EVENING PRAYER. thou goest; how thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. Psalm 69. Salvum me fac. 25 The singers go before, the SAVE me, O God; for the waminstrels follow after, in the ters are come in even unto midst are the damsels playing my soul. with the timbrels. 2 I stick fast in the deep mire, 26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto where no ground is; I am come God the Lord, in the congrega- into deep waters, so that the tions, from the ground of the floods run over me. heart. 3 I am weary of crying, my 27 There is little Benjamin throat is dry; my sight faileth me their ruler, and the princes of for waiting so long upon my God. Judah their council; the princes 4 They that hate me without of Zebulon, and the princes of a cause are more than the hairs Naphtali. of my head; they that are mine 28 Thy God hath sent forth enemies, and would destroy me strength for thee; stablish the guiltless, are mighty. thing, O God, that thou hast 5 I paid them the things that I wrought in us, never took: God, thou knowest 29 For thy temple's sake at my simpleness, and my faults are Jerusalem; so shall kings bring not hid from thee. presents unto thee. 6 Let not them that trust in 30 When the company of the thee, O Lord God of hosts, be spear-men, and multitude of the ashamed for my cause; let not mighty, are scattered abroad a-those that seek thee be confounded mong the beasts of the people, so through me, O Lord God of Israel. that they humbly bring pieces of 7 And why? for thy sake have silver; and when he hath scattered I suffered reproof; shame hath the people that delight in war; covered my face. 31 Then shall the princes come 8 I am become a stranger unto out of Egypt; the Morians' land my brethren, even an alien unto shall soon stretch out her hands my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thine house 32 Sing unto God, O ye king- hath even eaten me, and the redoms of the earth; O sing praises bukes of them that rebuked thee, unto the Lord, are fallen upon me. unto God. 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the beginning: Lo, he doth send out his voice; yea, and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel; his worship and strength is in the clouds. 101 wept, and chastened myself with fasting, and that was turned to my reproof. 11 I put on sackcloth also, and they jested upon me. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the drunk35 O God, wonderful art thouards make songs upon me. in thy holy places: even the God 13 But, Lord, I make my prayer of Israel, he will give strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. unto thee in an acceptable time. 14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, even! in the truth of thy salvation. 28 Let them fall from one wick15 Take me out of the mire, edness to another, and not come that I sink not; O let me be deli-into thy righteousness. vered from them that hate me, 29 Let them be wiped out of and out of the deep waters. the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous. 16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me : 30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness, thy help, O God, shall lift me up. 17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy 31 I will praise the name of loving-kindness is comfortable; God with a song, and magnify it turn thee unto me according to with thanksgiving. 32 This also shall please the 18 And hide not thy face from Lord, better than a bullock that thy'servant; for I am in trouble: hath horns and hoofs. the multitude of thy mercies: O haste thee, and hear me. 33 The humble shall consider 19 Draw nigh unto my soul, this, and be glad: seek ye after and save it; Ŏ deliver me, be- God, and your soul shall live. cause of mine enemies. 34 For the Lord heareth the 20 Thou hast known my re-poor, and despiseth not his priproof, my shame, and my disho-soners. nour: mine adversaries are all in 35 Let heaven and earth praise thy sight. him: the sea, and all that moveth 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my therein. heart; I a. full of heaviness: I 36 For God will save Siòn, and looked for some to have pity on build the cities of Juda, that men me, but there was no man, neither may dwell there, and have it in found I any to comfort me. 22 They gave me gall to eat;| 37 The posterity also of his serand when I was thirsty, they gave vants shall inherit it; and they that me vinegar to drink. love his name shall dwell therein. 23 Let their table be made a possession. Psalm 70. Deus, in adjutorium. HASTE thee, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help snare to take themselves withal; 2 Let them be ashamed and 24 Let their eyes be blinded, confounded, that seek after my that they see not; and ever bow soul; let them be turned backthou down their backs. ward and put to confusion, that wish me evil. 25 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them. 26 Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in theirtents. 3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame, that cry over me, There, there. 4 But let all those that seek 27 For they persecute him thee be joyful and glad in thee: whom thou hast smitten; and they and let all such as delight in thy talk how they may vex them salvation, say alway, The Lord he whom thou hast wounded. praised. 5 As for me, I am poor and in 10 Go not far from me, O God; misery haste thee unto me, O my God, haste thee to help me. God. 11 Let them be confounded and 6 Thou art my helper, and my perish, that are against my soul; Redeemer: O Lord, make no let them be covered with shame long tarrying. and dishonour, that seek to do me evil. The fourteenth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 71. In te, Domine, Speravi. 12 As for me, I will patiently abide alway, and will praise thee more and more. IN thee, O Lord, have I pat my 13 My mouth shall daily speak trust; let me never be put to of thy righteousness and salvaconfusion, but rid me, and deliver tion; for I know no end thereof. me in thy righteousness; incline 14 I will go forth in the strength thine ear unto me, and save me. of the Lord God, and will make 2 Be thou my strong hold, mention of thy righteousness only. whereunto I may alway resort: 15 Thou, O God, hast taught thou hast promised to help me, me from my youth up until now; for thou art my house of defence, therefore will I tell of thy wonand my castle. drous works. 3 Deliver me, O my God, out 16 Forsake me not, O God, in of the hand of the ungodly, out mine old age, when I am greyof the hand of the unrighteous headed, until I have showed thy and cruel man: strength unto this generation, 4 For thou, O Lord God, art and thy power to all them that the thing that I long for: thou art are yet for to come. my hope, even from my youth. 