will alway give thanks unto thee for that thou
hast done : and I will hope in thy Name, for thy saints
like it well.

(Bomins Prager*

Psalm 53. Dixit insipiens.

THE foolish body hath said in his heart : There is
no God.

2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their
wickedness : there is none that doeth good.

3 God looked down from heaven upon the children
of men : to see if there were any that would under-
stand, and seek after God.

4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are alto-
gether become abominable : there is also none that
doeth good, no not one.

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5 Are not they without understanding that work
wickedness : eating up my people as if they would eat
bread ? they have not called upon God.

6 They were afraid where no fear was : for God
hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee; thou
hast put them to confusion, because God hath de-
spised them.

7 O that the salvation were given unto Israel out of
Sion : O that the Lord would deliver his people out of
captivity !

8 Then should Jacob rejoice : and Israel should be
right glad.

Psalm 54. Deus, in Nomine.

SAVE me, O God, for thy Name's sake : and
avenge me in thy strength.

2 Hear my prayer, O God : and hearken unto the
words of my mouth.

3 For strangers are risen up against me : and ty-
rants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after
my soul.

4 Behold, God is my helper : the Lord is with them
that uphold my soul.

5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies : destroy
thou them in thy truth.

6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and
praise thy Name, O Lord : because it is so comfort-
able.

7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble :
and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

Psalm 55. Ex audi, Deus.

HEAR my prayer, O God : and hide not thyself
from my petition.

2 Take heed unto me, and hear me : how I mourn
in my prayer, and am vexed;

3 The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on

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so fast : for they are minded to do me some mischief,
so maliciously are they set against me.

4 My heart is disquieted within me : and the fear of
death is fallen upon me.

5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me :
and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me.

6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove : for
then would I flee away, and be at rest.

7 Lo, then would I get me away far off : and remain
in the wilderness.

8 I would make haste to escape : because of the
stormy wind and tempest.

9 Destroy their tongues, O Lord, and divide them :
for I have spied unrighteousness and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they go about within the walls
thereof : mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is therein : deceit and guile go not
out of her streets.

12 For it is not an open enemy that hath done me
this dishonour : for then I could have borne it;

13 Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify
himself against me : for then peradventure I would
have hid myself from him;

14 But it was even thou, my companion : my guide,
and mine own familiar friend.

15 We took sweet counsel together : and walked
in the house of God as friends.

16 Let death come hastily upon them, and let them
go down quick into hell : for wickedness is in their
dwellings, and among them.

17 As for me, I will call upon God : and the Lord
shall save me.

18 In the evening, and morning, and at noon-day will
I pray, and that instantly : and he shall hear my voice.

19 It is he that hath delivered my soul in peace from
the battle that was against me : for there were many
with me.

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20 Yea, even God, that endureth for ever, shall hear
me, and bring them down : for they will not turn, nor
fear God.

21 He laid his hands upon such as be at peace with
him : and he brake his covenant.

22 The words of his mouth were softer than butter,
having war in his heart : his words were smoother
than oil, and yet be they very swords.

23 O cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall
nourish thee : and shall not suffer the righteous to fall
for ever.

24 And as for them : thou, O God, shalt bring them
into the pit of destruction.

25 The blood-thirsty and deceitful men shall not live
out half their days : nevertheless, my trust shall be in
thee, O Lord.

THE ELEVENTH DAY.

9@ornin0 ptapet^

Psalm 56. Miserere mei, Deus.

BE merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth about
to devour me : he is daily fighting, and troubling
me.

2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me up :
for they be many that fight against me, O thou most
Highest.

3 Nevertheless, though I am sometime afraid : yet
put I my trust in thee.

4 I will praise God, because of his word : I have put
my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do
unto me.

5 They daily mistake my words : all that they
imagine is to do me evil.

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6 They hold all together, and keep themselves close :
and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.

7 Shall they escape for their wickedness : thou, O
God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down.

8 Thou tellest my wanderings; put my tears into thy
bottle : are not these things noted in thy book.^

9 Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine
enemies be put to flight : this I know; for God is on
my side.

10 In God's word will I rejoice : in the Lord's word
will I comfort me.

11 Yea, in God have I put my trust : I will not be
afraid what man can do unto me.

12 Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows : unto thee
will I give thanks.

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and
my feet from falling : that I may walk before God in
the light of the living.

Psalm 57. Miserere mei, Deus,

BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me ;
for my soul trusteth in thee : and under the shad-
ow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny
be overpast.

2 I will call unto the Most High God : even unto the
God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand.

3 He shall send from heaven : and save me from the
reproof of him that would eat me up.

4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth : my soul
is among lions;

5 And I lie even among the children of men, that are
set on fire : whose teeth are spears and arrows, and
their tongue a sharp sword.

6 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens : and
thy glory above all the earth.

7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down

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my soul : they have digged a pit before me, and are
fallen into the midst of it themselves.

8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : I will
sing and give praise.

9 Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and harp : I my-
self will awake right early.

10 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the
people : and I will sing unto thee among the nations.

11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the
heavens : and thy truth unto the clouds.

12 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens : and
thy glory above all the earth.

Psalm 58. Si vere utique.

ARE your minds set upon righteousness, O ye con-
gregation : and do ye judge the thing that is
right, O ye sons of men.?

2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the
earth : and your hands deal with wickedness.

3 The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's
womb : as soon as they are born, they go astray, and
speak lies.

4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent :
even like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears;

5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer :
charm he never so wisely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths; smite
the jaw-bones of the lions, O Lord : let them fall away
like water that runneth apace; and when they shoot
their arrows let them be rooted out.

7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like
the untimely fruit of a woman : and let them not see
the sun.

8 Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns : so let
indignation vex him, even as a thing that is raw.

9 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the ven-

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geance : he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the
ungodly.

10 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward
for the righteous : doubtless there is a God that judgeth
the earth.

Psalm 59. Eripe me de inimicis.

DELIVER me from mine enemies, O God : defend
me from them that rise up against me.

2 O deliver me from the wicked doers : and save me
from the blood-thirsty men.

3 For lo, they lie waiting for my soul : the mighty
men are gathered against me, without any offence or
fault of me, O Lord.

4 They run and prepare themselves without my
fault : arise thou therefore to help me, and behold.

5 Stand up, O Lord God of hosts, thou God of
Israel, to visit all the heathen : and be not merciful unto
them that offend of malicious wickedness.

6 They go to and fro in the evening : they grin like
a dog, and run about through the city.

7 Behold, they speak with their mouth, and swords
are in their lips : for who doth hear.?

8 But thou, O Lord, shalt have them in derision :
and thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorn.

9 My strength will I ascribe unto thee : for thou art
the God of my refuge.

10 God showeth me his goodness plenteously : and
God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

11 Slay them not, lest my people forget it : but scat-
ter them abroad among the people, and put them down,
O Lord our defence.

12 For the sin of their mouth, and for the words of

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their lips, they shall be taken in their pride : and why ?
their preaching is of cursing and lies.

13 Consume them in thy wrath, consume them, that
they may perish : and know that it is God that ruleth
in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world.

14 And in the evening they will return : grin like a
dog, and will go about the city.

15 They will run here and there for meat : and
grudge if they be not satisfied.

16 As for me, I will sing of thy power, and will
praise thy mercy betimes in the morning : for thou hast
been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing : for thou,
O God, art my refuge, and my merciful God.

Psalm 60. Deus, repulisti nos.

OGOD, thou hast cast us out, and scattered us
abroad : thou hast also been displeased; O turn
thee unto us again.

2 Thou hast moved the land, and divided it : heal
the sores thereof, for it shaketh.

3 Thou hast showed thy people heavy things : thou
hast given us a drink of deadly wine.

4 Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee : that
they may triumph because of the truth.

5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered : help me
with thy right hand, and hear me.

6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will rejoice, and
divide Sichem : and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine : Ephraim
also is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

8 Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast out
my shoe : Philistia, be thou glad of me.

9 Who will lead me into the strong city : who will
bring me into Edom?

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10 Hast not thou cast us out, O God : wilt not thou,
O God, go out with our hosts ?

11 O be thou our help in trouble : for vain is the
help of man.

12 Through God will we do great acts : for it is he
that shall tread down our enemies.

Psalm 61. Exaudi, Deus.

HEAR my crying, O God : give ear unto my
prayer.

2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee :
when my heart is in heaviness.

3 O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I :
for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me
against the enemy.

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever : and my
trust shall be under the covering of thy wings.

5 For thou, O Lord, hast heard my desires : and
hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name.

6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life : that his
years may endure throughout all generations.

7 He shall dwell before God for ever : O prepare
thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may pre-
serve him.

8 So will I alway sing praise unto thy Name : that I
may daily perform my vows.

THE TWELFTH DAY.

9@ornin0 praper*

Psalm 62. Nonne Deo?

Y soul truly waiteth still upon God : for of him
Cometh my salvation.

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2 He verily is my strength and my salvation : he is
my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall.

3 How long will ye imagine mischief against every
man : ye shall be slain all the sort of you; yea, as a
tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.

4 Their device is only how to put him out whom
God will exalt : their delight is in lies; they give good
words with their mouth, but curse with their heart.

5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon God :
for my hope is in him.

6 He truly is my strength and my salvation : he is my
defence, so that I shall not fall.

7 In God is my health and my glory : the rock of my
might; and in God is my trust.

8 O put your trust in him alway, ye people : pour out
your hearts before him, for God is our hope.

9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity :
the children of men are deceitful upon the weights ; they
are altogether lighter than vanity itself.

10 O trust not in wrong and robbery; give not your-
selves unto vanity : if riches increase, set not your heart
upon them.

11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the
same : that power belongeth unto God;

12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful : for thou re-
wardest every man according to his work.

Psalm 63. Deus, Deus mens,

OGOD, thou art my God : early will I seek thee.
2 My soul thirsteth for thee; my flesh also
longeth after thee : in a barren and dry land where no
water is.

3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness : that I
might behold thy power and glory.

4 For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself :
my lips shall praise thee.

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5 As long as I live will I magnify thee in this manner :
and lift up my hands in thy Name.

6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with
marrow and fatness : when my mouth praiseth thee
with joyful lips.

7 Have I not remembered thee in my bed : and
thought upon thee when I was waking?

8 Because thou hast been my helper : therefore un-
der the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

9 My soul hangeth upon thee : thy right hand hath
upholden me.

10 These also that seek the hurt of my soul : they
shall go under the earth.

11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword : that
they may be a portion for foxes.

12 But the King shall rejoice in God; all they also
that swear by him shall be commended : for the mouth
to them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Psalm 64. Exaudi, Deus.

HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer : preserve
my life from fear of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the gathering together of the fro-
ward : and from the insurrection of wicked doers;

3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword : and
shoot out their arrows, even bitter words;

4 That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect :
suddenly do they hit him, and fear not.

5 They encourage themselves in mischief : and com-
mune among themselves, how they may lay snares ; and
say, that no man shall see them.

6 They imagine wickedness, and practice it : that
they keep secret among themselves, every man in the
deep of his heart.

7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift
arrow : that they shall be wounded.

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8 Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall : inso-
much that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn.

9 And all men that see it shall say, This hath God
done : for they shall perceive that it is his work.

10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put
his trust in him : and all they that are true of heart shall
be glad.

Psalm 65. Te decet hymnus.

THOU, O God, art praised in Sion : and unto thee
shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.

2 Thou that hearest the prayer : unto thee shall all
flesh come.

3 My misdeeds prevail against me : O be thou merci-
ful unto our sins.

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and re-
ceivest unto thee : he shall dwell in thy court, and shall
be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy
holy temple.

5 Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy right-
eousness, O God of our salvation : thou that art the
hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that re-
main in the broad sea.

6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains :
and is girded about with power.

7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea : and the noise
of his waves, and the madness of the people.

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the
earth shall be afraid at thy tokens : thou that makest
the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise
thee.

9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it : thou
makest it very plenteous.

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10 The river of God is full of water : thou preparest
their corn, for so thou providest for the earth.

11 Thou waterest her furrows; thou sendest rain
into the little valleys thereof : thou makest it soft with
the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it.

12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness : and
thy clouds drop fatness.

13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilder-
ness : and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.

14 The folds shall be full of sheep : the valleys also
shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh
and sing.

Psalm 66. Jubilate Deo.

OBE joyful in God, all ye lands : sing praises unto
the honour of his Name; make his praise to be
glorious.

2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy
works : through the greatness of thy power shall thine
enemies be found liars unto thee.

3 For all the world shall worship thee : sing of thee,
and praise thy Name.

4 O come hither, and behold the works of God :
how wonderful he is in doing toward the children of men.

5 He turned the sea into dry land : so that they went
through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof.

6 He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold
the people : and such as will not believe shall not be
able to exalt themselves.

7 O praise our God, ye people : and make the voice
of his praise to be heard;

8 Who holdeth our soul in life : and suffereth not
our feet to slip.

9 For thou, O God, hast proved us : thou also hast
tried us, like as silver is tried.

10 Thou broughtest us into the snare : and laidest
trouble upon our loins.

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11 Thou sufferest men to ride over our heads : we
went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us
out into a wealthy place.

12 I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings :
and will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my
lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble.

13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the
incense of rams : I will offer bullocks and goats.

14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God :
and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul.

15 I called unto him with my mouth : and gave him
praises with my tongue.

16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart : the
Lord will not hear me.

17 But God hath heard me : and considered the
voice of my prayer.

18 Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer :
nor turned his mercy from me.

Psalm 67. Deus misereatur,

GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us : and show
us the light of his countenance, and be merciful
unto us;

2 That thy way may be known upon earth : thy
saving health among all nations.

3 Let the people praise thee, O God : yea, let all the
people praise thee.

4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad : for thou
shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations
upon earth.

5 Let the people praise thee, O God : yea, let all the
people praise thee.

6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase : and
God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.

7 God shall bless us : and all the ends of the world
shall fear him.

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THE THIRTEENTH DAY.

Psalm 68. Exsurgat Deus,

LET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered :
let them also that hate him flee before him.

2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive
them away : and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let
the ungodly perish at the presence of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before
God : let them also be merry and joyful.

4 O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name :
magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were
upon an horse; praise him in his Name JAH, and re-
joice before him.

5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the
cause of the widows : even God in his holy habitation.

6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind
in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity :
but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness.

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before the people :
when thou wentest through the wilderness,

8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the
presence of God : even as Sinai also was moved at the
presence of God, who is the God of Israel.

9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine
inheritance : and refreshedst it when it was weary.

10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein : for thou,
O God, hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor.

11 The Lord gave the word : great was the com-
pany of the preachers.

12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were dis-
comfited : and they of the household divided the spoil.

13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet^^h^U ye

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be as the wings of a dove : that is covered with silver
wings, and her feathers Hke gold.

14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their
sake : then were they as white as snow in Salmon.

15 As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill : even an
high hill, as the hill of Basan.

16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills ? this is God's hill, in
the which it pleaseth him to dwell : yea, the Lord will
abide in it for ever.

17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even
thousands of angels : and the Lord is among them as
in the holy place of Sinai.

18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity
captive, and received gifts for men : yea, even for thine
enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

19 Praised be the Lord daily : even the God who
helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us.

20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh
salvation : God is the Lord, by whom we escape death.

21 God shall wound the head of his enemies : and
the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his
wickedness.

22 The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again,
as I did from Basan : mine own will I bring again, as I
did sometime from the deep of the sea.

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine
enemies : and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red
through the same.

24 It is well seen, O God, how thou goest : how thou,
my God and King, goest in the sanctuary.

25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after :
in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels.

26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the
congregations : from the ground of the heart.

27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the
princes of Judah their council : the princes of Zabulon,
and the princes of Nephthali.

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28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee : stab-
Hsh the thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us,

29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem : so shall
kings bring presents unto thee.

30 When the company of the spearmen and multi-
tude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the
beasts of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces
of silver : and when he hath scattered the people that
delight in war;

31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt : the
Morians' land shall soon stretch out her hands unto
God.

32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth : O
sing praises unto the Lord;

33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the be-
ginning : lo, he doth send out his voice; yea, and that
a mighty voice.

34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel : his wor-
ship and strength is in the clouds.

35 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places :
even the God of Israel, he will give strength and power
unto his people. Blessed be God.

dEotnins Praper

Psalm 69. Salvum me fac.

SAVE me, O God : for the waters are come in, even
unto my soul.

2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is : I
am come into*deep waters, so that the floods run over
me.

3 I am weary of crying; my throat is dry : my sight
faileth me for waiting so long upon my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than

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the hairs of my head : they that are mine enemies, and
would destroy me guiltless, are mighty.

5 I paid them the things that I never took : God,
thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid
from thee.

6 Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord God of
hosts, be ashamed for my cause : let not those that seek
thee be confounded through me, O Lord God of
Israel.

7 And why.^ for thy sake have I suffered reproof :
shame hath covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren : even
an alien unto my mother's children.

9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me :
and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen
upon me.

10 I wept, and chastened myself with fasting : and
that was turned to my reproof.

11 I put on sackcloth also : and they jested upon
me.

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me : and
the drunkards make songs upon me.

13 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee : in an
acceptable time.

14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy :
even in the truth of thy salvation.

15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not : O let
me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the
deep waters.

16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the
deep swallow me up : and let not the pit shut her
mouth upon me.

17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is com-
fortable : turn thee unto me according to the multi-
tude of thy mercies.

18 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am
in trouble : O haste thee, and hear me.

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19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it : O deliver
me, because of mine enemies.

20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and
my dishonour : mine adversaries are all in thy sight.

21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of
heaviness : I looked for some to have pity on me, but
there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me.

22 They gave me gall to eat : and when I was thirsty
they gave me vinegar to drink.

23 Let their table be made a snare to take them-
selves withal : and let the things that should have been
for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling.

24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not : and
ever bow thou down their backs.

25 Pour out thine indignation upon them : and let
thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them.

26 Let their habitation be void : and no man to
dwell in their tents.

27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten :
and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast
wounded.

28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another :
and not come into thy righteousness.

29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living :
and not be written among the righteous.

30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness : thy
help, O God, shall lift me up.

31 I will praise the Name of God with a song : and
magnify it with thanksgiving.

32 This also shall please the Lord : better than a
bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad :
seek ye after God, and your soul shall live.

34 For the Lord heareth the poor : and despiseth
not his prisoners.

35 Let heaven and earth praise him : the sea, and all
that moveth therein.

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36 For God will save Sion, and build the cities of
Judah : that men may dwell there, and have it in pos-
session.

37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it :
and they that love his Name shall dwell therein.

Psalm 70. Deus, in adjutorium.

HASTE thee, O God, to deliver me : make haste
to help me, O Lord.

