O Lord, among the people; I 4 Thus have they rewarded me will sing praises unto thee among evil for good, and hatred for my the nations. good-will. 4 For thy mercy is greater 5 Set thou an ungodly man to than the heavens, and thy truth be ruler over him, and let Satan reacheth unto the clouds. stand at his right band. 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. 6 When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned; 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 faerless, and his wife a widow. 9 Let his children be vaga. bonds, and beg their bread: let them seek it' also out of desolate 8 Gilead is mine, and Manas-places. ses is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; 9 Juda is my law-giver; 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? 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 remembrance in the sight of the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be done away. 12 O help us against the ene my; for vain is the help of man. 14 Let them alway be before 13 Through God we shall do the Lord, that he may root out great acts; and it is he that shall the memorial of them from off tread down our enemies. the earth; Psalm 109. Deus laudum. 15 And that, because his mind HOLD not thy tongue, O God was not to do good; but perseof my praise; for the mouth cuted the poor helpless man, that of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of he might slay him that was vexed the deceitful is opened upon me. at the heart. 2 And they have spoken against 16 His delight was in cursing, me with false tongues; they com- and it shall happen unto him; passed me about also with words he loved not blessing, therefore of hatred, and fought against me shall it be far from him. without a cause. 17 He clothed himself with 3 For the love that I had unto cursing like as with a raiment, them, lo, they take now my con- and it shall come into his bowels trary part; but I give myself unto like water, and like oil into his prayer. bones. 18 Let it be unto him as the until I make thine enemies thy cloak that he hath upon him, and footstool. as the girdle that he is always girded withal. 19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies, and to those that speak evil, against my soul. 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 the people offer thee free-will 20 But deal thou with me, O offerings with an holy worship: Lord God, according unto thy the dew of thy birth is of the for sweet is thy mercy. womb of the morning. 21 O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor, and my heart is wounded within me. name; 4 The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech. 22 I go hence like the shadow that departeth, and am driven 5 The Lord upon thy right away as the grasshopper. hand shall wound even kings, in 23 My knees are weak through the day of his wrath. fasting; my flesh is dried up for 6 He shall judge among the want of fatness. heathen; he shall fill the places 24 I became also a reproach with the dead bodies, and smite unto them they that looked up-in sunder the heads over divers on me shaked their heads. countries. 25 Help me, O Lord my God; 7 He shall drink of the brook O save me, according to thy in the way; therefore shall he lift up his head. mercy. 26 And they shall know how that this is thy hand, and that thou, Lord, hast done it. Psalm 111. Confitebor tibi. WILL give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart, secretly among the faithful, and in the congregation. 27 Though they curse, yet bless thou; and let them be confounded that rise up against me; 2 The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that but let thy servant rejoice. 28 Let mine adversaries be have pleasure therein. clothed with shame; and let them 3 His work is worthy to be cover themselves with their own praised and had in honour, and confusion, as with a cloak. his righteousness endureth for 29 As for me, I will give great ever. 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. 4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works, that they ought to be had in remembrance. 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 THE Lord said unto my Lord, may give them the heritage of Sit thou on my right hand 'the heathen 7 The works of his hands are sume away; the desire of the unverity and judgment; all his com- godly shall perish. mandments are true. 8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and equity. Psalm 113. Laudate, pueri. PRAISE the Lord, ye servants; O praise the name of the Lord. 9 He sent redemption unto his 2 Blessed be the name of the people; he hath commanded his Lord, from this time forth for covenant for ever; holy and re-evermore. verend is his name. 3 The Lord's name is `praised, 10 The fear of the Lord is the from the rising up of the sun, beginning of wisdom; a good un- unto the going down of the derstanding have all they that do same. thereafter; the praise of it en- 4 The Lord is high above all dureth for ever. heathen, and his glory above the heavens. Psalm 112. Beatus vir. BLESSED is the man that fear 5 Who is like unto the Lord eth the Lord; he hath great our God, that hath his dwelling delight in his commandments. so high, and yet humbleth him2 His seed shall be mighty upon self to behold the things that are earth; the generation of the faith-in heaven and earth? ful shall be blessed. 6 He taketh up the simple out 3 Riches and plenteousness shall of the dust, and lifteth the poor be in his house; and his righte-out of the mire; ousness endureth for ever. 7 That he may set him with 4 Unto the godly there ariseth the princes, even with the princes up light in the darkness; is of his people. merciful, loving, and righteous. 