■ ■ VSt FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. I I ■ BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY scB ^^V H B ■ ■ H ■ r-*v *v? tf^v ^ ■ 1 f ^. iftcmual of plain 0ong. St iUcumal of plain 6 0113 FOR THE OFFICES OF THE American Church. EDITLD BY THE REV. H. G. BATTERSON, D.D. WITH INTRODUCTION BY THE EEV. J. WILBERFORCE DORAN, K A. THIRD EDITION. Keto ttork : JAMES POTT & CO., CHURCH PUBLISHERS, 14 Astoe Place. 1890. PREFACE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS. Gregorian Music having for so many ages approved itself to the devotional sentiment of Christians, there is no need to apologize for an effort to promote its use in the American Church. In the present work the old chants are given in their hest and purest forms ; and the division of the words has been arranged with a careful regard to their being uttered with sweetness and facility, while their natural pronunciation and emphasis are preserved. The Editor claims very little of originality in the present publication. It is virtually a reprint of the English Plain Song Psalter of Doran and Nottingham, which has been entirely revised and improved, for this work, by the Rev. J. Wilberforce Doran, M. A. The Editor is also under obliga- tions to the Rev. J. Wilberforce Doran, M.A. , for the addi- tional forms with which the Table of Tones is enriched ; and also for the Introduction, which he has so kindly re- written. The departures from the English book will be seen in the following particulars : i. The Tone is printed with each Psalm, instead of being merely indicated by numbers. This, of course, does not prevent the substitution of any Tone, of like character, for the one printed. ii. All unnecessary marks of punctuation have been omitted, the points retained having a musical signification, thus : The comma (,) marks a pause for breathing, or for 7 PREFACE. proper rhetorical effect, and is always to be so observed. The colon (:) marks the end of the mediation. The period (.) marks the end of the verse. iii. The Sarum forms of Preces and Kesponses have been given. Morning and Evening Prayer has been printed in full, together with the Collects for Sundays, Saints' Days and Holy Days, thus making this book a complete manual for the Choir Offices. The Proper Psalms are set to their proper ancient Tones, in order that they may be sung, when desirable, with their old Antiphons. The present work is a manual for the Choir Offices only, and contains no directions for the Holy Eucharist. A Plain Song manual of the latter may be published at a later day. At the present, we take great pleasure in recommend- ing "The Eitual Music of the Altar," by the Rev. J. "W". Doran, M.A., and the Rev. Christopher Thompson, with its accompanying " Choir-Book of Ritual Music for the Solemn Celebration of the Holy Eucharist," pub- lished by Chas. H. Ditson & Co., 867 Broadway, New York. Special provision has been made in this for the variations of the American Liturgy. H. G. B. Septuagesi?na, 1884. 8 PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. In this edition, advantage has been taken of making the changes authorized by the General Convention of 1889, which will be readily perceived, and, it is hoped, appre- ciated. The pointing has been left as in former editions, thus enabling its use in conjunction with those, without confu- sion or inconvenience. To the end that the book may be used to the best advan- tage, and with the best results, the Editor urges the absolute necessity of mastering, with care and thoroughness, the Tones and Endings, before singing the words. Full instruc- tions for this will be found in the Introduction. The accents over certain syllables — as in Lord, in the Venite — should not go unnoticed, as this will insure the singing of the words together, in good time, and with proper rhetorical effect. Instructions which will be given in "foot-notes" must not be neglected, if unity of movement is to be attained. The Tone is so printed as to be always before the eye of the siuger, and careful attention will surely bring a success- ful rendering. It should be remembered that it is quite as important to study and master the principle of Gregorian Music as it is that of the most elaborate Masses. This is too often lost sight of. It is very easy for musicians, and others, to sneer at Gregorians ; but, until these wise critics can produce better 9 PREFACE. music for the Choir Offices and the Psalms — which as yet they have entirely failed to do — we will rest content. The Table of Tones can be had of the publishers, printed on card-board, or heavy paper, as may be desired. A book of Harmonies to the Tones and Endings, as also to the music of. the Offices, is under consideration. It is hoped there will be sufficient demand to warrant the publi- cation of the Eucharistic Office, with its proper setting to the old Plain Song of the Church, thus enabling, in small parishes, a more dignified and satisfactory rendering of the Great Central Office of the Church. The manual work of the former editions, as well as the reading and correction of proof, was done by the late Rev. Harry McDowell. The same work in this edition has been done, con amore, by one who declines to have his name mentioned here, to whom the Editor expresses his grateful obligations. H. G. Batterson. Feast of S. Allan, 1S90. 10 INTRODUCTION. Section I. — Of the sounds occurring in Gregorian Music. Gregorian Music differs essentially from Modern in the following respect : Modern Music follows the laws of one or the other of two Modes or Scales, known usually by the names of the Major and the Minor. Gregorian Music obeys the laws of one or other of fourteen different Modes, which will be hereafter ex- plained. (Section III.) These Modes all range within one Gen- eral Scale, which consists properly of seventeen sounds fixed relative- ly to one another, and ascending by a regular gradation of the in- tervals known as tones or semi- tones. The seventeen sounds im- ply, of course, sixteen such inter- vals. Of these five, namely the 2nd, 5th, 9th, 12th and 16th are semitones, and the others tones. The seven lowest sounds are named in order, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or alternatively (as better adapted to musical vocalization), LA, SI, DO, RE, ML FA, SOL ; A*— -1 LA. so that the intervals B-C (otherwise SI-DO) and E-F (MI-FA) are semitones, and the other successive intervals 11 INTRODUCTION. are tones. The octave or 8th sound from each of these, has respectively the same name, only for distinction's sake it is represented in italic type. The loth, 16th, and 17th sounds have again the same names as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd respect- ively, above which they severally stand at an interval of two octaves, and are distinguished from them by being repre- sented in small Roman. It will be observed that, as the names of the sounds repeat themselves, so likewise do the places of the tones and semitones. All this is illustrated to the eye in the above figure. Section II. — Of the Flat, or Bemol. In the General Scale, as above described, the sounds b (si) and b (si) are respectively a tone higher than a (la) and a (la), and a semitone lower than c (do) and c (do). In certain cases, however, hereafter to be specified, the tone and semi- tone change places. The sounds thus altered are called flat, or bemol, and assume the names |? (za) or |? (za). ' Section III. — Of the Gregorian Modes. It is evident that the General Scale may be broken up into various smaller ones. Such smaller scales, the Gregorian Modes, in their compass, are. Each is, in fact, an octachord, or series of eight consecutive sounds as they occur in the General Scale, the last being always the octave of the first. Take, for instance, the octachord D EF G a he d. (The sign «"» may serve to mark the position of the semitones.) This is the compass of the scale known as the First Mode. A melody, to be strictly in the First Mode, must not exceed these limits. Another condition is that it must end on D. As certainly as a modern tune must end on the tonic of its key, so must a Gregorian melody end on the Final of its Mode. But D is the Final not of the First Mode only ; it is 12 INTRODUCTION. that of the Second Mode also. A melody that ends on D, and confines itself within the limits, A BC D EF G a is said to be in the Second Mode. These two Modes may then be compared thus : — First Mode DfFGa£^ Second Mode A f$C D El1 G a It will be observed that the two Modes not only are alike in the use of the common Final D, but are in the greater part of their range identical, for the pentachord D EI? G a belongs to both. This pentachord then is known as the con- stitutive pentachord of the First and Second Modes, and is in fact the original of both. The First Mode is an extension of it upwards ; the Second is an extension of it downwards. Three notes added to our constitutive pentachord in an up- ward direction make (with the uppermost note of the penta- chord) a superadded tetrachord a be d. Three notes added to the same in a downward direction make (with the lower- most note of the pentachord) a subjoined tetrachord A BC D. A further affinity between these two Modes appears in the fact that the superadded tetrachord which completes the First Mode is precisely similar to, being, note for note, an octave higher than, the subjoined tetrachord which com- pletes the Second Mode. The close affinity that thus exists between these two Modes gives occasion to their being sometimes combined, and treated as a single Mode. The combined First and Second Modes form the scale A Btl D £F G a fc d. It will now have been observed that D is the Final, and D EF G a the constitutive pentachord, of the First and Second Modes. In a way precisely similar E is the common Final, and S? G a b is the common Constitutive Pentachord of the 3rd and 4th Modes ; F is the common Final, and F G a be is the common Constitutive Pentachord of the 5th and 6th Modes ; 13 INTRODUCTION. G is the common Final, and G a be d is the common Constitutive Pentachord of the 7th and 8th Modes ; a is the common Final, and a be d e is the common Con- stitutive Pentachord of the 9th and 10th Modes ; b is the common Final, and bed ef is the common Con- stitutive Pentachord of the 11th and 12th Modes ; c is the common Final, and c d ef g is the common Con- stitutive Pentachord of the 13th and 14th Modes. Thus the fourteen Gregorian Modes may be represented tabularly as follows : — 1st Mode T)FFG abid 2nd " ABCDEFGa 3rd " m GaFede 4th " BCDEFGrtZ> 5th " FGabcdef Cth " CDEPGflfc 7th " GaTcdefg 8th " DEFG«££ 9th " aTcdtfga, 10th " fiFGabcdc 11th " bedrfgab 12th " FGabcdtf 13th " edefgu he 14th " G a bedef'g It will now be evident that, of the fourteen Modes, there is a close relationship between the members of each succes- sive pair. Any even-numbered Mode may be derived from the uneven-numbered Mode immediately preceding it by writing an octave lower its final tetrachord. Thus