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14 I am poured out like water, 29 All such as be fat upon earth and all my bones are out of joint; have eaten, and worshipped, my heart also in the midst of my 30 All they that go down into body is even like melting wax, the dust shall kneel before him,

15 My strength is dried up like and no man hath quickened his apotsherd, and my tongue cleaveth own soul. to my gums, and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.

31 My seed shall serve him; they shall be counted unto the Lord for

16 For many dogs are come a generation.

about me, and the council of the 32 They shall come, and the heawicked layeth siege against me. vens shall declare his righteousness 17 They pierced my hands, and unto a people that shall be born, my feet: I may tell all my bones: whom the Lord hath made. they stand staring and looking Psalm 23. Dominus regit me.

upon me.

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18 They part my garments THE Lord is my shepherd; Among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

therefore can I lack nothing. 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth beside the 19 But be not thou far from me, waters of comfort.

O Lord; thou art my succour, 3 He shall convert my soul, and haste thee to help me. bring me forth in the paths of 20 Deliver my soul from the righteousness for his name's sake. sword, my darling from the power of the dog. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I 21 Save me from the lion's will fear no evil; for thou art with mouth; thou hast heard me also me, thy rod and thy staff comfort from among the horns of the uni- me.

corns.

5 Thou shalt prepare a table be22 I will declare thy name unto fore me against them that trouble my brethren; in the midst of the me; thou hast anointed my head congregation will I praise thee. with oil, and my cup shall be full. 23 O praise the Lord, ye that 6 But thy loving-kindness and ear him; magnify him, all ye of mercy shall follow me all the day's he seed of Jacob; and fear him, of my life; and I will dwell in the all ye seed of Israel. house of the Lord for ever.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor; he hath not hid his face from him; but when he called unto him, he heard him.

The fifth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 24. Domini est terra. 25 My praise is of thee in the THE earth is the Lord's, and all great congregation; my vows will that therein is; the compass I perform in the sight of them that of the world, and they that dwell fear him.

therein.

26 The poor shall eat, and be 2 For he hath founded it upon satisfied; they that seek after the the seas, and prepared it upon the Lord, shall praise him: your heart floods.

shall live for ever.

3 Who shall ascend into the hiil 27 All the ends of the world shall of the Lord? or who shall rise up. remember themselves, and be turn-in his holy place?

ed unto the Lord; and all the kin- 4 Even he that hath clean hands, reds of the nations shall worship and a pure heart; and that hath before him. not lift up his mind unto vanity, 29 For the kingdom is the Lord's, nor sworn to deceive his neighand he is the Governor among the bour. people.

5 He shall receive the blessing

from the Lord, and righteousness 11 What man is he that feareth from the God of his salvation. the Lord? him shall ne teach in the way that he shall choose.

6 This is the generation of them that seek him; even of them that seek thy face, O Jacob.

12 His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the land. 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; 13 The secret of the Lord is 'and be ye lift up, ye everlasting among them that fear him, and he doors; and the King of glory shall will show them his covenant. 14 Mine eyes are ever looking 8 Who is the King of glory? it unto the Lord; for he shall pluck is the Lord strong and mighty, my feet out of the net. even the Lord mighty in battle.

come in.

15 Turn thee unto me, and have 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; mercy upon me; for I am desolate, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting and in misery. doors; and the King of glory shall

come in.

10 Who is the King of glory? even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.

16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my troubles.

17 Look upon my adversity and misery, and forgive me all my sin. 18 Consider mine enemies' how

Psalm 25. Ad te, Domine, levavi. UNTO thee, O Lord, will I lift many they are; and they bear a up my soul; my God, I have tyrannous hate against me.

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put my trust in thee: O let me not 19 O keep my soul, and deliver be confounded, neither let mine me: let me not be confounded, for enemies triumph over me. have put my trust in thee:20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me; for my hope hath been in thee.

2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed; but such as transgress without a cause, shall be put to confusion.

3 Show me thy ways, O Lord, and teach me thy paths.

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21 Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

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Psalm 26. Judica me, Domine. 4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and BE thou my judge, O Lord, for I learn me; for thou art the God of have walked innocently: my my salvation in thee hath been trust hath been also in the Lord my hope all the day long. therefore shall I not fall.

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5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, 2 Examine me, O Lord, and thy tender mercies, and thy loving prove me; try out my reins and my kindnesses, which have been ever heart..

of old.

