8 The righteousness of thy tes- the transgressors; because they timonies is everlasting: O grant keep not thy law. me understanding, and I shall live. I EVENING PRAYER. Clamavi in toto corde meo. 7 Consider, O Lord, how I love thy commandments; O quicken me according to thy loving-kind ness. Call with my whole heart; 8 Thy word is true from everhear me, O Lord, I will keep lasting; all the judgments of thy thy statutes. righteousness endure for ever 2 Yea, even unto thee do I call; more. help me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. Principes persecuti sunt. PRINCES have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart 3 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee; for in thy word is standeth in awe of thy word. my trust. 4 Mine eyes prevent the night watches; that might be occu pied in thy words. 2 I am as glad of thy word, as one that findeth great spoils. 3 As for lies, I hate and abhor them; but thy law do I love. 4 Seven times a-day do I praise 5 Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy loving-kindness; thee; because of thy righteous quicken me according as thou art judgments. wont. 5 Great is the peace that they 6 They draw nigh that of ma-have who love thy law; and they lice persecute me, and are far are not offended at it. 6 Lord, I have looked for thy 7 Be thou nigh at hand, Osaving health, and done after thy Lord, for all thy commandments commandments. from thy law. are true. My soul hath kept thy tes 8 As concerning thy testimo-timonies, and loved them exceednies, I have known long since, ingly. that thou hast grounded them for 8 I have kept thy commandments and testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.' Appropinquet deprecatio. ET my complaint come before thee, O Lord; give me understanding according to thy 2 Avenge thou my cause, and deliver me; quicken me accord-word. ing to thy word. statutes. 2 Let my supplication come 3 Health is far from the un-before thee; deliver me accordgodly; for they regard not thy ing to thy word. 3 My lips shall speak of thy 4 Great is thy mercy, O Lord; praise, when thou hast taught me quicken me as thou art wont. thy statutes. 5 Many there are that trouble 4 Yea, my tongue shall sing of me, and persecute me; yet do 1 thy word; for all thy commandnot swerve from thy testimonies. ments are righteous. 6 It grieveth me when I see 5 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy commandments.jkeeper: the Lord is thy defence 6 I have longed for thy saving upon thy right hand; health, O Lord; and in thy law 6 So that the sun shall not burn is my delight. thee by day, neither the moon by 70 let my soul live, and it shall night. praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is even he 8 The Lord shall preserve thy 8 I have gone astray like a that shall keep thy soul. sheep that is lost; O seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy going out and thy coming in, from commandments. The twenty-seventh Day. this time forth for evermore. MORNING PRAYER. I of WHEN I was in trouble, called upon the Lord, and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. Psalm 122. Lætatus sum. Was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity in itself. 4 For thither the tribes go up. 3 What reward shall be given even the tribes of the Lord, to or done unto thee, thou false testify unto Israel, to give thanks tongue? even mighty and sharp unto the name of the Lord. arrows, with hot burning coals. 5 For there is the seat of judg 4 Woe is me, that I am con-ment, even the seat of the house strained to dwell with Mesech, of David. and to have my habitation among 60 pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that the tents of Kedar. 5 My soul hath long dwelt love thee. among them that are enemies unto peace. 6 I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle. Psalm 121. Levavi oculos meos. Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will wish thee prosperity. 9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek to do thee good. : Psalm 123. Ad te levasi oculos meos. mine eyes, JNTO thee lift I up O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to 2 Behold, even as the eyes of be moved; and he that keepeth servants look unto the hand of thee will not sleep. their masters, and as the eyes of 4 Behold, he that keepeth Is-a maiden unto the hand of her rael shall neither slumber nor mistress, even so our eyes wait sleep. upon the Lord our God, until he 5 The Lord himself is thy have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, unto their own wickedness, the have mercy upon us; for we are Lord shall lead them forth with utterly despised. the evil doers; but peace shall 4 Our soul is filled with the be upon Israel. scornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the despitefulness of the proud. Psalm 124. Nisi quia Dominus. IF the Lord himself had not been EVENING PRAYER. WHEN the Lord turned again were we like unto them that the captivity of Sion, then on our side, now may Israel dream. say; if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy. 2 They had swallowed us up 3 Then said they among the quick; when they were so wrath-heathen, The Lord hath done fully displeased at us. great things for them. 3 Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul. 4 The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our soul. 5 But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. 4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us already; whereof we rejoice: 5 Turn our captivity, O Lord, as the rivers in the south. 6 They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. 7 Ee that now goeth on his 6 Our soul is escaped even as way weeping, and beareth forth a bird out of the snare of the good seed, shall doubtless come fowler; the snare is broken, and again with joy, and bring his we are delivered. sheaves with him. 7 Our help standeth in the Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus. name of the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. EXCEPT the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. 