the uneven-numbered Modes are sometimes spoken of as the authentic or principal Modes, and the others as the plagal (from the Greek n\dyio$, sideways), or secondary. It has been stated that the Second Mode is sometimes combined with the First, the combined Modes being treated 14 INTRODUCTION. as a single Mode. Each plagal Mode may be similarly com- bined with the authentic Mode that is immediately related to it. No other combination of Modes is permitted. The combined Modes are named after the Greek ordinal numerals, and are, as to their range, as follows : Modus Protus (= 1st and 2nd Modes combined), haying D for its Final, ABCDEFGafc d, Modus Deuterus (== 3rd and 4th Modes combined), hav- ing E for its Final, BODETG^Sje. Modus Tritus (= 5th and 6th Modes combined), having F for its Final, CDEFGffl?c^: Modes Tetartus (= 7th and 8th Modes combined), hav- ing G for its Final, D EF G a be d rf g. Modus Pemptus (= 9th and 10th Modes combined), hav- ing a for its Final, EF G a be d ef g a. Modus Hectus (= 11th and 12th Modes combined), hav- ing b for its Final, F G a bo d ef g a b. Modus Hebdomus (= 13th and 14th Modes combined), having c for its Final, G a be d ef g a be. Nothing but familiar acquaintance with Gregorian Music will impress the special character belonging to each Mode. It will, however, from what has been now stated, be suffi- ciently clear that the character of each Mode must be affected both by the varied positions in which the semitones may be observed to stand, and by the variation of the Final Note. No two Modes are alike in both these respects. The First and Second Modes are alike in that they have a com- mon Final, and in that the first semitone in each stands between the second and third degrees of their respective scales, but differ in that the second semitone in the former stands between the sixth and seventh degrees of the scale, in the latter between fifth and sixth. Again, in respect of compass, the First and Eighth Modes are identical, but the Final of the First is D, that of the Eighth G. There is another circumstance which tends to fix upon 15 INTRODUCTION. each Mode its proper character. It is found that in each Mode there is one note to which the voice seems specially- attracted, and on which it most readily dwells. Seeming, as it were, to dominate within the Mode, this note is called the Dominant, or else, because the voice is specially tena- cious of it, the Tenor, In five out of the seven Authentic Modes the Dominant is the fifth of the scale. The excep- tions are the Third and the Eleventh, in which (for reasons to be explained hereafter) the Dominant is the sixth of the scale. In six out of the seven Plagal Modes, the Dominant is a third below the Dominant of the respectively related Authentic Modes. The exception is the Eighth Mode. In it (for a reason of which the explanation is postponed) the Dominant is the note immediately below the Dominant of the relative Authentic, that is, of the Seventh Mode. The Dominants then are In the 1st Mode a, in the 2nd F, it 3rd <( 12th By a 13th (( 9, a 14th e. In the combined Modes there is a dual domination, that is to say the Dominant of one of the two component Modes will be at one time in the ascendency, at another time that of the other. Section IV. — Of Intervals. Of the intervals allowed in Modern Music between any one note in a melody and that which precedes or follows it, some are in Gregorian Music inadmissible. The admitted intervals are 16 INTRODUCTION. The minor second, or interval of a semitone as B C, F E ; " major second, " " "atone as A B, DC; M minor third, M " " a tone & a semitone as A C, D B; " major third, " " " 2 whole tones as C E, aF; '* major fourth, " u " 2 tones & a semitone as C F, D A; " major fifth, " " " 3 tones & a semitone as A E, G C; u minor sixth, " " n 3 tones & 2 semitones as A F, G B; " major sixth, " " " 4 tones & a semitone as C a, e G; u minor seventh, " " " 4 tones & 2 semitones as A G, a B; " octave, " " "5 toues & 2 semitones as A a, c C. Of the above intervals, however, the last four are of rare occurrence. The following intervals, owing to their in- herent harshness, are absolutely forbidden : The major fourth, or interval of 3 whole tones as F b, b /; " minor fifth, " " " 2 tones & 2 semitones asBF./i; " major seventh, " " " 5 tones & a semitone as C b, e F. The major fourth, sometimes called the Tritonus, was spoken of by mediaeval musicians as diabolus in muslca (the devil in music). A glance at the General Scale will shew that this interval can only occur between F and b, and be- tween / and b. In order to exclude it, the note b or b, when preceded or followed by F or /, must be flattened, or, in other words [? or 7 is substituted for b or b (See Section II.). The minor fifth is, of course, in effect the same interval as the major fourth, and is therefore equally condemned. If we look again at the General Scale, we see that it can oc- cur only between B and F, or between b and /. To exclude it in the latter case, b must be flattened. B is never flattened, and its juxtaposition with F must be avoided. Section V.— Of Relation. Any two consecutive notes in a melody, whatever be the interval between them, are said to be in direct or immediate relation. Any two notes in a melody, separated from one another bv one or more intermediate notes, are said to be in mediat? 17 INTRODUCTION. or indirect relation, if the effect of the earlier remain in the ear when the later is being sung. In order that the indirect relation of two notes may be justified, it is necessary that the interval between them should be justifiable. Thus the interval of the Tritonus being prohibited, the relation of the Tritonus is equally with the interval, inadmissible. Section VI. — Of the Characters or Signs used in Gregorian Rotation. These have varied considerably. Those employed in the present work are, — (1) The Staff , in which upon the lines, or within the spaces, notes representing the sounds that occur in the melodies are written. The notes appear on the Staff just as on the five-line Staff of modern music. (2) The Notes, viz. : i. The square ■, representing a longer unaccented sound ; ii. The rhombus, or lozenge *, representing a shorter unaccented sound ; iii. The tailed square w, *, L, ori, representing an accented sound ; iv. The oblong H, representing a continued recita- tion of any number of words or syllables, few or many, upon a single note. (3) The Signature, or Clef ■•* or £, which, placed on any line of the staff, determines the relative pitch of all notes thenceforward. Thus i§, which is the F (FA) clef, signifies that all notes occurring after it, on whatever line it may ap- pear, are F (FA) ; and in like manner, §, which is the c (do) clef, signifies that all notes occurring after it are c (do). One note being thus determined, the others are so too, since 18 INTRODUCTION. they ascend or descend uniformly according to the fixed intervals of the scale. (•i) The Guide J or p (formed like a tailed half-square), which is sometimes placed upon a line or space of the staff, either where the right hand margin of the page has been reached, or before a change of clef, to mark the note which comes first in the next line of music in the one case, or which follows the change of clef in the other. (5) The Single Bar | , which, placed anywhere on the staff, signifies a pause for breath, and in the Table of Tones appears always in the place corresponding to the colon (:) in the Psalms or Canticles. (6) The Double Bar || , which, placed in like manner upon the staff, marks either the end of the melody, or else a place where the actual singer or singers are to cease, and others to begin. (7) The Zigzag | , which, in the tabular representation of certain Tones, signifies that the note or notes included between it and the single bar are not in all instances to be sung. This will be explained more particularly. (See Sec- tion XIII). (8) The Bind "~*, which, as connecting two notes in the Table, signifies that they may have to be, but are not always, sung to a single syllable. This will be exemplified hereafter. (See Table and examples in Sections XIV., XVI. , XVII.). Notes always slurred, or sung successively to one syllable, are distinguished by their close juxtaposition and the ab- sence of this sign. (10)TTheNatura]g.} These ^ both refer to the note b (si) or b (si) only. The former signifies the alteration of that note as described in Section II. The latter signifies that that note is to be natural, that is, as in the unaltered scale. When the sign b appears beside the signature, it affects the melody generally. Apart from the signature the 10 INTRODUCTION. occurrence of either of these signs is said to be accidental^ and affects only the place in the melody where it appears. When in the midst of a slnr the note b or b is accidentally flat or natural, the sign is usually, for neatness' sake, placed before the slur. Section VII. — Of Transposition. Whenever the sign V appears beside the signature, it is a sign that the entire melody has been written a fifth lowrer than its original seat. Music in the 9th, 13th and 14th Modes is very often, under the idea that it will so be more easily read, thus transposed. It will be observed that the trans- posed Dominants and Finals of music in the above-named Modes are, in fact, those respectively of the 1st, 5th and 6th Modes, and that the transposed music obeys all the laws of the Mode into which it has been transposed, except that b is re- placed by V. Hence the transposed 9th, 13th and 14th Modes are often called by the names of the 1st, 5th and 6th respectively. The 10th Mode may be similarly transposed into the 2nd when the note F does not appear in the original melody, it not being allowed to flatten B, which is the note in the scale of the 2nd Mode that would correspond to it. There is, then, in a transposition of a 10th Mode melody no occasion for the sign b, since the intervals between E G a be d e are the same as between ACD EF G a. The above remarks as to transposition have exclusive reference to Gregorian notation. The notes in Gregorian Music indicating, as they do, relative, not absolute, pitch, when it is desired to fix the pitch at which a melody shall be sung, any transposition in modern notation, implying in the signature any number of sharps or flats, which may be found convenient for that purpose, is legitimate. The tones and semitones must, however, remain in their proper order. 