2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek
after my soul : let them be turned backward and put to
confusion that wish me evil.

3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to
shame : that cry over me. There! there!

4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad
in thee : and let all such as delight in thy salvation
say alway. The Lord be praised.

5 As for me, I am poor and in misery : haste thee
unto me, O God.

6 Thou art my helper, and my redeemer : O Lord,
make no long tarrying.

THE FOU;RTEENTH DAY.

90ornfnB praper*

Psalm 71. In te, Domine, speravi.

IN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never
be put to confusion : but rid me, and deliver me, in
thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save
me.

^ Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway
resort : thou hast promised to help me, for thou art
my house of defence, and my castle.

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3 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the un-
godly : out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

4 For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long
for : thou art my hope, even from my youth.

5 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I
was born : thou art he that took me out of my mother's
womb ; my praise shall be alway of thee.

6 I am become as it were a monster unto many : but
my sure trust is in thee.

7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praise : that I
may sing of thy glory and honour all the day lon^.

8 Cast me not away in the time of age : forsake me
not when my strength faileth me.

9 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that
lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying :
God hath forsaken him; persecute him, and take him,
for there is none to deliver him.

10 Go not far from me, O God : my God, haste thee
to help me.

11 Let them be confounded and perish that are
against my soul : let them be covered with shame and
dishonour that seek to do me evil.

12 As for me, I will patiently abide alway : and will
praise thee more and more.

13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness
and salvation : for I know no end thereof.

14 I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God :
and will make mention of thy righteousness only.

15 Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up
until now : therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.

16 Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I
am gray-headed : until I have showed thy strength unto
this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet
for to come.

17 Thy righteousness, O God, is very high : and
great things are they that thou hast done; O God, who
is like unto thee!

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18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou
showed me! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me :
yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth
again.

19 Thou hast brought me to great honour : and com-
forted me on every side :

20 Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness,
O God, playing upon an instrument of music : unto
thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of
Israel.

21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee : and
so will my soul whom thou hast delivered.

22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all
the day long : for they are confounded and brought
unto shame that seek to do me evil.

Psalm 72. Deus, judicium.

GIVE the King thy judgments, O God : and thy
righteousness unto the King's son.

2 Then shall he judge thy people according unto
right : and defend the poor.

3 The mountains also shall bring peace : and the
little hills righteousness unto the people.

4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right : de-
fend the children of the poor, and punish the wrong
doer.

5 They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon
endureth : from one generation to another.

6 He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of
wool : even as the drops that water the earth.

7 In his time shall the righteous flourish : yea, and
abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth.

8 His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the
other : and from the flood unto the world's end.

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel be-
fore him : his enemies shall lick the dust.

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10 The kings of Tharsis and of the isles shall give
presents : the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts.

11 All kings shall fall down before him : all nations
shall do him service.

12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth : the
needy also, and him that hath no helper.

13 He shall be favourable to the simple and needy :
and shall preserve the souls of the poor.

14 He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and
wrong : and dear shall their blood be in his sight.

15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the
gold of Arabia : prayer shall be made ever unto him,
and daily shall he be praised.

16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high
upon the hills : his fruit shall shake like Libanus, and
shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth.

17 His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall
remain under the sun among the posterities : which
shall be blessed through him; and all the heathen shall
praise him.

18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel :
which only doeth w^ondrous things;

19 And blessed be the Name of his majesty for ever :
and all the earth shall be filled with his majesty. Amen.
Amen.

OEtoening prapet*

Psalm 73. Quam bonus Israel!

TRULY God is loving unto Israel : even unto such
as are of a clean heart.

2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone : my tread-
ings had well-nigh slipt.

3 And why ? I was grieved at the wicked : I do also
see the ungodly in such prosperity.

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4 For they are in no peril of death : but are lusty and
strong.

5 They come in no misfortune like other folk :
neither are they plagued like other men.

6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with
pride : and overwhelmed with cruelty.

7 Their eyes swell with fatness : and they do even
what they lust.

8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blas-
phemy : their talking is against the most High.

9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven :
and their tongue goeth through the world.

10 Therefore fall the people unto them : and there-
out suck they no small advantage.

11 Tush, say they, how should God perceive it : is
there knowledge in the Most High.?

12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the
world, and these have riches in possession : and I said,
Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed
my hands in innocency.

13 All the day long have I been punished : and
chastened every morning.

14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they : but
lo, then I should have condemned the generation of thy
children.

15 Then thought I to understand this : but it was
too hard for me,

16 Until I went into the sanctuary of God : then un-
derstood I the end of these men;

17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery
places : and castest them down and destroy est them.

18 O how suddenly do they consume : perish, and
come to a fearful end !

19 Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh : so
shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city.

20 Thus my heart was grieved : and it went even
through my reins,

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21 So foolish was I, and ignorant : even as it were a
beast before thee.

22 Nevertheless, I am alway by thee : for thou hast
holden me by my right hand.

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel : and after
that receive me with glory.

24 Whom have I in heaven but thee : and there is
none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee.

25 My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is the
strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

26 For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish : thou
hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against
thee.

27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to
put my trust in the Lord God : and to speak of all thy
works in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

Psalm 74. Ut quid, Deus?

OGOD, wherefore art thou absent from us so long :
why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy
pasture ?

2 O think upon thy congregation : whom thou hast
purchased, and redeemed of old.

3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance : and
Mount Sion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy
every enemy : which hath done evil in thy sanctuary.

5 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy con-
gregations : and set up their banners for tokens.

6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees :
was known to bring it to an excellent work.

7 But now they break down all the carved work
thereof : with axes and hammers.

8 They have set fire upon thy holy places : and have
defiled the dwelling-place of thy Name, even unto the
ground.

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9 Yea, they said in their hearts, Let us make havoc
of them altogether : thus have they burnt up all the
houses of God in the land.

10 We see not our tokens; there is not one prophet
more : no, not one is there among us, that understand-
eth any more.

no God, how long shall the adversary do this dis-
honour : how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy
Name.P for ever.?

12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand : why pluckest
thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume
the enemy.?

13 For God is my King of old : the help that is done
upon earth, he doeth it himself.

14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy power :
thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

15 Thou smotest the heads of leviathan in pieces :
and gavest him to be meat for the people in the wilder-
ness.

16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of
the hard rocks : thou driedst up mighty waters.

17 The day is thine, and the njght is thine : thou
hast prepared the light and the sun.

18 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth : thou
hast made summer and winter.

19 Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy hath
rebuked : and how the foolish people hath blasphemed
thy Name.

20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the
multitude of the enemies : and forget not the congre-
gation of the poor for ever.

21 Look upon the covenant : for all the earth is full
of darkness and cruel habitations.

22 O let not the simple go away ashamed : but let
the poor and needy give praise unto thy Name.

23 Arise, O God, maintain thine own cause : remem-
ber how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily.

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24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies : the pre-
sumption of them that hate thee increaseth ever more
and more.

THE FIFTEENTH DAY.

Psalm 75. Confitebimur tibi.

UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks : yea, unto
thee do we give thanks.

2 Thy Name also is so nigh : and that do thy won-
drous works declare.

3 When I receive the congregation : I shall judge
according unto right.

4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof :
I bear up the pillars of it.

5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly : and to
the ungodly, Set not up your horn.

6 Set not up your horn on high : and speak not with
a stiff neck.

7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor
from the west : nor yet from the south.

8 And why.^ God is the Judge : he putteth down
one, and setteth up another.

9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and
the wine is red : it is full mixt, and he poureth out of
the same.

10 As for the dregs thereof : all the ungodly of the
earth shall drink them, and suck them out.

11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob : and praise
him for ever.

12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break :
and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

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Psalm 76. Notus in Judcea,

IN Jewry is God known : his Name is great in Israel.
2 At Salem is his tabernacle : and his dwelling in
Sion.

3 There brake he the arrows of the bow : the shield,
the sword, and the battle.

4 Thou art of more honour and might : than the
hills of the robbers.

5 The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep :
and all the men whose hands were mighty have found
nothing.

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob : both the chariot
and horse are fallen.

7 Thou, even thou art to be feared : and who may
stand in thy sight when thou art angry ?

8 Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from
heaven : the earth trembled, and was still,

9 When God arose to judgment : and to help all the
meek upon earth.

10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise :
and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.

11 Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it,
all ye that are round about him : bring presents unto
him that ought to be feared.

12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes : and is
wonderful among the kings of the earth.

Psalm 77. Voce mea ad Dominum

I WILL cry unto God with my voice : even unto God
will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto
me.

2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord : my
sore ran, and ceased not in the night season; my soul
refused comfort.

3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God :
when my heart is vexed, I will complain.

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4 Thou boldest mine eyes waking : I am so feeble
that I cannot speak.

5 I have considered the days of old : and the years
that are past.

6 I call to remembrance my song : and in the night
I commune with mine own heart, and search out my
spirit.

7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever : and will he
be no more intreated.^

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever : and is his
promise come utterly to an end for evermore ?

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious : and will he
shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure .?

10 And I said, It is mine own infirmity : but I will
remember the years of the right hand of the Most
Highest.

Ill will remember the works of the Lord : and call
to mind thy wonders of old time.

12 I will think also of all thy works : and my talk-
ing shall be of thy doings.

13 Thy way, O God, is holy : who is so great a God
as our God ?

14 Thou art the God that doest wonders : and hast
declared thy power among the people.

15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy people : even
the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw
thee, and were afraid : the depths also were troubled.

17 The clouds poured out water, the air thundered :
and thine arrows went abroad.

18 The voice of thy thunder was heard round about :
the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was
moved, and shook withal.

19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great
waters : and thy footsteps are not known.

20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep : by the
hand of Moses and Aaron.

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(Boming prapet*

Psalm 78. Attendite, popule,

HEAR my law, O my people : incline your ears
unto the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I will declare
hard sentences of old;

3 Which we have heard and known : and such as
our fathers have told us ;

4 That we should not hide them from the children
of the generations to come : but to show the honour
of the Lord, his mighty and wonderful works that he
hath done.

5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel
a law : which he commanded our forefathers to teach
their children;

6 That their posterity might know it : and the chil-
dren which were yet unborn;

7 To the intent that when they came up : they might
show their children the same;

8 That they might put their trust in God : and not
to forget the works of God, but to keep his command-
ments ;

9 And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and
stubborn generation : a generation that set not their
heart aright, and whose spirit cleaveth not steadfastly
unto God;

10 Like as the children of Ephraim : who being har-
nessed, and carrying bows, turned themselves back in
the day of battle.

11 They kept not the covenant of God : and would
not walk in his law;

12 But forgat what he had done : and the wonderful
works that he had showed for them.

13 Marvellous things did he in the sight of our fore-
fathers, in the land of Egypt : even in the field of Zoan.

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14 He divided the sea, and let them go through : he
made the waters to stand on an heap.

15 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud :
and all the night through with a light of fire.

16 He clave the hard rocks in the wilderness : and
gave them drink thereof, as it had been out of the great
depth.

17 He brought waters out of the stony rock : so that
it gushed out like the rivers.

18 Yet for all this they sinned more against him :
and provoked the Most Highest in the wilderness.

19 They tempted God in their hearts : and required
meat for their lust.

20 They spake against God also, saying : Shall God
prepare a table in the wilderness ?

21 He smote the stony rock indeed, that the water
gushed out, and the streams flowed withal : but can he
give bread also, or provide flesh for his people ?

22 When the Lord heard this, he was wroth : so the
fire was kindled in Jacob, and there came up heavy dis-
pleasure against Israel;

28 Because they believed not in God : and put not
their trust in his help.

24 So he commanded the clouds above : and opened
the doors of heaven.

25 He rained down manna also upon them for to
eat : and gave them food from heaven.

26 So man did eat angels' food : for he sent them
meat enough.

27 He caused the east-wind to blow under heaven :
and through his power he brought in the southwest-
wind.

28 He rained flesh upon them as thick as dust : and
feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

29 He let it fall among their tents : even round
about their habitation.

30 So they did eat, and were well filled; for he gave

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them their own desire : they were not disappointed of
their lust.

31 But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the
heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the
wealthiest of them : yea, and smote down the chosen
men that were in Israel.

32 But for all this they sinned yet more : and be-
lieved not his wondrous works.

33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity :
and their years in trouble.

34 When he slew them, they sought him : and
turned them early, and inquired after God.

35 And they remembered that God was their
strength : and that the High God was their redeemer.

36 Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their
mouth : and dissembled with him in their tongue.

37 For their heart was not whole with him : neither
continued they steadfast in his covenant.

38 But he was so merciful, that he forgave their mis-
deeds : and destroyed them not.

39 Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away : and
would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise.

40 For he considered that they were but flesh : and
that they were even a wind that passeth away, and
Cometh not again.

41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wilder-
ness : and grieved him in the desert.

42 They turned back, and tempted God : and
moved the Holy One in Israel.

43 They thought not of his hand : and of the day
when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy;

44 How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt :
and his wonders in the field of Zoan.

45 He turned their waters into blood : so that they
might not drink of the rivers.

46 He sent lice among them, and devoured them up :
and frogs to destroy them.

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47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpillar : and
their labour unto the grasshopper.

48 He destroyed their vines with hailstones : and
their mulberry-trees with the frost.

49 He smote their cattle also with hailstones : and
their flocks with hot thunderbolts.

50 He cast upon them the furiousness of his wrath,
anger, displeasure, and trouble : and sent evil angels
among them.

51 He made a way to his indignation, and spared not
their soul from death : but gave their life over to the
pestilence ;

52 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt : the most
principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham.

53 But as for his own people, he led them forth
like sheep : and carried them in the wilderness like a
flock.

54 He brought them out safely, that they should not
fear : and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea.

55 And brought them within the borders of his sanc-
tuary : even to his mountain, which he purchased with
his right hand.

56 He cast out the heathen also before them : caused
their land to be divided among them for an heritage,
and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

57 So they tempted and displeased the Most High
God : and kept not his testimonies;

58 But turned their backs, and fell away like their
forefathers : starting aside like a broken bow.

59 For they grieved him with their hill-altars : and
provoked him to displeasure with their images.

60 When God heard this, he was wroth : and took
sore displeasure at Israel;

61 So that he forsook the tabernacle in Silo : even
the tent that he had pitched among men.

62 He delivered their power into captivity : and their
beauty into the enemy's nand.

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63 He gave his people over also unto the sword : and
was wroth with his inheritance.

64 The fire consumed their young men : and their
maidens were not given to marriage.

65 Their priests were slain with the sword : and
there were no widows to make lamentation.

66 So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep : and like
a giant refreshed with wine.

67 He smote his enemies in the hinder parts : and
put them to a perpetual shame.

68 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph : and chose
not the tribe of Ephraim;

69 But chose the tribe of Judah : even the hill of
Sion which he loved.

70 And there he built his temple on high : and laid
the foundation of it like the ground which he hath
made continually.

71 He chose David also his servant : and took him
away from the sheep-folds :

72 As he was following the ewes great with young
ones he took him : that he might feed Jacob his people,
and Israel his inheritance.

73 So he fed them with a faithful and true heart :
and ruled them prudently with all his power.

THE SIXTEENTH DAY.

Psalm 79. Deus, venerunt,

O GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance :
thy holy temple have they defiled, and made
Jerusalem an heap of stones.

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given

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to be meat unto the fowls of the air : and the flesh of
thy saints unto the beasts of the land.

3 Their blood have they shed like water on every side
of Jerusalem : and there was no man to bury them.

4 We are become an open shame to our enemies : a very
scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.

5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry : shall thy
jealousy burn like fire for ever.?

6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that
have not known thee : and upon the kingdoms that
have not called upon thy Name.

7 For they have devoured Jacob : and laid waste his
dwelling-place.

8 O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon
us, and that soon : for we are come to great misery.

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of
thy Name : O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins,
for thy Name's sake.

10 Wherefore do the heathen say : Where is now
their God ?

11 O let the vengeance of thy servants' blood that is
shed : be openly showed upon the heathen, in our sight.

12 O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come
before thee : according to the greatness of thy power, pre-
serve thou those that are appointed to die.

13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neigh-
bours have blasphemed thee :" reward thou them, O
Lord, seven-fold into their bosom.

14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pas-
ture, shall give thee thanks for ever : and will alway be
showing forth thy praise from generation to generation.

Psalm 80. Qui regis Israel,

HEAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that lead-
est Joseph like a sheep : show thyself also, thou
that sittest upon the Cherubim.

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2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses : stir
up thy strength, and come and help us.

3 Turn us again, O God : show the Hght of thy
countenance, and we shall be whole.

4 O Lord God of hosts : how long wilt thou be
angry with thy people that prayeth.?

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears : and
givest them plenteousness of tears to drink.

6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neigh-
bours : and our enemies laugh us to scorn.

7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts : show the light
of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast
cast out the heathen, and planted it.

9 Thou madest room for it : and when it had taken
root, it filled the land.

10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it : and
the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.

11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea : and
her boughs unto the river.

12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge : that
all they that go by pluck off her grapes ?

13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up :
and the wild beasts of the field devour it.

14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down
from heaven : behold, and visit this vine;

15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand
hath planted : and the branch that thou madest so
strong for thyself.

16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down : and they
shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand :
and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong
for thine own self.

18 And so will not we go back from thee : O let us
live, and we shall call upon thy Name.

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19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts : show the
light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

Psalm 81. Exultate Deo,

SING we merrily unto God our strength : make a
cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2 Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret : the merry
harp with the lute.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon : even in
the time appointed, and upon our solemn feast-day.

4 For this was made a statute for Israel : and a law
of the God of Jacob.

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony :
when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard
a strange language.

6 I eased his shoulder from the burden : and his
hands were delivered from making the pots.

7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I de-
livered thee : and heard thee what time as the storm
fell upon thee.

8 I proved thee also : at the waters of strife.

9 Hear, O my people, and I will assure thee, O Israel :
if thou wilt hearken unto me,

10 There shall no strange god be in thee : neither
shalt thou worship any other god.

11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of
the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I shall
fill it.

12 But my people would not hear my voice : and
Israel would not obey me;

13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts :
and let them follow their own imaginations.

14 O that my people would have hearkened unto
me : for if Israel had walked in my ways,

15 I should soon have put down their enemies :
and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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16 The haters of the Lord should have been found
liars : but their time should have endured for ever.

17 He should have fed them also with the finest
wheat-flour : and with honey out of the stony rock
should I have satisfied thee.

(Ctiening praper*

Psalm 82. Deus stetit,

GOD standeth in the congregation of princes : he
is a Judge among gods.

2 How long will ye give wrong judgment : and ac-
cept the persons of the ungodly ?

3 Defend the poor and fatherless : see that such as
are in need and necessity have right.

4 Deliver the outcast and poor : save them from
the hand of the ungodly.

5 They will not be learned, nor understand, but
walk on still in darkness : all the foundations of the
earth are out of course.

