DAY 6. 14 Deliver me not over into the and he is the wholesome defence will of mine adversaries: for there of his Anointed. are false witnesses risen up against 10 O save thy people, and give me, and such as speak wrong. [thy blessing unto thine inheri15 I should utterly have fainted, [tance: feed them, and set them up but that I believe verily to see the for ever. goodness of the Lord in the land Psalm 29. Afferte Domino. of the living. BRING unto the Lord, O ye 16 O tarry thou the Lord's lei- mighty, bring young rams sure; be strong, and he shall com-unto the Lord; ascribe unto the fort thine heart; and put thou thy Lord worship and strength. trust in the Lord. Psalm 28. Ad te, Domine. 2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his name; worship the UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord, Lord with holy worship. 3 It is the Lord that command my strength: think no scorn of me; lest, if thou make as though eth the waters; it is the glorious thou hearest not, I become like God that maketh the thunder. them that go down into the pit. 4 It is the Lord that ruleth the 2 Hear the voice of my humble sea; the voice of the Lord is petitions, when I cry unto thee; mighty in operation; the voice of when I hold up my hands towards the Lord is a glorious voice. the mercy-seat of thy holy temple. 5 The voice of the Lord break30 pluck me not away, neither eth the cedar trees; yea, the Lord destroy me with the ungodly and breaketh the cedars of Libanus. wicked doers, which speak friend- 6 He maketh them also to skip ly to their neighbours, but ima- like a calf; Libanus also and Si gine mischief in their hearts. rion like a young unicorn. 4 Reward them according to 7 The voice of the Lord dividtheir deeds, and according to the eth the flames of fire; the voice wickedness of their own inven-of the Lord shaketh the wildertions. ness; yea, the Lord shaketh the 5 Recompense them after the wilderness of Cades. work of their hands; pay them 8 The voice of the Lord makthat they have deserved. eth the hinds to bring forth young, 6 For they regard not in their and discovereth the thick bushes: mind the works of the Lord, nor in his temple doth every man the operation of his hands; there-speak of his honour. fore shall he break them down, 9 The Lord sitteth above the and not build them up. water-flood, and the Lord remaineth a King for ever. 7 Praised be the Lord; for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions. 3 The Lord is my strength, and my shield; my heart hath trusted in bim, and I am helped; therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him. 9 The Lord is my strength, 10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people; the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. The sixth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 30. Exaltabo te, Domine. Will magnify thee, O Lord; for thou hast set me up, and I over me. not made my foes to triumph me; make haste to deliver me. 3 And be thou my strong rock, 20 Lord, my God, I cried unto and house of defence, that thou thee; and thou hast healed me. mayest save me; 3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my 4 For thou art my strong rock, soul out of hell: thou hast kept and my castle: be thou also my my life from them that go down guide, and lead me for thy name's to the pit. sake. 4 Sing praises unto the Lord, 5 Draw me out of the net that O ye saints of his; and give thanks they have laid privily for me; for unto him, for a remembrance of thou art my strength. his holiness. 6 Into thy hands I commend my 5 For his wrath endureth but spirit; for thou hast redeemed the twinkling of an eye, and in his me, O Lord, thou God of truth. pleasure is life; heaviness may 7 I have hated them that hold endure for a night, but joy com- of superstitious vanities, and my eth in the morning. trust hath been in the Lord. 6 And in my prosperity I said, 8 I will be glad, and rejoice in I shall never be removed; thou, thy mercy; for thou hast consiLord, of thy goodness, hast made dered my trouble, and hast known my hill so strong. my soul in adversities. 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 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 9 What profit is there in my mine eye is consumed for very blood, when I go down to the pit? heaviness; yea, my soul and my 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. 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 12 Thou hast turned my hea-bones are consumed.. viness into joy; thou hast put off 13 I became a reproof among my sackcloth, and girded me with all mine enemies, but especially gladness: among my neighbours; and they 13 Therefore shall every good of mine acquaintance were afraid man sing of thy praise without of me; and they that did see me ceasing: O my God, I will give without, conveyed themselves thanks unto thee for ever. from me. 14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am become like a broken vessel. 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 15 For I have heard the blasrighteousness. phemy of the multitude, and fear 2 Bow down thine ear to is on every side, while they con spire together against me, and tablish your heart, all ye that put take their counsel to take away your trust in the Lord. 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 mercies' sake. EVENING PRAYER. BLESSED is he whose unrigh- 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. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon 19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee; let the ungodly be put to me day and night, and my moisconfusion, and be put to silence ture is like the drought in summer. in the grave. 