3 Forthy loving-kindness is ever 60 remember not the sins and before mine eyes; and I will walk offences of my youth; but accord-in the truth.

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ing to thy mercy think thou upon 4 I have not dwelt with vain perme, O Lord, for thy goodness. sons; neither will I have fellowGracious and righteous is the ship with the deceitful. Lord; therefore will he teach sin- 5 I have hated the congregation ners in the way. of the wicked; and will not sit

8 Them that are meek shall he among the ungodly. guide in judgment; and such as 6 I will wash my hands in inno are gentle, them shall he learn his cency, O Lord; and so will I go to thine altar..

way.

9 All the paths of the Lord are 7 That I may show the voice of mercy and truth, unto such as keep thanksgiving, and tell of all thy his covenant and his testimonies. wondrous works.

10 For thy name's sake, O Lord, 8 Lord, I have loved the habitabe merciful unto my sin; for it is tion of thy house, and the place great. where thine honour dwelleth,

9 O shut not up my soul with 11 Thou hast been my succour ; the sinners, nor my life with the leave me not, neither forsake me, blood-thirsty; O God of my salvation.

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12 When my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord taketh me up.

10 In whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of gifts. 11 But as for me, I will walk in- 13 Teach me thy way, O Lord, nocently: O deliver me, and be and lead me in the right way, be merciful unto me. cause of mine enemies.

12 My foot standeth right: I will 14 Deliver me not over into the praise the Lord in the congrega- will of mine adversaries: for there tions. are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong.

EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 27. Dominus illuminatio. THE Lord is my light and my salvation, whom then shall fear? the Lord is the strength of my life, of whom then shall I be afraid?

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 2 When the wicked, even mine trust in the Lord. enemies and my foes, came upon Psalm 28. Ad te, Domine. me to eat up my flesh, they stum-NTO thee will I cry, O Lord, bled and fell. my strength: think no scorn

3 Though an host of men were of me; lest, if thou make as though laid against me, yet shall not my thou hearest not, I become like heart be afraid; and though there them that go down into the pit. rose up war against me, yet will I 2 Hear the voice of my humble put my trust in thee. petitions, when I cry unto thee; 4 One thing have I desired of when I hold up ny hands towards the Lord, which I will require; the mercy-seat of thy holy temple. even that I may dwell in the house 30 pluck me not away, neither of the Lord all the days of my life, destroy me with the ungodly and to behold the fair beauty of the wicked doers, which speak friendly Lord, and to visit his temple. to their neighbours, but imagine 5 For in the time of trouble he mischief in their hearts. shall hide me in his tabernacle; yea, 4 Reward them according to in the secret place of his dwelling their deeds, and according to the shall he hide me, and set me up wickedness of their own invenupon a rock of stone. tions.

6 And now shall he lift up mine 5 Recompense them after the head above mine enemies round work of their hands; pay them about me. that they have deserved. 7 Therefore will I offer in his 6 For they regard not in their dwelling an oblation, with great mind the works of the Lord, nor gladness: I will sing and speak the operation of his hands; therepraises unto the Lord. fore shall he break them down, and Onot build them up.

8 Hearke 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.

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 10 O hide not thou thy face from in him, and I am helped; therefore me, nor cast thy servant away in my heart danceth for joy, and in displeasure. Imy song will I praise him."

9 The Lord is my strength, and soul out of hell: thou hast kept my he is the wholesome defence of his life from them that go down to Anointed. the pit.

10 O save thy people, and give 4 Sing praises unto the Lord, O thy blessing unto thine inheritance: ye saints of his; and give thanks feed them, and set them up for unto him, for a remembrance of his holiness.

ever.

5 For his wrath endureth but the

Psalm 29. Afferte Domino. BRING unto the Lord, O ye twinkling of an eve, and in his mighty, bring young rams unto pleasure is life; heaviness may en the Lord; ascribe unto the Lord dure for a night, but joy cometh in worship and strength. the morning.

2 Give the Lord the honour due 6 And in my prosperity I said, unto his name; worship the Lord I shall never be removed; thou, with holy worship. Lord, of thy goodness, hadst made

3 It is the Lord that command- my hill so strong. eth the waters; it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder.

