248 Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses: which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? 49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have : and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people; 50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed : Praised be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen. L PRPoinho ahashet een our refuge : from one gene MORNING PRAYER. PSALM 90. Domine, refugium. ration to another. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world tvere made : thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction : again thou say. est, Come again, ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday : seeing that is past as a watch in the night. 5 As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep : and fade away suddenly like the grass. 6 In the morning it is green, and groweth up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. 7 For we consume away in thy displeasure : and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee: and our secret şins in the light of thy countenance, 9 For when thou art angry all our days are gone : we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 10 The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth away, and we are gone. 11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath : for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. 12 O) teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last : and be gracious unto thy servants. 14 O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon : so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us : and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. 16 Shew thy servants thy work : and their children thy glory: 17 And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us : prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, O prosper thou our handy-work. PSALM 91. Qui habitat. W : HOSO dwelleth under the defence of the most Almighty 2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my strong hold : my God, in him will I trust. 3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter : and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under bis feathers : his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Tho shalt not be afraid for any terror by night : nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness : nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. 7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thou. sand at thy right hand : but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold : and see the reward of the ungodly. 9 For thou, Lord, art my hope : thou hast set thine house of defence very high. 10 There shall no evil happen unto thee : neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee : to keep thee in all thy ways. · 12 They shall bear thee in their hands : that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy teet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, there. fore will I deliver him : I will set him up, because he hath known my Name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him : yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour, 16 With long life will I satisfy him : and shew Joim my salvation. PSALM 92. Bonum est confiteri. I and to sing praises unto thy Name, O most Highest ; 2 Tb tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morn. ing: and of thy truth in the night-season; 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute : upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp. 4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works : and I will rejoice in giving praise for the ope. rations of thy hands. 5 O Lord, how glorious are thy works : thy thoughts are very deep. 6 An unwise man doth not well consider this : and a fool doth not understand it. 7 When the ungodly are green as the grass, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish : then shall they be destroyed for ever; but thou, Lord, art the most Highest for evermoré. 8 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies shall perish : and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed. 9 But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn : for I am anointed with fresh oil, 10 Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies ; and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me. 11 The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree : and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus. 12 Such as are planted in the house of the Lord : shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. 13 They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age: and shall be fat and well-liking. 14 That they may shew how true the Lord my strength is : and that there is no unrighteousness in him. ING PRAYER. PSALM 93. Dominus regnavit. THAN HE Lord is King, and hath put on glorious ap parel : the Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength. 2 He hath made the round world so sure : that it cannot be moved. 3 Ever since the world began hath thy seat been prepared : thou art from everlasting. 4 The floods are risen, O Lord, the floods have lift up their voice : the floods lift up their waves. 5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horri. bly : but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 6 Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very sure : holiness becometh thine house for ever. PSALM 94. Deus ultionum. self. : and God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thy. 2 Arise, thou Judge of the world : and reward the proud after their deserving. 3 Lord, how long shall the ungodly : how long shall the ungodly triumph? 4 How long shall all wicked doers speak so disk dainfully: and make such proud boasting? 5 They smite down thy people, O Lord : and trouble thine heritage. 6 murder the widow, and the strange put the fatherless to death. 7 And yet they say, Tush, the Lord shall not see : neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Take heed, ye unwise among the people : 0 ye fools, when will ye understand ? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear : or he that made the eye, shall he not see? 10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen : it is he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he punish? 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man : that they are but vain. 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord : and teachest him in thy law; 13 That thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity: until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.! 14 For the Lord will not fail his people : neither will he forsake his inheritance; 15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgement : all such as are true in heart shall follow it. 16 Who will rise up with me against the wicked : or who will take my part against the evil doers ? 17 If the Lord had not helped me: it had not failed but my soul had been put to silence. 18 But when I said, My foot hath slipt : thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. 19 In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart : thy comforts have refreshed my soul. 20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with the stool of wickedness : which imagineth mischief as a law ? 1 • 21 They gather them together against the soul of the righteous : and condemn the innocent blood. 22 But the Lord is my refuge : and my God is the strength of my confidence. 23 He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice : yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them. MORNING PRAYER. heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiv. ing: and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God : and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth : and the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands prepared the dry land. 6 0 come, let us worship and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; 9 When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said : It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways; 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath : that they should not enter into my rest. PSALM 96. Cantate Domino. SING unto the Lord a new song : sing unto the • 2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name : be tell. ing of his salvation from day to day, 3 Declare his honour unto the heathen : and his wonders unto all people. 4. For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised : he is more to be feared than all gods. ; 5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols : but it is the Lord that made the heavens... O Lord aunthe whole earth. |