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Psalm 113. Laudate, pueri. Psalm 115. Non
RAISE

Pants; the Lord, ye ser-NOT unto us, O Lois, Domine.

PRA

the Lord.

praise the name of

not unto

but unto thy name give the praise; for thy loving mercy,

2 Blessed be the name of the and for thy truth's sake. Lord, from this time forth for ever- 2 Wherefore shall the heathen say, Where is now their God?

more.

3 The Lord's name is praised, from the rising up of the sun, unto the going down of the same. 4 The Lord is high above all heathen, and his glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling so high, and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth?

3 As for our God, he is in heaven: he hath done whatsoever 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

6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor throat. out of the mire;

8 They that make them are like

7 That he may set him with the unto them; and so are all such as princes, even with the princes of put their trust in them. his people.

8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.

EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 114. In exitu Israel. WHEN Israel came out of

9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord; he is their succour and defence.

10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord; he is their helper and defender.

11 Ye that fear the Lord, put

WEgypt, and the house of Jacob your trust in the Lord; he is their

from among the strange people,

2 Juda was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

3 The sea saw that, and fled; Jordan was driven back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like young sheep.

helper and defender.

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 chil

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? and thou dren. Jordan, that thou wast driven 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 standing water, and the flint stone into a springing well.

15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's; the earth hath he given to the children of men.

17 The dead praise not thee, O Lord, neither all they that go down into silence;

18 But we will praise the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. Praise the Lord.

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The twenty-fourth Day MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 116. Dilexi, quoniam.

in the courts of the Lord's house; even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.Praise the Lord.

AM well pleased that the Lord Psalm 117. Laudate Dominum.

hath heard the voice of my O PRAISE the Lord, all ye hea

prayer;

then; praise him, all ye na

2 That he hath inclined his ear tions. unto me; therefore will I call upon 2 For his merciful kindness is him as long as I live. ever more and more towards us; 3 The snares of death compassed and the truth of the Lord endureth me round about, and the pains of for ever. Praise the Lord. Psalm 118. Confitemini Domino. GIVE thanks unto the Lord,

hell gat hold upon me.

4shall find trouble and heavi-O for he is gracious; because his

ness, and I will call upon the name

of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech mercy endureth for ever. thee, deliver my soul.

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he helped me.

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.

7 Turn again then unto thy rest, 4 Yea, let them now that fear O my soul; for the Lord hath re-the Lord confess, that his mercy warded thee. endureth for ever.

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 done unto me?

5 I called upon the Lord in trouble; and the Lord heard me at large.

6 The Lord is on my side, I will not fear what man doeth unto 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 confidence

12 I will receive the cup of sal-in man. vation, and call upon the name of 9 It is better to trust in the the Lord: Lord, than to put any confidence

13 I will pay my vows now in in princes. the presence of all his people: right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

10 All nations compassed me round about; but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.

14 Behold, O Lord, how that I 11 They kept me in on every am thy servant; I am thy servant, side, they kept me in, I say, on and the son of thy handmaid; thou every side; but in the name of the hast broken my bonds in sunder. Lord will I destroy them.

15 I will offer to thee the sacri- 12 They came about me like fice of thanksgiving, and will call bees, and are extinct even as the upon the name of the Lord. fire among the thorns; for in the 16 I will pay my vows unto the name of the Lord will I destroy Lord, in the sight of all his people, them.

13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, EVENING PRAYER. that I might fall; but the Lord was Psalm 119. Beati immaculati. my help. at the way, and my song; and is become my sal-walk in the law of the Lord. 14 The Lord is my strength and BLESSED are those that are

vation.

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-eminence; the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass.

17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

18 The Lord hath chastened and corrected me; but he hath not given me over unto death.

19 Open me the gates of righteousness, that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord.

20 This is the gate of the Lord, the righteous shall enter into it.

21 I will thank thee; for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

2 Blessed are they that keep their whole heart. his testimonies, and seek him with

3 For they who do no wickedness, walk in his ways.

4 Thou hast charged, that we shall diligently keep thy command

ments.

5 O that my ways were made so direct, that I might keep thy statutes!

while I have respect unto thy com6 So shall I not be confounded, mandments.

7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness.

8 I will keep thy ceremonies; O forsake me not utterly. In quo corriget?

22 The same stone which the WHEREWITHAL shall a young man cleanse his way? builders refused, is become the even by ruling himself after thy head-stone in the corner.

word.

23 This is the Lord's doing, and 2 With my whole heart have it is marvellous in our eyes. I sought thee; O let me not 24 This is the day which the go wrong out of thy commandLord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

25 Help me now, O Lord: O Lord, send us now prosperity.

26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have wished you good luck, ye that are of the house of the Lord.

27 God is the Lord, who hath showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, yea, even unto the horns of the altar.

28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee; thou art my God, and I will praise thee.

