DAY 23. WHE Evening Prayer. PSALM CXIV. In exitu Israel. : HEN Israel came out of Egypt and the house of Jacob | from' among the strange | people, 2 Judah | was' his | sanctuary: and | Israel | his' do minion. 3 The sea saw that,' and | fled : Jordan' was | driv'en | back. 4 The mountains | skipped' like | rams: and the | little' hills like' young sheep. 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, | that' thou | fleddest : and thou Jordan, that | thou' wast | driv ́en | back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye | skipped' like | rams: and ye | little' hills, | like' young | sheep? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence | of' the | Lord : at the presence | of the | God of | Jacob; 8 Who turned the hard rock into a | stand'ing | water and the flint-stone in to' a | spring'ing | well. : PSALM CXV. Non nobis, Domine. OT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name | give the praise for thy loving mercy, | and' for thy' truth's | sake. : 2 Wherefore shall the | hea'then | say: Where | | -' is now' their God? 3 As for our God, he | is' in | heaven: he hath done | what'solev'er | pleased him. 4 Their idols are | silver' and | gold even | the' work | of' men's | hands. 5 They have mouths,' and | speak not: eyes | have' they, and - | see not. 6 They have ears,' and | hear not : noses | have' they, and' smell | not. 7 They have hands, and handle not; feet have | they,' and walk not: neither | speak' they | through' their throat. 8 They that make them are | like' unto them : and so are all such as | put' their | trust - | in them. 9 But thou, house of Israel, trust | thou' in the | Lord he is their | suc'cour | and' defence. : 10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust | in' the Lord he is their help'er | and' defender. : 11 Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust | in' the Lord he is their | help'er | and' de fender. : 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and | he' shall bless us even he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless' the house' of Aaron. 13 He shall bless them that | fear' the | Lord : both small- and - | great. 14 The Lord shall increase you | more' and | more : you and your - | children. 15 Ye are the blessed | of the Lord who | made heaven' and earth. 16 All the whole heavens | are' the earth hath he given to the men. 17 The dead praise not | thee,' O | Lord : neither all they that go' down | in'to | silence. 18 But we will praise the Lord: from this time forth for ever more. | Praise' the | Lord. DAY 24. I' Morning Prayer. PSALM CXVI. Dileri, quoniam. | AM' well | pleased: that the Lord hath | heard' the | voice of my | prayer; 2 That he hath inclined his | ear' unto me : therefore will I call upon him | as' long | as′ I | live. 3 The snares of death compassed me | round' a bout and the pains of hell' gat hold' up on me. 4 I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the | Lord : O Lord, I beɛeech | thee,' de liver my | soul. 5 Gracious is the Lord,' and | righteous: yea, | our - | God is | merciful. 6 The Lord pre serveth' the | simple: I was in | mi'sery, and he helped me. 7 Turn again then unto thy rest, | O′ my | soul : for the Lord - | hath' rewarded thee. 8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul' from | death: mine eyes from tears, | and my | feet from | falling. 9 I will walk before' the | Lord : in the | land - | of the living. 10 I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I | was' sore troubled : I said in my | haste,' All | men' are liars. 11 What reward shall I give unto the Lord : for all the benefits that he' hath me? done' un to 12 I will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. | | | 13 I will pay my vows now in the presence of | all' his people right dear in the sight of the Lord is | the' death | of' his | saints. 14 Behold, O Lord, how that I am' thy | servant : I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast | broken' my | bonds' in | sunder. 15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice | of' thanksgiving and will call upon the | Name | of the | Lord. 16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all' his | people in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. | Praise the Lord. PSALM CXVII. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord, | all' ye | heathen : praise | him, all' ye nations. 2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and | more towards us and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. | Praise' the | Lord. PSALM CXVIII. Confitemini Domino. : GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for | he' is | gracious because his mercy' endureth' for ever. 2 Let Israel now confess, that he' is gracious : and that his mercy' endureth' for | ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron | now' confess that his mercy' endureth' for ever. 4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord' con-| fess that his mercy' endureth' for ever. : 5 I called upon the the Lord' heard me at Lord' in | trouble : and large. 6 The Lord is on' my side: I will not fear | what' man | doeth' un to me. 7 The Lord taketh my part with them' that help me therefore shall I see my desire' upon' mine enemies. 8 It is better to trust | in' the | Lord: than to put any con'fidence' in | man. 9 It is better to trust | in' the | Lord : than to put any con'fidence' in | princes. 10 All nations compassed me | round' about: but in the Name of the Lord' will | I' destroy them. 11 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on | ev'ery | side : but in the Name of the | Lord' will I' destroy them. 12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct even as the fire among the | thorns : for in the Name of the Lord' I will' destroy them. 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that | I' might | fall: but the Lord | was' my | help. 14 The Lord is my strength, | and' my | song : and is become my salvation. 15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord bringeth | mighty | things' to pass. 16 The right hand of the Lord | hath the' pre |