21 for I have put my trust in thee.fear? the Lord is the strength of 20 Let perfectness and righte-my life, of whom then shall I be ous dealing wait upon me; for my afraid? hope hath been in thee. 2 When the wicked, even mine 21 Deliver Israel, O God, out enemies and my foes, came upon of all his troubles. Psalm 26. Judica me, Domine. BE thou my judge, O Lord, for I have waiked innocently: my trust hath been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall. 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try out my reins and my heart. 3 For thy loving-kindness is Never before mine eyes; and I will walk in the truth. 4 I have not dwelt with vain persons; neither will I have felowship with the deceitful. me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. laid against me, yet shall not my 3 Though an host of men were heart be afraid; and though there rose up war against me, yet will put my trust in thee. 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require; even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle: 5 I have hated the congrega-yea, in the secret place of his ion of the wicked; and will not it among the ungodly. 6 I will wash my hands in inocency, O Lord; and so will allo to thine altar. ball 7 That I may show the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy Vondrous works. of t I dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone. 6 And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me. 7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation, with great gladness: I will sing and speak 8 Lord, I have loved the habi-praises unto the Lord. feration of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 O shut not up my soul with The sinners, nor my life with the lood-thirsty; re en net 8 Hearken unto my voice, O 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, 10 In whose hands is wicked-will I seek. ess. and their right hand is full if gifts! s of 11 But as for me, I will walk nocently: O deliver me, and be erciful unto me. 12 My foot standeth right: vill praise the Lord in the conregations. EVENING PRAYER. HE Lord is my light and my 10 O 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 and he is the wholesome defence will of mine adversaries: forthere of his Anointed. are false witnesses risen up against 10 O save thy people, and give me, and such as speak wrong. thy blessing unto thine inheri 15I should utterly have fainted, tance: feed thein, and set them up but that I believe verily to see the for ever. goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 29. Aferte Domino. BRING unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring young rams 16 O tarry thou the Lord's leisure; be strong, and he shall com-junto the Lord; ascribe unto the fort thine heart; and put thou thy Lord worship and strength. trust in the Lord. Psalm 28. Ad te, Domine. 2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his name; worship the 3 It is the Lord that command UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord, Lord with holy worship. my strength: think no scorn of me; lest, if thou make as though eth the waters; it is the glorious thou hearest not, I become like God that maketh the thunder. 4 It is the Lord that ruleth the them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my humble sea; the voice of the Lord is petitions, when I cry unto thee; mighty in operation; the voice of when I hold up my hands towards the Lord is a glorious voice. the mercy-seat of thy holy temple. 5 The voice of the Lord break. 30 pluck me not away, neither eth the cedar trees; yea, the Lord destroy me with the ungodly and breaketh the cedars of Libarus 6 He maketh them also to skip wicked doers, which speak friendly to their neighbours, but ima- like a calf; Libanus also and Si rion like a young unicorn. gine mischief in their hearts. 7 The voice of the Lord divid their deeds, and according to the eth the flames of fire; the voice wickedness of their own inven- of the Lord shaketh the wilder 4 Reward them according to tions. 5 Recompense them after the work of their hands; pay them that they have deserved. ness; yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades. 8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes: in his temple doth every man 6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his bands; there- speak of his honour. fore shall he break them down, and not build them up. 9 The Lord sitteth above the water-flood, and the Lord remain 7 Praised be the Lord; for he eth a King for ever. hath heard the voice of my hum ble petitions. 10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people; the Lord shall give 8 The Lord is my strength, and his people the blessing of peace. 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. 3 The Lord is my strength, I The sixth Dayers Psalm 30. Exaltabo te, Domine. in the not made my foes to triumph me; make haste to deliver over me. 3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence, that thou mayest save me; 2 O Lord, my God, I cried unto thee; and thou hast healed me. 3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my 4 For thou art my strong rock, soul out of hell: thou hast kept and my castle: be thou also my y life from them that go down guide, and lead me for thy name's to the pit. sake. 4 Sing praises unto the Lord, 5 Draw me out of the net that Dye saints of his; and give thanks they have laid privily for me; for into him, for a remembrance of thou art my strength. his holiness. 6 Into thy hands I commend my 5 For his wrath endureth but spirit; for thou hast redeemed he twinkling of an eye, and in his me, O Lord, thou God of truth. pleasure is life; heaviness may) endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities, and my trust hath been in the Lord. 6 And in my prosperity I said, 8 I will be glad, and rejoice in ord shall never be removed; thou, thy mercy; for thou hast consiLord, of thy goodness, hast made ny hill so strong. tion of the 7 Thou didst turn thy face rom me, and I was troubled. ees 8 Then cried I unto thee, O danLord; and gat me to my Lord theight humbly. Danus! of the dered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities. 