20 INTRODUCTION. Section VIII. — Of the Eleventh and Twelfth Modes. It may be observed that the constitutive pentachord of the 11th and 12th Modes consists of sounds ascending by intervals of a semitone, a tone, a tone, a semitone, and dif- fers accordingly from every other constitutive pentachord in that the interval between its lowest and highest notes is that of a minor 5th, and is therefore a forbidden interval. Again the successive intervals of the tetrachord, which, added to the pentachord, completes the 11th Mode, or prefixed to it completes the 12th, are uniformly whole tones, and there- fore between its lowest and highest notes there is the equiva- lent and equally forbidden interval of the major fourth. Melodies composed in either of these Modes must, of course, avoid the forbidden intervals and relations. Whether com- position in them, with these limitations, seemed too difficult or too uninviting, they have proved all but neglected ground. In the Antiphonarium Bomanum, one instance of a melody in 12th Mode may be found, viz. : the Invita- torium at Matins on Christmas Day. Section IX. — Of Ritual Music. Ritual Music is the music which the Church has, either expressly or by long usage, sanctioned for use in Divine worship. It follows, with very exceptional deviations, the laws of Gregorian Music. It may be divided into two classes : (1) Melodies proper to specific occasions, but applicable to various forms of words. Such melodies are called Tones. There are e.g. Tones for the Collects, the Epistle, the Gos- pel, the Preface, the Psalms, Canticles, Hymns, Versicles and Responses. (2) Melodies proper to special wrords, as for instance, to those of the Kyrie, the Xicene Creed, particular Antiphons, etc. 21 INTRODUCTION. Even here, however, there is often a tone-like recurrence of a fixed melodial formula. Section X. — Of the Psalm-Tones, It is extremely important to observe carefully the struct- ure of the Tones to which the Psalms and Canticles are sung. In their full form they contain four members, each of which fits itself to the sacred words in accordance with rules which have stood the test of ages, and which, although originally framed for Latin, are found to be equally applica- ble to language generally. It may, indeed, be asserted con- fidently that the Gregorian chant, applied otherwise than in accordance with these rules, must miss much of its due effect, and render a distinct and spirited style of singing well-nigh impossible. The four members of these Tones in their full form are (for examples see the Table) : i. The Intonation. This consists of the three or four opening notes of the melody, the last being in accordance with that form of the rule which it is here proposed to follow, always an accent ^. ii. The Mediation, or form with which the melody arrives at the middle (or division) of a verse, and which in- cludes in some Tones two accents, in some one only. iii. The Ending, or form with which the melody is con- cluded, including in most instances two accents, in a few one only. iv. The Dominant bi, which is, in fact, the Dominant of the Mode to which the particular Tone belongs, and to which all words or syllables, few or many, are to be sung which are not claimed by the Intonation, Mediation, or Ending. These various members of the Psalm-Tones must be treated of in separate sections. INTRODUCTION. Section XL — Of the Intonation. The Intonation, according to general usage, belongs only to the first verse of the Psalms and Canticles as sung on festivals. In the Venite and Evangelical Canticles (i. e. in Canticles whose text, like that of the Benedictus, is de- rived from the Gospel) it may appear in every verse, even in ferial use. Canticles used as substitutes for Evangelical Canticles, such as the Jubilate, may perhaps be allowed, in this respect to rank with them. So likewise substitutes for the Venite, such as Pasclia nostrum. In some places the Intonation is sung in the Gloria Patri after Psalms on greater Festivals. The strongest of the first three syllables of the verse, dis- tinguished throughout the Psalter by thick type, is sung to the accented note. If this syllable be the first of the verse, the whole Intonation is, of course, sung to it. If it be the second or third syllable, the notes of the Intonation are dis- tributed between the two or three syllables that belong to it, as in the following examples. Tones II (with I Js) & III & VIII. Tones I & VI. (with ^). i^^EE"^^^^ !^ Let us come before .... As it was in the beginning, The sea . is his O Lord . my God, Glo - - ry be . . . . Help . me, Lord, Special Festal II (with I ^) & VIII (with £i ). Tone IV, & Peregrinus (French). And hath rais-ed up.... We have heard with our My . soul doth O . Lord rebuke me not. Bless - . ed be Help . me, Lord 23 INTRODUCTION. Tone V. Tone VII, Usual Form. I will love thee Un - to thee will I cry The Lord . is my light. . Re - joice in the Lord . . . . Bring . . unto the Lord. Hear . . my prayer Tonus Peregrinus, Usual Form. Un - to thee, 0 Lord When Is-rael came Not . unto us When the Intonation is not to be sung, the verse begins, of coarse, on the Dominant. Section" XII. — Of the Mediation and Ending. The Mediation has in Tones I, III, IV, VI, VII and Peregrinus, as also in special forms of the other Tones, two accents. In the usual forms of II, V, VIII it has but one. The Ending, as was stated in Section X, has in all Tones usually two accents, exceptionally only one. The syllables that are to receive the musical accents are printed in thick type. When the accents of the Mediation or Ending, the emphasis of the words so requiring, fall upon consecutive syllables, the former of these, besides being in thick type, has two dots over it, as "and he made it ;" " is his also." The dots are to remind the singer that, in addition to the note or notes which would in any case be sung to the former syllable, those also are to be sung which would have been sung to an intermediate syllable, had there been one. The Mediation of some Tones, e. g. I Festal, requires a special treatment when the accents fall thus consecutively. This is shewn in the Table, and will be exemplified in Section XIII. The Mediation and Ending are complete in form with- out the lozenges which appear in the Table. Their use is, when any short syllables more than one occur between the 24 INTRODUCTION. two syllables in thick type, or when any syllables occur be- tween the latter (or only) thick-type syllable, and the final syllable of the half-verse, to shew to which note of the melody such short syllables are to be sung. If a steady pre- cision be aimed at, this will receive careful attention. Local usage on this point is somewhat varied. We have followed in the matter the rule which seemed most favora- ble to the instincts of our language. Section XIII. — Further Particulars about the Mediation. In the usual Mediation of Tones II, V and VIII, when the half verse ends either monosyllabically, or with a word requiring an accent on the ultima, such as " beneath", "thereof", or with an Hebraic proper name, such as "Abra- ham", "Israel", the final monosyllable in the first case, or final syllable in the latter cases, receives always, according to prevailing tradition, the musical accent. Also in the usual form of Tone IV, and in the Eatisbon form of Tone VI, such a syllable receives the latter of the two accents. In these cases the notes between the zigzag and the single bar are omitted. Examples follow of the Mediation in each Tone. Tone I. Ureal Ferial Form. h able to stand in the judg - ment : in the law . of the Lord : in the way of sin - ners : Usual Festal Form. ^- » — =a==!y-J."T~fi=Fii»f^ stood in the way of sin - ners: plant - ed by the wa - ter - side: be able to stand in the judg - ment: 25 INTRODUCTION. The same, when the accents are consecutive. ?tm- Pi— rE--^ qs zrzz=zzz=r=z — _zzr - ..delight is in the law of the Lord: ..of my call - ing, my King and my God: Sarum Ferial Form. My voice shalt thou hear be-times 0 Lord: shall not stand in thy sight: (Note that the Mediation here having but one accent, the former syllable in thick type might as well, so far as this melody is concerned, have been in ordinary type.) Tones IT, V, VIII. II, V, VIII. Usual Form. ...into a place of li - ber-ty: .after my righteous deal - ing: ...the ways of the Lord: and overtake them : .art praised in Si - on : .little valleys there - of: (Note that when a really unemphatic syllable, as in the example, "and overtake them," is in thick type, it takes the note of the musical accent, but is not really to be made emphatic. ) Tone III. Usual Form. c.let his en - emies be scat - tered: ....and re - joice . he - fore God: The Lord . gave the word : Tone TV. Usual Form. come into thine in - her - itance: .... unto the fowls of the air : ... .side of Je - ru - sa - lem: INTRODUCTION. Sarum Form for Evangelical Canticles. ....the Lord God of Is - ra - el: . . mighty sal - va - tion for us : be to the Fa - ther and to the Son : Tone VI. ift — g— — =*±=*— fc^E-;— m—j with trum-pets al - so and shawms: declared his sal - va - tion : unto the Lord . all ye lands: Tone VII. Ferial Form. ^=* are con - sum - ed a - way like smoke: . .even as it were a spar - row : . . mercy up - on . Si on : Festal Form. and with - ered like grass: a pelican in the wil - der - ness : revile me all the day long: The same when the accents are consecutive. in the midst of mine age Tonus Peregrinus. Usual Form. \=-*--M=*=*=j=3- What aileth thee 0 thou sea that thou fled - dest : Ye mountains, that ye skip - ped like rams: ....thou earth, at the pre - senceof the Lord: 27 INTRODUCTION. Section XIV.— Examples of the Ending. Tone I. Ending I. in the house of my pil - grim-age. . . I have not for-got - ten thy law. ..exercise him-seif . day and night. Tone II. Ending I. 0 thou wor-ship of Is - ra - el. and were hot con - found - ed. .and shake their heads . say - ing. Tone III. Ending 1. S. R. F. ,=1=* . . .who shall rise up in his ho - ly place. .. .nor sworn to deceive his neigh - bour. and his name . per - ish. Tone IV. Ending 1. *===E«=i . . . .because God hath de - spis -ed them. . . and Israel should . be right glad. . .that dceth good . . no not one. Tone V. Ending 1. ^^-==5 -■—♦—♦ . .like the deaf ad - der that stop-peth her ears. . . . .your hands deal with wick - ed - ness. ....punish the wrong . do . er. INTRODUCTION. Tone VI. Ending S. R. F. for he hath done mar- vellous things. . . . .joyful be - fore the . Lord the King. and dealt . . wick - ed-ly. Tonus Regius. Ending M. and the peo - pie with e - qui - ty. sing, re - joice and give thanks. . . . truth in the night - sea - son. Tone VII. Ending 1. M. sought out of all them that have plea-sure therein. . .righteousness en dur - eth for ev - er. . . .of my head to take .a ny rest. Tone VIII. Ending 1. ^fc=3^0§Ei^=EE § and let me ev - er e - scape them. ..hands be an eve - ning sa - cri-fice. and of great . good - ness. dk Tonus Peregrinus. EndinsrM. ... the flint-stone in - to a spring-ing well. and Israel his do - min - ion. . . . .among the strange . peo - pie. Section XV. — Of the Dominant. It has already been stated that to the Dominant, repre- sented in the Table by ■■, all is sung which is not required for the Intonation, Mediation, or Ending. The Dominant, 29 INTRODUCTION. therefore, may either imply a continuous recitation of many words, demanding one or more pauses for breath, or may be a very brief element in the chant. Occasionally a half-verse, owing to its