equity; thou hast executed judg- from me; I will not know a wicked ment and righteousness in Jacob. person. 5 O magnify the Lord our God, 6 Whoso privily slandereth his and fall down before his footstool; neighbour, him will I destroy. for he is holy. 7 Whoso hath also a proud look 6 Moses and Aaron among his and high stomach, I will not suffer priests, and Samuel among such as him. call upon his name: these called 8 Mine eyes look upon such as upon the Lord, and he heard them. are faithful in the land, that they 7 He spake unto them out of may dwell with me. the cloudy pillar; for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them. 9 Whoso leadeth a godly life, he shall be my servant. 10 There shall no deceitful per 8 Thou heardest them, O Lord son dwell in my house; he that our God; thou forgavest them, O telleth lies shall not tarry in my God, and punishedst their own in- sight. ventions. 11 I shall soon destroy all the 9 O magnify the Lord our God, ungodly that are in the land; that and worship him upon his holy I may root out 'all wicked doers hill; for the Lord our God is holy. from the city of the Lord. Psalm 100. Jubilate Deo. BE ye joyful in the Lord, all ye lands; serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his sence with a song. pre The twentieth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 102. Domine, exaudi. FEAR my prayer, O Lord, and HEA 2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, 2 Hide not thy face from me in and not we ourselves; we are his the time of my trouble; incline people, and the sheep of his pasture. thine ear unto me when I call; O 3 O go your way into his gates hear me, and that right soon: with thanksgiving, and into his 3 For my days are consumed courts with praise; be thankful unto away like smoke, and my bones are him, and speak good of his name; burnt up as it were a fire-brand. 4 For the Lord is gracious; his 4 My heart is smitten down, and mercy is everlasting; and his truth withered like grass; so that I forendureth from generation to gene- get to eat my bread. ration. Psalm 101. Misericordiam et judicium. My song shall be of mercy and MY 5 For the voice of my groaning, my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh. 6 I am become like a pelican in judgment; unto thee, O the wilderness, and like an owl Lord, will I sing. that is in the desert. 2 O let me have understanding in the way of godliness. 7 I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow, that sitteth 3 When wilt thou come unto alone upon the house-top. me? I will walk in my house with 8 Mine enemies revile me all a perfect heart. the day long; and they that are mad upon me, are sworn together against me. 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand; I hate the sins of unfaithfulness; there shall no such cleave unto me. 9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink 5 A froward heart shall depart with weeping. 10 And that, because of thine indignation and wrath; for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; they all shall wax old as doth a garment. 11 My days are gone like a sha- 27 And as a vesture shalt thou dow, and I am withered like grass. change them, and they shall be 12 But thou, O Lord, shalt en- changed; but thou art the same, dure for ever, and thy remem- and thy years shall not fail. brance throughout all generations. 28 The children of thy servants 13 Thou shalt arise, and have shall continue, and their seed shall mercy upon Sion; for it is time stand fast in thy sight. that thou have mercy upon her; Psalm 103. Benedic, anima mea. 14 ? yea, the time is come. 14 And why? thy servants think PRAISE the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, upon her stones, and it pitieth them praise his holy name. to see her in the dust. 15 The heathen shall fear thy name, O Lord; and all the kings of the earth thy majesty. 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion, and when his glory shall appear; 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute, 2 Praise the Lord, O my soul; and forget not all his benefits; 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities; 4. Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, making thee young and despiseth not their desire; and lusty as an eagle. 18 This shall be written for 6 The Lord executeth righteousthose that come after, and the peo-ness and judgment, for all them ple which shall be born shall praise that are oppressed with wrong. 7 He showed his ways unto the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down Moses, his works unto the children from his sanctuary; out of the hea- of Israel. ven did the Lord behold the earth. 