6 I have said, Ye are gods : and ye are all the chil-
dren of the Most Highest.

7 But ye shall die like men : and fall like one of the
princes.

8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth : for thou
shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance.

Psalm 83. Deus, quis similis ?

HOLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence:
refrain not thyself, O God.

2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring : and
they that hate thee have lift up their head.

3 They have imagined craftily against thy people :
and taken counsel against thy secret ones.

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4 They have said, Come, and let us root them out,
that they be no more a people : and that the name of
Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 For they have cast their heads together with one
consent : and are confederate against thee :

6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ish-
maelites : the Moabites, and Hagarenes;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek : the Philistines,
with them that dwell at Tyre.

8 Assur also is joined with them : and have holpen
the children of Lot.

9 But do thou to them as unto the Madianites : unto
Sisera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison;

10 Who perished at Endor : and became as the dung
of the earth.

11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb :
yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana;

12 Who say, Let us take to ourselves : the houses of
God in possession.

13 O my God, make them like unto a wheel : and
as the stubble before the wind;

14 Like as the fire that burneth up the wood : and
as the flame that consumeth the mountains.

15 Persecute them even so with thy tempest : and
make them afraid with thy storm.

16 Make their faces ashamed, O Lord : that they
may seek thy Name.

17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more
and more : let them be put to shame, and perish.

18 And they shall know that thou, whose Name is
JEHOVAH : art only the Most Highest over all the
earth.

Psalm 84. Quam dilecta!

OHOW amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of
hosts!
2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the

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courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in
the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the
swallow a nest, where she may lay her young : even thy
altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will
be alway praising thee.

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in
whose heart are thy ways.

6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a
well : and the pools are filled with water.

7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto
the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : hearken,
O God of Jacob.

9 Behold, O God our defender : and look upon the
face of thine anointed.

10 For one day in thy courts : is better than a
thousand.

11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my
God : than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.

12 For the Lord God is a light and defence : the
Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing
shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

13 O Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that
putteth his trust in thee.

Psalm 85. Benedixisti, Domine.

LORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land :
thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people : and
covered all their sms.

3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure : and
turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation.

4 Turn us, then, O God our Saviour : and let thine
anger cease from us.

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5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever : and wilt
thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to an-
other.

6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us : that
thy people may rejoice in thee?

7 Show us thy mercy, O Lord : and grant us thy
salvation.

8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say con-
cerning me : for he shall speak peace unto his people,
and to his saints, that they turn not again.

9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him : that
glory may dwell in our land.

10 Mercy and truth are met together : righteousness
and peace have kissed each other.

11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth : and right-
eousness hath looked down from heaven.

12 Yea, the Lord shall show loving-kindness : and
our land shall give her increase.

13 Righteousness shall go before him : and he shall
direct his going in the way.

THE SEVENTEENTH DAY.

Psalm 86. Inclina^ Domine.

BOW down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me : for
I am poor, and in misery.

2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy : my God,
save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee.

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I will call daily
upon thee.

4 Comfort the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O
Lord, do I lift up my soul.

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5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious : and of
great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

6 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer : and ponder the
voice of my humble desires.

7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee : for
thou hearest me.

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O
Lord : there is not one that can do as thou doest.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and
worship thee, O Lord : and shall glorify thy Name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things :
thou art God alone.

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in
thy truth : O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear
thy Name.

12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my
heart : and will praise thy Name for evermore.

13 For great is thy mercy toward me : and thou hast
delivered my soul from the nethermost hell.

14 O God, the proud are risen against me : and the
congregations of naughty men have sought after my
soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.

15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion
and mercy : long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and
truth.

16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon
me : give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the
son of thine handmaid.

17 Show some token upon me for good; that they
who hate me may see it, and be ashamed : because
thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

Psalm 87. Fundamenta ejus.

HER foundations are upon the holy hills : the
Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the
dwellings of Jacob.

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2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee : thou
city of God.

3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon : with them
that know me.

4 Behold, yea the Philistines also : and they of Tyre,
with the Morians; lo, there was he born.

5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born
in her : and the Most High shall stablish her.

6 The Lord shall rehearse it, when he writeth up
the people : that he was born there.

7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse :
All my fresh springs shall be in thee.

Psalm 88. Domine, Deus,

OLORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and
night before thee : O let my prayer enter into thy
presence, incline thine ear unto my calling;

2 For my soul is full of trouble : and my life draweth
nigh unto hell.

3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the
pit : and I have been as a man that hath no strength.

4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are
wounded, and lie in the grave : who are out of remem-
brance, and are cut away from thy hand.

5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit : in a place of
darkness, and in the deep.

6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me : and thou
hast vexed me with all thy storms.

7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from
me : and made me to be abhorred of them.

8 I am so fast in prison : that I cannot get forth.

9 My sight faileth for very trouble : Lord, I have
called daily upon thee, I have stretched fo*'h my hands
unto thee. 0^

10 Dost thou show wonders among ^V^ dead : or
shall the dead rise up again, and praise t ^^e i

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11 Shall thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave :
or thy faithfulness in destruction ?

12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark :
and thy righteousness in the land where all things are
forgotten ?

13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lord : and early shall
my prayer come before thee.

14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul : and hidest
thou thy face from me?

15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the
point to die : even from my youth up, thy terrors have
I suffered with a troubled mind.

16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me : and the
fear of thee hath undone me.

17 They came round about me daily like water : and
compassed me together on every side.

18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from
me : and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight.

Psalm 89. Misericordias Domini.

MY song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of
the Lord : with my mouth will I ever be show-
ing thy truth from one generation to another.

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever :
thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen : I have
sworn unto David my servant :

4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever : and set up thy
throne from^^^ne generation to another.

5 O Lor/ the very heavens shall praise thy won-
drous works^^ and thy truth in the congregation of the
saints. "^

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6 For who is he among the clouds : that shall be
compared unto the Lord ?

7 And what is he among the gods : that shall be like
unto the Lord ?

8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of
the saints : and to be had in reverence of all them that
are round about him.

9 O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee : thy
truth, most mighty Lord, is on every side.

10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea : thou stillest
the waves thereof when they arise.

11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it :
thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy
mighty arm.

12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine :
thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and
all that therein is.

13 Thou hast made the north and the south : Tabor
and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name.

14 Thou hast a mighty arm : strong is thy hand, and
high is thy right hand.

15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of
thy seat : mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

16 Blessed is the people, O Lord, that can rejoice in
thee : they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.

17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name : and
in thy righteousness shall they make their boast.

18 For thou art the glory of their strength : and in
thy loving-kindness thou shalt lift up our horns.

19 For the Lord is our defence : the Holy One of
Israel is our King.

20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints,
and saidst : I have laid help upon one that is mighty,
I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

21 I have found David my servant : with my holy
oil have I anointed him.

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22 My hand shall hold him fast : and my arm shall
strengthen him.

23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence :
the son of wickedness shall not hurt him.

24 I will smite down his foes before his face : and
plague them that hate him.

25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him :
and in my Name shall his horn be exalted.

26 I will set his dominion also in the sea : and his
right hand in the floods.

27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father : my God,
and my strong salvation.

28 And I will make him my firstborn : higher than
the kings of the earth.

29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore : and
my covenant shall stand fast with him.

30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever : and
his throne as the days of heaven.

31 But if his children forsake my law : and walk not
in my judgments;

32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my com-
mandments : I will visit their offences with the rod, and
their sin with scourges.

33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not
utterly take from him : nor suffer my truth to fail.

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing
that is gone out of my lips : I have sworn once by my
holiness, that I will not fail David.

35 His seed shall endure for ever : and his seat is like
as the sun before me.

36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon : and
as the faithful witness in heaven.

37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine
anointed : and art displeased at him.

38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant :
and cast his crown to the ground.

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39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges : and
broken down his strongholds.

40 All they that go by spoil him : and he is become
a reproach to his neighbours.

41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies :
and made all his adversaries to rejoice.

42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword :
and givest him not victory in the battle.

43 Thou hast put out his glory : and cast his throne
down to the ground.

44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened : and
covered him with dishonour.

45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself, for ever :
and shall thy wrath burn like fire ?

46 O remember how short my time is : wherefore
hast thou made all men for nought ?

47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see
death : and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell ?

48 Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses : which
thou swarest unto David in thy truth ?

49 Remember^ Lord, the rebuke that thy servants
have : and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of
many people;

50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee,
and slandered the footsteps of thine anointed : Praised
be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen,

THE EIGHTEENTH DAY.

Psalm 90. Domine, refugium.

LORD, thou hast been our refuge : from one genera-
tion to another.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever

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the earth and the world were made : thou art God from
everlasting, and world without end.

3 Thou turnest man to destruction : again thou
sayest, Come again, ye children of men.

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yester-
day : seeing that is past as a watch in the night.

5 As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a
sleep : and fade away suddenly like the grass.

6 In the morning it is green, and groweth up : but in
the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

7 For we consume away in thy displeasure : and are
afraid at thy wrathful indignation.

8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee : and our
secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9 For when thou art angry all our days are gone :
we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is
told.

10 The days of our age are threescore years and ten;
and though men be so strong that they come to four-
score years : yet is their strength then but labour and
sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath : for
even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure.

12 O teach us to number our days : that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom.

13 Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last : and be
gracious unto thy servants.

14 O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon : so
shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.

15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou
hast plagued us : and for the years wherein we have
suffered adversity.

16 Show thy servants thy work : and their children
thy glory.

17 And the glorious majesty of the Lord our God
be upon us : prosper thou the work of our hands upon
us; O prosper thou our handy-work.

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Psalm 91. Qui habitat

WHOSO dwelleth under the defence of the Most
High : shall abide under the shadow of the Al-
mighty.

2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and
my stronghold : my God, in him will I trust.

3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the
hunter : and from the noisome pestilence.

4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou
shalt be safe under his feathers : his faithfulness and
truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night :
nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness : nor
for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day.

7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thou-
sand at thy right hand : but it shall not come nigh thee.

8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold : and see
the reward of the ungodly.

9 For thou. Lord, art my hope : thou hast set thine
house of defence very high.

10 There shall no evil happen unto thee : neither
shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee : to
keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee in their hands : that thou
hurt not thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder : the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy
feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore
will I deliver him : I will set him up, because he hath
known my Name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him : yea,
I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring
him to honour.

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16 With long life will I satisfy him : and show him my
salvation.

Psalm 92. Bonum est confiteri,

IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord :
and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest;

2 To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morn-
ing : and of thy truth in the night season;

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the
lute : upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp.

4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy
works : and I will rejoice in giving praise for the opera-
tions of thy hands.

5 O Lord, how glorious are thy works : thy thoughts
are very deep.

6 An unwise man doth not well consider this : and
a fool doth not understand it.

7 When the ungodly are green as the grass, and
when all the workers of wickedness do flourish : then
shall they be destroyed for ever; but thou, Lord, art
the Most Highest for evermore.

8 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies
shall perish : and all the workers of wickedness shall
be destroyed.

9 But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an
unicorn : for I am anointed with fresh oil.

10 Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies :
and thine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that
arise up against me.

11 The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree :
and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.

12 Such as are planted in the house of the Lord :
shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

13 They also shall bring forth more fruit in their
age : and shall be fat and well-liking;

14 That they may show how true the Lord my
strength is : and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

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Psalm 93. Dominus regnavit.

THE Lord is King, and hath put on glorious
apparel : the Lord hath put on his apparel, and
girded himself with strength.

2 He hath made the round world so sure : that it
cannot be moved.

3 Ever since the world began, hath thy seat been
prepared : thou art from everlasting.

4 The floods are risen, O Lord, the floods have lift
up their voice : the floods lift up their waves.

5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly :
but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier.

6 Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very sure : holiness
becometh thine house for ever.

Psalm 94. Deus ultionum,

OLORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth :
thou God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show
thyself.

2 Arise, thou Judge of the world : and reward the
proud after their deserving.

3 Lord, how long shall the ungodly : how long shall
the ungodly triumph ?

4 How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdain-
fully : and make such proud boasting ?

5 They smite down thy people, O Lord : and
trouble thine heritage.

6 They murder the widow and the stranger : and
put the fatherless to death.

7 And yet they say, Tush, the Lord shall not see :
neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

8 Take heed, ye unwise among the people : O ye
fools, when will ye understand.^

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9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear : or he
that made the eye, shall he not see?

10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen : it is he that
teacheth man knowledge; shall not he punish?

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man : that
they are but vain.

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O
Lord : and teachest him in thy law;

13 That thou mayest give him patience in time of
adversity : until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.

14 For the Lord will not fail his people : neither will
he forsake his inheritance.

15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgment :
all such as are true in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up with me against the wicked : or
who will take my part against the evil doers ?

17 If the Lord had not helped me : it had not failed,
but my soul had been put to silence.

18 But when I said, My foot hath slipt : thy mercy,
O Lord, held me up.

19 In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my
heart : thy comforts have refreshed my soul.

20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with the stool of
wickedness : which imagineth mischief as a law?

21 They gather them together against the soul of the
righteous : and condemn the innocent blood.

22 But the Lord is my refuge : and my God is the
strength of my confidence.

23 He shall recompense them their wickedness, and
destroy them in their own malice : yea, the Lord our
God shall destroy them.

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THE NINETEENTH DAY.

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Psalm 95. Venitc, exultemus,

OCOME, let us sing unto the Lord : let us heartily
rejoice in the strength of our salvation.

2 Let us come before his presence with thanks-
giving : and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God : and a great King
above all gods.

4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth and
the strength of the hills is his also.

5 The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands pre-
pared the dry land.

6 O come, let us worship and fall down : and kneel
before the Lord our Maker.

7 For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the day of
temptation in the wilderness;

9 When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and
saw my works.

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this genera-
tion, and said : It is a people that do err in their hearts,
for they have not known my ways :

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath : that they
should not enter into my rest.

Psalm 96. Cantate Domino,

OSING unto the Lord a new song : sing unto the
Lord, all the whole earth.
2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name : be
telling of his salvation from day to day.

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3 Declare his honour unto the heathen : and his
wonders unto all people.

4 For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be
praised : he is more to be feared than all gods.

5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but
idols : but it is the Lord that made the heavens.

6 Glory and worship are before him : power and
honour are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the
people : ascribe unto the Lord worship and power.

8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his
Name : bring presents, and come into his courts.

9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness :
let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

10 Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is
King : and that it is he who hath made the round world
so fast that it cannot be moved; and how that he shall
judge the people righteously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad :
let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is.

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it : then
shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord.

13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth :
and with righteousness to judge the world, and the
people with his truth.

Psalm 97. Dominus regnavit

THE Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof :
yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.

2 Clouds and darkness are round about him : right-
eousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.

3 There shall go a fire before him : and burn up his
enemies on every side.

4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world : the
earth saw it, and was afraid.

5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the

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Lord : at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

6 The heavens have declared his righteousness : and
all the people have seen his glory.

7 Confounded be all they that worship carved
images, and that delight in vain gods : worship him,
all ye gods.

8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced : and the daughters
of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O
Lord.

9 For thou. Lord, art higher than all that are in the
earth : thou art exalted far above all gods.

10 O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the
thing which is evil : the Lord preserveth the souls of his
saints; He shall deliver them from the hand of the un-
godly.

1 1 There is sprung up a light for the righteous : and
joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted.

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous : and give
thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.

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Psalm 98. Cantate Domino.

OSING unto the Lord a new song : for he hath
done marvellous things.

2 With his own right hand, and with his holy arm :
hath he gotten himself the victory.

3 The Lord declared his salvation : his righteous-
ness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.

4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward
the house of Israel : and all the ends of the world have
seen the salvation of our God.

5 Show yourself joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands :
sing, rejoice, and give thanks.

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6 Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to the harp
with a psalm of thanksgiving.

7 With trumpets also and shawms : O show your-
selves joyful before the Lord, the King.

8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is :
the round world, and they that dwell therein.

9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be
joyful together before the Lord : for he is come to
judge the earth.

10 With righteousness shall he judge the world : and
the people with equity.

Psalm 99. Dominus regnavit.

THE Lord is King, be the people never so impa-
tient : he sitteth between the Cherubim, be the
earth never so unquiet.

2 The Lord is great in Sion : and high above all
people.

3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name : which is
great, wonderful, and holy.

4 The King's power loveth judgment : thou hast
prepared equity : thou hast executed judgment and
righteousness in Jacob.

5 O magnify the Lord our God : and fall down be-
fore his footstool; for he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel
among such as call upon his Name : these called upon
the Lord, and he heard them.

7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar : for
they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave
them.

8 Thou heardest them, O Lord our God : thou
forgavest them, O God, and punishedst their own in-
ventions.

9 O magnify the Lord our God, and worship him
upon his holy hill : for the Lord our God is holy.

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Psalm 100. Jubilate Deo.

OBE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : serve the
Lord with gladness, and come before his presence
with a song.

2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; it is he that
hath made us, and not we ourselves : we are his people,
and the sheep of his pasture.

3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise : be thankful unto him,
and speak good of his Name.

4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting :
and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

Psalm 101. Misericordiam et judicium,

MY song shall be of mercy and judgment : unto
thee, O Lord, will I sing.

2 O let me have understanding : in the way of god-
liness !

3 When wilt thou come unto me : I will walk in my
house with a perfect heart.

4 I will take no wicked thing in hand ; I hate the sins
of unfaithfulness : there shall no such cleave unto me.

5 A froward heart shall depart from me : I will not
know a wicked person.

6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour : him will
I destroy.

7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach :
I will not suffer him.

8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the
land : that they may dwell with me.

9 Whoso leadeth a godly life : he shall be my servant.

10 There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house;
he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Ill shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the
land : that I may root out all wicked doers from the
city of the Lord.

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THE TWENTIETH DAY.

Psalm 102. Domine, exaudi.

HEAR my prayer, O Lord : and let my crying
come unto thee.

2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my
trouble : incHne thine ear unto me when I call; O hear
me, and that right soon.

3 For my days are consumed away like smoke : and
my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.

4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass :
so that I forget to eat my bread.

5 For the voice of my groaning : my bones will
scarce cleave to my flesh.

6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness : and
like an owl that is in the desert.

7 I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow :
that sitteth alone upon the housetop.

8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long : and they
that are mad upon me are sworn together against me.

9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread : and
mingled my drink with weeping;

10 And that, because of thine indignation and wrath:
for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down.

11 My days are gone like a shadow : and I am
withered like grass.

12 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever : and
thy remembrance throughout all generations.

13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion : for
it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea, the time
is come.