brevity, begins at once with Mediation or End- ing, and the Dominant is entirely excluded. If, e. g., we sing Ps. ii to Tone III, we begin verses 6 and 11 with the Mediation thus : Yet have I set ray King : Serve the Lord in fear: In like manner, if we sing Ps. viii to Tone VI, Ending S. R. F., in the latter half of verse 7 we omit the Dominant as follows : i^g^ — 1 ~ ■ 1 -b^I ="iEIDE=zE: all sheep and oxen: Tea and the beasts of the field. Emphatic syllables occurring in the course of the recita- tion should receive due stress, and may require even more stress than many syllables which receive the musical accents of the Intonation, Mediation or Ending. The same may be said of an emphatic syllable which presents itself at the close of a half verse. For instance, in the above examples, "King," "fear," and "field," are all emphatic. Sect to >* XVI. — Of Leading Notes. By a Leading Note is here meant a short note, which in some Tones appears between the Dominant and the Media- tion or Ending, and which is sung, as a general rule, to the syllable immediately preceding that which receives the former accent. The Tones which have this feature are I Festal, Regius, and Peregrinus (usual Mediation). Examples follow. Tone I, Usual Festal Mediation. % ... .nor stood in the way of sin - ners: 30 INTRODUCTION". Tonus Regius ; a French Mediation. The Lord declar-ed his sal - va - tion : Tonus Regius, Ending M. hath he gotten him - self the vie - tory. Tonus Peregrinus ; Usual Mediation. The raoun - tains skip - ped like rams. "When the syllable immediately preceding the former ac- cented syllable is very short, and is itself preceded by another unemphatic syllable, both these syllables go to the Leading Note, as in the following example. '-W- 1- Who turned the hard rock in-to a stand-ing wa-ter: When, on the other hand, the syllable in this place is emphatic, euphony requires that an accented note on the Dominant and the Leading Note should both go to it, as in the following. ....trust in the Lord, and be do - ing good: The Sarum form of I Festal before its Mediation, and the modern form of Tonus Regius (for Miserere) before Mediation and Ending equally, have a slur of two notes, the former on the Dominant, in place of a single Leading Note. This being always sung to the syllable immediately preced- ing the former accent, ambiguity is excluded. Should the syllable wThich takes it be emphatic, the emphasis is given to it on the Dominant as follows : > ^=* if -f 1 mm-!*=4-=m . . . .make me to understand wis-dom se - cretly. 31 INTRODUCTION. There are two cases in which the Leading Note is omitted — (1) When the half -verse begins with the syllable that re- ceives the former accent, as in Ps. liv. 2, I Festal, Mediation. Hear my prayer 0 Lord : (2) When only a single unemphatic syllable precedes the former accent, in which case that syllable is sung to the Dominant, as in Ps. cxv. 18, Tonus Peregrinus, Mediation. But we will praise the Lord : A single emphatic syllable preceding the former accent, as indeed in wThat has been already stated is implied, does not displace the Leading Note, as in Ps. xliv. 23, I Festal, Mediation. 'Up, Lord why sleep - est thou: The Leading Note in cases like the following is sung to the note that receives the accent of the Intonation. O God, thou art my God: *= Hear my prayer O Lord: Section XVII. — Mediation sometimes omitted. The Mediation is wholly omitted, or, in other words, be- comes Monotonic, where there are not syllables enough to sing it in its full form. For instance, in verse 11 of the Te Deum, the half-verse, 32 INTRODUCTION. "The Father," containing only one accentuable syllable, admits the Mediation in those Tones only in which it has but one accent, but in other Tones is monotonic, as, e.g., in Tone IV, gEEE3=g=^^ The Father : of an in - fin - ite ma - jes - ty. Ps. cxix. 56, would admit the Mediation in this tone, as This I had : because I kept thy commandments. but, having only one accentuable syllable before the ultima, omits it in Tones I, III, VI, VII, and Peregrinus, as (Tone I), g^"==r;Eg^:=^Z:t3£EgEE^EB This I had : because I kept thy com-mand-ments. Ps. cxix. 89, having just two accentuable syllables before the ultima, admits the Mediation in I, III, etc., as (Tone III), O L6rd thy word: but when festal use brings in the Intonation, there is, of eourse, no place for the Mediation also, and the verse is be- gun thus : 0 Lord thy word: Section XVIII. — Ending not to be omitted. Some French uses allow in IV and some other Tones a Monotonic Ending. The only Monotonic Ending which ap- pears in our Table, is that which in VIII has been apjilied by Tallis to the Quicunque vult. Ps. cl. 6, is the only ex- 33 INTRODUCTION. ample of a latter half-verse not supplying two accentuable syllables before the ultima. This difficulty may be most simply overcome by assigning both accents with the inter- mediate note to the one thick tvpe syllable, as (Tone VIII, 3), Let every thing that hath breath : praise the Lord. Section XIX.— Of the Table of Tones. The Tones are given in a Table once for all.* The sym- bols employed in their representation, and their application to the sacred words, have been sufficiently explained and ex- emplified. (Sections VI, XI-XVIII.) Forms of Tones might have been further multiplied, but it appeared best to exhibit those only which either are sup- ported by the best authority, or are already widely known and popular. Some are given in the slightly varying forms in which they appear in different uses. There are given, for instance, three forms of Tone I, Ending 4, called respectively "End- ing 4 M.F.," "Ending 4 R.," and "Ending 4 S.F." The letters thus appended serve a twofold purpose. Whilst they distinguish from one another the various.forms of the same melody, they denote also the use or uses whence they are derived. Thus F. stands for French, G. for German, M. for Mechlin, R. for Ratisbon, S. for Sarum, Rom. for Roman. Section XX.— Of the Irregular Tones. There appear in the Table two Tones in which long usage has sanctioned a deviation from strict modality. These are the Tonus Regius and the Tonus Peregrinus. (1) The Tonus Regius has its name apparently from its * In the "Manual of Plain Song," the suggested Tone and Ending is printed with each Psalm of the Psalter. See Preface. 34 j INTRODUCTION. common application in G-allican traditions to the V.Domine, salvum far regem, and to its subsequent 3. Its irregularity consists in its Dominant changing from a to G. The ? beside the signature points to its being a transposition. (Section VII.) It belongs therefore more properly to Mode XIV than to Mode VI. The Leading Note in the latter half is proba- bly the original Dominant. The change to G seems to have resulted from a holding on of the final note of the Media- tion. (2) The Tonus Peregrinus is also evidently a transposi- tion. In French books it is often written in its original seat, and called accordingly IX, or IX Irregular. It would be a regular IXth Mode-melody but for the change which here also has been made in the Dominant, and which in this case seems to have originally been an anticipation of the G (= un- transposed d) which forms the first note of the Ending proper. Section XXI. — Of other Ritual Music. A description of the other Church Tones referred to in Section IX would make this Introduction too voluminous. Those which are contained in this work will sufficiently ex- plain themselves, and those which are to be found elsewhere it would be superfluous to describe here. Section XXII. — Concluding Remarks, Everything should be pronounced distinctly, without hurry or dragging. Breath should be taken by all simulta- neously, not necessarily at every comma,* but wherever a good reader would pause in reading. Such places are in the Canticles and Psalter marked by a perpendicular | , corre- sponding to the Single Bar in musical notation. This sym- * In singing the Psalms as pointed in the u Manual of Plain Song," breath must be taken at every comma. See Preface. 35 INTRODUCTION. bol iu a long recitation appears sometimes where there is no comma. Each side or division of the choir should have its recognized Leader, and all other singers should accept and follow the pace as set by him. In this matter each such Leader must exercise his own taste and judgment. He is not to be fettered by mathematical time. A good Leader will be influenced largely by the subject and the occasion, as well as by his knowledge of the education and capacity of those whom he is to lead. The more solemn Canticles, owing to their special dignity, are usually sung with comparative deliberateness, and more elaborate festal melodies also seem to require a slower pace. The Psalms are perhaps best sung in unison, or by trebles and men's voices responding to one another in alternate verses, the organist accompanying them with such instru- mental harmonies as each successive passage seems to sug- gest. Part-singing, if carefully done, may be very effective in the Canticles and Responses. If the Faux Bourdon s}rstem, which places the melody in the Tenor, be adopted, extreme caution should be observed lest the Plain-song, through being too weakly supported, be overpowered by the higher vocal harmonies. The Roman numerals at the head of each Psalm or Can- ticle indicate a Tone, and the Arabic an Ending of that Tone, which has been deemed suitable for ordinary use. Thus, at the head of Psalm I, the numerals I. 1 signify Tone I, Ending 1. Such indications are, however, sugges- tive, rather than restrictive. The rule laid down in Section XII, which requires a final monosyllable, or accented ultima, to be sung to the sole accent of the Mediation of II, V, VIII, and to the latter accent of that of Tone IV, is the only restric- tion to an ad libitum use of the Tones. The rules of verbal division are, however, identical for I, III, VI, VII and Peregrinus. A Psalm therefore, for which any one of these 36 INTRODUCTION". is suggested, may be sung, if preferred, to any of the others. For a similar reason, where II, V, or VIII is suggested, either of the others may be substituted. Again, since the syllable that takes the sole accent in the mediation of Tones II, V, VIII would always take the latter accent in that of IV. wherever IV is suggested, the thick type of the former syllable so printed being neglected, II, V, or VIII may be sung. The Endings are fitted to the words uniformly in all Tones. The three-fold setting of the Gloria Patri on the page opposite Psalm I will serve as a ready exemplification of the above remarks. As bearing upon the choice of Tones, one point must be mentioned. Many of the Tone-Endings, as will have been observed, do not end on the Final of the Mode to which they belong, and as Endings are accordingly apt to disap- point the ear. The truth is, that such Endings were never designed to be, strictly speaking, Endings at all. In olden use a Psalm or Canticle, to which one of them was sung, was always immediately followed by an Antiphon set to music in the Mode to which the Tone belonged, and this music al- ways ended on the Final. Indeed, the. music of the Anti- phon sii£,2rested the Psalm Tone, and the two things were counterparts of one whole. If in our psalmody Antiphons are to have no place, and if, notwithstanding, we wish to be faithful to the principles of Plain-song, we ought either to discard (at all events in the closing verse) those melodies which do not end on the Final, or else to require our organists to play after the Psalm a neuma, or short sym- phony, which shall end on the Final. The following are examples of neumata belonging to the several Modes. Should they seem too long for the purpose which has been specified, the last few notes of them would suffice. 