The Twelfth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM LXIX.

SAVE me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

O God, thou knowest my offences; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed through me: let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

Yet I will address my prayer to thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

Deliver me, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the grave shut her mouth upon me.

Hear me, O Lord; for thy loving-kindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me from all mine enemies.

For I am poor and needy: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

The humble shall see, and be glad; and the hearts of them that fear God shall be revived.

For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his people.

Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

PSALM LXXI.

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to shame.

Deliver me in thy goodness, and cause me to escape : incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

By thee have I been holden up ever since I was born.

For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth. My praise shall be continually of thee.

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honor all the day.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for thy mercies are more than I can number.

I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

Also, when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not until I have shewed thy strength to this generation, and thy power to those that are to come. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

The Thirteenth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM LXXIII.

TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a pure heart.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

For I was envious of the profane when I saw the prosperity of the wicked: for they have no pains till their death; their strength is firm.

Therefore pride encircleth their neck as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment; they set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Therefore his people walk in their ways, and drink at their fountains.

And they say, How doth God know; and is there knowledge in the Most High.

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for

me;

Until I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I their end.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou calledst them down into destruction.

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with sudden destruction.

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest them, thou shalt make their greatness to vanish away.

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was troubled also. Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou hast holden me by my right hand.

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterwards receive me to glory.

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

The Thirteenth Day.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM LXXVII.

I CRY unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice: O that he would hearken unto me.

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

I call to thee in the night: I commune with mine own heart.

Will the Lord cast off forever? and will he be favorable no more?

Is his mercy clean gone forever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?

And I said, this is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

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