5 I will acknowledge my sin 20 Let the lying lips be put to unto thee; and my unrighteoussilence, which cruelly, disdainful-ness have I not hid. ly, and despitefully speak against 6 I said, I will confess my sins the righteous. unto the Lord; and so thou for 21 O how plentiful is thy good-gavest the wickedness of my sin. ness, which thou hast laid up for 7 For this shall every one that them that fear thee, and that thou is godly make his prayer unto thee, hast prepared for them that put in a time when thou mayest be their trust in thee, even before found; but in the great water floods the sons of men. they shall not come nigh him. 22 Thou shalt hide them pri- 8 Thou art a place to hide me vily by thine own presence from in; thou shalt preserve me from the provoking of all men: thou trouble; thou shalt compass me shalt keep them secretly in thy about with songs of deliverance. tabernacle from the strife of 9 I will inform thee, and teach tongues. thee in the way wherein thou 23 Thanks be to the Lord; for shalt go; and I will guide thee he hath showed me marvellous with mine eye. great kindness in a strong city. 10 Be ye not like to horse and 24 And when I made haste, Imule, which have no understandsaid, I am cast out of the sight of ing; whose mouths must be held thine eyes. with bit and bridle, lest they fall 25 Nevertheless, thou heardest upon thee. the voice of my prayer, when I oried unto thee. 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso putteth 26 O love the Lord, all ye his his trust in the Lord, mercy emsaints; for the Lord preserveth braceth him on every side. them that are faithful, and plen- 12 Be glad, O ye righteous, teously rewardeth the proud doer. and rejoice in the Lord; and be 27 Be strong, and he shall es-joyful, all ye that are true of heart, Psalm 33. Exultate, justi. 14. He fashioneth all the hearts REJOICE in the Lord, O ye of them, and understandeth all righteous; for it becometh their works. well the just to be thankful. 15 There is no king that can be 2 Praise the Lord with harp; saved by the multitude of an host; sing praises unto him with the neither is any mighty man delilute, and instrument of ten strings. vered by much strength. 3 Sing unto the Lord a new 16 A horse is counted but a song; sing praises lustily unto vain thing to save a man; neither him with a good courage; suall he deliver any man by his 4 For the word of the Lord great strength. is true, and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment; the earth is full of the oodness 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. 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; 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. Psalm 34. Benedicam Domino. Will alway give thanks unto the Lord; his praise shall ever 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. 10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought, and be in my mouth. maketh the devices of the people 2 My soul shall make her boast to be of none effect, and casteth in the Lord; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. out the counsels of princes. 11 The counsel of the Lord 30 praise the Lord with me, and 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me; yea, he delivered me out of all my fear. shall endure for ever, and the let us magnify his name together. thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. 12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jehovah; and 5 They had an eye unto him, blessed are the folk that he bath and were lightened; and their chosen to him, to be his inheri- faces were not ashamed. tance. 6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the 13 The Lord looked down from Lord heareth him; yea, and heaven, and beheld all the chil-saveth him out of all his troudren of men; from the habitation bles. of his dwelling, he considereth all 7 The Angel of the Lord them that dwell on the earth. 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. 90 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. The seventh Day. MORNING PRAYER. PLEAD thou my cause, O Lord, 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 11 Come, ye children, and persecute me: say unto my soul, nearken unto me; I will teach I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded, and 12 What man is he that lusteth put to shame, that seek after my o live, and would fain see good soul; let them be turned back, days? and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me. you the fear of the Lord. 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. 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. 16 The countenance of the 7 For they have privily laid Lord is against them that do evil, their net to destroy me without a to root out the remembrance of cause; yea, even without a cause them from the earth. have they made a pit for my soul 17 The righteous cry, and the 8 Let a sudden destruction come Lord heareth them, and deliver-upon him unawares, and his net eth them out of all their troubles. that he hath laid privily catch 18 The Lord is nigh unto them himself; that he may fall into his that are of a contrite heart, and own mischief, 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. 9 And my soul be joyful in the Lord; it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who deli20 He keepeth all his bones, verest the poor from him that is so that not one of them is bro-too strong for him; yea, the poor, and him that is in misery, from him that spoileth him? ken. 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 11 False witnesses did rise up: they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for that put their trust in him shall good, to the great discomfort of not be destitute. ¡my soul |