8 He maketh the barren wo5 A good man is merciful, and man to keep house, and to be a lendeth, and will guide his words joyful mother of children. with discretion; 6 For he shall never be moved: EVENING PRAYER. and the righteous shall be had in WHEN Israel came out of everlasting remembrance. Egypt, and the house of Ja7 He will not be afraid of any cob from among the strange peoevil tidings; for his heart standeth ple, fast, and believeth in the Lord. 2 Juda was his sanctuary, and 8 His heart is stablished, and Israel his dominion. will not shrink, until he see his desire upon his enemies. 3 The sea saw that, and fled; Jordan was driven back. 9 He hath dispersed abroad, 4 The mountains skipped like and given to the poor, and his rams, and the little hills like righteousness remaineth for ever; young sheep. his horn shall be exalted with 5 What aileth thee, O thou honour. sea, that thou fleddest? and thou 10 The ungodly shall see it, Jordan, that thou wast driven and it shall grieve him; he shall back? gnash with his teeth, and con- 6 Ye mountains, that ye skip ped like rams? and ye little hills, like young sheep? 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your 7 Tremble thou earth at the children. presence of the Lord; at the pre- 15 Ye are the blessed of the sence of the God of Jacob; Lord, who made heaven and 8 Who turned the hard rock earth. into a standing water, and the 16 All the whole heavens are flint stone into a springing well. the Lord's; the earth hath be Psalm 115. Non nobis, Domine. given to the children of men. NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto 17 The dead praise not thee, us, but unto thy name give O Lord, neither all they that go the praise; for thy loving mercy, down into silence; and for thy truth's sake. 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 18 But we will praise the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. Praise the Lord. The twenty-fourth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Am well pleased that the Lord prayer; 5 They have mouths, and speak not; eyes have they, and see not. 2 That he hath inclined his 6 They have ears, and hear not; ear unto me; therefore will I call noses have they, and smell not. upon him as long as I live. 7 They have hands, and han- 3 The snares of death com. dle not; feet have they, and walk passed me round about, and the not; neither speak they through pains of hell gat hold upon me. their throat. 4 I shall find trouble and hea 8 They that make them are viness, and I will call upon the like unto them; and so are all name of the Lord; O Lord, I such as put their trust in them. beseech thee, deliver my soul. 9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord; he is their succour and defence. 5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 10 Ye house of Aaron, put 6 The Lord preserveth the your trust in the Lord; he is their simple: I was in misery, and he helper and defender. 11 Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust in the Lord; he is their helper and defender. helped me. 7 Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath rewarded thee. 12 The Lord hath been mind- 8 And why? thou hast deliverful of us, and he shall bless used my soul from death, mine eyes even he shall bless the house of from tears, and my feet from fallIsrael, he shall bless the house of ing. Aaron. 9 I will walk before the Lord 13 He shall bless them that fear in the land of the living. the Lord, both small and great. 10 I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore trou-trouble; and the Lord heard me bled: I said in my haste, All men at large. are liars. 6 The Lord is on my side, 1 11 What reward shall I give will not fear what man doeth unto the Lord, for all the benefits unto me. that he hath done unto me? 7 The Lord taketh my part 12 I will receive the cup of sal-with them that help me; therevation, and call upon the name fore shall I see my desire upon of the Lord: mine enemies. 13 I will pay my vows now in 8 It is better to trust in the the presence of all his people: Lord, than to put any confidence right dear in the sight of the in man. Lord is the death of his saints. 9 It is better to trust in the 14 Behold, O Lord, how that Lord, than to put any confidence I am thy servant; I am thy ser-in princes. vant, and the son of thy hand- io All nations compassed me maid; thou hast broken my bonds round about; but in the name of in sunder. the Lord will I destroy them. 15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. 11 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on every side; but in the name of 16 I will pay my vows unto the the Lord will I destroy them. Lord, in the sight of all his peo- 12 They came about me like ple, in the courts of the Lord's bees, and are extinct even as the house; even in the midst of thee, fire among the thorns; for in the O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. name of the Lord will I destroy them, Psalm 117. Laudate Dominum. Praise the Lord, all ye hea 13. Thou hast thrust sore at me, then; praise him, all ye na-that I might fall; but the Lord was my help. tions. 2 For his merciful kindness is 14 The Lord is my strength and ever more and more towards us; my song; and is become my saland the truth of the Lord en-vation. dureth forever. Praise the Lord. 15 The voice of joy and health Psalm 118. Confitemini Domino. is in the dwellings of the righteGive thanks unto the Lord, ous; the right band of the Lord for he is gracious; because bringeth mighty things to pass. 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. 16 The right hand of the Lord hath the preeminence; the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. 13 The Lord hath chastened 4 Yea, let them now that fear and corrected me; but he hath the Lord confess, that his mercy not given me over unto death. endureth for ever. 19 Open me the gates of righ5 I called upon the Lord in teousness, that I may go into |