7 Thou didst turn thy face from me, and I was troubled.

4 It is the Lord that ruleth the 8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord, sea; the voice of the Lord is mighty and gat me to my Lord right in operation; the voice of the Lord humbly.

is a glorious voice.

9 What profit is there in my

5 The voice of the Lord break-blood, when I go down to the pit? eth the cedar trees; yea, the Lord 10 Shall the dust give thanks breaketh the cedars of Libanus. unto thee? or shall it declare thy 6 He maketh them also to skip truth? like a calf; Libanus also and Sí- 11 Hear, O Lord, and have rion like a young unicorn. mercy upon me; Lord, be thou my

7 The voice of the Lord divid-helper. eth the flames of fire; the voice of 12 Thou hast turned my heavi the Lord shaketh the wilderness; ness into joy; thou hast put off my yea, the Lord shaketh the wilder- sackcloth, and girded me with ness of Cades. gladness:

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: my God, I will give his temple doth every man speak thanks unto thee for ever. of his honour.

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9 The Lord sitteth above the wa- Psalm 31. In te, Domine, speravi. ter flood, and the Lord remaineth a N thee, O Lord, have I put my King for ever. trust; let me never be put to con10 The Lord shall give strength fusion; deliver me in thy righte unto his people; the Lord shall give his people the blessing of

peace.

The sixth Day.
MORNING PRAYER.

Psalm 30. Exaltabo te, Domine.
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WILL magnify thee, O Lord;
for thou hast set me up, and not
made my foes to triumph over me.
2 O Lord, my God, I cried unto
thee; and thou hast healed me.

Thou, Lord, hast brought my

ousness.

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, and my castle; be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy name's sake.

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

spiris; for thou hast redeemed me, them that fear thee, and that thou O Lord, thou God of truth. hast prepared for them that put hold their trust in thee, even before the my sons of men.

7 I have hated them that of superstitious vanities, and trust hath been in the Lord... 22 Thou shalt hide them privily 8 I will be glad, and rejoice in by thine own presence from the thy mercy; for thou hast considered provoking of all men: thou shalt uy trouble, and hast known my keep them secretly in thy tabernasoul in adversities. cle from the strife of tongues. 9. Thou hast not shut me up into 23 Thanks be to the Lord; for the hand of the enemy, but hast set he hath showed me marvellous my feet in a large room. great kindness in a strong city.

10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble, and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness; yea, my soul and my body.

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

25 Nevertheless, thou heardest 11 For my life is waxen old with the voice of my prayer, when 1 heaviness, and my years with cried unto thee. 26 O love the Lord, all ye his 12 My strength faileth me, be-saints; for the Lord preserveth cause of mine iniquity, and my them that are faithful, and plentebones are consumed. ously rewardeth the proud doer.

mourning.

13 I became a reproof among all 27 Be strong, and he shall estabmine enemies, but especially among lish your heart, all ye that put your my neighbours; and they of mine trust in the Lord." acquaintance were afraid of me; and they that did see me without, conveyed themselves from me.

14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind; Lam become like a broken vessel.

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

15 For I have heard the blas- 2 Blessed is the man unto whom phemy of the multitude, and fear the Lord imputeth no sin, and in is on every side, while they con-whose spirit there is no guile, spire together against me, and take 3 For whilst I held my tongue, 1eir counsel to take away my life. my bones consumed away through 16 But my hope hath been in my daily complaining.

1 nee, O Lord; I have said, Thou 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me Prt my God. day and night, and my moisture is 17 My time is in thy hand; de-like the drought in summer. ver me from the hand of mine ere- 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto mies, and from them that perse-thee; and mine unrighteousness have I not hid.

cute me.

18 Show thy servant the light of 6 I said, I will confess my sins y countenance, and save me for unto the Lord; and so thou forthy mercies' sake. gavest the wickedness of my sin. 19 Let me not be confounded, O 7 For this shall every one that is Lord, for I have called upon thee; godly make his prayer unto thee, let the ungodly be put to confusion, in a time when thou mayest be and be put to silence in the grave. found; but in the great water floods 20 Let the lying lips be put to they shail not come nigh him. silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, S Thou art a place to hide me and despitefully speak against the in, thou shalt preserve me from righteous. trouble; thou shalt compass me 21 O how plentiful is thy good-about with songs of deliverance. ness, which thou hast laid up for 9 I will inform thee, and teach

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