GOD, my heart is ready, my heart is rea-"dy: I will sing and give praise with the best member that I -- have. - | 2 Awake, thou lute, and -- harp I myself will awake right ear--ly. | - 3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people I will sing praises unto thee among the na--tions. 4 For thy mercy is greater than the | hea-vens and thy truth reacheth un--to | the clouds. -' 5 Set up thyself, O God, above the hea--vens: and thy glory above earth. all the - 6 That thy beloved may be deli | ver--ed : let thy right hand save them, and me. hear thou 7 God hath spoken in his ho | li--ness I will rejoice therefore, and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Suc--coth. -' - head. 8 | Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine Ephraim also is the strength of my 9 Judah is my law-giver, Moab is my wash pot over Edom will I cast out my shoe; upon Philistia will I triumph. 10 Who will lead me into the strong | ci--ty: and who will bring me in--to | E--dom? 11 Hast not thou forsaken us, | O -- God; and * 3rd Proper Psalm for the Evening of Ascension-Day. # wilt not thou, O God, go forth hosts? the for vain is { 12 O help us against the en | e--my help of -- man. 13 Through God we shall do and it is he that shall tread down mies. our -- en | e- GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, AND TO | THE - AND TO THE HOLY - - GHOST Ꭲ ; SON: AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW, AND EVER -'- SHALL BE: WORLD WITH OUT -- END. | A--MEN. PSALM CIX. Deus laudem. HOLD OLD not thy tongue, O God of | my -- praise : for the mouth of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon -- me. -' 2 And they have spoken against me with | false - tongues they compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me with--out | a cause. 3 For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take now my contra | ry - part: but I give my self 4 Thus have they rewarded me evil | for -- good: and hatred for my good 5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him and let Satan stand at -- his right hand. - 6 When sentence is given upon him, let him be con | dem--ned and let his prayer be turned in to 7 Let his days | be- few and let another { take -- his of--fice. 8 Let his children be fa | ther--less and his { wife -- a wi--dow. 9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their -- bread let them seek it also out of deso--late | pla--ces. - - 10 Let the extortioner consume all that he 1 hath: and let the stranger spoil his la--bour. 11 Let there be no man to pity -'- him nor to have compassion upon his father--less | chil--` dren. 12 Let his posterity be destroy--ed and in the next generation let his name be -- clean put out. - done 13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of the | not the sin of his mother be 14 Let them alway be before he may root out the memorial of them from { Lord and let a--way. the Lord that -' - 15 And that, because his mind was not to | do good but persecuted the poor helpless man, that he might slay him that was vexed -- at the -| heart. 16 His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen un to him he loved not blessing, therefore shall far from - him. it be - - 17 He clothed himself with cursing, like as with a | rai--ment and it shall come into his bowels like water, and like oil in--to | his -'- bones. 18 Let it be unto him as the cloke that he hath up | on -- him and as the girdle that he is alway{ gird--ed with--al. # 19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine en | e--mies and to those that speak evil a-gainst my -- soul. 20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according unto thy - Name for sweet is mer--cy. - 21 Ŏ deliver me, for I am helpless | and and my heart is wounded with in -- me. -' - thy | poor: 22 I go hence like the shadow that de part-·eth and am driven away as the per. grasshop-23 My knees are weak through | fast--ing: my flesh is dried up for want of fat--ness. 24 I became also a reproach un to them : they that looked upon mesha--ked | their heads. - -'- God: 0 save me 25 Help me, O Lord | my according to thy | mer--cy; 26 And they shall know, how that this is thy hand and that thou, Lord, - hast done -'- it. - 27 Though they curse, yet | bless thou and let them be confounded that rise up against me; but let thyser--vant re-joice. 28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as --- cloke. with | a - 29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth and praise him among the -- multi---tude; 30 For he shall stand at the right hand of | the -- poor to save his soul from un right--eous | jud--ges. SON: GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, AND TO | THE -'AND TO { THE -'- HOLY -- GHOST; AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW, AND SHALL BE: WORLD WITH {OUT -- END. | EVER A--MEN. THE Lord said unto my Lord: Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies-thy foot--stool. 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Si--on be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine -- en | e--mies. 3 In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will offerings with an holy wor--ship: the dew of thy birth is of the womb morn--ing. 4 The Lord sware, and will not Thou art a Priest for ever after the Mel--chise--dech. of the re--pent order of { -'- hand shall wrath. 5 The Lord upon thy | right wound even kings in the day of his 6 He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the places with the | bo--dies and smite in sunder the heads over di--vers | coun- tries. dead 7 He shall drink of the brook in the therefore shall he lift -' · up | his -·- head. * 2nd Proper Psalm for the Evening of Christmas-Day. |