8 The Lord is full of compas 20 That he might hear the sion and mercy, long-suffering, and mourning of such as are in cap- of great goodness. tivity, and deliver the children ap- 9 He will not alway be chiding; pointed unto death; neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 21 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion, and his worship at Jerusalem; 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses. 22 When the people are gather- 11 For look how high the heaed together, and the kingdoms also, ven is in comparison of the earth; to serve the Lord. so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him! 23 He brought down my strength in my journey, and shortened my days. 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west; so far hath he 24 But I said, O my God, take set our sins from us! me not away in the midst of mine 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth age; as for thy years, they endure his own children; even so is the throughout all generations. Lord merciful unto them that fear 25 Thou, Lord, in the begin- him. ning hast laid the foundation of the 14 For he knoweth whereof we earth, and the heavens are the are made; he remembereth that work of thy hands. ર we are but dust. 15 The days of man are but as voice of thy thunder they are afraid. grass; for he flourisheth as a flow- 8 They go up as high as the hills, er of the field. and down to the valleys beneath; 16 For as soon as the wind goeth even unto the place which thou over it, it is gone; and the place hast appointed for them. thereof shall know it no more. 9 Thou hast set them their 17 But the merciful goodness bounds, which they shall not pass, of the Lord endureth for ever and neither turn again to cover the ever upon them that fear him; and earth. his righteousness upon children's 10 He sendeth the springs into children; the rivers, which run among the 18 Even upon such as keep his hills. covenant, and think upon his commandments, to do thein. 19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven, and his kingdom ruleth over all. 11 All the beasts of the field drink thereof, and the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation, 20 O praise the Lord, ye angels and sing among the branches. of his, ye that excel in strength;| 13 He watereth the hills from ye that fulfil his commandment, and above; the earth is filled with the hearken unto the voice of his words. fruit of thy works. 21 O praise the Lord, all ye his 14 He bringeth forth grass for hosts; ye servants of his that do his the cattle, and green herb for the pleasure. service of men. 22 O speak good of the Lord, 15 That he may bring food out all ye works of his, in all places of of the earth, and wine that maketh his dominion: Praise thou the glad the heart of man; and oil to Lord, O my soul. make him a cheerful countenance, EVENING PRAYER. and bread to strengthen man's Psalm 104. Benedic, anima mea. heart. RAISE the Lord, O my soul: 16 The trees of the Lord also PRA Lord my God, thou art be: are full of sap; even the cedars of come exceeding glorious, thou art clothed with majesty and honour. Libanus, which he hath planted; 17 Wherein the birds make 2 Thou deckest thyself with their nests; and the fir-trees are a light as it were with a garment, dwelling for the stork. and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and so are the 3 Who layeth the beams of his stony rocks for the conies. chambers in in the waters, and 19 He appointed the moon for maketh the clouds his chariot, and certain seasons, and the sun knowwalketh upon the wings of the eth his going down. wind. 20 Thou makest darkness, that 4 He maketh his angels spirits, it may be night; wherein all the and his ministers a flaming fire. beasts of the forests do move. 5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it never should move at any time. 21 The lions, roaring after their prey, do seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth, and they 6 Thou coveredst it with the get them away together, and lay deep like as with a garment; the them down in their dens. waters stand in the hills. 23 Man goeth forth to his work, 7 At thy rebuke they flee; at the land to his labour, until the evening. 24 O Lord, how manifold are] 3 Rejoice in his holy name; let thy works; in wisdom hast thou the heart of them rejoice, that seek made them all; the earth is full of the Lord. thy riches. 4 Seek the Lord and his strength; 25 So is the great and wide sea seek his face evermore. also; wherein are things creeping 5 Remember the marvellous innumerable, both small and great works that he hath done; his wonbeasts. ders, and the judgments of his 6. O ye seed of Abraham, his servant; ye children of Jacob, his 26 There go the ships, and there mouth; is that Leviathan, whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein. 27 These wait all upon thee, chosen. that thou mayest give them meat| in due season. 7 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the world. 