the sea, and all that therein is who keepeth his promise for ever: 6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong: who feedeth the hungry. 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison the Lord giveth sight to the blind. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen the Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the, strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow; as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down. 10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be King for evermore and throughout all generations. Evening Prayer. PSALM CXLVII. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God: yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem and gather together the out-casts of Israel. 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. 4 He telleth the number of the stars and calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: yea, and his wisdom is infinite. 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle: and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him. 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any man's legs. 11 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him and put their trust in his mercy. 12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem praise thy God, O Sion. 13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth and his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool: and scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who is able to abide his frost? 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob: his statutes and ordinances unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation : neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws. 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Laudate Dominum. 6 The Lord setteth up the PRAISE the Lord of hea meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 7 O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praises upon the harp unto our God; 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth: and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of men; ven praise him in the height. 2 Praise him, all ye angels of his praise him, all his host. 3 Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light. 4 Praise him, all ye heavens: and ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for he spake the word, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever he hath given them a law which shall not be broken. 7 Praise the Lord upon earth: ye dragons, and all deeps; 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours wind and storm, fulfilling his word; 9 Mountains and all hills : fruitful trees and all cedars; 10 Beasts and all cattle: worms and feathered fowls; 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the world; 12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. 13 He shall exalt the horn of his people; all his saints shall praise him: even the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him. PSALM CL. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE God in his holiness praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him in his noble acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances: praise him upon the strings and pipe. 5 Praise him upon the welltuned cymbals praise him upon the loud cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath: praise the Lord. 288 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea shall be the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. These two following Prayers are to be also used in his Majesty's Navy every day. ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea; who hast compassed the waters with bounds until day and night come to an end; Be pleased to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of us thy servants, and the Fleet in which we serve. Preserve us from the dangers of the sea, and from the violence of the enemy; that we may be a safeguard unto our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King EDWARD, and his Dominions, and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions; that the inhabitants of our Island may in peace and quietness serve thee our God; and that we may return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the land, with the fruits of our labours, and with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies to praise and glo rify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Collect. PREVI Help, Lord, and save us for thy mercy's sake in Jesus Christ thy Son, our Lord. Amen. Or this. MOST glorious and gracious Lord God, who dwellest in heaven, but beholdest all things below; Look down, we beseech thee, and hear us, calling out of the depth of misery, and out of the jaws of this death, which is ready now to swallow us up: Save, Lord, or else we perish. The living, the living, shall praise thee. O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds, and the roaring sea; that we, being delivered from this distress, may live to serve thee, and to glorify thy Name all the days of our life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Prayer to be said before a Fight at Sea against any Enemy. MOST powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things; Thon sittest in the throne judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine Majesty in this our necessity, that thou Wouldest take the cause into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us; for thou givest not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few. O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear us thy poor servants begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Short Prayers for single persons, that cannot meet to join in Prayer with others, by reason of the Fight, or Storm. General Prayers. Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea. 0 MOST powerful and glorious Lord God, at whose command the winds blow, and lift up the waves of the sea, and who stillest the rage thereof; We thy creatures, but miserable sinners, do in this our great distress cry unto thee for help Save, Lord, or else we perish. We confess, when we have been safe, and seen all things quiet about us, we have forgot thee our God, and refused to LORD, be merciful to us sinners, and hearken to the still voice of thy word, and to obey thy commandments: But now we see, how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder; the great God to be feared above all: And therefore we adore thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging thy power, and imploring thy goodness. save us for thy mercy's sake. Thou art the great God, that hast made and rulest all things: O deliver us for thy Name's sake. Thou art the great God to be feared above all: O save us, that we may praise thee. 3 of the enemy. O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all that flee unto thee: O save us from the violence of the enemy. O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify thee. 6 suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins, or the violence of the enemy. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. Short Prayers in respect of a Storm. HOU, O Lord, that stillest the raging Tof the sea, hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not. O blessed Saviour, that didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a storm, hear us, and save us, we beseech thee. Lord, have mercy upon us. O Christ, hear us. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us, save us now and evermore. Amen. membrance of them is grievous unto us, The burden of them is intolerable. Have most merciful Father; For thy Son our mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life. To the honour and glory of thy Name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the Ship, pronounce this Absolution ALM LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him; Have mercy upou you: pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Thanksgiving after a Storm. BE joyful in God, all ye lands: sing make his praise to be glorious. Say unto God, O how wonderful art UR Father, which art in heaven, thou in thy works through the greatHallowed be thy Name. Thy arenness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. dom come Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres. passes, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temp. tation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. When there shall be imminent danger, as many as can be spared from necessary service in the Ship shall be called together, and make an humble Confession of their sin to God: In which every one ought seriously to reflect upon those particular sins of which his conscience shall accuse him; saying as followeth, For all the world shall worship thee. sing of thee, and praise thy Name." O come hither, and behold the works. of God: how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men. He turned the sea into dry land so that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof. He ruleth with his power for ever his eyes behold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. O praise our God, ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard; Who holdeth our soul in life fereth not our feet to slip. and suf For thou, O God, hast proved us thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare: and laidest trouble upon our loins. Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads we went through fire and water. and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. I will go into thine house with burntofferings and will pay thee my, vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the incense of rams: I will offer bullocks and goats. L O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! and For he satisfieth the empty soul filleth the hungry soul with goodness. Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: being fast bound in misery and iron; Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest; He also brought down their heart through heaviness they fell down, and there was none to help them. So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distress. For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death and brake their bonds in sunder. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! For he hath broken the gates of brass: and smitten the bars of iron in sunder. Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wickedness. Their soul abhorred all manner of meat and they were even hard at death's door. So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their distress. He sent his word, and healed them : and they were saved from their destruction. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness! They that go down to the sea in ships: and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep. For at his word the stormy wind ariseth: which lifteth up the waves thereof. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep their soul melteth away because of the trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wit's end. So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivereth them out of their distress. For he maketh the storm to cease: so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad, because they are at rest and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the seat of the elders! Who turneth the floods into a wilderness and drieth up the water-springs. A fruitful land maketh he barren: for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water and water-springs of a dry ground. And there he setteth the hungry: that they may build them a city to dwell in; That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards to yield them fruits of increase. He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. And again, when they are minished, and brought low through oppression, through any plague, or trouble; Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants: and let them |