10 O hide not thou thy face from me : nor cast thy servant away in displeasure. 11 Thou hast been my succour : leave me not, nei. ther forsake me, O God of my salvation. 12 When my father and my mother forsake më : the Lord taketh me up. 13 Teach me thy way, O Lord : and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies. 14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adver. saries : for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong. 15 I should utterly have fainted : but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 16 O tarry thou the Lord's leisure : be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord. PSALM 28. Ad te, Domine. , thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee : when I hold up my hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy temple. 3 O pluck me not away, neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers : which speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their hearts. 4 Reward them according to their deeds : and ac. cording to the wickedness of their own inventions. 5 Recompense them after the work of their hands : pay them that they have deserved. 6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands : therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up. 7 Praised be the Lord : for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions, 8 The Lord is my strength, and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped : therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him. 9 The Lord is my strength : and he is the wholesome defence of his Anointed. 10 O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance : feed them, and set them up for ever. PSALM 29. Afferte Domino. rams unto the Lord : ascribe unto the Lord wor. ship and strength. 2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name : worship the Lord with holy worship: 3 It is the Lord, that commandeth the waters : it is the glorious God, that maketh the thunder. 4 It is the Lord, that ruleth the sea; the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation : the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice. 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar-trees : yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus. 6'He maketh them also to skip like a calf : Libanus also, and Sirion, like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness : yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades. 8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes : in his temple doth every man speak of his honour. 9 The Lord sitteth above the water-flood : and the Lord remaineth a King for ever. 10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people : the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. MORNING PRAYER. PSALM 30. Exaltabo te, Domine, I . WILL magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me 20 Lord my God, I cried unto thee : and thou hast healed me. 3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell: thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit. 4 Sing praises unto the Lord, Oye saints of his : and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holi. ness. 5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life : heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be re. moved : thou, Lord, of thy goodness hast made my hill so strong. 7 Thou didst turn thy face from me : and I was troubled. go 8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord : and gat me to my Lord right humbly. 9 What profit is there in my blood : when I down to the pit? 10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee : or shall it declare thy truth? 11 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me : Lord, be thou my helper. 12 Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy : thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with glad. ness. 13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing : O my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. PSALM 31. In te, Domine, speravi. N thee, O Lord, have I put my trust : let me never ness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me : make haste to deliver me. 3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of de. fence : that thou mayest save me. 4 For thou art my strong rock, and my castle : be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake. 5 Draw me out of the net, that they have laid privily for me : for thou art my strength. 6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit : for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth. 7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanj. ties : and my trust hath been in the Lord. 8 I will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities. 9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : but hast set my feet in a large room. 10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trou. ble : and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness; yea, my soul and my body. ií For my life is waxen old with heaviness : and my years with mourning. 12 My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity: and my bones are consumed. 13 I became a reproof among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours : and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me; and they that did see me without conveyed themselves from me. . 14 I am clean forgotten, as a dead man out of mind : I am become like a broken vessel. 15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude: and fear is on every side, while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to take away my life. 16 But my hope hath been in thee, O Lord : I have said, Thou art my God. 17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 18 Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance : and save me for thy mercy's sake. 19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee : let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in the grave, 20 Let the lying lips be put to silence : which cruel. ly, disdainfully, and despitefully, speak against the righteous. 21 O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee : and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men ! 22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking of all men : thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues. 23 Thanks be to the Lord : for he hath shewed me marvellous great kindness in a strong city. 24 And when I made haste, I said: I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes. 25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer : when I cried unto thee. 26 O love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer. 27 Be strong, and he shall establish your heart : all ye that put your trust in the Lord. EVENING PRAYER. BLES SHEDSes she whose reaighteousness is forgiven : and whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin : and in whose spirit there is no guile. 8 For while I held my tongue : my bones consumed away through my daily complaining. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night": and my moisture is like the drought in summer. 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee : and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. 6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord : and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin. 7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found : but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him. 8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt preserve me from trouble : thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance, 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go : and I will guide thee with mine eye. 10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding : whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee, 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly : but who. so putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side. 12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord : and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. PSALM 33. Exultate, justi. EJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous : for it be2 Praise the Lord with harp : sing praises unto him with the lute, and instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing unto the Lord a new song : sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage. 4 For the word of the Lord is true : and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgement; the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made : and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon an heap : and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : stand in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world. 9 For he spake, and it was done : he commanded, and it stood fast. R be |