14 And why.^ thy servants think upon her stones :
and it pitieth them to see her in the dust.

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15 The heathen shall fear thy Name, O Lord : and
all the kings of the earth thy majesty;

16 When the Lord shall build up Sion : and when
his glory shall appear;

17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor
destitute : and despiseth not their desire.

18 This shall be written for those that come after :
and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord.

19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary : out
of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

£0 That he might hear the mournings of such as are
in captivity : and dehver the children appointed unto
death ;

21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in
Sion : and his worship at Jerusalem;

22 When the people are gathered together : and the
kingdoms also, to serve the Lord.

23 He brought down my strength in my journey :
and shortened my days.

24 But I said, O my God, take me not away in the
midst of mine age : as for thy years, they endure
throughout all generations.

25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foun-
dation of the earth : and the heavens are the work of
thy hands.

26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : they
all shall wax old as doth a garment;

27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and
they shall be changed : but thou art the same, and thy
years shall not fail.

28 The children of thy servants shall continue : and
their seed shall stand fast in thy sight.

Psalm 103. Benedic, anima mea.

PRAISE the Lord, O my soul : and all that is with-
in me, praise his holy Name.

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2 Praise the Lord, O my soul : and forget not all his
benefits :

3 Who forgiveth all thy sin : and healeth all thine
infirmities ;

4 Who saveth thy life from destruction : and crown-
eth thee with mercy and loving-kindness;

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things : mak-
ing thee young and lusty as an eagle.

6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment :
for all them that are oppressed with wrong.

7 He showed his ways unto Moses : his works unto
the children of Israel.

8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy : long-
suffering, and of great goodness.

9 He will not alway be chiding : neither keepeth he
his anger for ever.

10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins : nor re-
warded us according to our wickednesses.

11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison
of the earth : so great is his mercy also toward them
that fear him.

12 Look how wide also the east is from the west : so
far hath he set our sins from us.

13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children :
even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth whereof we are made : he re-
membereth that we are but dust.

15 The days of man are but as grass : for he flourish-
eth as a flower of the field.

16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone :
and the place thereof shall know it no more.

17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth
for ever upon them that fear him : and his righteous-
ness upon children's children;

18 Even upon such as keep his covenant : and think
upon his commandments to do them.

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19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven : and
his kingdom ruleth over all.

20 O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel
in strength : ye that fulfil his commandment, and
hearken unto the voice of his words.

21 O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts : ye servants
of his that do his pleasure.

22 O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his,
in all places of his dominion : praise thou the Lord,

O my soul.

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Psalm 104. Benedic, anima mea.

PRAISE the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my God,
thou art become exceeding glorious; thou art
clothed with majesty and honour.

2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a
garment : and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain.

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the
waters : and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh
upon the wings of the wind.

4 He maketh his angels spirits : and his ministers a
flaming fire.

5 He laid the foundations of the earth : that it never
should move at any time.

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a gar-
ment : the waters stand in the hills.

7 At thy rebuke they flee : at the voice of thy thunder
they are afraid.

8 They go up as high as the hills, and down to the
valleys beneath : even unto the place which thou hast
appointed for them.

9 Thou hast set them their bounds, which they shall
not pass : neither turn again to cover the earth.

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10 He sendeth the springs into the rivers : which
run among the hills.

11 All beasts of the field drink thereof : and the wild
asses quench their thirst.

12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their
habitation : and sing among the branches.

13 He watereth the hills from above : the earth is
filled with the fruit of thy works.

14 He bringeth forth grass for the cattle : and green
herb for the service of men;

15 That he may bring food out of the earth, and
wine that maketh glad the heart of man : and oil to
make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to
strengthen man's heart.

16 The trees of the Lord also are full of sap : even
the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted;

17 Wherein the birds make their nests : and the
fir-trees are a dwelling for the storks.

18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats :
and so are the stony racks for the conies.

19 He appointed the moon for certain seasons : and
the sun knoweth his going down.

20 Thou makest darkness that it may be night :
wherein all the beasts of the forest do move.

21 The lions, roaring after their prey : do seek their
meat from God.

22 The sun ariseth, and they get them away to-
gether : and lay them down in their dens.

23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour :
until the evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works : in wisdom
hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.

25 So is the great and wide sea also : wherein are
things creeping innumerable, both small and great
beasts.

26 There go the ships, and there is that leviathan :
whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein.

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27 These wait all upon thee : that thou mayest give
them meat in due season.

28 When thou givest it them, they gather it : and
when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with
good.

29 When thou hidest thy face, they are troubled :
when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are
turned again to their dust.

30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth, they shall
be made : and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

31 The glorious majesty of the Lord shall endure for
ever : the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him : if he
do but touch the hills, they shall smoke.

33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will
praise my God while I have my being.

34 And so shall my words please him : my joy shall
be in the Lord.

35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of
the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end : Praise
thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord.

THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY.

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Psalm 105. Confitemini Domino.

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his
Name : tell the people what things he hath done.

2 O let your songs be of him, and praise him : and
let your talking be of all his wondrous works.

3 Rejoice in his holy Name : let the heart of them
rejoice that seek the Lord.

4 Seek the Lord and his strength : seek his face
evermore.

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5 Remember the marvellous works that he hath
done : his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant : ye children of
Jacob his chosen.

7 He is the Lord our God : his judgments are in all
the world.

8 He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and
promise : that he made to a thousand generations;

9 Even the covenant that he made with Abraham :
and the oath that he sware unto Isaac;

10 And appointed the same unto Jacob for a law :
and to Israel for an everlasting testament;

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan :
the lot of your inheritance :

l-^ \Mien there were yet but a few of them : and they
strangers in the land;

13 Wliat time as they went from one nation to an-
other : from one kingdom to another people;

14 He suffered no man to do them wrong : but re-
proved even kings for their sakes;

15 Touch not mine anointed : and do my prophets
no harm.

16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon the land :
and destroyed all the provision of bread.

17 But he had sent a man before them : even Joseph,
who was sold to be a bond-servant;

18 WTiose feet they hurt in the stocks : the iron en-
tered into his soul;

19 Until the time came that his cause was known :
the word of the Lord tried him.

20 The kinor sent, and dehvered him : the prince of
the people let him go free.

21 He made him lord also of his house : and ruler of
all his substance;

2-2 That he might inform his princes after his will :
and teach his senators wisdom.

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23 Israel also came into Eg^-pt : and Jacob was a
stranger in the land of Ham.

24 And he increased his people exceedingly : and
made them stronger than their enemies;

25 \Miose heart turned so, that they hated his people:
and dealt untruly with his sen'ants.

26 Then sent he Moses his servant : and Aaron
whom he had chosen.

27 And these showed his tokens among them : and
wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He sent darkness, and it was dark : and they
were not obedient unto his word.

29 He turned their waters into blood : and slew their
fish.

30 Their land brought forth frogs : yea, even in their
kings' chambers.

31 He spake the word, and there came all manner of
flies : and lice in all their quarters.

32 He gave them hailstones for rain : and flames of
fire in their land.

33 He smote their vines also and fig-trees : and de-
stroyed the trees that were in their coasts.

34 He spake the word, and the grasshoppers came,
and caterpillars innumerable : and did eat up all the
grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

35 He smote all the firstborn in their land : even the
chief of all their strength.

36 He brouo:ht them forth also with silver and o^old :
there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

37 Egypt was glad at their departing : for they were
afraid of them.

38 He spread out a cloud to be a covering : and fire
to give light in the night season.

39 At their desire he brought quails : and he filled
them with the bread of heaven.

40 He opened the rock of stone, and the waters
flowed out : so that rivers ran in the dry places.

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41 For why ? he remembered his holy promise : and
Abraham his servant.

42 And he brought forth his people with joy : and
his chosen with gladness;

43 And gave them the lands of the heathen : and
they took the labours of the people in possession;

44 That they might keep his statutes : and observe
his laws.

(Etiening ptapet*

Psalm 106. Confitemini Domino.

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious :
and his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Who can express the noble acts of the Lord : or
show forth all his praise.?

3 Blessed are they that alway keep judgment : and
do righteousness.

4 Remember me, O Lord, according to the favour
that thou bearest unto thy people : O visit me with thy
salvation ;

5 That I may see the felicity of thy chosen : and
rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks
with thine inheritance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers : we have done
amiss, and dealt wickedly.

7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt,
neither kept they thy great goodness in remembrance :
but were disobedient at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name's sake :
that he might make his power to be known.

9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up :
so he led them through the deep, as through a wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the adversary's hand :
and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.

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11 As for those that troubled them, the waters over-
whelmed them : there was not one of them left.

12 Then believed they his words : and sang praise
unto him.

13 But within a while they forgat his works : and
would not abide his counsel.

14 But lust came upon them in the wilderness : and
they tempted God in the desert.

15 And he gave them their desire : and sent leanness
withal into their soul.

16 They angered Moses also in the tents : and Aaron
the saint of the Lord.

17 So the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan :
and covered the congregation of Abiram.

18 And the fire was kindled in their company : the
flame burnt up the ungodly.

19 They made a calf in Horeb : and worshipped the
molten image.

20 Thus they turned their glory : into the similitude
of a calf that eateth hay.

21 And they forgat God their Saviour : who had
done so great things in Egypt;

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham : and fear-
ful things by the Red Sea.

23 So he said he would have destroyed them, had not
Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap : to turn
away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy
them.

24 Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land :
and gave no credence unto his word;

25 But murmured in their tents : and hearkened not
unto the voice of the Lord.

26 Then lift he up his hand against them : to over-
throw them in the wilderness;

27 To cast out their seed among the nations : and to
scatter them in the lands.

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28 They joined themselves unto Baal-peor : and
ate the offerings of the dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own
inventions : and the plague was great among them.

30 Then stood up Phinees, and prayed : and so the
plague ceased.

31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness :
among all posterities for evermore.

32 They angered him also at the waters of strife : so
that he punished Moses for their sakes;

33 Because they provoked his spirit : so that he spake
unadvisedly with his lips.

34 Neither destroyed they the heathen : as the
Lord commanded them;

35 But were mingled among the heathen : and
learned their works.

36 Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which
turned to their own decay : yea, they offered their
sons and their daughters unto devils;

37 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their
sons and of their daughters : whom they offered unto
the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.

38 Thus were they stained with their own works :
went a whoring with their own inventions.

39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled
against his people : insomuch that he abhorred his
own inheritance.

40 And he gave them over into the hand of the
heathen : and they that hated them were lords over
them.

41 Their enemies oppressed them : and had them
in subjection.

42 Many a time did he deliver them : but they re-
belled against him with their own inventions, and were
brought down in their wickedness.

43 Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity : he
heard their complaint.

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44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them,
according unto the multitude of his mercies : yea, he
made all those that led them away captive to pity them.

45 Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from
among the heathen : that we may give thanks unto thy
holy Name, and make our boast of thy praise.

46 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from ever-
lasting, and world without end : And let all the people
say, Amen.

THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY.

aborning praget*

Psalm 107. Confitemini Domino,

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious :
and his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath re-
deemed : and delivered from the hand of the enemy;

3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east,
and from the west : from the north, and from the south.

4 They went astray in the wilderness out of the way :
and found no city to dwell in.

5 Hungry and thirsty : their soul fainted in them.

6 So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : and
he delivered them from their distress.

7 He led them forth by the right way : that they
might go to the city where they dwelt.

8 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his
goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for
the children of men!

9 For he satisfieth the empty soul : and filleth the
hungry soul with goodness.

10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of
death : being fast bound in misery and iron;

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11 Because they rebelled against the words of the
Lord : and lightly regarded the counsel of the Most
Highest ;

12 He also brought down their heart through heavi-
ness : they fell down, and there was none to help them.

13 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble :
he delivered them out of their distress.

14 For he brought them out of darkness, and out
of the shadow of death : and brake their bonds in
sunder.

15 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for
his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth
for the children of men!

16 For he hath broken the gates of brass : and smit-
ten the bars of iron in sunder.

17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence : and
because of their wickedness.

18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat : and
they were even hard at death's door.

19 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble :
he delivered them out of their distress.

20 He sent his word, and healed them : and they
were saved from their destruction.

21 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for
his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth
for the children of men!

22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of
thanksgiving : and tell out his works with gladness!

23 They that go down to the sea in ships : and
occupy their business in great waters.

24 These men see the works of the Lord : and his
wonders in the deep.

25 For at his word the stormy wind ariseth : which
lifteth up the waves thereof.

26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again
to the deep : their soul melteth away because of the
trouble.

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27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken
man : and are at their wit's end.

28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble :
he delivereth them out of their distress.

29 For he maketh the storm to cease : so that the
waves thereof are still.

30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so
he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

31 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for
his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth
for the children of men!

32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation
of the people : and praise him in the seat of the elders !

33 Who turneth the floods into a wilderness : and
drieth up the water-springs.

34 A fruitful land maketh he barren : for the wicked-
ness of them that dwell therein.

35 Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water:
and water-springs of a dry ground.

36 And there he setteth the hungry : that they may
build them a city to dwell in;

37 That they may sow their land, and plant vine-
yards : to yield them fruits of increase.

38 He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceed-
ingly : and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39 And again, when they are minished and brought
low : through oppression, through any plague or
trouble ;

40 Though he suffer them to be evil entreated
through tyrants : and let them wander out of the way
in the wilderness;

41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery : and
maketh him households like a flock of sheep.

42 The righteous will consider this, and rejoice :
and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.

43 Whoso is wise, will ponder these things : and
they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord.

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dStitnins Praget*

Psalm 108. Paratum cor meum.

OGOD, my heart is ready, my heart is ready : I will
sing, and give praise with the best member that I
have.

2 Awake, thou lute and harp : I myself will awake
right early.

3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the
people : I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens : and
thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

5 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens : and thy
glory above all the earth;

6 That thy beloved may be delivered : let thy right
hand save them, and hear thou me.

7 God hath spoken in his holiness : I will rejoice
therefore, and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of
Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine : Ephraim
also is the strength of my head;

9 Judah is my lawgiver; Moab is my wash-pot :
over Edom will I cast out my shoe; upon Philistia will
I triumph.

10 Who will lead me into the strong city : and who
will bring me into Edom ?

11 Hast not thou forsaken us, O God : and wilt not
thou, O God, go forth with our hosts ?

12 O help us against the enemy : for vain is the help
of man.

13 Through God we shall do great acts : and it is he
that shall tread down our enemies.

Psalm 109. Deus, laudem.

HOLD not thy tongue, O God of my praise : for
the mouth of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of the
deceitful is opened upon me.

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2 And they have spoken against me with false
tongues : they compassed me about also with words of
hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

3 For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take
now my contrary part : but I give myself unto prayer.

4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for good : and
hatred for my goodwill.

5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him : and
let Satan stand at his right hand.

6 When sentence is given upon him, let him be con-
demned : and let his prayer be turned into sin.

7 Let his days be few : and let another take his
office.

8 Let his children be fatherless : and his wife a
widow.

9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their
bread : let them seek it also out of desolate places.

10 Let the extortioner consume all that he hath : and
let the stranger spoil his labour.

11 Let there be no man to pity him : nor to have
compassion upon his fatherless children.

12 Let his posterity be destroyed : and in the next
generation let his name be clean put out.

13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in re-
membrance in the sight of the Lord : and let not the
sin of his mother be done away.

14 Let them alway be before the Lord : that he
may root out the memorial of them from off the earth ;

15 And that, because his mind was not to do good :
but persecuted the poor helpless man, that he might
slay him that was vexed at the heart.

16 His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen
unto him : he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be
far from him.

17 He clothed himself with cursing like as with a
raiment : and it shall come into his bowels like water,
and like oil into his bones.

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18 Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath upon
him : and as the girdle that he is alway girded withal.

19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine
enemies : and to those that speak evil against my soul.

20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according
unto thy Name : for sweet is thy mercy.

21 O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor : and
my heart is wounded within me.

22 I go hence like the shadow that departeth : and
am driven away as the grasshopper.

23 My knees are weak through fasting : my flesh is
dried up for want of fatness.

24 I became also a reproach unto them : they that
looked upon me shaked their heads.

25 Help me, O Lord my God : O save me accord-
ing to thy mercy;

26 And they shall know how that this is thy hand :
and that thou, Lord, hast done it.

27 Though they curse, yet bless thou : and let them
be confounded that rise up against me; but let thy ser-
vant rejoice.

28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame : and
let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as
with a cloak.

29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord
with my mouth : and praise him among the multitude;

30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor :
to save his soul from unrighteous judges.

THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY.

horning ptaper*

Psalm 110. Dixit Dominus,

THE Lord said unto my Lord : Sit thou on my right
hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

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2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of
Sion : be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine
enemies.

3 In the day of thy power shall thy people offer thee
free-will offerings with an holy worship : the dew of thy
birth is of the womb of the morning.

4 The Lord sware, and will not repent : Thou art a
Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedech.

5 The Lord upon thy right hand : shall wound even
kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the
places with the dead bodies : and smite in sunder the
heads over divers countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way : therefore
shall he lift up his head.

Psalm 111. Confitebor tihL

I WILL give thanks unto the Lord with my whole
heart : secretly among the faithful, and in the con-
gregation.

2 The works of the Lord are great : sought out of
all them that have pleasure therein.

3 His work is worthy to be praised and had in honour
and his righteousness endureth for ever.

4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his
marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remem-
brance.

5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : he
shall ever be mindful of his covenant.

6 He hath showed his people the power of his works :
that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment :
all his commandments are true.

8 They stand fast for ever and ever : and are done in
truth and equity.

9 He hath sent redemption unto his people : he hath

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commanded his covenant forever; holy and reverend is
his Name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom :
a good understanding have all they that do thereafter;
the praise of it endureth for ever.

Psalm 112. Beatus vir.

BLESSED is the man that feareth the Lord : he
hath great delight in his commandments.

2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth : the genera-
tion of the faithful shall ibe blessed.

3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house :
and his righteousness endureth for ever.

4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the dark-
ness : he is merciful, loving, and righteous.

5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth : and will
guide his words with discretion.

6 For he shall never be moved : and the righteous
shall be had in everlasting remembrance.

7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings : for his
heart standeth fast, and believeth in the Lord.

8 His heart is stablished, and will not shrink : until
he see his desire upon his enemies.

9 He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor :
and his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn
shall be exalted with honour.

10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him :
he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away; the
desire of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalm 113. Laudate, pueri.

PRAISE the Lord, ye servants : O praise the
Name of the Lord.

2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this time
forth for evermore.

3 The Lord's Name is praised : from the rising up
of the sun unto the going down of the same.

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4 The Lord is high above all heathen : and his
glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his
dwelling so high : and yet humbleth himself to behold
the things that are in heaven and earth!