37 INTRODUCTION. Mode I. Mode II. ■£ Mode III. Mode V. Mode VI. £===0**=! Mode VII. Mode I when s. IX. Mode II when = X. Mode IV. Mode V when = XIII Mode VI when = XIV and Tonus Regius. Mode VIII. :b: Tonn3 Peregrines. $ 38 THE ORDER FOR DAILY MORNING PRAYER The Lord is in His holy tern - pie ; ]et6Seice earth ke€p J- be - fore Him. Hab. 2 : 20. %^ Psalm 183 : 1. ^a Let the words of ray mouth, ) and the meditation of my - heart, be alway acceptable ) and my Psalm 19 : 14, 15. Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Fa-ther, and from the Lord Je - sus Christ. Phil. 1 : 2. For Advent. E — ■ ■-!-» Re - pent ye ; for the Kingdom of Heaven 39 is at hand. S. Matt. 3 : & MORNING PRAYER. For Advent. ^ Prepare ye the way For Christmas. of the Lord, make straight in the | e ~ , desert a highway \ for our God- Isaiah 40 : 3. Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all For Epiphany. peo - pie. For unto you is ) born this day | in the city of J- Christ the Lord. David a Saviour, I which is j S. Luke 2 : 10, 11. ^^ From the rising of the] suu even unto the going | down of the same, My }• Gen tiles Name shall be great | among the J and in every place cense shall unto My Name pure place in- \ he offered f me, and af of - fer-ing : My Name "| ill be great | for shall a m o n gw the }- Lord of hosts, heathen, saith J the J Mai. 1 : 11. Awake, awake ; put on I thy strength, O f Zi - on put on thy beautiful! _, „„ . _ garments, O Je- f ^-sa-lem. Isaiah 52: 1. For Good Friday. *=! $— ■— B Is it nothing to you. all ye Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow which is clone that pass by ? un - to me, 40 wherewith the Lord hath af- flict - ed me. Lam. 1 : 12. MORNING PRAYER. For Easter. He is ri - sen. The Lord is ris'n in - deed. S. Mark 16 : 6. S. Luke 24 : 34. ^ This is the day which the Lord hath made; •e will rejoice ( and be j glad in it. Psalm 118 : 24. For Ascension. Seeing that we have a great Hii:h Priest, that is passed into the heav- ens, Jesus the Son of God, let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we [ f • f . may obtain mercy, f t,me of need' and find grace to help in J Heb. 4 : 14, 16. For Whitsvn-day. Because ye are sons. God harh sent forth tlie Spirit of his Son \< into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Gal. 4 : 6. *=■ +-+ There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, 41 the holy place of the taber- nacles of the Most High. Psnlm 46 : 4. MORNING PRAYER, For Whitsun-day. The hour cometh, and now is, when the true wor- shippers shall worship the Fa- ther in Spirit and in truth. S. John 4 : 23. For Trinity Sunday. ^^ Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Al- migh-ty, which was, and I is, and J to come. Rev. 4 : 8. When the wicked man turn-" eth away from his wicked- ness that he hath com- mitted, and doeth that which is law- ful and right, he shall save his soul *=Sfl a-live. Ezek. 18 : 27. S mOM - _ _ _ ♦ - ■ - B I acknowledge my trans- gres- sions ; and my sin is ever be-fore me . Psalm 51 : 8. it ^^M s ^^^ - - ■ T A ■ 1 Hide Thy face from my sins ; and blot out all mine ▼ ■ in- i-qui-ties. Psalm 51 : 9. h ^M m ♦— 1 P ^^ The sacrifices of God are a broken spir - it a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not V de-spise Psalm 51 : 17. vil. Rend your heart, and not ) your garments, and turn >Lord your God ; for He is gracious and merci-"] unto the ) fill, slow to anger, and of 1 _ great kindness, and repent- [ eth Him of the J Joel 2 : 13. 42 MORNING PRAYER. To the Lord our God belong ) mercies and forgivenesses, > a-gainst Him ; neither have we obeyed] though we have rebelled ) the voice of the Lord ! Ko - M „ our God, to w.ilk in \ before us- His laws which He set J Dan. 9 : 9, 10. O Lord, correct me, but with judg-ment ; not in Thine anger, lest ) Thou bring me to noth-ing. Jer. 10 : 24. Psalm C : 1. E=«- r==S=jr^S£====±=m=!=$ un- to Him, I will arise and go to my fa- ther, and will say Flhaevenhaand6innedagainSt lbe ' fore Thee' and am no morc neaven, ana j worthy to be call- ed Thy son. S. Luke 15 : 18, 19. Enter not into judgment with Thy ser- vant, O Lord for in Thy Bight ) shall no man liv- > jus ing be ti - fied. Psalm 143 : 2. eE If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in but if we confess "j our sins, God is l faithful and | just to forgive j- right - eous-ness. us our sins, and to cleanse us from all un- S. John 1 Additional Sentences for Tlianksgiving Day. ^ m SI Honour the Lord with thy sub- ) stance, and with the first-fruits -in-crease of all thine ) 43 so shall thy barns ) be filled w i t h I plenty, and thy V Er e s s e s shall | urst out J with new wine. Prov.3:9, 10. MORNING PRAYER. The Lord by wisdom )nA — * — * &- sr I ill II1 III I I I j3 g ft-0->-g=gq 2=^2= ;1^ee J^— J- ev - er shall be, world with - out end. A - men. 3 ^=P= g ±g=^=E I I i i .^2 ^ ^Tr i i i ^=r- 47 MORNING PRAYER. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. * ■ : The Lord's Name be prais ed. =& m it :& A —J J lr-~ i -gs:g==g — rjp ^1- I. III. VI. VII. 0 come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us heartily re- joice in the strength of our salvation. 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving : and shew ourselves glad in Him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God : and a great King above all gods. 4 In His hand are all the corners of the earth : and the strength of the hills is His also. 5 The sea is His, and He made it : and His hands pre- pared the dry land. 6 0 come, let us worship and fall down : and kneel be- fore the Lord our Maker. 7 For He is the Lord our God : and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. 8 0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : let the whole earth stand in awe of Him. 9 For He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth : 48 MORNING PRAYER. and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with His truth. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. Wtnitt, mltmva §mixw. II. IV. V. VIII.* 0 come, let us sing unto* the Lord : let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving.: and shew ourselves glad in Him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God : and a great King above all gods. 4 In His hand are all the corners of the earth : and the strength of the hills is His also. 5 The sea is His, and He made it : and His hands pre- pared the dry land. 6 0 come, let us worship and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For He is the Lord our God : and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. 8 0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : let the whole earth stand in awe of Him. 9 For He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth : and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with His truth. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. * In the use of the Canticles, for tones II. V. and VIII. the first musical accent marked for the mediation ie not required. 49 MORNING PRAYER. On Easter Day instead of Venite, exultemus Domino. ItajKb* nostrum. I. III. VI. VII. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast. 2 Not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness : but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 3 Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more : death hath no more dominion over Him. 4 For in that He died, He died unto sin once : but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. 5 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin : but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 6 Christ is risen from the dead : and become the first- fruits of them that slept. 7 For since by man came death : by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 8 For as in Adam all die : even so in Christ, shall all be made alive. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. ^m\m nostrum. ii. iv. v. vm. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast. 2 Not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness : but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 50 MORNING PRAYER. 3 Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more : death hath no more dominion over Him. 4 For in that He died, He died unto sin once : but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. o Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin : but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. G Christ is risen from the dead : and become the first-fruits of them that slept. 7 For since by man came death : by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 8 For as in Adam all die : even so in Christ, shall all be made alive. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. On Thanksgiving Day instead of Vesite, Exultemcs Domino. <£mt\%U gominum. I. III. VI. VII. Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing praises unto our God : for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem ; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart : and bindeth up their wounds. 4 He covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth : He niaketh the grass to grow upon the mountains. 5 He giveth to the beast his food : and to the young ravens which cry. 6 Praise the Lord O Jerusalem : Praise thy God 0 Sion. 51 MORNING PRAYER. 7 For He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates : He hath blessed thy children within thee. 8 He maketh peace in thy borders : and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. fgauftit* gamimtm. II. IV. V. VIII.* Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing praises unto our God : for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. 2 The Lord doth build tip Jerusalem : He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart : and bindeth up their wounds. 4 He covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth : He maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains. 5 He giveth to the beast his food : and to the young ravens which cry. 6 Praise the Lord 0 Jerusalem : Praise thy God 0 Sion. 7 For He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates : He hath blessed thy children within thee. 8 He maketh peace in thy borders : and filleth thee wdth the finest of the wheat. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is n6w, and ever shaU be : world without end. Amen. * In II. V. VIII. the first musical accent marked for the mediation is not required. MORNING PRAYER. Se Qmm Imtdamug. I. andll., combined. We praise Thee 0 God : we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. 2 All the earth doth worship Thee : the Father ever lasting. 3 To Thee all Angels cry aloud : the Heavens, and all the powers therein. 4 To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim : continually do cry. 5 Holy, Holy, Holy : Lord God of Sabaoth. 6 Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty : of Thy Glory. 7 The glorious company of the Apostles : praise Thee. 8 The goodly fellowship of the Prophets : praise Thee. 9 The noble army of Martvrs : praise Thee. 10 The Holy Church throughout all the world : doth acknowledge Thee. 11 The Father : of an infinite Majesty. 12 Thine adorable, true : and only Son. 13 Also the Holy Ghost : the Comforter. e^- — - riiEiEg U Thou art the King of Glory : O Christ. MORNING PRAYER. »i-- ==^p^ 15 Thou art the everlasting Son : of the Father. 16 When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man : Thou didst humble Thyself to be born of a Virgin. 17 When Thou hadst overc6me the sharpness of death : Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. 18 Thou sittest at the right hand of God : in the Glory of the Father. 19 We believe that Thou shalt come : to be our Judge. 20 We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants: whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood. 21 Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints : in glory everlasting. 22 0 L6rd, save Thy people : and bless Thine heritage. 23 Govern them : and lift them up for ever. 24 Day by day : we magnify Thee. 25 And we worship Thy Name : ever -world without end. 26 Vouchsafe, 0 Lord : to keep us this day without sin. 27 0 Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. 28 0 Lord, let Thy mercy be upon us : as our trust is in Thee. 29 0 L6rd, in Thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. 54 MORNING PRAYER. IV. We praise Thee 0 God : we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. 2 All the earth doth worship Thee : the Father ever- lasting. 3 To Thee all Angels cry* aloud : the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. 4 To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim : continually do cry. 5 Holy, Holy Holy : Lord God of Sabaoth. 6 Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty : of Thy Glorv. &= 7 The glorious company of the Apostles : praise Thee. 8 The goodly fellowship of the Prophets : praise Thee. 9 The noble army of Martyrs : praise Thee. 10 The Holy Church throughout all the world : doth acknowledge Thee. -■ ■ a^HE B— ■ . ~ SEE*: 11 The Father : of an infinite Majesty. 15 E^=^=5=E !* 12 Thine adorable true : and only Son. ^ — m- 13 Also the Holy Ghost : the Comforter. 55 MORNING PRAYER. ■a- =«■ -n ■ -5— M " — H 14 Thou art the King of Glory : 0 Christ. 9F — ■- z ^ 1 — — -■— ? ' — ♦: — ■ — ZMZZ7 15 Thou art the everlasting Son : of the Father. 16 When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man: Thou didst humble Thyself to-be born of a Virgin. 17 When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. 18 Thou sittest at the right hand of God : in the Glory of the Father. 19 We believe that Thou shalt come : to be our Judge. 20 We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants : whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood. 21 Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints : in glory everlasting. 22 0 L6rd, save Thy people : and bless Thine heri- tage. 23 Govern them : and lift them up for ever. ,^Eg^EJEEE^EJEE^E»EE5.HE;..EIE[] 24 Day by day : we magnify Thee. «EEEg^^^^iEE^EEigglEE^^-EEEEj 25 And we worship Thy Name : ever world without end. 26 Vouchsafe 0 Lord ; to keep us this day without sin. 56 MORNING PRAYER. -? 1 * ■ — — — i — w 27 0 Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. 28 0 Lord, let Thy mercy be upon us : as our trust is in Thee. 29 0 Lord, in Thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. 3e Ilium Imutamug. VIII. ^-,-J-t-"i=rTt^---g: *-■: We praise Thee 0 God : Ave acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. 2 All the earth doth worship Thee : the Father ever- lasting. 3 To Thee all Angels cry aloud : the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. 4 To Thee Cherubim and Seraphim : continually do cry. 5 Holy, Holy, Holy : Lord God of Sabaoth. 6 Heaven and earth are lull of the Majesty : of Thy Glory. 7 The glorious company of the Apostles : praise Thee. 8 The goodly fellowship of the Prophets : praise Thee. 9 The noble army of Martyrs : praise Thee. 10 The Holy Church throughout all the world : doth acknowledge Thee. ar 11 The Father : of an infinite Majesty 57 MORNING PRAYER. i*=*=fe«==F=^gl 12 Thine adorable, true : and only Son. 13 Also the Holy Ghost : the Comforter. 14 Thou art the King of Glory : O Christ. 15 Thou art the everlasting Son : of the Father. 16 When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man : Thou didst humble Thyself to be born of a Virgin. 17 When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death : Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. 18 Thou sittest at the right hand of God : in the Glory of the Father. £ =■■■ . — — ~-^~ EEJEE — zl — our znpz Judg( 3 19 We believe that Thou shalt come : to be j ^ E^z^z==E 5e!^£ I! Ill L_I_U -I! ! 1 1 =--— - -*=■ — ■- £♦=■: :-y 20 We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants : whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood. 21 Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints : in glory everlasting. 22 0 Lord, save Thy people : and bless Thine heritage. 23 Govern them : and lift them up for ever. 24 Day by day : we magnify Thee. 25 And we worship Thy Name : ever world without end. 26 Vouchsafe, 0 Lord : to keep us this day without sin 27 0 Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. 58 MORNING PRAYER. 28 0 Lord, let Thy mercy be upon us : as our trust is in Thee. 29 0 Lord, in Thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. TJie Anibrosian Chant. §=. III. and IV. combined. t§ We praise Thee, O God : we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. -♦— ■ LSe-je§ 13 All the earth doth wor-ship Thee, the Fa - ther ev - er - last - ing ♦- To Thee all An - gels cry a - loud : the Hea-vens, and all the a*- — e*-r S=* i* Powers there-in. To Thee Cherubim and Ser - a -phim con-tin- u- i^PT g^E* al - ly do cry, Ho - ly, t§ *==*=ff Ho - ly, Ho-lv, Lord God of Sa - ba - oth ; Hea Yen and earth are full of the JIa • jes-ty ♦ ■-♦-■-■-♦-■-■-♦-■—* >=S^ El of Thy Glo - ry. The glo-ri-ous com-pa-ny of the A - pos-tles — =r^^ — r^n-f=-i" —♦—■—■—■—■ — ♦ ^i-j — j praise Thee. The good-ly fel - low-ship of the Prophets * ■ ♦— ■ — ♦ ■ =■■■ praise Thee. The no - ble ar - ray of Mar - tyrs praise Thee. 59 MORNING PRAYER. JES^p&^H^EH The ho-ly Church throughout all the world doth ac-knowl-edge Thee; ■ — ♦— jF*- ■— P — ■ — ■ . a — ■— Wm — *— ■- The Fa - ther of an in - fi - nite Ma - jes-ty ; Thine a- 3=fc ■ ♦ dor - a - ble, true, and on - ly Son ; Al - so the Ho - ly * "*=:■: ♦ — a — ■ Ghost the Com-for-ter. Thou art the King of Glo - ry, O Christ. ■-■-♦ Thou art the ev-er - last-ing Son of the Fa-ther. When Thou tookest ♦ -J— a— M--«-gfr-r-i $ up - on Thee to de - liv - er man, Thou didst hum-ble Thy -self 5E* ■ — ♦ l-=*=j*ZM= to be born of a Vir-gin.When Thou hadsto-ver- come the sharpness ♦ — ♦ -■ — ♦ of death, Thou didst o - pen the King-dom of Heav-en to all be - liev-ers. Thou sit - test at the right hand of God, in the iS=!=*=^=:^^. EES Glo-ry of the Fa-ther. We be - lieve that Thou shalt come This verse to be sung more slowly. HEfe *3 to be our Judge. We there-fore pray Thee, help Thy ser - vants, 60 MORNING PRAYER. ■ — ♦ S^SEiiB ♦- whom Thou hasl re-deein-ed with Thy precious blood. Make them to be num-ber - ed with Thy Saints in glo - ry ev - er - last - ing. 0 Lord, save Thy peo - pie : and bless Thine her - i - tage. Gov - em them : and lift them up for - ev - er. i^^^ ■==* Day by day we mag - ni - fy Thee ; And we wor-ship Thy Name, ev-er world with-out end. Vouch-safe, 0 Lord, to keep us this day with - out sin. 0 Lord, have mer - cy up - on us, have mer - cy up - on us. O Lord, let Thy mer - cy be ■*-♦- - " - 1 - ■ — ■ ■■ 1-" L ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ * ■ ■> 1 1 ^ ■ M ■ ■ ■ ^ up -on us : as our trust is in Thee. 0 Lord, in Thee have I trust - ed : let me nev - er be con - found - ed. Pneuma* * This Pneuma may be sung to the preceding syllable " ed," repeated. 61 MORNING PRAYER. fgmdiritt, omnia apt* glomini. I., III., VI., VII , and Irregular. (The last as undernoted.) 0 all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. 2 0 ye A'ngels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 3 0 ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 4 0 ye Waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 5 0 all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 6 0 ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 7 0 ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 8 0 ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 9 0 ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 10 0 ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 11 0 ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 12 0 ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord: praise Him, &c. 13 0 ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 14 0 ye Tee and Snow, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 15 0 ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 16 0 ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 62 MORNING PRAYER. 17 0 ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. 18 0 let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it praise Him, &c. 19 0 ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 20 0 all ye Green Things upon the earth, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 21 0 ye Wells, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 22 0 ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 23 0 ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 24 0 all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 25 0 all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 26 0 ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 27 0 let Israel bless the Lord : praise Him, &c. 28 0 ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 29 0 ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 30 0 ye Spirits and Souls of the Eighteous, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 31 0 ye holy and humble Men of Heart, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. 