6 He is the God that maketh us, and poureth his benefits upmen to be of one mind in an house, on us.

and bringeth the prisoners out of 20 He is our God, even the captivity; but letteth the runa- God of whom cometh salvation : gates continue in scarceness. God is the Lord, by whom we escape death.

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before the people; when thou wentest through the wilderness,

21 God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness.

22 The Lord hath said, I will

8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God; even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, bring my people again, as I did who is the God of Israel. from Basan, mine own will I bring 9 Thou, O God, sentest a gra- again, as I did sometime from the cious rain upon thine inheritance, deep of the sea. and refreshedst it when it was

weary.

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, 10 Thy congregation shall dwell and that the tongue of thy dogs therein; for thou, O God, hast of may be red through the same. thy goodness prepared for the poor. 24 It is well seen, O God, how 11 The Lord gave the word; thou goest; how thou, my God great was the company of the and King, goest in the sanctuary. preachers. 25 The singers go before, the 12 Kings with their armies did minstrels follow after, in the midst flee, and were discomfited, and they are the damsels playing with the of the household divided the spoil. timbrels.

13 Though ye have lain among 26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto the pots, yet shall ye be as the God the Lord, in the congregawings of a dove that is covered tions, from the ground of the heart. with silver wings, and her feathers 27 There is little Benjamin like gold. their ruler, and the princes of Juda

14 When the Almighty scatter- their council; the princes of Zebued kings for their sake, then were lon, and the princes of Naphtali. they as white as snow in Salmon. 28 Thy God hath sent forth 15 As the hill of Basan, so is strength for thee; stablish the God's hill; even an high hill, as thing, O God, that thou hast the hill of Basan. wrought in us,

16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? this is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell; yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever.

29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem; so shall kings bring presents unto thee.

30 When the company of the 17 The chariots of God are spear-men, and multitude of the twenty thousand, even thousands mighty,are scattered abroad among of Angels; and the Lord is among the beasts of the people, so that them as in the holy place of Sinai. they humbly bring pieces of sil

18 Thou art gone up on high, ver; and when he hath scattered thou hast led captivity captive, and the people that delight in war; received gifts for men; yea, even 31 Then shall the princes come for thine enemies, that the Lord out of Egypt; the Morians' land God might dwell among them. shall soon stretch out her hands 19 Praised be the Lord dai- unto God.

ly, even the God who helpeth 32 Sing unto God, O ye king

doms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord,

33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the beginning: Lo, he doth send out his voice; yea, and that a mighty voice.

self with fasting, and that was turned to my reproof.

11 I put on sackcloth also, and they jested upon me.

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the drunkards make songs upon me.

34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel; his worship and 13 But, Lord, I make my praystrength is in the clouds. er unto thee in an acceptable

35 O God, wonderful art thou time. in thy holy places: even the God

14 Hear me, O God, in the mul

of Israel, he will give strength and titude of thy mercy, even in the power unto his people. Blessed truth of thy salvation.

be God.

EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm 69. Salvum me fac. AVE me, O God; for the waters are come in even unto my

SAVE

soul.

15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not; O let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow 2 I stick fast in the deep mire, me up; and let not the pit shut her where no ground is; I am come mouth upon me.

run over me.

into deep waters, so that the floods 17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving kindness is comfortable; 3 I am weary of crying, my turn thee unto me according to the throat is dry; my sight faileth multitude of thy mercies: me for waiting so long upon my 18 And hide not thy face from God. thy servant; for I am in trouble: O haste thee, and hear me.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty.

19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it; O deliver me, because of mine enemies.

20 Thou hast known my re5 I paid them the things that I proof, my shame, and my disnever took: God, thou knowest honour: mine adversaries are all in my simpleness, and my faults are thy sight. not hid from thee.

21 Thy rebuke hath broken my 6 Let not them that trust in thee, heart; I am full of heaviness: I O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed looked for some to have pity on for my cause; let not those that me, but there was no man, neither seek thee be confounded through found I any to comfort me. me, O Lord God of Israel.

22 They gave me gall to eat ; 7 And why? for thy sake have I and when I was thirsty, they gave suffered reproof; shame hath cover-me vinegar to drink. ed my face. 23 Let their table be made a 8 I am become a stranger unto snare to take themselves withal; my brethren, even an alien unto and let the things that should have my mother's children. been for their wealth, be unto them an occasion of falling.

9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen upon me.

10 I wept, and chastened my

24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and ever bow thou down their backs.

25 Pour out thine indignation

upon them, and let thy wrathful all such as delight in thy salvation displeasure take hold of them.

26 Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents. 27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.

28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another, and not come into thy righteousness.

29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous.

30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness, thy help, O God, shall lift me up.

say alway, The Lord be praised.

5 As for me, I am poor and in misery: haste thee unto me, O God. 6 Thou art my helper, and my Redeemer: O Lord, make no long tarrying.

The fourteenth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 71. In te, Domine, speravi. N thee, O Lord, have I put my

trust; let me never be put to confusion, but rid me, and deliver me in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 2 Be thou my strong hold, where31 I will praise the name of God unto I may alway resort: thou hast with a song, and magnify it with promised to help me, for thou art thanksgiving. my house of defence, and my castle.

32 This also shall please the Lord, better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad: seek ye after God, and your soul shall live.

34 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prison

ers.