6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust : and
lifteth the poor out of the mire;

7 That he may set him with the princes : even with
the princes of his people.

8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house :
and to be a joyful mother of children.

Ctiening prapet*

Psalm 114. In exitu Israel.

WHEN Israel came out of Egypt : and the house
of Jacob from among the strange people,

2 Judah was his sanctuary : and Israel his dominion.

3 The sea saw that, and fled : Jordan was driven back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams : and the little
hills like young sheep.

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest :
and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ?

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams : and ye
little hills, like young sheep.?

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord :
at the presence of the God of Jacob ;

8 Who turneth the hard rock into a standing water :
and the flint-stone into a springing well.

Psalm 115. Non nobis, Domine.

NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy
Name give the praise : for thy loving mercy, and
for thy truth's sake.

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2 Wherefore shall the heathen say : Where is now
their God?

3 As for our God, he is in heaven : he hath done
whatsoever pleased him.

4 Their idols are silver and gold : even the work of
men's hands.

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

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

7 They have hands, and handle not; feet have they,
and walk not : neither speak they through their throat.

8 They that make them are like unto them : and so
are all such as put their trust in them.

9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord :
he is their succour and defence.

10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord :
he is their helper and defender.

11 Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust in the Lord :
he is their helper and defender.

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall
bless us : even he shall bless the house of Israel, he
shall bless the house of Aaron.

13 He shall bless them that fear the Lord : both
small and great.

14 The Lord shall increase you more and more :
you and your children.

15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord : who made
heaven and earth.

16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's : the earth
hath he given to the children of men.

17 The dead praise not thee, O Lord : neither all
they that go down into silence.

18 But we will praise the Lord : from this time
forth for evermore. Praise the Lord.

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THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY.

aborning pragen

Psalm 116. Dilexi, quoniam.

I AM well pleased : that the Lord hath heard the
voice of my prayer;

2 That he hath inclined his ear unto me : therefore
will I call upon him as long as I live.

3 The snares of death compassed me round about :
and the pains of hell gat hold upon me.

4 I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call
upon the Name of the Lord : O Lord, I beseech thee,
deliver my soul.

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous : yea, our
God is merciful.

6 The Lord preserveth the simple : I was in misery,
and he helped me.

7 Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul : for the
Lord hath rewarded thee.

8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul from
death : mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

9 I will walk before the Lord : in the land of the
living.

10 I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was
sore troubled : I said in my haste, All men are liars.

11 What reward shall I give unto the Lord : for all
the benefits that he hath done unto me?

12 I will receive the cup of salvation : and call upon
the Name of the Lord.

13 I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his
people : right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death
of his saints.

14 Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant : I
am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou
hast broken my bonds in sunder.

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15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving :
and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of
all his people : in the courts of the Lord's house, even
in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 117. Laudate Dominum,

O PRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen : praise him,
all ye nations.
2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more
toward us : and the truth of the Lord endureth for
ever. Praise th^ Lord.

Psalm 118. Confitemini Domino,

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious :
because his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Let Israel now confess that he is gracious : and
that his mercy endureth for ever.

3 Let the house of Aaron now confess : that his
mercy endureth for ever.

4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confess : that
his mercy endureth for ever.

5 I called upon the Lord in trouble : and the Lord
heard me at large.

6 The Lord is on my side : I will not fear what man
doeth unto me.

7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help
me : therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies.

8 It is better to trust in the Lord : than to put any
confidence in man.

9 It is better to trust in the Lord : than to put any
confidence in princes.

10 All nations compassed me round about : but in
the Name of the Lord will I destroy them.

11 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in,
I say, on every side : but in the Name of the Lord will
I destroy them.

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12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct
even as the fire among the thorns : for in the Name of
the Lord I will destroy them.

13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall :
but the Lord was my help.

14 The Lord is my strength, and my song : and he is
become my salvation.

15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of
the righteous ; the right hand of the Lord bringeth
mighty things to pass.

16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-emi-
nence : the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty
things to pass.

17 I shall not die, but live : and declare the works
of the LoRDo

18 The Lord hath chastened and corrected me : but
he hath not given me over unto death.

19 Open me the gates of righteousness : that I may
go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord.

20 This is the gate of the Lord : the righteous shall
enter into it.

21 I will thank thee, for thou hast heard me : and
art become my salvation.

22 The same stone which the builders refused : is
become the head-stone in the corner.

23 This is the Lord's doing : and it is marvellous
in our eyes.

24 This is the day which the Lord hath made : we
will rejoice and be glad in it.

25 Help me now, O Lord : O Lord, send us now
prosperity.

26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the
Lord : we have wished you good luck, ye that are of
the house of the Lord.

27 God is the Lord, who hath showed us light :
bind the sacrifice with cords, yea, even unto the horns
of the altar.

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28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee : thou
art my God, and I will praise thee.

29 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious :
and his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 119. Beati immaculati.

BLESSED are those that are undefiled in the way :
and walk in the law of the Lord.

2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies : and
seek him with their whole heart.

3 For they who do no wickedness : walk in his ways.

4 Thou hast charged : that we shall diligently keep
thy commandments.

5 O that my ways were made so direct : that I might
keep thy statutes!

6 So shall I not be confounded : while I have re-
spect unto all thy commandments.

7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart : when
I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness.

8 I will keep thy ceremonies : O forsake me not
utterly.

In quo corrigit?

WHEREWITHAL shall a young man cleanse his
way : even by ruling himself after thy word.

10 With my whole heart have I sought thee : O let
me not go wrong out of thy commandments.

11 Thy words have I hid within my heart : that I
should not sin against thee.

12 Blessed art thou, O Lord : O teach me thy
statutes.

13 With my lips have I been telling : of all the
judgments of thy mouth.

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14 I have had as great delight in the way of thy testi-
monies : as in all manner of riches.

15 I will talk of thy commandments : and have re-
spect unto thy ways.

16 My delight shall be in thy statutes : and I will not
forget thy word.

Retribue servo tuo,

ODO well unto thy servant : that I may live, and
keep thy word.

18 Open thou mine eyes : that I may see the won-
drous things of thy law.

19 I am a stranger upon earth : O hide not thy
commandments from me.

20 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire :
that it hath alway unto thy judgments.

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud : and cursed are
they that do err from thy commandments.

22 O turn from me shame and rebuke : for I have
kept thy testimonies.

23 Princes also did sit and speak against me : but
thy servant is occupied in thy statutes.

24 For thy testimonies are my delight : and my
counsellors.

Adhcesit pavimento,

MY soul cleaveth to the dust : O quicken thou me,
according to thy word.

26 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest
me : O teach me thy statutes.

27 Make me to understand the way of thy com-
mandments : and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

28 My soul melteth away for very heaviness : com-
fort thou me according unto thy word.

29 Take from me the way of lying : and cause thou
me to make much of thy law.

30 I have chosen the way of truth ; and thy judg-
ments have I laid before me.

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31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies : O Lord,
confound me not.

32 I will run the way of thy commandments : when
thou hast set my heart at liberty.

THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY.

Legem pone,

TEACH me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes :
and I shall keep it unto the end.

34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law :
yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart.

35 Make me to go in the path of thy command-
ments : for therein is my desire.

36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies : and not
to covetousness.

37 O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity :
and quicken thou me in thy way.

38 O stablish thy word in thy servant : that I may
fear thee.

39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of : for
thy judgments are good.

40 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments : O
quicken me in thy righteousness.

Et veniat super me.

LET thy loving mercy come also unto me, O Lord :
even thy salvation, according unto thy word.

42 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers :
for my trust is in thy word.

43 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of
my mouth : for my hope is in thy judgments.

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44 So shall I alway keep thy law : yea, for ever and
ever.

45 And I will walk at liberty : for I seek thy com-
mandments.

46 I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before
kings : and will not be ashamed.

47 And my delight shall be in thy commandments :
which I have loved.

48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy command-
ments, which I have loved : and my study shall be in
thy statutes.

Memor esto verhi tui,

O THINK upon thy servant, as concerning thy
word : wherein thou hast caused me to put my
trust.

50 The same is my comfort in my trouble : for thy
word hath quickened me.

51 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision :
yet have I not shrinked from thy law.

52 For I remembered thine everlasting judgments,
O Lord : and received comfort.

53 I am horribly afraid : for the ungodly that for-
sake thy law.

54 Thy statutes have been my songs : in the house
of my pilgrimage.

55 I have thought upon thy Name, O Lord, in the
night season : and have kept thy law.

5Q This I had : because 1 kept thy commandments.

Portio mea, Domine,

THOU art my portion, O Lord : I have promised
to keep thy law.
58 I made my humble petition in thy presence with
my whole heart : O be merciful unto me, according to
thy word.

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59 I called mine own ways to remembrance : and
turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

60 I made haste, and prolonged not the time : to
keep thy commandments.

61 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed
me : but I have not forgotten thy law.

62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee :
because of thy righteous judgments.

63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee : and
keep thy commandments.

64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy : O teach
me thy statutes.

Bonitatem fecisti.

OLORD, thou hast dealt graciously with thy ser-
vant : according unto thy word.
QQ O learn me true understanding and knowledge :
for I have believed thy commandments.

67 Before I was troubled, I went wrong : but now
have I kept thy word.

68 Thou art good and gracious : O teach me thy
statutes.

69 The proud have imagined a lie against me : but I
will keep thy commandments with my whole heart.

70 Their heart is as fat as brawn : but my delight
hath been in thy law.

71 It is good for me that I have been in trouble : that
I may learn thy statutes.

72 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me : than
thousands of gold and silver.

Manus tuce fecerunt me.

HY hands have made me and fashioned me : O
give me understanding, that I may learn thy com-
mandments.

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74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me :
because I have put my trust in thy word.

75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right :
and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be
troubled.

76 O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort : ac-
cording to thy word unto thy servant.

77 O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I
may live : for thy law is my delight.

78 Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly
about to destroy me : but I will be occupied in thy
commandments.

79 Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testi-
monies : be turned unto me.

80 O let my heart be sound in thy statutes : that I
be not ashamed.

Defecit anima mea.

MY soul hath longed for thy salvation : and I have
a good hope because of thy word.

82 Mine eyes long sore for thy word : saying, O
when wilt thou comfort me?

83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke : yet
do I not forget thy statutes.

84 How many are the days of thy servant : when
wilt thou be avenged of them that persecute me ?

85 The proud have digged pits for me : which are
not after thy law.

86 All thy commandments are true : they persecute
me falsely; O be thou my help.

87 They had almost made an end of me upon earth :
but I forsook not thy commandments.

88 O quicken me after thy loving-kindness : and so
shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

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In ceternum, Domine,

OLORD, thy word : endureth for ever in heaven.
90 Thy truth also remaineth from one genera-
tion to another : thou hast laid the foundation of the
earth, and it abideth.

91 They continue this day according to thine or-
dinance : for all things serve thee.

92 If my delight had not been in thy law : I should
have perished in my trouble.

93 I will never forget thy commandments : for with
them thou hast quickened me.

94 I am thine, O save me : for I have sought thy
commandments.

95 The ungodly laid wait for me, to destroy me : but
I will consider thy testimonies.

96 I see that all things come to an end : but thy
commandment is exceeding broad.

Quomodo dilexi!

LORD, what love have I unto thy law : all the day
long is my study in it.

98 Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me
wiser than thine enemies : for they are ever with me.

99 I have more understanding than my teachers : for
thy testimonies are my study.

100 I am wiser than the aged : because I keep thy
commandments.

101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way :
that I may keep thy word.

102 I have not shrunk from thy judgments : for thou
teachest me.

103 O how sweet are thy words unto my throat : yea,
sweeter than honey unto my mouth!

104 Through thy commandments I get understand-
ing : therefore I hate all evil ways.

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THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY.

Q@ornin0 praper*

Lucerna pedibus meis,

THY word is a lantern unto my feet : and a light
unto my paths.

106 I have sworn, and am steadfastly purposed : to
keep thy righteous judgments.

107 I am troubled above measure : quicken me, O
Lord, according to thy word.

108 Let the iree-will offerings of my mouth please
thee, O Lord : and teach me thy judgments.

109 My soul is alway in my hand : yet do I not for-
get thy law.

110 The ungodly have laid a snare for me : but yet I
swerved not from thy commandments.

111 Thy testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage
for ever : and why ? they are the very joy of my heart.

112 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes
alway : even unto the end.

Iniquos odio habui.

1HATE them that imagine evil things : but thy law
do I love.

114 Thou art my defence and shield : and my trust
is in thy word.

115 Away from me, ye wicked : I will keep the com-
mandments of my God.

116 O stablish me according to thy word, that I may
live : and let me not be disappointed of my hope.

117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe : yea, my
delight shall be ever in thy statutes.

118 Thou hast trodden down all them that depart
from thy statutes : for they imagine but deceit.

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119 Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth
like dross : therefore I love thy testimonies.

120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee : and I am
afraid of thy judgments.

Feci judicium,

IDEAL with the thing that is lawful and right : O
give me not over unto mine oppressors.

122 Make thou thy servant to delight in that which
is good : that the proud do me no wrong.

123 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy
health : and for the word of thy righteousness.

124 O deal with thy servant according unto thy lov-
ing mercy : and teach me thy statutes.

125 I am thy servant; O grant me understanding :
that I may know thy testimonies.

126 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine hand :
for they have destroyed thy law.

127 For I love thy commandments : above gold and
precious stones.

128 Therefore hold I straight all thy command-
ments : and all false ways I utterly abhor.

Mirabilia,

THY testimonies are wonderful : therefore doth my
soul keep them.

130 When thy word goeth forth : it giveth light and
understanding unto the simple.

131 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath :
for my delight was in thy commandments.

132 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me :
as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name.

133 Order my steps in thy word : and so shall no
wickedness have dominion over me.

134 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men :
and so shall I keep thy commandments.

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135 Show the Hght of thy countenance upon thy ser-
vant : and teach me thy statutes.

136 Mine eyes gush out with water : because men
keep not thy law.

Justus es, Domine.

RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord : and true is thy
judgment.

138 The testimonies that thou hast commanded :
are exceeding righteous and true.

139 My zeal hath even consumed me : because
mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

140 Thy word is tried to the uttermost : and thy
servant loveth it.

141 I am small and of no reputation : yet do I not
forget thy commandments.

142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteous-
ness : and thy law is the truth.

143 Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon
me : yet is my delight in thy commandments.

144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is ever-
lasting : O grant me understanding, and I shall live.

(ffitoening praper.

Clamavi in toto corde meo.

1CALL with my whole heart : hear me, O Lord, I
will keep thy statutes.

146 Yea, even unto thee do I call : help me, and I
shall keep thy testimonies.

147 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee : for in
thy word is my trust.

148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches : that I
might be occupied in thy words.

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149 Hear my voice, O Lord, accordingunto thy loving-
kindness : quicken me, according as thou art wont.

150 They draw nigh that of mahce persecute me :
and are far from thy law.

151 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord : for all thy com-
mandments are true.

152 As concerning thy testimonies, I have known
long since : that thou hast grounded them for ever.

Vide humilitatem,

O CONSIDER mine adversity, and deliver me : for
I do not forget thy law.

154 Avenge thou my cause, and deliver me : quicken
me according to thy word.

155 Health is far from the ungodly : for they re-
gard not thy statutes.

156 Great is thy mercy, O Lord : quicken me, as
thou art wont.

157 Many there are that trouble me, and persecute
me : yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies.

158 It grieveth me when I see the transgressors :
because they keep not thy law.

159 Consider, O Lord, how I love thy command-
ments : O quicken me, according to thy loving-kindness.

160 Thy word is true from everlasting : all the
judgments of thy righteousness endure for evermore.

Principes persecuti sunt,

PRINCES have persecuted me without a cause :
but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

162 I am as glad of thy word : as one that jBndeth
great spoils.

163 As for lies, I hate and abhor them : but thy
law do I love.

164 Seven times a day do I praise thee : because of
thy righteous judgments.

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165 Great is the peace that they have who love thy
law : and they are not offended at it.

166 Lord, 1 have looked for thy saving health : and
done after thy commandments.

167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies : and loved
them exceedingly.

168 I have kept thy commandments and testi-
monies : for all my ways are before thee.

Appropinquet deprecatio,

LET my complaint come before thee, O Lord : give
me understanding according to thy word.

170 Let my supplication come before thee : deliver
me according to thy word.

171 My lips shall speak of thy praise : when thou
hast taught me thy statutes.

172 Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word : for all
thy commandments are righteous.

173 Let thine hand help me : for I have chosen thy
commandments .

174 I have longed for thy saving health, O Lord :
and in thy law is my delight.

175 O let my soul live, and it shall praise thee : and
thy judgments shall help me.

176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost : O
seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy command-
ments. .

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY.

aborning praper*

Psalm 120. Ad Dominum,

HEN I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord :
and he heard me.

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2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips : and
from a deceitful tongue.

3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee,
thou false tongue : even mighty and sharp arrows, with
hot burning coals.

4 Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with
Mesech : and to have my habitation among the tents
of Kedar!

5 My soul hath long dwelt among them : that are
enemies unto peace.

6 I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them
thereof : they make them ready to battle.

Psalm 121. Levavi oculos.

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence
Cometh my help.

2 My help cometh even from the Lord : who hath
made heaven and earth.

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : and he
that keepeth thee will not sleep.

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel : shall neither
slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord himself is thy keeper : the Lord is thy
defence upon thy right hand;

6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither
the moon by night.

7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : yea,
it is even he that shall keep thy soul.

8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy
coming in : from this time forth for evermore.

Psalm 122. Lcetatus sum.

WAS glad when they said unto me : We will go into
the house of the Lord.

2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself.

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4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the
Lord : to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the
Name of the Lord.

5 For there is the seat of judgment : even the seat of
the house of David.

6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall
prosper that love thee.

7 Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness with-
in thy palaces.

8 For my brethren and companions' sakes : I will
wish thee prosperity.

9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God :
I will seek to do thee good.

Psalm 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos,

UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes : O thou that
dwellest in the heavens.

2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the
hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto
the hand of her mistress : even so our eyes wait upon
the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon
us : for we are utterly despised.

4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the
wealthy : and with the despitefulness of the proud.

Psalm 124. Nisi quia Dominus.

IF the Lord himself had not been on our side, now
may Israel say : if the Lord himself had not been
on our side, when men rose up against us;

2 They had swallowed us up quick : when they were
so wrathfully displeased at us.

3 Yea, the waters had drowned us : and the stream
had gone over our soul.

4 The deep waters of the proud : had gone even
over our soul.

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5 But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us
over for a prey unto their teeth.

6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare
of the fowler : the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who
hath made heaven and earth.

Psalm 125. Qui confidmit

THEY that put their trust in the Lord shall be
even as the mount Sion : which may not be re-
moved, but standeth fast for ever.