2 Except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain. Psalm 125. Qui confidunt. THEY that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast for 3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late 2 The hills stand about Jerusa-take rest, and eat the bread of lem; even so standeth the Lord carefulness; for so he giveth his round about his people, from this beloved sleep. ever. time forth for evermore. 4 Lo, children and the fruit of 3 For the rod of the ungodly the womb, are an heritage and cometh not unto the lot of the gift that cometh of the Lord. righteous; lest the righteous put 5 Like as the arrows in the their hand unto wickedness hand of the giant, even so are the 4 Do well, O Lord, unto those young children. that are good and true of heart. 6 Happy is the man that bath 5 As for such as turn back his quiver full of them; they shall 26* not be ashamed when they speak] with their enemies in the gate. Psalm 128. Beati omnes. BLESSED are all they that fear the Lord, and walk in his ways. 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. 3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine house. 8 So that they who go by say not so much as, The Lord prosper you, we wish you good luck in the name of the Lord. Psalm 130. De profundis. OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. 2 O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. 3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it? 4 Forthere is mercy with thee, 4 Thy children like the olive branches, round about thy table. 5 Lo, thus shall the man be therefore shalt thou be feared. blessed that feareth the Lord. 5 I look for the Lord; my soul 6 The Lord from out of Sion doth wait for him; in his word shall so bless thee, that thou shalt is my trust. see Jerusalem in prosperity all 6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord thy life long; before the morning-watch. I say, before, the morning-watch. 7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel. Psalm 129. Sæpe expugnaverint. MANY a time have they fought against me from my youth up, may Israel now say; 2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me. 7 O Israel, trust in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins. Psalm 131. Domine, non est. ORD, I am not high-minded; 3 The plowers plowed upon great matters which are too high my back, and made long fur-for me; rows; 3 But I refrain my soul, and 4 But the righteous Lord hath keep it low, like as a child that is hewn the snares of the ungodly weaned from his mother: yea, in pieces. my soul is even as a weaned child. 5 Let them be confounded and 4 O Israel, trust in the Lord, turned backward, as many as from this time forth forevermore. have evil will at Sion. 6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house The twenty-eighth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 132. Memento, Domine. tops, which withered afore it be LORD, remember David, and plucked up; all his trouble. 7 Whereof the mower filleth 2 How he sware unto the Lord, not his hand, neither he that and vowed a vow unto the Albindeth up the sheaves his bo- mighty God of Jacob; om. 3 I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house, nor ordained a lantern for mine climb up into my bed; Anointed. 4. I will not suffer mine eyes to 19 As for his enemies, I shall sleep, nor mine eye-lids to slum-clothe them with shame; but ber; neither the temples of my upon himself shall his crown head to take any rest; flourish. 5 Until I find out a place for Psalm 133. Ecce, quam bonum. the temple of the Lord; an habi-BEHOLD, how good and joyful tation for the mighty God of Ja- a thing it is, brethren, to dwell cob. together in unity 6 Lo, we heard of the same at 2 It is like the precious ointEphrata, and found it in the wood. ment upon the head, that ran 7 We will go into his taberna-down unto the beard, even unto cle, and fall low on our knees be-Aaron's beard, and went down fore his footstool. to the skirts of his clothing. 8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting-place; thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints sing with joyfulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon, which feil upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing, and life for evermore. Psalm 134 Evec nunc. BEHOLD now, praise the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord. 2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord, even in the 11 The Lord hath made a faith-courts of the house of our God. ful oath unto David, and he shall not shrink from it; 12 Of the fruit of thy body shall I set upon thy seat. 13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimonies that I shall learn them; their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself; he hath longed for her. 15 This shall be my rest for ever: here will I dwell, for have a delight therein. 16 I will bless her victuals with increase, and will satisfy her poor with bread. 17 I will deck her priests with health, and her saints shall rejoice and sing. 3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the Lord. 4 The Lord, that made heaven and earth, give thee blessing out of Sion. Psalm 135. Ldate Nomen. Praise the Lord: laud ye the name of the Lord; praise it, O ye servants of the Lord. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God, 30 praise the Lord; for the Lord is gracious: O sing praises unto his name; for it is lovely. 4 For why? the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his own possession. 5 For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. 18 There shall I make the horn 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleas. of David to flourish: I haveled, that did he in heaven, and in |