63 MORNING PRAYER. ^mt&tiiU, omnia op*ra flomint Irregular tone S. 0 all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : 0 ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : 0 let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it 0 let 13 - ra - el bless the Lord: Glory be to the Fa - ther and to the Son : As it was in the &c. ev - er shall be: praise Him, and magni - fy Him for ev - er. and to the Ho - ly Ghost, world with-out end. A - men. ^tm&itiU, omnia opera Domini. Irregular tone P. O all ye Works of the Lord, bless - ye the Lord: O ye Angels of the Lord, bless - ye the Lord: 0 let the Earth - bless the Lord : yea, let it 0 let Is - ra - el bless the Lord: Glory be to the Father and to the Son: As it was inthe&c. ev - er shall be: praise Him, and mag - ni - fy Him for ev - er. and to the Ho -ly Ghost; world with-out end. A - men. ^tm&uiU, omnia Optra $omini ii., iv., v., vni. 0 all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. 2 0 ye A'ngels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 3 0 ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 64 MORNING PRAYER. 4 0 ye Waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. 5 0 all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 6 0 ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 7 0 ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 8 0 ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 9 0 ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 10 0 ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 11 0 ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 12 0 ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 13 0 ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 14 0 ye I'ce and Snow, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &e. 15 0 ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 16 0 ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 17 0 ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise Him, &c. 18 0 let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it praise Him, &c. 19 0 ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 20 0 all ye Green Things upon the earth, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 21 0 ye Wells, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 65 MORNING PRAYER. 22 0 ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. 23 0 ye Whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 24 0 all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 25 0 all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 26 0 ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 27 0 let Israel bless the Lord : praise Him, &c. 28 0 ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 29 0 ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 30 0 ye Spirits and Soul§ of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. 31 0 ye holy and humble Men of Heart, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, &c. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. i., m., vi., vn. 0 be joyful in the Lord all ye lands : serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His presence with a song. 2 Be ye sure that the Lord He is G6d : it is He that hath made us and not we ourselves, we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 3 0 go your way into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise : be thankful unto Him, and speak good of His Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious, His mercy is everlasting : and His truth endtireth from generation to generation. 66 MORNING PRAYER. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : w6rld without end. Amen. n., rv., v., vm 0 be joyful in the Lord all ye lands : serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His presence with a song. 2 Be ye sure that the Lord He is God : it is He that hath made us and not we ourselves, we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 3 0 go your way into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise : be thankful unto Him, and speak good of His Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious, His mercy is everlasting : and His truth endureth from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. L, III., VI., VII. ; or supplementary tones. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel : for He hath visited, and redeemed His people. 2 And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us : in the house of His servant David. 3 As He spake by the mouth of His holy Prophets : which have been since the world began. 4 That we should be saved from our enemies : and from the hand of all that hate us. 5 To perform the mercy promised to our fore-fathers : and to remember His holy Covenant. 6 To perform the oath, which He sware to our fore- father Abraham : that He would give us. 67 MORNING PRAYER. 7 That we, being delivered out of the hand of our ene- mies : might serve Him without fear. 8 In holiness, and righteousness before Him : all the days of our life. 9 And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways. 10 To give knowledge of salvation unto His people : for the remission of their sins. 11 Through the tender mercy of our God : whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us. 12 To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. 4 the master of the house cometh, 1 mnm_in(I . he find you the cock-crowing, or in the lenly [■ sleep-ing. S. Mark 13 : 35, 36. 76 EVENING PRAYER. For Advent. Re - pent ye ; For the Kingdom of Heaven For ChrUimas. is at band. S. Matt. 3 : 2. & Behold, the tabernacle of God \" with men, and He will dwelll with them, and ' they shall be His people, and God f be their God- Himself shall be with them, and J Rev. 21 : 3. For Epiphany. >» From the rising: of the"] eun even unto the goins; | down of the same. My V Gen-tiles Name chall be great [ among the J and in every place in cense shall be offered unto My Name, and pure n of-fer-ing : for Mv Name") shall be great | Lord of hQgtg> among the y heathen, saith j the J Mai. 1 : 11. Come ye, and let ) us walk in the Vof the Lord. light j For Good Friday. And He will teach us of His I ways, and we will walk f in His paths. Isaiah 2 : 5, 3. *=! ^=a For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin that we might be ) made the righte- >God in Him. ousness of ) 2 Cor. 5 : 21. In whom we have redemption through His blood, 77 the forgiveness of i sins, according to > of His grace, the riches ) Eph. 1 : 7. EVENING PRAYER. For Easter, hand of God. If ye then be risen with ) where Christ sitteth Christ, seek those V are a - bove, on the right things which ) Col. 3 : For Ascension. Christ is not entered into the ) holy places made with hands, Vof the true : which are the figures ) For Whitsun-day. but into Heaven it-~| ence of j Heb. 9 : 24. ♦— ■ The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And whosoever will, And let him that heareth say, Come. let him take the And let him that is a- thirst Come. water \- life freely. Rev. 22 : 17. *=! -♦-■- O send out Thy light and Thy f ,aaA mo and bring me unto truth thut thpv mav f leaU me' Thv hnlv hill truth, that they may • rhy holy hill, V to Thy dwelling. Psalm 43 : 3. For Trinity Sunday. +-m Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is I of Hig „]ory Isaiah 6 : 3. ^§ When the wicked man turn- eth away from his wicked- ness that he hath com- mitted, and doeth that which is law- ful and right, he shall save his soul a-live. Ezek. 18 : 27. 78 EVENING PRAYER. £=E ♦ . ■ I acknowledge my trans gres- sions ', and my sin is ever be-fore me. Psalm 51:3, ^E^=*^B Hide Thy face from my sins; and blot out all mine in- i-qui-ties. Psalm 51 : 9. P The sacrifices of God are a broken . spir - it : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou ' not ite 1 wilt V de-spise. salm 51 : 17. ^a Rend your heart, and not ) your garments, and turn VLord your God ; for He is gracious and merei-1 unto the ) ful, slow to anger, and of! ,. great kindness, and repent- f eth Him of the J Joel 2 : 13. ^EB To the Lord our God belong ) mercies and forgivenesses, >• a-gainst Him ; neither have we obeyed though we have rebelled ) the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws which He set be-fore us. Dan. 9 : 9, 10. I: ■ -i== iTi O Lord, correct me, but with judg-ment ; not in Thine anger, lest ) th • Thou bring ine to j DOlu'mo- Jcr. 10 : 24. Psalm 6 : L ^«-~_===^^zr=i?^»^ I will arise and go to my fa- | t Hj t her, and will say f ' rahhaev;ih»nH6innedagainSt \** ■ fore Thee- ™* am no m< heaven, and f wonh to Call- irC ) beV ed Thy son. S. Luke 15 : 18, 19. ^p-=B EnwithThy^r.° JUdgmentfvant, O Lord ; for in Thy sight! wim my ser. ) ghall no man liv_ f jU8 . u . fle(L ing be 79 Psalm 143 : 2. EVENING PRAYER. If we say that we have no 1 sin, we deceive ourselves, V not in us; but if we confess 1 and the truth is J our sins, God is i faithful and just to forgive fright - eous-nese. us our sins, and to cleanse us from all un- 1 S. John 1 : 8, 9. IT On any day, other than the Lord's Day, the Minister may pass from the sentences at once to the Lord's Prayer. On any day, instead of the General Exhortation, he may say : Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father ; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by His infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our sins be- fore God ; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at His hands, to set forth His most worthy praise, to hear His most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and hum- ble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, say - ing - A General Confession,* Almighty and most merciful Father ; We have erred and strayed froni Thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed * In the General Confession, the Lord's Prayer and the Creed, a pause should be made at every mark of punctuation. 80 EVENING PRAYER. too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against Thy holy laws. "We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done ; And there is no health in us. But Thou 0 Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders. Spare Thou those 0 God, who confess their faults. Kestore Thou those who are peni- tent ; According to Thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant 0 most merciful Father, for Hi's sake ; That we may hereafter live a godly, right- eous and sober life, To the glory of Thy holy Name. Amen.