2 The hills stand about Jerusalem : even so standeth
the Lord round about his people, from this time forth
for evermore.

3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot
of the righteous : lest the righteous put their hand
unto wickedness.

4 Do well, O Lord : unto those that are good and
true of heart.

5 As for such as turn back unto their own wicked-
ness : the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil
doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.

OBtoenfng prapet*

Psalm 126. In convertendo,

WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion :
then were we like unto them that dream.

2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter : and
our tongue with joy.

3 Then said they among the heathen : The Lord
hath done great things for them.

4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us al-
ready : whereof we rejoice.

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5 Turn our captivity, O Lord : as the rivers in the
south.

6 They that sow in tears : shall reap in joy.

7 He that now goeth on his way weeping, and
beareth forth good seed : shall doubtless come again
with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.

Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus.

EXCEPT the Lord build the house : their labour
is but lost that build it.

2 Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman
waketh but in vain.

3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early,
and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness :
for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

4 Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb : are an
heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord.

5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant : even
so are the young children.

6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them :
they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their
enemies in the gate.

Psalm 128. Beati omnes.

BLESSED are all they that fear the Lord : and
walk in his ways.

2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands : O
well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.

3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine : upon the
walls of thine house.

4 Thy children like the olive-branches : round about
thy table.

5 Lo, thus shall the man be blessed : that feareth
the Lord.

6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee :

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that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life
long.

7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children :
and peace upon Israel.

Psalm 129. Soepe expugnaverunt

MANY a time have they fought against me from
my youth up : may Israel now say;

2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my
youth up : but they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back : and made
long furrows.

4 But the righteous Lord : hath hewn the snares
of the ungodly in pieces.

5 Let them be confounded and turned backward :
as many as have evil will at Sion.

6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the
housetops : which withereth afore it be plucked up;

7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand : neither
he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.

8 So that they who go by say not so much as. The
Lord prosper you : we wish you good luck in the
Name of the Lord.

Psalm 130. De profundis,

OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord :
Lord, hear my voice.

2 O let thine ears consider well : the voice of my
complaint.

3 If thou. Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is
done amiss : O Lord, who may abide it ?

4 For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou
be feared.

5 I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him :
in his word is my trust.

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6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before the morning
watch, I say, before the morning watch.

7 O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord
there is mercy : and with him is plenteous redemption.

8 And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins.

Psalm 131. Domine, non est.

LORD, I am not high-minded : I have no proud
looks.

2 I do not exercise myself in great matters : which
are too high for me.

3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a
child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my soul is
even as a weaned child.

4 O Israel, trust in the Lord : from this time forth
for evermore.

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY.

aborning praget^

Psalm 132. Memento, Domine.

LORD, remember David : and all his trouble :
2 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a
vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob :

3 I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house
nor climb up into my bed;

4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eye-
lids to slumber : neither the temples of my head to
take any rest;

5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lord :
an habitation for the Mighty God of Jacob.

6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata : and found
it in the wood.

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7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on
our knees before his footstool.

8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting-place : thou, and
the ark of thy strength.

9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness : and
let thy saints sing with joyfulness.

10 For thy servant David's sake : turn not away the
presence of thine anointed.

11 The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David :
and he shall not shrink from it:

12 Of the fruit of thy body : shall I set upon thy seat.

13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my
testimonies that I shall learn them : their children also
shall sit upon thy seat for evermore.

14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habita-
tion for himself : he hath longed for her.

15 This shall be my rest for ever : here will I dwell,
for I have a delight therein.

16 I will bless her victuals with increase : and will
satisfy her poor with bread.

17 I will deck her priests with health : and her saints
shall rejoice and sing.

18 There shall I make the horn of David to flourish :
I have ordained a lantern for mine anointed.

19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame
but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Psalm 133. Ecce, quam honum!

BEHOLD, how good and joyful a thing it is :
brethren to dwell together in unity!

2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head,
that ran down unto the beard : even unto Aaron's
beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing.

3 Like as the dew of Hermon : which fell upon the
hill of Sion.

4 For there the Lord promised his blessing : and
life for evermore.

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Psalm 134 Ecce nunc,

BEHOLD now, praise the Lord : all ye servants of
the Lord.

2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord :
even in the courts of the house of our God.

3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary : and praise
the Lord.

4 The Lord that made heaven and earth : give
thee blessing out of Sion.

Psalm 135. Laudate Nomen.

O PRAISE the Lord, laud ye the Name of the
Lord : praise it, O ye servants of the Lord.

2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord : in the
courts of the house of our God.

3 O praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious : O
sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely.

4 For why ? the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto him-
self : and Israel for his own possession.

5 For I know that the Lord is great : and that our
Lord is above all gods.

6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in
heaven, and in earth : and in the sea, and in all deep
places.

7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the
world : and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain,
bringing the winds out of his treasures.

8 He smote the firstborn of Egypt : both of man and
beast.

9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst
of thee, O thou land of Egypt : upon Pharaoh, and all
his servants.

10 He smote divers nations : and slew mighty
kings :

11 Sehon, king of the Amorites, and Og, the king of
Basan : and all the kingdoms of Canaan;

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12 And gave their land to be an heritage *. even an
heritage unto Israel his people.

13 Thy Name, O Lord, endureth for ever : so doth
thy memorial, O Lord, from one generation to an-
other.

14 For the Lord will avenge his people : and be
gracious unto his servants.

15 As for the images of the heathen, they are but
silver and gold : the work of men's hands.

16 They have mouths, and speak not : eyes have
they, but they see not.

17 They have ears, and yet they hear not : neither is
there any breath in their mouths.

18 They that make them are like unto them : and
so are all they that put their trust in them.

19 Praise the Lord, ye house of Israel : praise the
Lord, ye house of Aaron.

20 Praise the Lord, ye house of Levi : ye that fear
the Lord, praise the Lord.

21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion : who dwelleth
at Jerusalem.

Psalm 136. Confltemini,

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious :
and his mercy endureth for ever.

2 O give thanks unto the God of all gods : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

3 O thank the Lord of all lords : for his mercy en-
dureth for ever.

4 Who only doeth great wonders : for his mercy
endureth for ever.

5 Who by his excellent wisdom made the heavens :
for his mercy endureth for ever.

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6 Who laid out the earth above the waters ! for his
mercy endureth for ever.

7 Who hath made great Hghts : for his mercy en-
dureth for ever.

8 The sun to rule the day : for his mercy endureth
for ever;

9 The moon and the stars to govern the night : for
his mercy endureth for ever.

10 Who smote Egypt, with their firstborn : for his
mercy endureth for ever;

11 And brought out Israel from among them : for
his mercy endureth for ever;

12 With a mighty hand and stretched-out arm : for
his mercy endureth for ever.

13 Who divided the Red Sea in two parts : for his
mercy endureth for ever;

14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it :
for his mercy endureth for ever.

15 But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew
them in the Red Sea : for his mercy endureth for
ever.

16 Who led his people through the wilderness : for
his mercy endureth for ever.

17 Who smote great kings : for his mercy endureth
for ever;

18 Yea, and slew mighty kings : for his mercy en-
dureth for ever;

19 Sehon, king of the Amorites : for his mercy en-
dureth for ever;

20 And Og, the king of Basan : for his mercy en-
dureth for ever;

21 And gave away their land for an heritage : for
his mercy endureth for ever;

22 Even for an heritage unto Israel his servant :
for his mercy endureth for ever.

23 Who remembered us when we were in trouble :
for his mercy endureth for ever;

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24 And hath dehvered us from our enemies : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

25 Who giveth food to all flesh : for his mercy en-
dureth for ever.

26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 137. Super flumina,

BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept :
when we remembered thee, O Sion.

2 As for our harps, we hanged them up : upon the
trees that are therein.

3 For they that led us away captive, required of us
then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one
of the songs of Sion.

4 How shall we sing the Lord's song : in a strange land ?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem : let my right hand
forget her cunning.

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave
to the roof of my mouth : yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem
in my mirth.

7 Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the
day of Jerusalem : how they said, Down with it, down
with it, even to the ground.

8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery : yea,
happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast
served us.

9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children : and
throweth them against the stones.

Psalm 138. Confitebor tibi,

I WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my
whole heart : even before the gods will I sing praise
unto thee.

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2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise
thy Narae, because of thy loving-kindness and truth :
for thou hast magnified thy Name, and thy word,
above all things.

3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me : and
enduedst my soul with much strength.

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O
Lord : for they have heard the words of thy mouth.

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord : that
great is the glory of the Lord.

6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect
unto the lowly : as for the proud, he beholdeth them
afar off.

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt
thou refresh me : thou shalt stretch forth thy hand
upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and thy right
hand shall save me.

8 The Lord shall make good his loving-kindness
toward me : yea, thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for
ever; despise not then the works of thine own hands.

THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY.

Psalm 139. Domine^ probasti,

OLORD, thou hast searched me out, and known
me : thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine
up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts long be-
fore.

2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed : and
spiest out all my ways.

3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue : but thou,
O Lord, knowest it altogether.

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4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before : and
laid thine hand upon me.

5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent
for me : I cannot attain unto it.

6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit : or
whither shall I go then from thy presence ?

7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there : if I go
down to hell, thou art there also.

8 If I take the wings of the morning : and remain
in the uttermost parts of the sea;

9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me : and thy
right hand shall hold me.

10 If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover
me : then shall my night be turned to day.

11 Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but
the night is as clear as the day : the darkness and light
to thee are both alike.

12 For my reins are thine : thou hast covered me in
my mother's womb.

13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works, and
that my soul knoweth right well.

14 My bones are not hid from thee : though I be
made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth.

15 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being im-
perfect : and in thy book were all my members
written;

16 Which day by day were fashioned : when as yet
there was none of them.

17 How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God : O
how great is the sum of them !

18 If I tell them, they are more in number than
the sand : when I wake up, I am present with thee.

19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God : Depart
from me, ye blood-thirsty men.

20 For they speak unrighteously against thee : and
thine enemies take thy Name in vain.

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21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee : and
am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee ?

22 Yea, I hate them right sore : even as though they
were mine enemies.

23 Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my
heart : prove me, and examine my thoughts.

24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in
me : and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 140. Eripe me, Domine.

DELIVER me, O Lord, from the evil man : and
preserve me from the wicked man;

2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts : and stir up
strife all the day long.

3 They have sharpened their tongues like a ser-
pent : adder's poison is under their lips.

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the ungodly :
preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to
overthrow my goings.

5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread
a net abroad with cords : yea, and set traps in my way.

6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God : hear the
voice of my prayers, O Lord.

7 O Lord God, thou strength of my health : thou
hast covered my head in the day of battle.

8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, O Lord : let
not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be
too proud.

9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the
head of them : that compass me about.

10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them : let them
be cast into the fire, and into the pit, that they never
rise up again.

11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the
earth : evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow
him.

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12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poor :
and maintain the cause of the helpless.

13 The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy
Name : and the just shall continue in thy sight.

Psalm 141. Domine^ clamavi,

LORD, I call upon thee, haste thee unto me : and
consider my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the in-
cense : ana let the lifting up of my hands De an evening
sacrifice.

3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth : and
keep the door of my lips.

4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing :
let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men
that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please
them.

5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly : and
reprove me.

6 But let not their precious balms break my head :
yea, I will pray yet against their wickedness.

7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony places :
that they may hear my words; for they are sweet.

8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit : like as
when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth.

9 But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God : in
thee is my trust; O cast not out my soul.

10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for
me : and from the traps of the wicked doers.

1 1 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together :
and let me ever escape them.

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Psalm 142. Voce mea ad Dominum.

I CRIED unto the Lord with my voice : yea, even
unto the Lord did I make my suppHcation.

2 I poured out my complaints before him : and
showed him of my trouble.

3 When my spirit was in heaviness, thou knewest
my path : in the way wherein I walked, have they
privily laid a snare for me.

4 I looked also upon my right hand : and saw there
was no man that would know me.

5 I had no place to flee unto : and no man cared
for my soul.

6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said : Thou art
my hope, and my portion in the land of the living.

7 Consider my complaint : for I am brought very low.

8 O deliver me from my persecutors : for they are
too strong for me.

9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks
unto thy Name : which thing if thou wilt grant me,
then shall the righteous resort unto my company.

Psalm 143. Domine, exaudi.

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and consider my de-
sire : hearken unto me for thy truth and right-
eousness' sake.

2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant : for
in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath
smitten my life down to the ground : he hath laid me in
the darkness, as the men that have been long dead.

4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me : and my
heart within me is desolate.

5 Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all
thy works : yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy
hands.

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6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul
gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land.

7 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for my spirit
waxeth faint : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like
unto them that go down into the pit.

8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the
morning, for in thee is my trust : show thou me the
way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto
thee.

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : for I
flee unto thee to hide me.

10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee; for
thou art my God : let thy loving Spirit lead me forth
into the land of righteousness.

11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Name's sake : and
for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies : and
destroy all them that vex my soul ; for I am thy servant.

THE THIRTIETH DAY.

aborning praper*

Psalm 144. Benedictus Dominus.

BLESSED be the Lord my strength : who teacheth
my hands to war, and my fingers to fight :

2 My hope and my fortress, my castle and deliverer,
my defender in whom I trust : who subdueth my people
that is under me.

3 Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect
unto him : or the son of man, that thou so regardest
him.?

4 Man is like a thing of nought : his time passeth
away like a shadow.

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5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down :
touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them : shoot out
thine arrows, and consume them.

7 Send down thine hand from above : deliver me,
and take me out of the great waters, from the hand of
strange children;

8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity : and their right
hand is a right hand of wickedness.

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God : and
sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute.

10 Thou hast given victory unto kings : and hast
delivered David thy servant from the peril of the
sword.

11 Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange
children : whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their
right hand is a right hand of iniquity :

12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants :
and that our daughters may be as the polished corners
of the temple;

13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with
all manner of store : that our sheep may bring forth
thousands, and ten thousands in our streets;

14 That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there
be no decay : no leading into captivity, and no com-
plaining in our streets.

15 Happy are the people that are in such a case :
yea, blessed are the people who have the Lord for their
God.

Psalm 145. Exaltabo te, Deus.

I WILL magnify thee, O God, my King : and I will
praise thy Name for ever and ever.

2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee : and praise
thy Name for ever and ever.

3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous worthy to be
praised : there is no end of his greatness.

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4 One generation shall praise thy works unto an-
other : and declare thy power.

5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship : thy
glory, thy praise, and wondrous works;

6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvel-
lous acts : and I will also tell of thy greatness.

7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be
showed : and men shall sing of thy righteousness.

8 The Lord is gracious and merciful : long-suffer-
ing, and of great goodness.

9 The Lord is loving unto every man : and his mercy
is over all his works.

10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord : and thy
saints give thanks unto thee.

11 They show the glory of thy kingdom : and talk
of thy power;

12 That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness of thy
kingdom : might be known unto men.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom : and
thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.

14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall : and lifteth
up all those that are down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord : and
thou givest them their meat in due season.

16 Thou openest thine hand : and fiUest all things
living with plenteousness.

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways : and holy
in all his works.

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon
him : yea, all such as call upon him faithfully.

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : he
also will hear their cry, and will help them.

20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him :
but scattereth abroad all the ungodly.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord :
and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for
ever and ever.

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Psalm 146 Lauda, anima mea.

PRAISE the Lord, O my soul; while I live, will I
praise the Lord : yea, as long as I have any being,
I will sing praises unto my God.

2 O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of
man : for there is no help in them.

3 For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall
turn a^ain to his earth : and then all his thoughts perish.

4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his
help : and whose hope is in the Lord his God :

5 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that
therein is : who keepeth his promise for ever;

6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong : who
feedeth the hungry.

7 The Lord looseth men out of prison : the Lord
giveth sight to the blind.

8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen : the Lord
careth for the righteous.

9 The Lord careth for the strangers; he defendeth
the fatherless and widow : as for the way of the ungodly
he turneth it upside down.

10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be King for
evermore : and throughout all generations.

Psalm 147. Laudate Dominum,

O PRAISE the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing
praises unto our God : yea, a joyful and pleasant
thing it is to be thankful.

2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem : and gather
together the outcasts of Israel.

3 He healeth those that are broken in heart : and
giveth medicine to heal their sickness.

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4 He telleth the number of the stars : and calleth
them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power : yea,
and his wisdom is infinite.

6 The Lord setteth up the meek : and bringeth the
ungodly down to the ground.

7 O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving : sing
praises upon the harp unto our God :

8 Who eovereth the heaven with clouds, and pre-
pareth rain for the earth : and maketh the grass to
grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of men ;

9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle : and feedeth
the young ravens that call upon him.

10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse :
neither delighteth he in any man's legs.

11 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him :
and put their trust in his mercy.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem : praise thy God,
O Sion.

13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates : and
hath blessed thy children within thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy borders : and filleth
thee with the flour of wheat.

15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth :
and his word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool : and scattereth the
hoar-frost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who is able
to abide his frost ?

18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he
bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow.

19 He showeth his word unto Jacob : his statutes
and ordinances unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation : neither
have the heathen knowledge of his laws.

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Psalm 148. Laudate Dominum.

O PRAISE the Lord of heaven : praise him in the
height.

2 Praise him, all ye angels of his : praise him, all his
host.

3 Praise him, sun and moon : praise him, all ye
stars and light.

4 Praise him, all ye heavens : and ye waters that are
above the heavens.

5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord : for he
spake the word, and they were made; he commanded,
and they were created.

6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever : he
hath given them a law which shall not be broken.

7 Praise the Lord upon earth : ye dragons and all
deeps ;

8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours : wind and
storm, fulfilling his word;

9 Mountains and all hills : fruitful trees and all
cedars ;

10 Beasts and all cattle : worms and feathered fowls;

11 Kings of the earth, and all people : princes, and
all judges of the world;

12 Young men and maidens, old men and children,
praise the Name of the Lord : for his Name only is
excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth.

13 He shall exalt the horn of his people; all his saints
shall praise him : even the children of Israel, even the
people that serveth him.

Psalm 149. Cantate Domino.

OSING unto the Lord a new song : let the con-
gregation of saints praise him.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him : and let
the children of Sion be joyful in their King.

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3 Let them praise his Name in the dance : let them
sing praises unto him with tab ret and harp.

4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people : and
helpeth the meek-hearted.

5 Let the saints be joyful with glory : let them re-
joice in their beds.

6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth : and a
two-edged sword in their hands;

7 To be avenged of the heathen : and to rebuke
the people;

8 To bind their kings in chains : and their nobles
with links of iron;

9 That they may be avenged of them, as it is written :
Such honour have all his saints.

Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum.