17 Thy righteousness, O God, 5 Through thee have I been is very high, and great things are holden up ever since I was born: they that thou hast done: O God, thou art he that took me out of my who is like unto thee! mother's womb: my praise shall *be always of thee. 6 I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my sure trust is in thee. 70 let my mouth be filled with thy praise, that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long. 8 Cast me not away in the time of age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me: 18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me ! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me; yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again. 19 thou hast brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every side: 20 Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument of music: 9 For mine enemies speak unto thee will I sing upon the against me; and they that lay harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. wait for my soul take their coun- 21 My lips will be fain when I sel together, saying, God hath sing unto thee; and so will my forsaken him; persecute him, soul, whom thou hast delivered. and take him; for there is nane 22 My tongue shall also talk of 23 thy righteousness all the day to deliver him. long; for they are confounded dear shall their blood be in his and brought unto shame, that sight. seek to do me evil. Psalm 72. Deus, judicium. 15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia; GIVE the king thy judgments, prayer shall be made ever unto O God, and thy righteous-him, and daily shall he be praised. ness unto the king's son. 16 There shall be an heap of 2 Then shall he judge thy peo-corn in the earth, high upon the ple according unto right, and de- hills; his fruit shall shake like Lifend the poor. banus, and shall be green in the 3 The mountains also shall city like grass upon the earth. bring peace, and the little hills 17 His name shall endure for righteousness unto the people. ever; his name shall remain un4 He shall keep the simple folk der the sun amongst the posteby their right, defend the children rities, which shall be blessed of the poor, and punish the wrong through him; and all the heathen doer. shall praise him. 5 They shall fear thee as long 18 Blessed be the Lord God, as the sun and moon endureth, even the God of Israel, which from one generation to another. only doeth wondrous things; 6 He shall come down like the 19 And blessed be the name of rain into a fleece of wool, even as his Majesty for ever: and all the the drops that water the earth. earth shall be filled with his Ma 7 In his time shall the righteous jesty. Amen, Amen. flourish; yea, and abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth. 8 His dominion shall be also EVENING PRAYER. TRULY God is loving unto Is- from the one sea to the other, of a clean heart. and from the flood unto the 2 Nevertheless, my feet were world's end. almost gone, my treadings had They that dwell in the wil-well nigh slipt. derness shall kneel before him ; 3 And why? I was grieved at his enemies shall lick the dust. the wicked: I do also see the un10 The kings of Tharsis and godly in such prosperity. of the isles shall give presents; 4 For they are in no peril of the kings of Arabia and Saba death; but are lusty and strong. shall bring gifts. 5 They come in no misfortune 11 All kings shall fall down be-like other folk; neither are they fore him; all nations shall do him plagued like other men. service. 6 And this is the cause that 12 For he shall deliver the they are so holden with pride, and poor when he crieth; the needy overwhelmed with cruelty. also, and him that hath no helper. 7 Their eyes swell with fatness, 13 He shall be favourable to and they do even what they lust. the simple and needy, and shall preserve the souls of the poor. 14 He shall deliver their souls m falsehood and wrong; and 8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy; their talking is against the Most High. 9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their 34 Whom have I in heaven tongue goeth through the world. but thee? and there is none upon 10 Therefore fall the people earth that I desire in comparison unto them, and thereout suck of thee. they no small advantage. 35 My flesh and my heart fail11 Tush, say they, how should eth; but God is the strength of God perceive it? is there know-my heart, and my portion forever. ledge in the Most High? 36 For lo, they that forsake 12 Lo. these are the ungodly thee shall perish; thou hast dethese prosper in the world; and stroyed all them that commit forthese have riches in possession:nication against thee. and I said, Then have I cleansed 37 But it is good for me to hold my heart in vain, and washed me fast by God, to put my trust mine hands in innocency. in the Lord God, and to speak of 13 All the day long have I been all thy works in the gates of the punished, and chastened every daughter of Sion. morning. 14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they; but lo, then I should Psalm 74. Ut quid, Deus? God, wherefore art thou absent from us so long? why is have condemned the generation thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy children. of thy pasture? 15 Then thought I to understand 2 Ŏ think upon thy congrega this; but it was too hard for me, tion, whom thou hast purchased, 16 Until I went into the sanc-and redeemed of old. tuary of God: then understood I 3 Think upon the tribe of thine the end of these men ; inheritance, and mount Sion, 17 Namely, how thou dost set wherein thou hast dwelt. them in slippery places,and castest 4 Lift up thy feet, that thou them down and destroyest them. mayest utterly destroy every ene18 O how suddenly do they my, which hath done evil in thy consume, perish, and come to a sanctuary. fearful end! 19 Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh; so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city. 5 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations, and set up their banners for tokens. 6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees, was known 20 Thus my heart was grieved, to bring it to an excellent work; and it went even through my 7 But now they break down all reins. the carved work thereof with 21 So foolish was I, and igno-axes and hammers. rant, even as it were a beast be- 8 They have set fire upon thy fore thee. holy places, and have defiled the 22 Nevertheless, I am alway dwelling-place of thy name, even by thee; for thou hast holden me unto the ground. by my right hand. 9 Yea, they said in their hearts, 33 Thou shalt guide me with Let us make havock of them altothy counsel, and after that receive gether: Thus have they burnt up me with glory. all the houses of God in the land. |