mercy embraceth him on eve- 10 The Lord bringeth the ry fide. 12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. counfel of the heathen to nought, and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and cafteth out the counfels of princes. 11 The counsel of the Lord Pfalm xxxiii. Exultate, jufli. fhall endure for ever, and the Rejoice in the Lord, O ye thoughts of his heart from righteous; for it becometh well the juft to be thankful. 2 Praise the Lord with harp; fing praifes unto him with the lute, and inftrument of ten ftrings. 3 Sing unto the Lord a new fong; fing praises luftily unto him with a good courage; 14 For the word of the Lord 4 is true, and all his works are faithful. He loveth righteousness and judgment; the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the hofts of them by the breath of his mouth. " 7 He gathereth the waters of the fea together, as it were upon an heap; and layeth up the deep, as in a treafurehouse. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: ftand in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world; 9 For he fpake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood faft. generation to generation. 12 Bleffed are the people whofe God is the Lord Jehovah; and bleffed are the folk that he hath chofen to him, to be his inheritance. 13 The Lord looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children of men; from the habitation of his dwelling, he confidereth all them that dwell on the earth. 14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them, and underftandeth all their works. 15 There is no king that can be faved by the multitude of an hoft; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength. 16 A horfe is counted but a vain thing to fave a man; neither fhall he deliver any man by his great ftrength. 17 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, and upon them that put their truft in his mercy; 18 To deliver their foul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth. 19 Our foul hath patiently X 2 tarried tarried for the Lord; for he is our help and our fhield. 20 For our heart fhall rejoice in him; because we have hoped in his holy Name. 21 Let thy merciful kindnefs, O Lord, be upon us, like as we do put our trust in thee. Pfalm xxxiv. Benedicam I Will alway give thanks unto the Lord; his praise fhall ever be in my mouth. 2 My foul fhall make her boaft in the Lord; the humble fhall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O praise the Lord with me, and let us magnify his Name together. 4 I fought the Lord, and he heard me; yea, he delivered me out of all my fear. 5 They had an eye unto him, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed. 6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him; yea, and faveth him out of all his troubles. 7. The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. are his Saints; for they that fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions do lack, and fuffer hunger; but they who feek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good. 11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is he that lufteth to live, and would fain fee good days? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they fpeak no guile. 14 Efchew evil, and do good; feek peace, and enfue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers. 16 The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart, and will fave fuch as be of an humble spirit. 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of all. 20 He keepeth all his bones, fo that not one of them is bro 8 O tafte, and fee how gracious the Lord is bleffed is the man that trufteth in ken.. him. -21 But misfortune shall 9 O fear the Lord, ye that flay the ungodly, and they that that hate the righteous fhall be defolate. 22 The Lord delivereth the fouls of his fervants; and, all they that put their truft in him fhall not be deftitute. The Seventh Day. MORNING PRAYER. Pfalm xxxv. Judica, Domine. LEAD thou my caufe, O Lord, with them that ftrive with me, and fight thou against them that fight against PLEAD thou me. 2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler, and stand up to help me. 13. Bring forth the fpear, and stop the way against them that perfecute me: fay unto my foul, I am thy falvation. 4 Let them be confounded, and put to fhame, that feek after my foul; let them be turned back, and brought to confufion, that imagine mifchief for me. 5 Let them be as the duft before the wind, and the Angel of the Lord fcattering them. 6 Let their way be dark and flippery, and let the Angel of the Lord perfecute them 1 7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a caufe; yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my foul. 8 Let a fudden deftruction come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himfelf; that he may fall into his own mischief. 9 And my foul be joyful in the Lord; it fhall rejoice in his falvation. 10 All my bones fhall fay, Lord, who is like unto thee, who delivereft the poor from him that is too ftrong for him; yea, the poor, and him that is in mifery, from him that spoileth him? 11 Falfe witnesses did rife up: they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good, to the great difcomfort of my foul. 13 Nevertheless, when they were fick, I put on fackcloth, and humbled my foul with fafting, and my prayer fhall turn into mine own bofom. 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adverfity they rejoiced, and gathered themfelves together; yea, the very abjects came together against me unawares, making mouths at me, and ceased not. 16 With the flatterers were bufy mockers, who gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou thou look upon this? O deliver my foul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions. 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people. 19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly; neither let them wink with their eyes, that: hate me without a cause. 20 And why? their communing is not for peace; but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land. 21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and faid, Fie on thee, fie on thee, we faw it with our eyes. 22 This thou haft feen, O Lord; hold not thy tongue then; go not far from me, O Lord. 23 Awake and stand up to judge my quarrel; avenge thou my cause, my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righ teousness, and let them not triumph over me. 25 Let them not fay in their hearts, There, there, fo would we have it; neither let them fay, We have devoured him: 26 Let them be put to con fufion and fhame together, that rejoice at my trouble; let them be cloathed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me. 27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that favour my righteous dealing; yea, let them fay alway, Bleffed be the Lord, who hath pleasure in the profperity of his fervant. 28 And as for my tongue, it fhall be talking of thy righteousness, and of thy praife, all the day long. Pfalm xxxvi. Dixit injuftus. M Y heart: fhoweth me the wickedness of the ungodly, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 11 2. For he flattereth himfelf in his own fight, until his abominable fin be found out. 3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit: he hath left off to behave himself wifely, and to do good. 4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath fet himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing thy judgments are like the great deep./: 7 Thou, Lord, fhalt fave both man and beaft: how excellent is thy mercy, O God: and the children of men fhall put their truft under the fhadow of thy wings. 8 They fhall be fatisfied with the plenteoufnefs of thy house; and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures, as out of the river. 9 For with thee is the well of life; and in thy light fhall we see light. 10 O continue forth thy loving kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness unto them that are true of heart.i 11 Oblet not the foot of pride come against me; and let not the hand of the ungodly caft me down. 12/There are they fallen, all that work wickednefs; they are caft down, and fhall not be able to stand. EVENING PRAYER. Pfalm xxxvii. Noli emulari. RET not thyfelf because of the ungodly; neither. be thou envious against the evil doers. 2. For they fhall foon be. cut down like the grafs, and be withered even as the green herb. 3 Lord, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. F 4 Delight thou in the Lord, and he fhall give thee thy heart's defire. 5 Commit thy, way unto the Lord, and put thy truft in him, and he thall bring it to pass. 6 He fhall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, and thy juft dealing as the noon-day. 7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him: but grieve not thyfelf at him whose way. doth profper, against the man that doeth after evil counfels. 8 Leave off from wrath, and let go difpleafure: fret: not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. 9 Wicked doers fhall be rooted out; and they that patiently abide the Lord, thofe fhall inherit the land. 10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly fhall be clean gone thou shalt look after his place, and he fhall be away. II But the meek spirited fhall poffefs the earth, and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace. 影響 12 The ungodly feeketh counsel against the juft, and gnafheth upon him with his Put thou thy truft in the teeth. 1 |