sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed. en Sion; he hath desired it for his habitation. FOR GOOD FRIDAY. They cast their heads together with one consent, and were confederate against him. They spake against him with false tongues, and encompassed him about with words of hatred, and fought against him without a cause. This shall be my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. I will bless her provision with increase; and will satisfy her poor with bread. I will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall rejoice and sing. False witnesses also did rise up against him; they laid to his charge things that he knew not. Now unto the king eternal, &c. Be honour and glory, &c. For the sins of the people, and the iniquity of the priests, they shed the blood of the just, in the midst of Jerusalem. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. But thou, Lord, hast highly exalted him, and given him a name that is above every name. That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, and every tongue confess that Christ Jesus is Lord, to the glory of he would deliver him; let God the Father. him deliver him, if he will have him. him; and he who cannot keep alive his own soul. I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. O praise the Lord, ye who fear him; magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob, and fear him, all ye seed of Israel. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor; he hath not hid his face from him, but when he cried unto him, he heard him. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; my vows will I perform in the sight of those who fear him. The poor shall eat, and be satisfied; they who seek after the Lord, shall praise him; your heart shall live for ever. All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto the Lord; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he is the governor among the people. All the wealthy on earth, have eaten and worshipped. All those who are miserable, shall kneel before A seed shall serve him; they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation. They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people who shall be born; for he hath done this. PSALM 54. SAVE me, O God, for thy name's sake, and defend me in thy strength. Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken unto words of my mouth. the For the proud are risen up against me; and tyrants, who have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. But God is my helper; the Lord is with those who uphold my soul. The offerings of a free heart will I give thee; and will praise thy name, O Lord, for it is good. Now unto the King eternal, &c. Be honour and glory, &c. EVENING PRAYER. PSALM 64. HEAR my voice, O God, waters are come in, even unto my soul. I sink in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, where the floods rush over me. The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in him; and all they who are true of heart shall be glad. I am weary of crying; my throat is dried; my sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God. They who hate me without a cause, are more than the hairs of my head; they who are mine enemies,, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. Let not those who trust in thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause; let not those who seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel. Because for thy sake have I suffered reproach; shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the rebukes of those who rebuked thee, are fall en upon me. I wept and chastened myself with fasting and that SAVE me, O God, for the was turned to my reproof, PSALM 69. I put on sackcloth also; and they jested upon me. heaviness; I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time. Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, even in the truth of thy salvation. They gave me gall to eat; and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink. |