28 When thou givest it them, 8 He hath been alway mindful they gather it; and when thou of his covenant and promise, that openest thy hand, they are filled he made to a thousand generations. with good. 9 Even the covenant that he 29 When thou hidest thy face, made with Abraham; and the oath they are troubled: when thou that he sware unto Isaac; takest away their breath, they die 10 And appointed the same and are turned again to their dust. unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel 30 When thou lettest thy breath for an everlasting testament, go forth, they shall be made; and 11 Saying, Unto thee will I thou shalt renew the face of the give the land of Canaan, the lot earth. of your inheritance. 31 The glorious majesty of the 12 When there were yet but a Lord shall endure for ever; the few of them, and they strangers in Lord shall rejoice in his works. 32 The earth shall tremble at the land; 13 What time as they went from the look of him; if he do but touch one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; the hills, they shall smoke. 33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; I will praise my God while I have my being; 34 And so shall my words please him: my joy shall be in the Lord. 35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end: Praise thou the Lord, O my soul, praise the Lord. The twenty-first Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 105. Confitemini Domino. 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong, but reproved even kings for their sakes: 15 Touch not mine Anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon the land, and destroyed all the provision of bread. 17 But he had sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold to be a bond-servant, 18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks; the iron entered into his soul; GIVE thanks unto the Lord, 19 Until the time came that his Oand call upon his name, tell the cause was known, the word of the ; people what things he hath done. Lord tried him. : 20 The king sent, and delivered him; the prince of the people let him go free. Day 21. 21. He made him lord also of his 38 He spread out a cloud to be house, and ruler of all his sub-a covering; and fire to give light in the night-season. stance; 22 That he might inform his! 39 At their desire he brought princes after his will, and teach his quails; and he filled them with the senators wisdom. bread of heaven. 23 Israel also came into Egypt, 40 He opened the rock of stone, and Jacob was a stranger in the and the waters flowed out, so that land of Ham. the rivers ran in the dry places. 24 And he increased his peo- 41 For why? he remembered ple exceedingly, and make them his holy promise; and Abrahain stronger than their enemies; his servant. 25 Whose heart turned so, that 42 And he brought forth his they hated his people, and dealt people with joy, and his chosen untruly with his servants. with gladness; 43 And gave them the lands of 26 Then sent he Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had the heathen: and they took the lachosen ; bours of the people in possession; 44 That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. EVENING PRAYER. 27 And these showed his tokens among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and it was Psalm 106. Confitemini Domino. GIVE thanks unto the Lord; dark; and they were not obedient for he is gracious, and his unto his word. 29 He turned their waters into mercy endureth for ever. blood, and slew their fish. 2 Who can express the noble acts 30 Their land brought forth of the Lord, or show forth all his frogs; yea, even in their king's praise? chambers. 3 Blessed are they that alway 31 He spake the word, and there keep judgment, and do righteouscame all manner of flies, and lice ness. in all their quarters. 4 Remember me, O Lord, ac32 He gave them hail-stones for cording to the favour that thou rain; and flames of fire in their land. bearest unto thy people; O visit 33 He smote their vines also and me with thy salvation, fig-trees; and destroyed the trees 5 That I may see the felicity of that were in their coasts. thy chosen, and rejoice in the glad 34 He spake the word, and the ness of thy people, and give thanks grasshoppers came, and caterpil-with thine inheritance. lars innumerable, and did eat up 6 We have sinned with our faall the grass in their land, and de- thers; we have done amiss, and voured the fruit of their ground. dealt wickedly. 35 He smote all the first-born in 7 Our fathers regarded not thy their land; even the chief of all wonders in Egypt, neither kept their strength. they thy great goodness in remem36 He brought them forth also brance; but were disobedient at with silver and gold; there was the sea, even at the Red Sea. not one feeble person among their tribes. 37 Egypt was glad at their departing; for they were afraid of them. A 8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his name's sake, that he might. make his power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them |