sion shall never be forgotten. But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?-Jer. xx. 7, &c.

Hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me. Render unto them a recompense, O Lord, according to the work of their hand.-Lam. iii. 56, 59.

O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?-Dan. xii. 8.

Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?-Habakkuk i. 12.

O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.-Matt. xxvi. 39.

Master, carest thou not that we perish ?— Mark iv. 38.

Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.—Mark xiv. 36; Luke xxii. 42.

Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.-Luke v. 8.

Master, master, we perish.-Luke viii. 24.

FOR HELP, HEARING, AND SALVATION.

O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee.-2 Chron. vi. 14.

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee.— Ezra x. 4.

Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands -Neh. vi. 9.

Do not condemn me; show me wherefore thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked. Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, that thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? Thou knowest that I am not wicked, and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the day; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese. Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction'; for it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. Thou renewest thy witnesses against me; and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war

are against me, wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb. Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me. Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death.-Job x. 2—21.

Withdraw thine hand far from me, and let not thy dread make me afraid. Then call thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer thou me. How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? for thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth; thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.-Job xiii. 21.

Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble; he cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? Who can bring a

clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past: that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me. If a man die shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. For now thou numberest my steps; dost thou not watch over my sin? My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. Job xiv. 1, &c.

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me. I stand up, and thou regardest me not. Thou art become cruel to me with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.-Job xxx. 20.

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Why

Arise,