35 Let heaven and earth praise him: the sea, and all that moveth therein.

36 For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Juda, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession.

37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psalm 70. Deus, in adjutorium.

3 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man:

4 For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long for: thou art my hope, even from my youth.

5 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be always of thee.

6 I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my sure trust is in thee.

7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.

8 Cast me not away in the time of age; forsake me not when

HASTE thee, O God, to de- my strength faileth me: liver me; make haste to help

me, O Lord.

9 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait 2 Let them be ashamed and con- for my soul take their counsel tofounded, that seek after my soul; gether, saying, God hath forsaken let them be turned backward and him; persecute him, and take him; put to confusion, that wish me evil. for there is none to deliver him. 3 Let them for their reward be 10 Go not far from me, O God; soon brought to shame, that cry my God, haste thee to help me. over me, There, there. 11 Let them be confounded and

4 But let all those that seek thee perish, that are against my soul; let be joyful and glad in thee: and let them be covered with shame and

dishonour that seek to do me evil. peace, and the little hills righteous12 As for me, I will patiently ness unto the people. abide alway, and will praise thee 4 He shall keep the simple folk more and more. by their right, defend the children 13 My mouth shall daily speak of the poor, and punish the wrong of thy righteousness and salvation; doer. for I know no end thereof.

5 They shall fear thee as long 14 I will go forth in the strength as the sun and moon endureth, of the Lord God, and will make from one generation to another. mention of thy righteousness only. 6 He shall come down like the 15 Thou, O God, hast taught rain into a fleece of wool, even as me from my youth up until now; the drops that water the earth. therefore will I tell of thy won- 7 In his time shall the righteous drous works. flourish; yea, and abundance of

16 Forsake me not, O God, in peace, so long as the moon enmine old age, when I am grey-head- dureth.

ed, until I have showed thy strength 8 His dominion shall be also from unto this generation, and thy power the one sea to the other, and from to all them that are yet for to come. the flood unto the world's end.

17 Thy righteousness, O God, 9 They that dwell in the wilis very high, and great things are derness shall kneel before him; his they that thou hast done: O God, enemies shall lick the dust. who is like unto thee!

10 The kings of Tharsis and 18 O what great troubles and of the isles shall give presents; the adversities hast thou showed me! kings of Arabia and Saba shall and yet didst thou turn and refresh bring gifts. me; yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.

19 Thou hast brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every side:

20 Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument of music: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

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21 My lips will be fain when sing unto thee; and so will my soul, whom thou hast delivered.

22 My tongue shall also talk of thy righteousness all the day long; for they are confounded and brought unto shame, that seek to do me evil.

11 All kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall do him service.

12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth; the needy also, and him that hath no helper.

13 He shall be favourable to the simple and needy, and shall preserve the souls of the poor.

14 He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and wrong;anddear shall their blood be in his sight.

15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia; prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall he be praised.

16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high upon the Psalm 72. Deus, judicium. hills; his fruit shall shake like LiIVE the king thy judgments, banus, and shall be green in the O God, and thy righteousness city like grass upon the earth. unto the king's son. 17 His name shall endure for 2 Then shall he judge thy peo-ever; his name shall remain under ple according unto right, and de- the sun amongst the posterities, fend the poor. which shall be blessed through him; 3 The mountains also shall bring and all the heathen shall praise him.

18 Blessed be the Lord God, have condemned the generation of even the God of Israel, which only thy children. doeth wondrous things;

19 And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and all

15 Then thought I to understand this; but it was too hard for me, 16 Until I went into the sanctu

the earth shall be filled with his ary of God: then understood I Majesty. Amen, Amen. the end of these men ;

EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 73. Quam bonus Israel! TRULY God is loving unto Is-them down and destroyest them.

17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places, and castest

rael; even unto such as are

of a clean heart.

2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone, my treadings had well nigh slipt.

18 O how suddenly do they consume, perish, and come to a fearful end!

19 Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh; so shalt thou 3 And why? I was grieved at make their image to vanish out of the wicked: I do also see the un-the city.

godly in such prosperity.

20 Thus my heart was grieved,

4 For they are in no peril of and it went even through my reins. death; but are lusty and strong.

21 So foolish was I, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before

5 They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they thee. plagued like other men.

22 Nevertheless, I am alway by

6 And this is the cause that they thee; for thou hast holden me by are so holden with pride, and over- my right hand. whelmed with cruelty.

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy 7 Their eyes swell with fat-counsel, and after that receive me ness, and they do even what they with glory. lust.

8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy; their talking is against the Most High.

9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world. 10 Therefore fall the people unto them, and thereout suck they no small advantage.

24 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee.

25 My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

26 For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; thou hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee.

11 Tush, say they, how should 27 But it is good for me to hold God perceive it? is there know-me fast by God, to put my trust ledge in the Most High? in the Lord God, and to speak of 12 Lo, these are the ungodly: all thy works in the gates of the these prosper in the world; and daughter of Sion. these have riches in possession:

and I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed mine hands in innocency.

13 All the day long have I been punished, and chastened every morning.

sent from us so long? why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?

Psalm 74. Ut quid, Deus?

GOD, wherefore art thou

2 O think upon thy congregation, whom thou hast purchased,

14 Yea, and I had almost said and redeemed of old.

even as they; but lo, then I should! 3 Think upon the tribe of thine