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great gladness: I will sing and hands towards the mercy seat speak praises unto the Lord. of thy holy temple.

8 Hearken unto my voice,

3 O pluck me not away, neiO Lord, when I cry unto ther destroy me with the unthee; have mercy upon me, godly and wicked doers, which and hear me. speak friendly to their neigh • My heart hath talked of bours, but imagine mischief thee, Seek ye my face: thy in their hearts.

face, Lord, will I seek.

4 Reward them according 10 O hide not thou thy face to their deeds, and according from me, nor cast thy servant to the wickedness of their own away in displeasure. inventions.

11 Thou hast been my suc- 5 Recompense them after cour; leave me not, neither the work of their hands; pay forsake me, O God of my sal-them that they have deserved. vation. 6 For they regard not in

12 When my father and my their mind the works of the mother forsake me, the Lord Lord, nor the operation of his taketh me up. hands; therefore shall he 13 Teach me thy way, Obreak them down, and not Lord, and lead me in the right build them up.

way, because of mine enemies. 7 Praised be the Lord; for

14 Deliver me not over into he hath heard the voice of my the will of mine adversaries: humble petitions. for there are false witnesses 8 The Lord is my strength, risen up against me, and such and my shield; my heart hath as speak wrong. trusted in him, and I am help15 I should utterly have ed; therefore my heart dancfainted, but that I believe ver-eth for joy, and in my song ily to see the goodness of the will I praise him.

Lord in the land of the living. 9 The Lord is my strength, 16 O tarry thou the Lord's and he is the wholesome de leisure; be strong, and he fence of his Anointed. shall comfort thine heart; and 10 O save thy people, and put thou thy trust in the Lord. give thy blessing unto thine inheritance: feed them, and set them up for ever.

Psalm xxviii. Ad te, Domine.

UNTO
Lord, my strength: think

NTO thee will I cry, O

Psalm xxix. Afferte Domino.

BRING unto the Lord, O no scorn of me; lest, if thou ye mighty, bring young make as though thou hearest rams unto the Lord; ascribe not, I become like them that unto the Lord worship and go down into the pit.

strength.

2 Hear the voice of my 2 Give the Lord the honour humble petitions, when I cry due unto his name worship unto thee; when I hold up my the Lord with holy worship.

3 It is the Lord that com- 2 O Lord my God, I cried mandeth the waters; it is the unto thee; and thou hast healglorious God that maketh theed me.

thunder.

3 Thou, Lord, hast brought 4 It is the Lord that ruleth my soul out of hell: thou hast the sea; the voice of the Lord kept my life from them that is mighty in operation; the go down to the pit. voice of the Lord is a glorious 4 Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye saints of his; and

voice.

5 The voice of the Lord give thanks unto him, for a breaketh the cedar trees; yea, remembrance of his holiness.. the Lord breaketh the cedars 5 For his wrath endureth of Libanus. but the twinkling of an eye,

6 He maketh them also to and in his pleasure is life; skip like a calf; Libanus also heaviness may endure for a and Sirion like a young uni-night, but joy cometh in the morning.

corn.

7 The voice of the Lord 6 And in my prosperity I divideth the flames of fire; said, I shall never be remov the voice of the Lord shakethed; thou, Lord, of thy goodthe wilderness; yea, the Lord ness, hadst made my hill so shaketh the wilderness of Oa-strong.

des.

7 Thou didst turn thy face

8 The voice of the Lord from me, and I was troubled. maketh the hinds to bring 8 Then cried I unto thee, forth young, and discovereth O Lord; and gat me to my the thick bushes: in his tem-Lord right humbly. ple doth every man speak of 9 What profit is there in his honour. my blood, when I go down to

9 The Lord sitteth above the pit? the water flood, and the Lord

10 Shall the dust give

remaineth a King for ever. thanks unto thee? or shall it declare thy truth?

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

The Sixth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

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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 gladness:

13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise

WILL magnify thee, O without ceasing: O my God; Lord; for thou hast set me I will give thanks unto thee up, and not made my foes to for ever.

triumph over me.

IN

speravi.

Psalm xxxi. In te, Domine, 13 I became a reproof Jamong all mine enemies, but N thee, O Lord, have I put especially among my neighmy trust; let me never be bours; and they of mine acput to confusion; deliver me quaintance were afraid of me; in thy righteousness. and they that did see me with2 Bow down thine ear to me; out, conveyed themselves make haste to deliver me. from me.

3 And be thou my strong 14 I am clean forgotten as rock, and house of defence, a dead man out of mind, I am that thou mayest save me; become like a broken vessel.

4 For thou art my strong 15 For I have heard the rock, and my castle; be thou blasphemy of the multitude, also my guide, and lead me for and fear ison every side, while thy Name's sake. they conspire together against 5 Draw me out of the net me, and take their counsel to that they have laid privily for take away my life. me; for thou art my strength. 16 But my hope hath been

6 Into thy hands I commend in thee, O Lord; I have said, my spirit; for thou hast re-Thou art my God.

deemed me, O Lord, thou 17 My time is in thy hand; God of truth. deliver me from the hand of 7 I have hated them that mine enemies, and from them hold of superstitious vanities. that persecute me. and my trust hath been in the Lord.

