in our land.

of misery, ase it for a well; and that fear him; that glory may dwell the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to 10 Mercy and truth are met strength, and unto the God of gods together: righteousness and peace appeareth every one of them in Sion. have kissed each other.

80 Lord God of hosts, hear my 11 Truth shall flourish out of prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob: the earth, and righteousness hath 9 Behold, O God, our defender, looked down from heaven. and look upon the face of thine 12 Yea, the Lord shall show Anointed. loving-kindness, and our land shall

10 For one day in thy courts is give her increase.

better than a thousand.

13 Righteousness shall go before 11 I had rather be a door-keeper him, and he shall direct his going in the house of my God, than to in the way. dwell in the tents of ungodliness.

12 For the Lord God is a light and defence; the Lord will give grace and worship; and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

13 O Lord God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

Psalm 85. Benedixisti, Domine. LORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land; thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people, and covered all their sins.

3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation.

The seventeenth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 86. Inclina, Domine.

BOW down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me; for I am poor, and in misery.

2 Preserve thou my soul; for I am holy my God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee.

3 Be merciful unto me, () Lord; for I will call daily upon thee.

4 Comfort the soul of thy ser vant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

6 Give ear, Lord, unto my pray4 Turn us then, O God our Sa-er, and ponder the voice of my viour, and let thine anger cease humble desires. from us.

5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever? and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another?

6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us, that thy people may rejoice in thee?

7 Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

7 In the time of my trouble 1 will call upon thee; for thou hearest me.

8 Among the gous there is none like unto thee, O Lord; there is not one that can do as thou doest.

9 All nations whom thou hast made, shall come and worship thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord,

8 I will hearken what the Lord wondrous things: thou art God God will say concerning me; for alone. he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints, that they and I will walk in thy truth: 0 turn not again. knit my heart unto thee, that I

9 For his salvation is nigh them may fear thy name.

12I will thank thee, O Lord my 2 For my soul is full of trouble, God, with all my heart; and will and my life draweth nigh unto praise thy name for evermore. hell.

13 For great is thy mercy to- 3 I am counted as one of them ward me; and thou hast delivered that go down into the pit, and I have my soul from the nethermost hell. been even as a man that hath no 14 O God, the proud are risen strength.

against me; and the congregations 4 Free among the dead, like unof naughty men have sought after to them that are wounded, and lie in my soul, and have not set thee be- the grave, who are out of rememfore their eyes. brance, and are cut away from thy

15 But thou, O Lord God, art hand. full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, plenteous in goodness and truth.

16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine hand-maid.

5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of darkness, and in the deep.

6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms.

7 Thou hast put away mine ac

17 Show some token upon me quaintance far from me, and made for good; that they who hate me me to be abhorred of them. may see it, and be ashamed, because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

Psalm 87. Fundamenta ejus.

8 I am so fast in prison, that I cannot get forth.

9 My sight faileth for very trouble; Lord, I have called daily upon

HER foundations are upon the thee, I have stretched forth my

holy hills: the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

hands unto thee.

10 Dost thou show wonders among the dead? or shall the dead rise up again and praise thee?

11 Shall thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. 3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon, with them that know me. 4 Behold ye the Philistines also, 12 Shall thy wondrous works be and they of Tyre, with the Mo-known in the dark? and thy righrians; lo there was he born. teousness in the land where all things are forgotten?

5 And of Sion it shall be reported, that he was born in her; and 13 Unto thee have I cried, O the Most High shall stablish her. Lord; and early shall my prayer 6 The Lord shall rehearse it, come before thee. when he writeth up the people,| 14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my that he was born there. soul, and hidest thou thy face from

7 The singers also and trumpet-me? ers shall he rehearse: All my fresh springs shall be in thee.

Psalm 88. Domine, Dens. Lord, God of my salvation, have cried day and night before thee: O let my prayer enter into thy presence; incline thine car unto my calling;

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15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die; even from my youth up, thy terrors have suffered with a troubled mind.

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daily like water, and compassed me 14 Thou hast a mighty arm; together on every side.

strong is thy hand, and high is thy 18 My lovers and friends hast right hand. thou put away from me, and hid 15 Righteousress and equity are mine acquaintance out of my sight. the habitation of thy seat; mercy

EVENING PRAYER. and truth shall go before thy face. Psalm 89. Misericordias Domini. 16 Blessed is the people, O Lord,

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loving-kindness of the Lord; walk in the light of thy countenance. with my mouth will I ever be 17 Their delight shall be daily in showing thy truth, from one gene- thy name ; and in thy righteousness ration to another.

shall they make their boast. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall 18 For thou art the glory of their be set up for ever, thy truth shalt strength, and in thy loving-kindthou stablish in the heavens. ness thou shalt lift up our horns :

3 I have made a covenant with 19 For the Lord is our defence; my chosen; I have sworn unto the Holy One of Israel is our King. David my servant.

20 Thou spakest sometime in 4 Thy seed will I stablish for visions unto thy saints, and saidst, I ever, and set up thy throne from have laid help upon 'one that is one generation to another. mighty, I have exalted one chosen

5 0 Lord, the very heavens shall out of the people. praise thy wondrous works : and 21 I have found David my servant, iny truth in the congregation of with my holy oil have í anointed the saints,

him. 6 For who is he among the clouds, 22 My hand shall hold him fast, that shall be compared unto the and my arm shall strengthen him. Lord ?

29 The enemy shall not be able 7 And what is he among the gods, to do him violence ; the son of that shall be like unto the Lord ? wickedness shall not hurt him.

