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grude in judgment; and such as are sons; neither will I have fellowship gentle, them shall he learn his way. with the deceitful.

9 All the paths of the Lord are 5 I have hated the congregation mercy and truth, unto such as keep of the wicked; and will not sit his covenant and his testimonies. among the ungodly.

10 For thy name's sake, O Lord, 6 I will wash my hands in innobe merciful unto my sin ; for it is cency, O Lord; and so will I go to great.

thine altar. 11 What man is he that feareth 7 That I may show the voice of the Lord ? him shall he teach in the thanksgiving, and tell of all thy way that he shall choose.

wondrous works. 12 His soul shall dwell at ease, 8 Lord, I have loved the habitaand his seed shall inherit the land. tion of thy house, and the place

13 The secret of the Lord is where thine honour dwelleth. among them that fear him, and he 90 shut not up my soul with will show them lis covenant. the sinners, nor my life with the

14 Minc eyes are ever looking blood-thirsty ; unto the Lord; for he shall pluck 10 In whose hands is wickedness, my feet out of the net.

and their right hand is full of gifts. 15 Turn thee unto ine, and 11 But as for me, I will walk have mercy upon me; for I am innocently: O deliver me, and be desolate, and in misery.

merciful unto me. 16 The sorrows of my heart 12 My foot standeth right: I will are enlarged: O bring thou me praise the Lord is the congregations. out of my troubles.

EVENING PRAYER. 17 Look upon my adversity and Psalm 27. I)ominus illuminatio.

18 Consider mine enemies how salvation, whom then shall í many they are; and they bear a fear? the Lord is the strength of tyranpous hate against me. my life, of whom then shall I be

19 O keep my soul, and deliver afraid ?' me: let me not be confounded, 2 When the wicked, even mine for I have put my trust in thee. enemies and my foes, came upon

20 Let perfectness and righte-me to eat cp my flesh, they stum. ous dealing wait upon me; for my bled and fell. hope hath been in thee.

3 Though an host of men vere 21 Deliver Israel, O God, out laid against me, yet shall not my of all his troubles.

heart be afraid ; and though there Psalm 26. Judica me, Domine. rose up war against me, yet will I

put my trust in thee. BE thou my judge, O Lord, for 4 One thing have I desired of

I have walked innocently: my the Lord, which I will require ; trust hath been also in the Lord, even that I may dwell in the house therefore shall I not fall.

of the Lord all the days of my life, 2 Examine me, O Lord, and to behold the fair beauty of the prove me; try out my reins and Lord, and to visit his temple. my heart.

5 For in the time of trouble lie 3 For thy loving-kindness is shall hide me in his talvernacle; ever before mine eyes; and I will yea, in the secret place of bis dwellvalk in thy truth.

ing shall he hide me, and set me I have not dwelt with vain per-'up upon a inek of stoue.

6 And now shall he lift up mine 4 Reward them according to their head above mine enemies round deeds, and according to the wickedabout me. ness of their own inventions.

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

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

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

8 Hearken unto my voice, 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.

100 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 adversaries: 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 the 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.

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; therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him.

9 The Lord is my strength, and he is the wholesome defence of his Anointed.

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

Psalm 29. Afferte Domino. BRING unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lord; ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength.

2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his name; worship the Lord with holy worship.

3 It is the Lord that commandleth the waters; it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder.

4 It is the Lord that ruleth the TO thee will I cry, Ord, sca; the voice of the Lord is mighty my strength: think' no scorn in operation; the voice of the Lord of me; lest, if thou make as though is a glorious voice. thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar trees; yea, the Lord 2 Hear the voice of my humble breaketh the cedars of Libanus. petitions, when I cry unto thee; 6 He maketh them also to skip when I hold up my hands towards like a calf; Libanus also and Sirion the mercy-seat of thy holy temple, like a young unicorn.

30 pluck me not away, neither 7 The voice of the Lord divideth destroy me with the ungodly and the flames of fire; the voice of the wicked doers, which speak friendly Lord shaketh the wilderness; yea, a to their neighbours, but imagine the Lord shaketh the wilderness of mischief in their hearts.

¡Cades.

8 The voice of the Lord maketh 13 Therefore shall every good the hinds to bring forth young, and man sing of thy praise without discovereth the thick bushes: in ceasing: O my God, I will give nis temple doth every inan speak thanks unto thee for ever. of his honour. Psalm 31. In te, Domine, speravi. N thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion; deliver me in thy righteousness.

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. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 30. Exultabo te, Domine.

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;

4 For thou art my strong rock, Will magnify thee, O Lord; for and my castle: be thou also my thou hast set me up, and not guide, and lead me for thy name's made my foes to triumph over me. sake. 2 O Lord, my God, I cried unto thee; and thou hast healed me.

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

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, Lord, thou God of truth.

4 Sing praises unto the Lord, O 7 I have hated them that hold of ye saints of his; and give thanks superstitious vanities, and my trust unto him, for a remembrance of his hath been in the Lord.

boliness.