9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy, but hast set my feet in a large room. 10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble, and 9 What profit is there in my mine eye is consumed for very gblood, when I go down to the pit? heaviness; yea, my soul and my 10 Shall the dust give thanks of into thee? or shall it declare thy keruth? Lor 11 Hear, O Lord, and have ad nercy upon me; Lord, be thou fny helper. body. 11 For my life is waxen old with heaviness, and my years with mourning. 12 My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity, and my ring 12 Thou hast turned my hea-bones are consumed. thebriness into joy; thou hast put off 13 I became a reproof among dony sackcloth, and girded me with all mine enemies, but especially Ogladness: among my neighbours; and they 13 Therefore shall every good of mine acquaintance were afraid theman sing of thy praise without of me; and they that did see me ceasing: O my God, I will give without, conveyed themselves allhanks unto thee for ever. from me. tte eLa Psalm 31. In te, Domine, speravi. N thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never be put to I PR Confusion; deliver me in thy righteousness. 14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am become like a broken vessel. 15 For I have heard the blas phemy of the multitude, and fear 2 Bow down thine car to is on every side, while they con spire together against me, and tablish your heart, all ye that put take their counsel to take away your trust in the Lord. my lize. 16 But my hope hath been in thee, O Lord; I have said, Thou art my God. 17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 18 Show thy servant the light of thy countenance, and save me for thy mercies' sake. 19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee; let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in the grave. EVENING PRAYER. BLESSED is be whose unrigh 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 For whilst I held my tongue, my bones consumed away through my daily complaining. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night, and my moisture is like the drought in summer. 5 I will acknowledge my sin 20 Let the lying lips be put to unto thee; and my unrighteous silence, which cruelly, disdainful-ness have I not hid. ly, and despitefully speak against 6 I said, I will confess my sins the righteous. Junto the Lord; and so thou for 21 O how plentiful is thy good-gavest the wickedness of my sin. ness, which thou hast laid up for 7 For this shall every one that them that fear thee, and that thou is godly make his prayer unto thee, bast prepared for them that put in a time when thou mayest be their trust in thee, even before found; but in the great water floods the sons of men. they shall not come nigh him. 22 Thou shalt hide them pri- 8 Thou art a place to hide me vily by thine own presence from in; thou shalt preserve me from the provoking of all men: thou trouble; thou shalt compass me shalt keep them secretly in thy about with songs of deliverance. tabernacle from the strife of 9 I will inform thee, and teach tongues. thee in the way wherein thou 23 Thanks be to the Lord; for shalt go; and I will guide thee he hath showed me marvellous with mine eye. great kindness in a strong city. 10 Be ye not like to horse and 24 And when I made haste, Ilmule, which have no understandsaid, I am cast out of the sight ofling; whose mouths must be held thine eyes. with bit and bridle, lest they fall 25 Nevertheless, thou heardest upon thee. the voice of my prayer, when I 11 Great plac remain for cried unto thee. the ungodly; but whoso putteth 26 O love the Lord, all ye his his trust in the Lord, mercy eni saints; for the Lord preserveth braceth him on every side. them that are faithful, and plen- 12 Be glad, O ye righteous, teously rewardeth the proud doer. and rejoice in the Lord; and be 27 Be strong, and he shall es-ljoyful, all ye that are true of heart. Psalm 53. Exultate, justi. 14 He fashioneth all the hearts REJOICE in the Lord, O ye of them, and understandeth all righteous; for it becometh their works. well the just to be thankful. 15 There is no king that can be 2 Praise the Lord with harp; saved by the multitude of an host; sing praises unto him with the neither is any mighty man delilute, and instrument of ten strings. vered by much strength. 3 Sing unto the Lord a new 16 A horse is counted but a song; sing praises lustily unto vain thing to save a man; neither him with a good courage; shall he deliver any man by his 4 For the word of the Lord great strength. is true, and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment; the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 17 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, and upon them that put their trust in his mercy; 18 To deliver their soul from 6 By the word of the Lord death, and to feed them in the were the heavens made, and all time of dearth. 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; me 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. 10 The Lord bringeth the coun 19 Our soul hath patiently tarried 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, O Lord, be upon us, like as we do put our trust in thee. Psalm 84. Benedicam Domino. Will alway give thanks unto the Lord; his praise shall ever sel of the heathen to nought, and be in my mouth. of maketh the devices of the people] 2 My soul shall make her boast to be of none effect, and casteth in the Lord; the humble shall out the counsels of princes. 11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever, and the thoughts of his heart from genearation to generation. hear thereof, and be glad. 30 praise the Lord with me, and let us magnify his name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me; yea, he delivered me out of all my fear. 12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jehovah; and 5 They had an eye unto him, blessed are the folk that he hath and were lightened; and their chosen to him, to be his inleri- faces were not ashamed. tance. 6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the 13 The Lord looked down from Lord heareth him; yea, and heaven, and beheld all the chil- saveth him out of all his troudren of men; from the habitation bles. of his dwelling, he considereth all 7 The Angel of the Lord them that dwell on the earth. tarrieth round about them that |