Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the Most High.

And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me.

But unto the ungodly said God, Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth; Whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?

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When thou sawest thief, thou consentedst unto him, and hast been partaker with the adulterers.

Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness, and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit.

Thou didst sit, and speak against thy brother; yea, and hast slandered thine own mother's son.

These things hast thou done, and because I was silent thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.

O consider this, ye who forget God; lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you.

Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he hon

PSALM 51. HAVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness; and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me.

Against thee especially have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be justified in thy sentence, and be clear when thou judgest.

Thou requirest truth in the inward parts, and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.

Thou shalt purge me as with hyssop, and I shall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins, and blot out my misdeeds.

Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me.

O give me the comfort of thy help again, and establish me with thy free Spirit.

Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall show thy praise.

For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee; but thou delightest not in burnt offerings.

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.

PSALM 56.

BE merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth about to devour me: he is daily fighting and troubling

me.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up; for they be many who fight against me, O thou Most High.

Nevertheless, though I am some time afraid, yet put I my trust in thee.

I will praise God because of his word; I have put my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

They daily pervert my words; all that they imagine is to do me evil.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.

Shall they escape by their wickedness? thou, Ŏ God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down.

Thou tellest my offences; put my tears before thee; are not these things noted in thy book?

Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight; this I know, for God is on my side.

In God's word will I rejoice; in the Lord's word will I comfort me.

Yea, in God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid of what man can do

unto me.

Unto thee, O God, will pay my vows; unto thee will I give thanks.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

The Tenth Day. MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 57.

BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for soul trusteth in my thee; and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this calamity be overpast.

I will call unto the most high God, even unto the God who will perform all things for me.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him who would swallow me up.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let thy glory be above all the earth.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing, and give praise.

Awake up, my glory: awake, lute and harp; I myself will awake right early.

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people, and I will sing unto thee among the nations.

For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let thy glory be above all the earth.

PSALM 61.

HEAR my crying, O God; give ear unto my prayer.

From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee, when my heart is in heaviness.

O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I; for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against the enemy.

I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever, and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings.

For thou, O Lord, hast heard my desires and hast given an heritage unto those who fear thy name.

Thou shalt grant the king a long life, that his

years may endure throughout all generations.

He shall dwell before God for ever; O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him.

So will I alway sing praise unto thy name, that I may daily perform my

Vows.

PSALM 62.

MY soul truly waiteth still upon God; for of him cometh my salvation. verily is

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my strength and my salvation; he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall. My soul, wait thou stlli upon God; for my hope is in him.

He truly is my strength and my salvation; he is my defence, so that I shall not fall.

In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my might, and in God is my trust.

O put your trust in him alway, ye people; pour out your hearts before him; for God is our hope.

As for the men of low degree, they are but vanity; the men of high degree are deceit; laid in the balance, they are al

together lighter than vanity itself.

O trust not in wrong and robbery; give not yourselves unto vanity; if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same, that power belongeth unto God;

And that thou, Lord, art merciful; for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

lift up my hands in thy

name.

My soul shall be satisfied even as it were with marrow and fatness, when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.

Have I not remembered thee in my bed, and thought upon thee when I was waking?

Because thou hast been my helper, therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

My soul hangeth upon thee; thy right hand hath upholden me.

PSALM 65.

THOU, O God, art praised in Sion, and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou who hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

My misdeeds prevail against me; O be thou merciful unto our sins.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee; he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, Ŏ God of our salvation; thou who

art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of those who are afar off upon the

sea;

Who in thy strength settest fast the mountains, and art girded about with power;

Who stillest the raging of the sea, and the noise of its waves, and the madness of the people.

They also who dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth, shall be afraid at thy tokens; thou who makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to praise thee.

Thou visitest the earth and blessest it; thou makest it very plenteous.

The river of God is full of water; thou preparest their corn, for so thou pro

videst for the earth.

Thou waterest her furrows, thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof, thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it.

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy clouds drop fatness.

They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness, and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.

The mountains shall be