8 I will be glad, and rejoice in 5 For his wrath endureth but the thy mercy; for thou hast considertwinkling of an eye, and in his plea-ed my trouble, and hast known my sure is life; heaviness may endure soul in adversities.

for a night, but joy cometh in the 9 Thou hast not shut me up into morning. the hand of the enemy, but hast 6 And in my prosperity I said, set my feet in a large room. I shall never be removed; thou, Lord, of thy goodness, hast made Lord, for I am in trouble, and mine my hill so strong. eye is consumed for very heaviness;

10 Have merey upon me, Q

7 Thou didst turn thy face from yea, my soul and my body. me, and I was troubled.

11 For my life is waxen old with 8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord; heaviness,and my years with mournand gat me to my Lord right humbly.ing.

9 What profit is there in my 12 My strength faileth me, beblood, when I go down to the pit? cause of mine iniquity, and my 10 Shall the dust give thanks un-bones are consumed.

to thee? or shall it declare thy truth? 13 I became a reproof among all 11 Hear, O Lord, and have merey mine enemies, but especially among upon me; Lord, he thou my helper. my neighbours; and they of mine 12 Thou hast turned my heavi-acquaintance were afraid of me; ness into joy; thou hast put off my and they that did see me without, Backcloth, and girled me with glad-conveyed themselves from me. 14 I am clean forgotten as a dead

ness:

man out of mind; I am become blish your heart, all ye that put your trust in the Lord.

like a broken vessel.

EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 32. Beati, quorum. LESSED is he whose unrighte ousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.

15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear is on every side, while they conspire BL together against me, and take their counsel to take away my life.

secute me.

16 But my hope hath been in 2 Blessed is the man unto whom thee, O Lord; I have said, Thou the Lord imputeth no sin, and in art my God. whose spirit there is no guile. 17 My time is in thy hand; de- 3 For whilst I held my tongue, liver me from the hand of mine my bones consumed away through enemies, and from them that per-my daily complaining. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me 18 Show thy servant the light of day and night, and my moisture is thy countenance, and save me for like the drought in summer. thy mercies' sake. 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto 19 Let me not be confounded, Othee; and mine unrighteousness Lord, for I have called upon thee; have I not hid. let the ungodly be put to confu- 6 I said, I will confess my sins unsion, and be put to silence in the to the Lord; and so thou forgavest grave. the wickedness of my sin.

20 Let the lying lips be put to 7 For this shall every one that is silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, godly make his prayer unto thee, and despitefully speak against the in a time when thou mayest be righteous. found; but in the great water floods 21 O how plentiful is thy good-they shall not come nigh him. ness, which thou hast laid up for 8 Thou art a place to hide me them that fear thee, and that thou in; thou shalt preserve me from hast prepared for them that put trouble; thou shalt compass me their trust in thee, even before the about with songs of deliverance. sons of men. 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee 22 Thou shalt hide them privily in the way wherein thou shalt go; by thine own presence from the and I will guide thee with mine eye. provoking of all men: thou shalt 10 Be ye not like to horse and keep them secretly in thy taberna-mule, which have no understandcle from the strife of tongues. ing; whose mouths must be held 23 Thanks be to the Lord; for he with bit and bridle, lest they fall hath showed me marvellous upon thee. kindness in a strong city.

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

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

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11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso 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.

26 O love the Lord, all ye his

Psalm 33. Exultate, justi.

saints; for the Lord preserveth REJOICE in the Lord, O ye

them that are faithful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.

27 Be strong, and he shall esta-l

righteous; for it becometh well the just to be thankful. 2 Praise the Lord with harp;

sing praises unto him with the lute,, 17 Behold, the eye of the Lord and instrument of ten strings. is upon them that fear him, and 3 Sing unto the Lord a new upon them that put their trust in song; sing praises lustily unto him his mercy;

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. 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;

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

19 Our soul hath patiently tarti ed 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, () 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 be

9 For he spake, and it was done; in my mouth.

he commanded, and it stood fast.

2 My soul shall make her boast

10 The Lord bringeth the coun-in the Lord; the humble shall hear sel of the heathen to nought, and thereof, and be glad.

maketh the devices of the people 3 O praise the Lord with me, to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes.

and let us magnify his name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me; yea, he delivered me

11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever, and the thoughts out of all my fear. 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.

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.

13 The Lord looked down from 7 The Angel of the Lord tarri. heaven, and beheld all the chil-eth round about them that fear him, dren of men; from the habitation and delivereth them.

of his dwelling, he considereth all 8 O taste, and see, how gracious them that dwell on the earth.

14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them, and understandeth all their works.

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.

15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an host; 10 The lions do lack, and suffer neither is any mighty man deliver-hunger; but they who seek the ed by much strength. Lord shall want no manner of thing

16 A horse is counted but a vain that is good. thing to save a man; neither shall

11 Come, ye children, and heark.

he deliver any man by his great en unto me; I will teach you the strength.

fear of the Lord.

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