8 God is very greatly to be fear- 24 I will smite down his foes be ed in the council of the saints, and fore his face, and plague them that to be had in reverence of all them hate him. that are round about him.

25 My truth also and my mer9 O Lord God of hosts, who is cy shall be with him; and in my like unto thee? thy truth, most name shall his horn be exalted. mighty Lord, is on every side. 26 I will set his dominion also in

10 Tlion rulest the raging of the the sea, and his right hand in the sea ; thou stillest the waves thereof floods, when they arise.

27 He shall call me, Thou art 11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, my Father, my God, and my strong and destroyed it; thou hast scatter-salvation. ed thine enemies abroad with thy 28 And I will make him my mighty arm.

first-born, higher than the kings of 12 The heavens are thine, the the earth. earth also is thine ; thou hast laid 29 My mercy will I keep for the foundation of the round world, him for evermore, and my coveand all that therein is.

nant shall stand fast with him. 13 Thou hast made the north 30 His seed also will I make to and the south ; Tabor and Hermon endure for ever, and his throne as sball rejoice in thy name.

the days of heaven.

31 But if his children forsake my he deliver his soul from the hand of law, and walk not in my judgments; hell?

32 If they break my statutes, 48 Lord, where are thy old lov and keep not my commandments;ing-kindnesses, which thou swarest I will visit their offences with the unto David in thy truth?

rod, and their sin with scourges. 49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke 33 Nevertheless, my loving-kind-that thy servants have, and how I ness will I not utterly take from do bear in my bosom the rebukes him, nor suffer my truth to fail. of many people;

54 My covenant will I not break, 50 Wherewith thine enemies nor alter the thing that is gone out have blasphemed thee, and slanderof my lips: I have sworn once by my led the footsteps of thine Anointed: holiness, that I will not fail David. Praised be the Lord for evermore. 55 His seed shall endure for ever, Amen and Amen.

and his seat is like as the sun be

fore me.

36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon, and as the faithful witness in heaven.

The eighteenth Day. MORNING PRAYER Psalm 90. Domine, refugium.

37 But thou hast abhorred and LORD, thou hast been our refuge,

forsaken thine Anointed, and art displeased at him.

from one generation to another. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth 38 Thou hast broken the cove-and the world were made, thou art nant of thy servant, and cast his God from everlasting, and world crown to the ground. without end.

39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges, and broken down his strong holds.

40 All they that go by spoil him, and he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies, and made all his adversaries to rejoice.

42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword, and givest him not victory in the battle.

43 Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his throne down to the ground.

14 The days of his youth hast thou shortened, and covered him with dishonour.

45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? and shall thy wrath bern like fire?

46 O remember how short my time is; wherefore hast thou made all men for naught?

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, seeing that is past as a watch in the night.

5 As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass.

6 In the morning it is green, and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

7 For we consume away in thy displeasure, and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.

8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9 For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

10 The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to 47 What man is he that liveth, fourscore years, yet is their strength and shall not see death? and shall then but labour and sorrow; so

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daily like water, and compassed me 14 Thou hast a mighty arm; together on every side.

strong is thy hand, and high

thy 18 My lovers and friends hast right hand. thou put away from me, and hid 15 Righteousress and equity are mine acquaintance out of my sight. the habitation of thy seat; mercy

EVENING PRAYER. and truth shall go before thy face. Psalm 89. Misericordias Domini. 16 Blessed is the people, O Lord,

shall be alway of the that can rejoice in thee; they shali with my mouth will I ever be 17 Their delight shall be daily in showing thy truth, from one gene- thy name; and in thy righteousness ration to another.

shall they make their boast. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall 18 For thou art the glory of their be set up for ever, thy truth shalt strength, and in thy loving-kind. thou stablish in the heavens. ness thou shalt lift up our horns :

3 I have made a covenant with 19 For the Lord is our defence; my chosen; I have sworn unto the Holy One of Israel is our King. David my servant.

20 Thou spakest sometime in 4 Thy seed will I stablish for visions unto thy saints, and saidst, I ever, and set up thy throne from have laid help upon one that is one generation to another. mighty, I have exalted one chosen

5 O Lord, the very heavens shall out of the people. praise thy wondrous works : and 21 I have found David my servant, iny truth in the congregation of with my holy oil have 1 anointed the saints,

him. 6 For who is he among the clouds, 22 My hand shall hold him fast, that shall be compared unto the and my arm shall strengthen him. Lord ?

29 The enemy shall not be able 7 And what is hc among the gods, to do him violence ; the son of that shall be like unto the Lord? wickedness shall not hurt him.

8 God is very greatly to be fear- 24 I will smite down his foes be ed in the council of the saints, and fore his face, and plague them that to be had in reverence of all them hate him. that are round about him.

25 My truth also and my mer9 O Lord God of hosts, who is cy shall be with him; and in my like unto thee? thy truth, most name shall his horn be exalted. mighty Lord, is on every side. 26 I will set his dominion also in

10 Tlicu rulest the raging of the the sea, and his right hand in the sea ; thou stillest the waves thereof floods. when they arise.

27 He shall call me, Thou art 11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, my Father, my God, and my strong and destroyed it; thou hast scatter-salvation. ed thine enemies abroad with thy 28 And I will make him my mighty arm.

first-born, higher than the kings of 12 The heavens are thine, the the earth. earth also is thine ; thou hast laid 29 My mercy will I keep for the foundation of the round world, him for evermore, and my coveand all that therein is.

nant shall stand fast with him. 13 Thou hast made the north 30 His seed also will I make to and the south; Tabor and Hermon endure for ever, and his throne as abal rejoice in thy name. (the days of heaven,