O PRAISE God in his holiness : praise him in the
firmament of his power.

2 Praise him in his noble acts : praise him according
to his excellent greatness.

3 Praise him m the sound of the trumpet : praise
him upon the lute and harp.

4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances : praise
him upon the strings and pipe.

5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise
him upon the loud cymbals.

6 Let every thing that hath breath : praise the
Lord.

THE END OF THE PSALTER.

MORNING AND EVENING
PRAYERS.

ALMIGHTY God, we bless and praise Thee that
we have wakened to the light of another earthly
day; and now we will think of what a day should be.
Our days are Thine, let them be spent for Thee. Our
days are few, let them be spent with care. There are
dark days behind us, forgive their sinfulness; there may
be dark days before us, strengthen us for their trials.
We pray Thee to shine on this day — the day which we
may call our own. Lord, we go to our daily work;
help us to take pleasure therein. Show us clearly what
our duty is; help us to be faithful in doing it. Let all
we do be well done, fit for Thine eye to see. Give us
strength to do, patience to bear; let our courage never
fail. When we cannot love our work, let us thmk of it
as Thy Task; and, by our true love to Thee, make un-
lovely things shine in the light of Thy great love. Amen,

OLORD, our heavenly Father Almighty and ever-
lasting God, who hast safely brought us to the be-
ginning of this day, defend us in the same with Thy
mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no
sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all
our doings, being ordered by Thy governance, may be
righteous in Thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen,

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LORD, who knowest all things, and lovest all men
better than Thou knowest. Thine is might and
wisdom and love to save us.

As our fathers called unto Thee, and were holpen,
and were led along the ways Thou seest good ; so, in all
time of need, from all evil, the evil of our time and of
our hearts, deliver us, good Lord.

From all perplexity of mind ;f rom loneliness of thought,
and discontented brooding; from wondering what Thou
wouldst have us do, deliver us. Lord. Especially
from whatever sin besets us, save and deliver us with
might, O Lord.

From all bereavement, sorrow, and desertion; from
all things that separate us from each other and from
our God; from all evils we have prayed against, and
from all we have not thought of, deliver, O Lord, Thy
servants, whose hope is in Thy goodness for ever.
Amen,

THE day returns and brings us the petty round of
irritating concerns and duties. Help us to play the
man, help us to perform them with laughter and kind
faces, let cheerfulness abound with industry. Give us
to go blithely on our business all this day, bring us to
our resting beds weary and content and undishonoured,
and grant us in the end the gift of sleep. Amen.

OLORD, who hast brought us through the dark-
ness of night to the light of the morning, and who
by Thy Holy Spirit dost illumine the darkness of igno-
rance and sin; we beseech Thee, of Thy loving-kindness,
to pour Thy holy light into our souls, that we may ever
be devoted to Thee by whose wisdom we were created,
by whose mercy we were redeemed, and by whose
Providence we are governed. Amen,

LORD, lift up the light of Thy countenance upon
us : let Thy peace rule in our hearts ; and may it be

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our strength and our song, in the house of our pilgrim-
age. We commit ourselves to Thy care and keeping this
day; let Thy grace be mighty in us, and sufficient for
us, and let it work in us both to will and to do of Thine
own good pleasure, and grant us strength for all the
duties of the day. Keep us from sin; give us the rule
over our own spirits; and keep us from speaking un-
advisedly with our lips. May we live together in
peace and holy love, and do Thou command Thy
blessing upon us, even life for evermore. Prepare us
for all the events of the day ; for we know not what a day
may bring forth. Give us grace to deny ourselves; to
take up our cross daily, and to follow in the steps of
our Lord and Master. Amen.

OLORD, strengthen and support, I entreat Thee,
all persons unjustly accused or underrated. Com-
fort them by the ever-present thought that Thou know-
est the whole truth, and wilt in Thine own good time
make their righteousness as clear as the light. Give
them grace to pray for such as do them wrong, and
hear and bless them when they pray. Amen.

PRESERVE us blameless, O Lord, in our goings
out and comings in this day. Fill us with the
simplicity of a divine purpose, that we may be inwardly
at one with Thy holy will, and lifted above vain wishes
of our own. Set free from every detaining desire or
reluctance, may we heartily surrender all our powers
to do the work which Thou hast given us to do ; rejoicing
in any toil, and fainting under no hardness that may
befall us as good soldiers of Jesus Christ; and counting
it as our crown of blessing if we may join the com-
pany of the faithful who have kept Thy Name and
witnessed to Thy Kingdom in every age. Prepare us
to seek our rest, not in outward ease, but in inward
devotedness: only fulfil to us the word of the Chief of

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Saints; leave us His peace, while we remain here; and
then receive us unto Thyself, to mingle with the mighty
company of our forerunners. Amen.

OLORD our God, who hast bidden the light to
shine out of darkness, who hast again wakened us
to praise Thy goodness and ask for Thy grace: accept
now, in Thy endless mercy, the sacrifice of our worship
and thanksgiving, and grant unto us all such requests
as may be wholesome for us. Make us to be children
of the light and of the day, and heirs of Thy everlasting
inheritance. Remember, O Lord, according to the
multitude of Thy mercies. Thy whole Church; all who
join with us in prayer; all our brethren by land or sea,
or wherever they may be in thy vast kingdom, who
stand in need of thy grace and succour. Pour out
upon them the riches of Thy mercy, so that we, redeemed
in soul and body, and steadfast in faith, may ever
praise Thy wonderful and holy name. Amen,

O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of Thy
bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech Thee,
from all things that may hurt us ; that we, being ready
both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those
things which Thou commandest; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen,

ALMIGHTY God, our Light in darkness, our
Strength in weakness, our Hope in sinfulness, and
our Eternal Home, be unto us merciful, long-suffering,
and patient; that we, who be slow of growth, may hope
to come at last to Thy likeness; and, being upheld by
Thee, may by Thy mercy go from strength to strength,
until, through the waste and dreariness, through the
joy and duty of this earthly life having safely passed, we
through the fulness of Thy mercy may come into the
land of the eternal peace. Amen,

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ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, in whom we
live, and move, and have our being; Lord of all
life; Source of all light, guiding and governing all
things of Thy loving-kindness and power! Hear our
thanksgivings unto Thee for all the joy that Thou
puttest into mortal life; but chiefly for the joy that
comes of sin forgiven, weakness strengthened, victory
promised, life eternal looked for. To every one of us
grant that, being fully conscious of having erred and
strayed from Thy ways, we may be equally conscious
of our need to go back again to the Good Shepherd.
Let there be no doubt with any one of us that Thou
dost forgive, even to the uttermost, all those who draw
nigh in penitence to Thee; that so, those of us who are
sinful, and sad because sinful, and sorrowful in sinning,
may have this day the joy of the Lord. Amen,

ALMIGHTY God, Maker of heaven and earth.
Giver of light and life, so teach us those things
which belong to the heavenly kingdom, and those
duties which are of the earth, that we, stirred by the
light and life of the peace of God, may be enabled
faithfully to do the things committed to us, looking ever
unto Thee for light and life, that, being lifted above
ourselves, the life of God in the soul of man may be ours,
and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
may then keep our hearts and minds, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

GRANT unto us. Almighty God, the knowledge
of Thy way, and the spirit of obedience thereunto,
that, being conformed in thought and words unto Thy
way. Thy peace may rule in our hearts. Help us to
cast out all those things which are contrary to Thy
peace, or that are not according to Thy will, that so
ours may be the quiet life of trust, and faith, and obedi-
ence, living lowly, longing for Thy truth, and walking

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in the light thereof, that Thy blessing may be upon us,
and the light of Thy countenance our perpetual delight.
Hear us of Thy mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen,

OTHOU Hope of all the ends of the earth ; Thou on
whom our fathers hoped, and were not con-
founded ; Thou, who knowest whereof we are made, and
whereby our shortcoming, have pity on us, O Lord. O
Helper of the helpless, and Stronger than the strong,
remember all who are in distress of mind, body, or
estate; succour them according to their need. It is
meet and right, in all things, for all men, in joy and
sorrow, alone and all together, to remember and wor-
ship Thee, to trust in Thee, and praise Thee, Lord and
Father, King and God, Fountain of life and immor-
tality. Source of everlasting good. Thee all the heavens
hymn, and higher spirits praise, crying to each other,
or going on the work which Thou givest them, and so
perfecting praise. Blessed be the Dweller of Eternity,
my Strength and my Deliverer, my Salvation and my
Refuge for ever. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no
power of ourselves to help ourselves, keep us both
outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that
we may be defended from all adversities which may
happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which
assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, the Fountain of Life, who hast
ordained that Thy children may find life in the
way of Thy commandment, and in the path of Thy ser-
vice; we would humbly thank Thee, not alone for what
is bright and fair in our lot, but for the difficulty, the
trial, the darkness. We thank Thee for the doubts that

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perplex us, — the infirmities that oppress us, — the
sorrows that make us to faint and fear; for we know
that Thou wilt answer the strong cry which these bring
forth of our souls after light from Thee. Oh, grant that
we may so endure as becometh Thy children, — that,
doubting, we may not despair, — cast down, we may
not be destroyed, — sorrowing, it may not be as those
without hope; but that, receiving Thy discipline and
preparation in the Spirit of Thy dear Son, we may
make straight His path within our hearts. We ask it
in His name, who is the Light of men. Amen.

PROTECT, O Lord, Thy suppliants, support their
weakness, and wash away their earthly stains ; and
while they walk amid the darkness of this mortal life,
do Thou ever quicken them by Thy light; deliver them
in Thy mercy from all evils, and grant them to attain
the height of good : through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

WE most earnestly beseech Thee, O Thou Lover
of mankind, to bless all Thy people, the flocks
of Thy fold. Send down into our hearts the peace of
heaven, and grant us also the peace of this life. Give
life to the souls of all of us, and let no deadly sin prevail
against us, or any of Thy people. Deliver all who are
in trouble, for Thou art our God, who settest the cap-
tives free; who givest hope to the hopeless, and help to
the helpless; who liftest up the fallen; and who art the
Haven of the shipwrecked. Give Thy pity, pardon,
and refreshment to every Christian soul, whether in
aflfliction or error. Preserve us, in our pilgrimage
through this life, from hurt and danger, and grant that
we may end our lives as Christians, well-pleasing to
Thee and free from sin, and that we may have our por-
tion and lot with all Thy saints. Amen.

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ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts are open,
all desires known, and from whom no secrets are
hid; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspira-
tion of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee
and worthily magnify Thy holy Name, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen,

OGOD, by whom the meek are guided in judg-
ment, and light riseth up in darkness for the
godly; grant us, in all our doubts and uncertainties, the
grace to ask what Thou wouldest have us to do; that
the Spirit of wisdom may save us from all false choices,
and that in Thy light we may see light, and in Thy
straight path may not stumble, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

OTHOU, with Whom is the Fountain of life,
and without Whom we can do nothing; Whose
grace is sufficient for us, and Whose strength is made
perfect in weakness; abide in us, that we, keeping Thy
commandments, may abide in Thy love; so shall our
peace be as a river, and our righteousness as the waves
of the sea; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

OGOD, the Father of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
whose name is great, whose nature is blissful,
whose goodness is inexhaustible, God and Ruler of all
things, who art blessed forever; before whom stand
thousands and thousands, and ten thousand times ten
thousand, the hosts of holy angels and archangels; sanc-
tify, O Lord, our souls and bodies and spirits, search
our consciences, and cast out of us every evil thought,
every base desire, all envy and pride, all wrath and
anger, and all that is contrary to Thy holy will. And
grant us, O Lord, Lover of men, with a pure heart and
contrite soul, to call upon Thee, our holy God and
Father who art in heaven. Amen.

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OGOD, Who art faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, mercifully grant unto us that we may be de-
livered from the bondage of our sins, and may one day
rejoice in perfect liberty in our very Fatherland, which
is in heaven. Amen,

O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the
unruly wills and affections of sinful men, grant
unto Thy people, that they may love the thing which
Thou commandest, and desire that which Thou dost
promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold
changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be
fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen,

ALMIGHTY Lord our God, direct our steps into
the way of peace, and strengthen our hearts to
obey Thy commands; may the Day-spring visit us
from on high, and give light to those who sit in dark-
ness and the shadow of death; that they may adore
Thee for Thy mercy, follow Thee for Thy truth, desire
Thee for Thy sweetness, who art the blessed Lord God
of Israel. Amen,

OGOD, who dost bring men out of darkness and
the shadow of death, such as are bound in affliction
and iron, free us, we beseech Thee, from the chains of
our sins, and in Thy great mercy deliver us from all evil,
through Jesus Christ. Amen,

ETERNAL Light, before whom all darkness is
light, and, in comparison with whom, every other
light is but darkness ! May it please Thee to send forth
Thy light and Thy truth, that they may lead us. Purify
we pray Thee, our souls from all impure imaginations,
that Thy most beautiful and holy image may be again
renewed within us, and, by contemplating Thy glorious

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perfections, we may feel daily improved within us that
Divine similitude, the perfection whereof we hope will
at last make us forever happy in that full and beatific
vision we aspire after. Till this most blessed day break
and the shadows fly away, let Thy Spirit be continually
with us, and may we feel the powerful effects of Thy
Divine grace constantly directing and supporting our
steps ; that all our endeavours, throughout the whole re-
maining part of our lives, may serve to promote the
honour of Thy blessed Name, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

BE Thou Thyself, O Lord, the Sanctifier and the
Shepherd of Thy people, that we who are strength-
ened by Thy help, may, in our daily life, walk with Thee,
and in all quietness of spirit serve Thee, through Jesus
Christ our Master. Amen.

OHOLY and loving Father, whose mercies are from
everlasting to everlasting, we thank Thee that Thy
children can flee for refuge in their afflictions to the
blessed certainty of Thy love. From every grief that
burdens our spirits, from the sense of solitude and loss,
from the doubt and fainting of the soul in its trouble,
we turn to Thee. Thou knowest our frame, Thou
rememberest that we are dust. Be thou our Strength
and Deliverer; in our great need be Thou our Helper;
pour Thy consolations into our hearts, and let the gospel
of Thy beloved Son minister comfort and peace to our
souls. Amen.

OGOD, our everlasting Hope! as disciples of One
who had not where to lay His head, may we freely
welcome the toils and sufferings of our humanity, and
seek only strength to glorify the cross Thou layest on
us. Every work of our hand may we do unto Thee;
in every trouble, trace some lights of Thine; and let no

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blessing fall on dry and thankless hearts. Redeem-
ing the time, may we fill every waking hour with faith-
ful duty and well-ordered affections, as the sacrifice
which Thou hast provided. Fill us with patient tender-
ness for others, seeing that we also are in the same
case before Thee ; and make us ready to help, and quick
to forgive. And then, fix every grace, compose every
fear, by a steady trust in Thine eternal realities. Amen,

WE thank Thee for the dear and faithful dead, for
those who have made the distant heavens a Home
for us, and who e truth and beauty are even now in our
hearts. One by one Thou dost gather the scattered
families out of the earthly light into the heavenly glory,
from the distractions and strife and weariness of time
to the peace of eternity. We thank Thee for the labors
and the joys of these mortal years. We thank Thee
for our deep sense of the mysteries that lie beyond our
dust, and for the eye of faith which Thou hast opened
for all who believe in Thy Son to outlook that mark.
May we live altogether in Thy Faith and Love, and in
that Hope which is full of Immortality. Amen,

OLORD God, in whose hand are the wills and
affections of men, kindle in our minds holy desires,
and repress sinful and corrupt imaginations ; enable us
to love Thy commandments, and to desire Thy prom-
ises; let us, by Thy protection and influence, so pass
through things temporal, as finally not to lose the
things eternal; and, among the hopes and fears, the
pleasures and sorrows, the dangers and deliverances,
and all the changes of this life, let our hearts be surely
fixed, by the help of Thy Holy Spirit, on the everlasting
fruition of Thy presence, where true joys are to be
found. Grant, O Lord, these petitions. Forgive, O
merciful Lord, whatever we have done contrary to Thy
laws, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

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ALMIGHTY God, we do offer unto Thee most
high praise, and hearty thanks for all Thy wonder-
ful graces and virtues which Thou hast manifested in all
Thy saints, and in all other holy persons upon earth,
who by their lives and labours have shined forth as
lights in the several generations of the world; such as
were the holy prophets, apostles, and martyrs, whom
we remember with honour, and commemorate with joy;
and for whom, as also for all other Thy happy ser-
vants, our fathers and brethren, who have departed
this life with the seal of faith, we praise and magnify
Thy holy Name; most humbly desiring that we may still
continue in their holy communion, and enjoy the com-
fort thereof, following, with a glad will and mind, their
holy examples of godly living, and steadfastness in Thy
faith. Amen.