29 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is gracious, and his mercy

endureth for ever.

ments.

3 Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I should not sin against thee.

4 Blessed art thou, O Lord; O teach me thy statutes.

5. With my lips have I been telling of all the judgments of thy mouth.

6I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all manner of riches.

7 I will talk of thy commandments, and have respect unto thy

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DO well unto thy servant;

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word.

that I may live and keep thy

The twenty-fifth Day.
MORNING PRAYER.
Legem pone.

2 Open thou mine eyes; that TEACH me, O Lord, the way

of thy statutes, and I shall

I may see the wondrous things of keep it unto the end. thy law.

2 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall

3 I am a stranger upon earth; O hide not thy commandments keep it with my whole heart. from me. 3 Make me to go in the path of

4 My soul breaketh out for the thy commandments; for therein very fervent desire that it hath is my desire.

alway unto thy judgments.

4 Incline mine heart unto thy

5 Thou hast rebuked the proud; testimonies, and not to covetousand cursed are they that do err ness. from thy commandments.

5 O turn away mine eyes, lest 60 turn from me shame and they behold vanity; and quicken rebuke; for I have kept thy tes-thou me in thy way. timonies.

7 Princes also did sit and speak against me; but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes.

8 For thy testimonies are my delight, and my counsellors.

Adhesit pavimento.

6 O stablish thy word in thy servant, that I may fear thee.

7 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of; for thy judgments are good.

8 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments; O quicken me in thy righteousness.

Y soul cleaveth to the dust; O quicken thou me, accord-ET thy loving mercy come ing to thy word. also unto me, O Lord, even 2 I have acknowledged my thy salvation, according unto thy ways, and thou heardest me: Oword.

teach me thy statutes.

2 So shall I make answer unto

3 Make me to understand the my blasphemers; for my trust is way of thy commandments; and in thy word.

so shall I talk of thy wondrous 3 O take not the word of thy works. truth utterly out of my mouth; for my hope is in thy judgments.

4 My soul melteth away for very heaviness; comfort thou me according unto thy word.

5 Take from me the way of lying, and cause thou me to make much of thy law.

4 So shall I alway keep thy law: yea, for ever and ever.

5 And I will walk at liberty; for I seek thy commandments. 6 I will speak of thy testimo 6 I have chosen the way of nies also, even before kings, and truth, and thy judgments have I will not be ashamed.

laid before me.

7 And my delight shall be in 7 I have stuck unto thy testi- thy commandments, which I have monies; O Lord, confound me loved.

not.

8 My hands also will I lift up 8 I will run the way of thy unto thy commandments, which I commandments, when thou hast have loved; and my study shall set my heart at liberty.

be in thy statutes.

Memor esto servi tui.

Bonitatem fecisti.
LORD, thou hast dealt gra-

thy servant, Ociously with thy servant, ac

THINK upon as concerning thy, word, cording unto thy word. wherein thou hast caused me to 2 O learn me true understandput my trust. 2 The same is my comfort in lieved thy commandments. ing and knowledge; for I have bemy trouble; for thy word hath quickened me.

3 Before I was troubled, I went wrong; but now have I kept thy

3 The proud have had me ex-word. ceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrinked from thy law.

4 For I remember thine everlasting judgments, O Lord, and receive comfort.

5 I am horribly afraid, for the ungodly that forsake thy law.

6 Thy statutes have been my songs, in the house of my pilgrimage.

7I have thought upon thy name, O Lord, in the night-season, and have kept thy law.

8 This I had, because I kept thy commandments.

Portio mea, Domine.

HOU portion, O Lord;

4 Thou art good and gracious: O teach me thy statutes.

5 The proud have imagined a lie against me; but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart. 6 Their heart is as fat as brawn; law. but my delight hath been in thy

7 It is good for me that I have thy statutes. been in trouble; that I may learn

8 The law of thy mouth is dear-
and silver.
er unto me than thousands of gold

EVENING PRAYER
Manus tuæ fecerunt me.
HY hands have made me, and

TH

Towart my port to, keep thy derstanding, that I may learn thy

law.

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commandments.

2 I made my humble petition in 2 They that fear thee will be thy presence with my whole heart; glad when they see me; because I O be merciful unto me, according have put my trust in thy word. to thy word. 3 I know, O Lord, that thy 3 I called mine own ways to judgments are right, and that thou remembrance, and turned my feet of very faithfulness hast caused unto thy testimonies. me to be troubled.

4 I made haste, and prolonged 4 O let thy merciful kindness not the time, to keep thy com-be my comfort, according to thy mandments. word unto thy servant.

5 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me; but I have not forgotten thy law.

6 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee; because of thy righteous judgments.

7 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and keep thy commandments.

8 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: O teach me thy

statutes.

50 let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

6 Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to destroy me; but I will be occupied in thy commandments.

7 Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testimonies, be turned unto me.

80 let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

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