18 Show thy servant the light of thy countenance, and 8 I will be glad, and rejoice save me forthy mercies' sake. in thy mercy; for thou hast 19 Let me not be confoundconsidered my trouble, and ed, O Lord, for I have called hast known my soul in adver-upon thee; let the ungodly be sities. put to confusion, and be put to 9 Thou hast not shut me up silence in the grave. into the hand of the enemy, 20 Let the lying lips be but hast set my feet in a large put to silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully

room.

10 Have mercy upon me, speak against the righteous. O Lord, for I am in trouble, 21 O how plentiful is thy and mine eye is consumed for goodness, which thou hast laid very heaviness; yea, my soul up for them that fear thee, and my body. and that thou hast prepared

11 For my life is waxen old for them that put their trust with heaviness, and my years in thee, even before the sons with mourning. of men !

12 My strength failed me, 22 Thou shalt hide them because of mine iniquity, and privily by thine own presence iny bones are consumed. from the provoking ofall men

thou shalt keep them secretly 7 For this shall every one in thy tabernacle from the that is godly make his prayer strife of tongues. unto thee, in a time when thou 23 Thanks be to the Lord; mayest be found; but in the for he hath showed me mar- great water floods they shall vellous great kindness in a not come nigh him.

strong city.

8 Thou art a place to hide 24 And when I made haste, me in; thou shalt preserve me I said, I am cast out of the from trouble; thou shalt comsight of thine eyes. pass me about with songs of

when I cried unto thee.

25 Nevertheless, thou heard-deliverance. est the voice of my prayer,] 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein 26 O love the Lord, all ye thou shalt go; and I will guide his saints; for the Lord pre-thee with mine eye. serveth them that are faithful, 10 Be ye not like to horse and plenteously rewardeth the and mule, which have no unproud doer. derstanding; whose mouths 27 Be strong, and he shall must be held with bit and briestablish your heart, all ye that dle, lest they fall upon thee. put your trust in the Lord.

EVENING PRAYER. Psalm xxxii. Beati quorum.

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, righteousness is forgiven, and rejoice in the Lord; and and whose sin is covered. be joyful, all ye that are true 2 Blessed is the man unto of heart.

BLESSED is he whose un

whom the Lord imputeth no Psalm xxxiii. Exultate, justi. sin, and in whose spirit there REJOICE in the Lord, O

is no guile.

ye righteous; for it be3 For whilst I held my cometh well the just to be tongue, my bones consumed thankful. away through my daily com- 2 Praise the Lord with harp; plaining. sing praises unto him with the 4 For thy hand is heavy lute, and instrument of ten upon me day and night, and strings. my moisture is like the drought

in summer.

3 Sing unto the Lord a new song; sing praises lustily un

5 I will acknowledge my to him with a good courage; sin unto thee, and mine unrigh

teousness have I not hid.

4 For the word of the Lord is true, and all his works are

6 I said, I will confess my faithful.

sins unto the Lord; and so 5 He loveth righteousness thou forgavest the wickedness and judgment: the earth is full of my sin.

of the goodness of the Lord.

6 By the word of the Lord ther shall he deliver any man were the heavens made, and by his great strength.

all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.

17 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear 7 He gathereth the waters him, and upon them that put of the sea together, as it were their trust in his mercy; upon an heap; and layeth up 18 To deliver their soul the deep, as in a treasure-from death, and to feed them house. in the time of dearth.

8 Let all the earth fear the .9 Our soul hath patiently Lord: stand in awe of him, all tarried for the Lord; for he is ye that dwell in the world; our help and our shield.

20 For our heart shall re

9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it joice in him; because we have hoped in his holy Name.

stood fast.

10 The Lord bringeth the 21 Let thy merciful kindcounsel of the heathen to ness, O Lord, be upon us, nought, and maketh the devi-like as we do put our trust in ces of the people to be of none thee.

effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes.

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

Psalm xxxiv. Benedicam Do

mino.

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

12 Blessed are the people 2 My soul shall make her whose God is the I ord Jeho-boast in the Lord; the humble vah; and blessed are the folk shall hear thereof, and be glad. that he hath chosen to him, to 3 O praise the Lord with me, and let us magnify his

be his inheritance.

13 The Lord looked down Name together. from heaven, and beheld all

4 I sought the Lord, and he the children of men; from the heard me; yea, he delivered habitation of his dwelling, he me out of all my fear. considereth all them that dwell on the earth

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

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,

15 There is no king that can and saveth him out of all his be saved by the multitude of 'roubles.

an host; neither is any migh- 7 The angel of the Lord ty man delivered by much tarrieth round about them strength. that fear him, and delivereth

16 A borse is counted but a them.

vain thing to save a man ; nei-] 8 O taste, and see how gra

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