GRANT unto us, Almighty God, that when our
vision fails, and our understanding is darkened;
when the ways of life seem hard, and the brightness of
life is gone, — to us grant the wisdom that deepens faith
when the sight is dim, and enlarges trust when the un-
derstanding is not clear. And whensoever Thy ways
in nature or in the soul are hard to be understood,
then may our quiet confidence, our patient trust, our lov-
ing faith in Thee be great, and as children knowing
that they are loved, cared for, guarded, kept, may we
with a quiet mind at all times put our trust in the un-
seen God. So may we face life without fear, and death
without fainting; and, whatsoever may be in the life to
come, give us confident hope that whatsoever is best for
us both here and hereafter is Thy good pleasure, and
will be Thy law. Amen,

O ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouch-
safe, we beseech Thee, to direct, sanctify, and
govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of Thy

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laws, and in the works of Thy commandments; that,
through Thy most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul; through our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Ainen,

OH, teach us to know Thee, our God, and enable
us to do Thy will as we ought to do. Give us
hearts to love Thee, to trust and aelight in Thee, and
to adhere and cleave in faithfulness unto Thee. That
no temptations may draw us, nor any tribulations drive
us, from Thee; but that all Thy dispensations to us,
and all Thy dealings with us, may be the messengers
of Thy love to our souls, to bring us still nearer to Thy
blessed self, and to make us still fitter for Thy heavenly
kingdom. Amen,

OLORD God, our Governor, we beseech Thee, of
Thy mercy, that we may have the heavenly vision,
and behold things as they seem unto Thee, that the tur-
moil of this world may be seen by us to be bringing forth
the sweet peace of the eternal years, and that in all the
troubles and sorrows of our own hearts we may behold
good, and so, with quiet mind and inward peace, care-
less of outward storm, we may do the duty of life which
brings to us a quiet heart, ever trusting in Thee. We give
Thee thanks for all Thy mercy. We beseech Thy for-
giveness of all our sins. We pray Thy guidance in all
things. Thy presence in the hour of death. Thy glory
in the life to come. Of Thy mercy hear us, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen,

WE give Thee thanks, Almighty God, for the bread
of the body that perisheth, and we beseech Thee
to give us that bread by Vv^hich man's higher life is fed,
that we, laying hold of the life that never dies, may
thereby be fitted for the troubles and burdens of this
life, and look forward with joy to the higher and better

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life. So may we live in constant childlike trust in Thee,
as to believe, though we behold it not, that the end of
all things is divine, and to catch the music to which this
world is set by Thee. Lead Thou us from the lower
life to the better life, that little things may lose their
power to vex us, and in the midst of the troubles of this
life, we may have the peace of God that passeth all
understanding. Of Thy loving-kindness and tender
mercy hear us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen,

OGOD, whose never-failing Providence ordereth
all things both in heaven and earth; we humbly
beseech Thee to put away from us all hurtful things,
and to give us those things which are profitable for us,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen,

OLORD, who spreadest out the heavens like a
curtain, give us, we pray Thee, faithful wills and
loving hearts, that in all Thy works we may ever dis-
cern Thee. O Lord, we humbly bless Thee for what
Thou givest, and for what Thou withholdest; for the
knowledge Thou bestowest, and for the knowledge
Thou keepest back. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, who forgivest all things to those
who cry unto Thee, grant unto us that, whatsoever
of life there may be remaining for us, we may give dili-
gent heed at this very hour to Thy call ; that, so coming
unto Thee, we may find work in Thy vineyard, and do it
faithfully unto the end; beseeching Thee to forgive the
wasted hours of the past, and of Thy graciousness to see
that there be no more. For all time to come grant us to
serve Thee diligently and dutifully, that at last we may
hear Thy voice saying unto us, *' Well done, good and
faithful servants: enter ye into the joy of your Lord."
So be it unto us all, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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O MERCIFUL Father, whose benevolent provi-
dence has protected me during the defenceless
hours of sleep, accept my morning tribute of prayer and
praise. I thank Thee that Thy loving-kindness has
enabled me to enter upon the duties of another day
with renewed energies and spirits. All things pro-
claim Thy glorious providence, and Thine infinite
goodness unto us. Before I go forth to the labours
and enjoyments of the day I would place my whole trust
in Thy guidance and consecrate the energies of my
body and mind to Thee. Strengthen and prepare me
for the trials which await me this day. May Thy coun-
sel regulate my mind, may Thy love warm my heart,
and may Thy sacred presence go with me as a light to
my path. Curb each impure desire, restrain each
worldly craving, and sanctify all my aspirations and
feelings by leading them to Thee. Make me prompt
and faithful in the discharge of my various duties, and
in all my intercourses with the world keep my con-
science void of uncleanness. Grant that temptations
may not shake my fidelity to Thee: grant that amidst
all the vicissitudes of life I may cleave to Thee firmly.
Teach me to remember that to attain Thee is the sole
destiny of life, and help me to spend the precious hours
of this day and all days accordingly. Do Thou, O
Everlasting Father and Friend, enable me to grow
continually in purity and faith that each day may find
me nearer to Thee. Amen.

OGOD, the Protector of all who trust in Thee,
without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy,
increase and multiply upon us Thy mercy; that. Thou
being our Ruler and Guide, we may so pass through

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things temporal that we finally lose not the things
eternal. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus
Christ's sake our Lord. Amen.

LET all Thy works praise Thee, O Lord, and Thy ser-
vants rejoice in thanking Thee. True is Thy word,
which counts us worthy of pity, and faithful Thy
help for our heart's trust to rest upon. O God, Thy
strength is made perfect in those who have not cared for
themselves, but sought the eternal; then Thou bringest
forth truth to victory. Make known to me Thy ways,
O God, and let me walk in Thy truth. Go on, O God,
victoriously, and open me the gate of hope, out of dark-
ness into light. Since Thou hast not taken me away in
the midst of my day, but upholden my soul in life,
suffer not my feet to slip. Grant me a work of Thy
love to do, and prosper it in my hands. Let me not die
until I have fulfilled Thy will; and let me enter with joy
into rest. Amen,

OLORD, shew forth Thy loving-kindness, I en-
treat Thee, to all persons who in this world feel
themselves neglected, or little loved, or forgotten. Be
Thou their beloved Companion, and let communion
with Thee be to them more dear than tenderest earthly
intercourse. Teach them to discern Thee in all with
whom they come in contact, and to love and serve Thee
in them. On earth grant them comfort by the repent-
ance of any who have wronged them, and in heaven
comfort in the communion of all saints with each other
and with Thee. Amen,

O SHEPHERD of the sheep, who didst promise to
carry the lambs in Thine arms, and to lead us by
the still waters, help us to know the peace which passeth
understanding. Give us to drink that heavenly draught
which is life, the calm patience which is content to bear

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what God giveth. Have mercy upon us, and hear our
prayers. Lead us gently when we pass through the
valley of the shadow of death. Guide us, till at last, in
the assembly of Thy saints, we may find rest forevermore.
Amen,

LORD, our God, great, eternal, wonderful in glory,
who keepest covenant and promises for those that
love Thee with their whole heart ; who art the Life of all,
the Help of those that flee unto Thee, the Hope of those
who cry unto Thee; cleanse us from our sins, secret and
open, and from every thought displeasing to Thy good-
ness, — cleanse our bodies and souls, our hearts and
consciences, that with a pure heart and a clear soul,
with perfect love and calm hope, we may venture con-
fidently and fearlessly to pray unto Thee. Amen,

ALMIGHTY God, by whose word all things work,
by whose guidance all things go, so order our in-
ward life, that we may be enabled to understand the
things that we see ; and by Thy guidance in the spiritual
life and in charity, so order what there is disordered in
our lives, so bring our minds to the truth, our consciences
to the law, our eyes to the light, and our hearts to Thy
true love, that, midst the seeming discords of life, we
may hear the music of the heavenly will, and catch oft-
times the charms of the heavenly order. So give us
hope that we may pass on through time, into the higher
and better education of the eternal life to come, and that
at last we may know those things that are hidden, and
which now we cannot know, and learn the glorious
beauty and the glorious loving of the eternal years.
ATiien.

OGOD, who makest cheerfulness the companion
of strength, but apt to take wings in time of sorrow,
we humbly beseech Thee that if, in Thy sovereign wis-

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dom, Thou sendest weakness, yet for Thy mercy's sake
deny us not the comfort of patience. Lay not more
upon us, O heavenly Father, than Thou wilt enable us
to bear; and, since the fretfulness of our spirits is more
hurtful than the heaviness of our burden, grant us that
heavenly calmness which comes of owning Thy hand
in all things, and patience in the trust that Thou doest
all things well. Amen.

INFINITE and Holy One, whom we know as our
Father and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we de-
voutly thank Thee for the mercy that created us from
the dust, and for the greater mercy that has created us
anew by a heavenly adoption as Thy children. For the
undying yearnings, which Thou hast implanted in us,
after things unseen, — for their satisfaction in Thyself,
we thank Thee; and we rejoice that Thou hast been
willing to encourage our frail and mortal spirits, by re-
vealing to us something of the perfections of Thy nature
and calling us to follow after Thee. Grant, we pray,
that Thy loving-kindness may be followed by our obedi-
ence. And do Thou so confirm our best purposes by
renewing our sense of Thy presence, that we may both
imitate Thy nature, and accept Thy dealings with us
in the spirit of childlike trust, and by the help of Thy
dear Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen,

OLORD our God, teach us, we beseech Thee, to
ask Thee aright for the right blessings. Steer
Thou the vessel of our life toward Thyself, Thou tran-
quil Haven of all storm-tossed souls. Show us the
course wherein we should go. Renew a willing spirit
within us. Let Thy Spirit curb our wayward senses,
and guide and enable us unto that which is our true
good, to keep Thy laws, and in all our works evermore
to rejoice in Thy glorious and gladdening Presence.
For Thine is the glory and praise from all Thy saints
for ever and ever. Amen.

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WE bless and praise and magnify Thee, O God of
our fathers, who hast led us out of the shadows
of night once more into the Hght of day. Unto Thy
loving-kindness we make our entreaty; be merciful to
our misdeeds; accept our prayers in the fulness of Thy
compassions, for Thou art our refuge from one genera-
tion to another, O merciful and almighty God. Suffer
the true Sun of Thy righteousness to shine in our hearts,
enlighten our reason, and purify our senses; that so we
may walk honestly as in the day, in the way of Thy
commandments, and reach at last the life eternal, where
we shall rejoice in Thy inaccessible life. For Thou
art the Fountain of Life, and in Thy light shall we see
light. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and Eternal God, who hast revealed
Thy nature in Christ Jesus Thy Son as Love: we
humbly pray Thee give us Thy Holy Spirit, to glorify
Thee also in our hearts as pure Love, and thus constrain
us by Thy Divine power to love Thee again with our
whole souls, and our brethren as ourselves; that so by
Thy grace we may be fulfilled with love, and evermore
abide in Thee and Thou in us, with all joyfulness, and
free from fear or distrust, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, have mercy upon us, who,
when troubled with the things that are past, lose
faith, and life, and courage, and hope. So have mercy
upon us, and uphold us, that we, being sustained by a
true faith that Thou art merciful and forgiving, may
go on in the life of the future to keep Thy command-
ments, to rejoice in Thy bounty, to trust in Thy mercy,
and to hope in the eternal life. Grant unto all of us,
whatsoever may betide us, to remember ever that it is
all of Thy guidance, under Thy care, by Thy will ; that
so, in darkest days, beholding Thee we may have

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courage to go on, faith to endure, patience to bear, and
hopefulness to hold out, even unto the end. Amen,

WE beseech Thee, Lord, to behold us with favour,
folk of many families and nations gathered to-
gether in the peace of this roof, weak men and women
subsisting under the covert of Thy patience. Be pa-
tient still; suffer us yet a while longer — with our
broken purposes of good, with our idle endeavours
against evil, suffer us a while longer to endure and (if it
may be) help us to do better. Bless to us our extraor-
dinary mercies; if the day come when these must be
taken, brace us to play the man under affliction. Be
with our friends, be with ourselves. Go with each of
us to rest ; if any awake, temper to them the dark hours
of watching; and when the day returns, return to us,
our sun and comforter, and call us up with morning
faces and with morning hearts — eager to labor — eager
to be happy, if happiness shall be our portion — and if the
day be marked for sorrow, strong to endure it. Amen.

WE beseech Thee, O Lord, remember all for good;
have mercy upon all, O God. Remember every
soul who, being in any affliction, trouble, or agony,
stands in need of Thy mercy and help, all who are in
necessity or distress; all who love, or hate us.

Thou, O Lord, art the Helper of the helpless; the
Hope of the hopeless; the Saviour of them who are
tossed with tempests; the Haven of them who sail;
be Thou All to all. The glorious majesty of the Lord
our God be upon us; prosper Thou the work of our
hands upon us; Oh, prosper Thou our handy-work.
Lord, be Thou within me, to strengthen me; without
me, to keep me ; above me, to protect me ; beneath me, to
uphold me ; before me, to direct me ; behind me, to keep
me from straying; round about me, to defend me.
Blessed be Thou O Lord, our Father, for ever and
ever. Amen,

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ALMIGHTY God, Who alone gavest us the
breath of Hfe, and alone canst keep alive in us the
breathing of holy desires, we beseech Thee for Thy
compassions' sake to sanctify all our thoughts and en-
deavours, that we may neither begin any action without
a pure intention, nor continue it without Thy blessing;
and grant that, having the eyes of our understanding
purged to behold things invisible and unseen, we may
in heart be inspired with Thy wisdom, and in work be
upheld by Thy strength, and in the end be accepted
of Thee, as Thy faithful servants, having done all
things to Thy glory, and thereby to our endless peace.
Grant this prayer, O Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, who art the Strength of all who
put their trust in Thee, grant unto us in the midst
of the troubles of this mortal life, that, being confident
in Thy wisdom and goodness, and Thine abiding love,
we may endure all things in a quiet spirit, seeking ever
in the midst of the things of this world to meditate oft-
times upon the divine peace, and the heavenly rest of
the glorified spirits of light; and being held up by Thy
mercy, may neither faint nor fear, but pass on, doing
faithfully the duties of life, and, in our last hour, sup-
ported by the Everlasting arms, we beseech Thee to
guide us into the life everlasting. This we do ask, in
the name of Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen,

ALMIGHTY God, help us to put away all bitterness
and wrath and evil-speaking, with all malice.
May we possess our souls in patience, however we are
tempted and provoked, and not be overcome with evil,
but overcome evil with good. Enable us, O God of
patience, to bear one another's burdens, and to forbear
one another in love. Oh, teach and help us all to live
in peace and to love in truth, following peace with all
men and walking in love as Christ loved us, of whom

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let us learn such meekness and lowliness of heart that
in Him we may find rest for our souls. Subdue all
bitter resentments in our minds, and let the law of kind-
ness be in our tongues, and a meek and quiet spirit in
all our lives. Make us so gentle and peaceable that
we may be followers of Thee as dear children, that
Thou, the God of peace, mayest dwell with us, forever-
more. Amen.

OGOD, let the sighing of the prisoner come before
Thee, and mercifully grant unto us that we may
be delivered by Thine almighty power from all bonds
and chains of sin whether in our bodies or in our souls,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

OLORD from whom all good things do come, grant
to us, Thy humble servants, that by Thy holy
inspiration we may think those things that are good, and
by Thy merciful guiding may perform the same, through
our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

OGOD, the Enlightener of man, who of all graces
givest the most abundant blessing upon heavenly
love; we beseech Thee to cleanse us from selfishness,
and grant us, for Thy love, so to love our brethren that
we may be Thy children upon earth; and thereby,
walking in Thy truth, attain to Thy unspeakable joy,
who art the Giver of life to all who truly love Thee.
Grant this prayer, O Lord. Amen,

OGOD, forasmuch as our strength is in Thee,
mercifully grant that Thy Holy Spirit may
in all things direct and rule our hearts, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

OLORD, we beseech Thee mercifully to receive
the prayers of Thy people who call upon Thee;
and grant that they may both perceive and know what

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things they ought to do, and also may have grace and
power faithfully to fulfil the same ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

OLORD our God, keep us from all darkness except
such as our own foolishness brings over us. Let
us remember that there is no darkness with Thee. Let
us have but one thing to be afraid of — the death of the
spirit. Let there be but one thing that we shrink from
— unlovingness towards Thee and our brother. And
when the storm is loud, and the night is dark, and the
soul is sad, and the heart oppressed; then, as weary
travellers, may we look to Thee ; and beholding the light
of Thy love, may it bear us on, until we learn to smg
Thy song in the night. And when the last chill stream
of death shall be crossed, grant that ours may be the
Delectable Mountains, the company of faithful souls,
the eternal years, the everlasting life. Of Thy great
mercy hear our supplications, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

GRANT us peace, and establish Thy truth in us;
as Thou fillest all things living with plenteousness.
Remember every faithful soul in trial; and comfort, if
it be possible, every one in sorrow and distress.

O Helper of the helpless, bring the wanderer home,
and give health to the sick, and deliverance to the
captive.

Sustain the aged, comfort the weak-hearted, set free
those whose souls are bound in misery and iron; re-
member all those that are in affliction, necessity, and
emergency everywhere.

Let us dwell with Thee in peace, as children of light;
and in Thy light. Lord, let us see the light.

Direct, O Lord, in peace, the close of our life; trust-
fully, fearlessly, and, if it be Thy will, painlessly.
Gather us when Thou wilt, into the abodes of Thy
chosen; without shame, or stain, or sin. Amen.

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OTHOU, who art the true Sun of the world, ever-
more rising, and never going down; who, by Thy
most wholesome appearing and sight dost nourish, and
make joyful all things, as well that are in heaven, as
also that are on earth; we beseech Thee mercifully and
favourably to shine into our hearts, that the night and
darkness of sin, and the mists of error on every side,
being driven away. Thou brightly shining within our
hearts, we may all our life long go without any
stumbling or offence, and may walk as in the day-
time, being pure and clean from the works of darkness,
and abounding in all good works which Thou hast
prepared for us to walk in. Amen,

ALMIGHTY God, who canst give the light that
in darkness shall make us glad, the life that in
gloom shall make us joy, and the peace that amidst dis-
cord shall bring us quietness ! let us live this day in that
light, that life, and that peace, so that we may gain the
victory over those things that press us down, and over
the flesh that so oftens encumbers us, and over death
that seemeth for a moment to win the victory. Thus
we, being filled with inward peace, and light, and life,
may walk all the days of this our mortal life, doing our
work as the business of our Father, glorifying it, be-
cause it is Thy will, knowing that what Thou givest
Thou givest in love. Bestow upon us the greatest and
last blessing, that we, being in Thy presence, may be
like unto Thee for evermore. These things we do ask,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen,

T APPROACH Thee, O Lord my God, with humble
thanksgivings for the manifold mercies which Thou
hast showered on me this day. Each joy that I have
experienced, each desire that has been gratified, each
breath that I have inhaled, speaks of Thy goodness
and calls forth my gratitude. Thy fatherly care has

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been with me all day, and protected my body and
mind. I praise Thee for the opportunities and means
of good which Thou hast given me — for each holy
thought and aspiration Thou hast enabled me to in-
dulge, each virtuous deed Thou hast enabled me to
perform.

Thou knowest, O Thou Omniscient God, what sins
I have committed this day: Thou knowest how far
I have fallen short in that strict fidelity to Thy law
which Thou dost require from us. With deep peni-
tence now I implore Thy mercy. Chasten and purify
my soul by inflicting due retribution, and arm me with
the resolution not to fall into my sins again. Without
Thine invigorating spirit we cannot subdue the tempta-
tions which assail us. Fill me, therefore, Gracious Lord,
with strength and constancy and faith and help me to
turn away from all that is evil and impure. May every
day of my life be spent according to Thy will. Permit
me now, O Lord, to retire to my bed with a heart full
of Thee, and grant that if I live to rise from this sleep
I may consecrate my renewed energies to Thee. But if
this night be my last night on earth, and my waking
be in the regions of eternity, may I be carried on the
wings of Thy mercy to the blessed mansions of purity
and joy everlasting. Amen,

APPENDIX.

From the Committee of the Trustees of the George
Junior Republic, to whom this Manual has been sub-
mitted, while still only printer's proof, there has been a
demand so unanimous for the Ten Commandments, with
the appropriate responses, that they are herewith ap-
pended, H, C. P.

A BRIEF SERVICE

CONSISTING CHIEFLY OF

Clje Cen Commantimentsf

^ The Reader or Minister may say the Lord's Prayer, the People
repeating after him every Petition.

OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses. As we
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us
not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer,

ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts are open,
all desires known, and from whom no secrets
are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the

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inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly
love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through
Christ our Lord. Amen.

Minister

GOD spake these words, and said: I am the Lord
thy God; Thou shalt have none other gods but
me.