* The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins, 5 Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live, hath given power, and commandment, to His Ministers, to declare and pronounce to His people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins. He pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe His holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech Him to grant us true repentance, and His Holy Spirit, that those things may please Him which we do at this present ; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy ; so that at the last wre may come to His eternal joy ; through It Jesus Christ our Lord. ^i^Ei V5 §=& ^ * Amen to be -\iw> as noted below on this page. PI EVENING PRAYER. If Or this. Almighty God, our heavenly Father, Who of His great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those who, with hearty repentance and true faith, turn unto Him ; Have mercy upon you ; pardon and deliver you from all your sins ; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness ; and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. % Our Fa-ther, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temp- tation ; But deliver us from evil : For Thine is the king- dom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. p^jgg^ Harmony as on page 81. E--i — ■eE=j~~j ":£Ei=.rfi=£B 0 Lord, o - pen Thou our lips. Answer. -■ ■- sg And our mouth shall shew forth Thy praise. m I I I 1 >s Z2Z::— s=z=====:=— :s=^: -p_ — -p ^- Priest. Glo - ry be to the Fa-ther, and to the Son, and to the Ho-ly Ghost ; 82 EVENING PRAYER. Answer. ^EdEEE As •it was in the be - gin - ning, is now, and 3=5= 5 — m — *s> — S— -&—^—^p- r i i ! I i , ! Ill ! I f^ ^ I— -=£==£— I :-! [J=i ! ! J ■ — ♦ ev - er shall be, world with - out end. A ^: *= ^^ ^ irczziziqz^znz— 5^ 7^ — 7^r lg-grT= m & — Q- ^ Priest. fcfl Praise ye the Lord. Answer. M The Lord's Name be prais - ed. s r & TSZ = 83 5£ » EVENING PRAYER. papiffcitf. Arranged for Tones I. III. VI. and VII. (See Table of Tones to the Psalter.) Also for Tone II. Festal, Tone IV. Festal, Parisian V., Tonus Regius, and VIII. Festal. (See Supplementary Table.) My soul doth magnify the Lord : and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 2 For He hath, regarded : the lowliness of His hand- maiden. 3 For behold from henceforth : all generations shall call me blessed. 4 For He that is mighty, hath magnified me : and holy is His Name. 5 And His mercy is on them that fear Him : through- out all generations. 6 He hath shewed strength with His arm : He hath scattered the proud, in the imagination of their hearts. 7 He hath put down, the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek. 8 He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich, He hath sent empty away. 9 He remembering His mercy, hath holpen His servant Israel : as He pr6mised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father and to the S6n : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. glagniftal II. Ferial, IV. V. VIII. Ferial My soul doth magnify the Lord : and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 84 EVENING PRAYER. 2 For He hath regarded : the 16wliness of His hand- maiden. 3 For behold from henceforth : til generations shall call me blessed. 4 For He that is mighty, hath magnified me : and holy is His Name. 5 And His mercy is on them, that fear Him : through- out all generations. 6 He hath shewed strength, with His arm : He hath scattered the proud, in the imagination of their hearts. 7 He hath put down, the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek. 8 He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich, He hath sent empty away. 9 He remembering His mercy, hath holpen His servant Israel : as He promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Caatate §miw. i. m. VI. vn. 0 sing unto the Lord a new song : for He hath done marvellous things. 2 With His own right hand, and with His holy arm : hath He gotten Himself the victory. 3 The Lord declared His salvation : His righteousness hath He openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 4 He hath remembered His mercy and truth toward the house of Israel : and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. 5 Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord all ye lands : sing, rejoice and give thanks. 6 Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. EVENING PRAYER. 7 With trumpets also and shawms : 0 shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King. 8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is : the round world, and they that dwell therein. 9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord : for He cometh to judge the earth. 10 With righteousness shall He judge the world : an u Priest. t=m *=— P« The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy Spir it. -=^=Jzi: &&= 7ZL—ZZZ, Let us pray. 0 Lord, shew Thy mer-cy up-on us. 92 EVENING PRAYER. Answer. 3 ■— =3 ■ -E=S=M=m= And grant us Thy sal - va - tion. i 3 =i — — i— i 1 — =p 'i 'l '. 'l '. _fi! ^ I^L J ^ d2 I -fil ^ | ?3 s>=— ZZ^ gj. P=z=~ r?: -^ Pkiest. 0 God, make clean our hearts with - in us. Answer. g And take not Thy Ho - ly Spir - it from us. =1— \ 1—— — A — =_j — zr \ p &—&—w- f[ 77ie7i shall be said the Collect for the day, and after that the Collects and Prayers following. A Collect for Peace. 0 God, from Whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed ; Give unto Thy servants that peace, which the world cannot give ; that our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that by Thee, we, 93 EVENING PRAYER. being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness ; through the merits of Jesus Christ S 1 Our Sav - iour. After the Collects, A Collect for Aid against Perils. Lighten our darkness, we beseech Thee, 0 Lord ; and by Thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night ; for the love of Thine only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 1" In places where it may he convenient, here followeth the Anthem. T[ The Minister may here end the Evening Prayer with such Prayer, or Prayers, taken out of the Prayer Book as he shall think fit. A Prayer for the President of the United States, and all in Civil Authority. Almighty God, "Whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite, Have mercy upon this whole land ; and so rule the hearts of Thy servants, The President of the United States, the Governor of this State, and all others in 94 EVENING PRAYER. authority, that they, knowing Whose ministers they are, may above all things seek Thine honour and glory; and that we and all the People, duly considering Whose authority they bear, may faithfully and obediently honour them, in Thee, and for Thee, according to Thy blessed Word and ordinance ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. A Prayer for the Clergy and People, Almighty and everlasting God, from Whom cometh every good and perfect gift ; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and upon the Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of Thy grace ; and, that they may truly please Thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, 0 Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, £--■ j— ~"— ~1 Je - sus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for all Conditions of Men. 0 God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech Thee for all sorts and conditions of men ; that thou wouldest be pleased to make Thy ways known unto them, Thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for Thy holy Church universal ; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who pro- fess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unit}T of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to Thy fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate ; that it may please Thee to comfort and relieve them according to their several 95 EVENING PRAYER. necessities ; giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Je - sus Christ's sake. A men. A General TJianhsgiving. Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, Thine un- worthy servants, do give Thee most humble and hearty thanks for all Thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men. We bless Thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for Thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech Thee, give us that due sense of all Thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth Thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up ourselves to Thy service, and by walking before Thee in holiness and righteousness all our days ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to Whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, E~^ ■ -1 world with - out end. Amen. A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom. Almighty God, Who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto Thee ; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered to- gether in Thy Name Thou wilt grant their requests ; Fulfil now, 0 Lord, the desires and petitions of Thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of Thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlast - ing. A - men. 96 EVENING PRAYER. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow- ■ — ♦ 3 -■ — a *-»— H ship of the Ho - ly Ghost, be with us all ev - er-more. A - men. m te COLLECTS FOR SUNDAYS, SAINTS*-DAYS, AND HOLY-DAYS. First Sunday in Advent* Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the last day, when He shall come again in His glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through Him who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. Second Sunday in Advent. Blessed Lord, Who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of Thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Third Sunday in Advent. 0 Lord Jesus Christ, Who at Thy first coming didst send Thy us Thy only-begotten Son to take * This Collect is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas Day. 99 j messenger to prepare Thy way be- 1 fore Thee ; Grant that the ministers and stewards of Thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready Thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at Thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in Thy sight, Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. 1 Amen. Fourth Sunday in Advent. O Lord, raise up, we pray Thee, Thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hin- dered in running the race that is set before us, Thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through the satisfaction of Thy Son our Lord, to Whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. Christmas- Day. Almighty God, Who hast given COLLECTS. our nature upon Him, and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin ; Grant that we being re- generate, and made Thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by Thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. This same Collect shall serve vrtto the Cir- cumcision. The Circumcision of Christ. Almighty God, Who madest Thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the law for man; Grant us the true Circumcision of the Spirit ; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey Thy blessed will ; through the same Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. This same Collect shall serve unto the Epiphany. Tlte Epiphany. 0 God, Who by the leading of a star didst manifest Thy only -begot- ten Son to the Gentiles ; Mercifully grant that we, who know Thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of Thy glorious God- head ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. First Sunday after the Epiphany. O Lord, we beseech Thee merci- fully to receive the prayers of Thy people who call upon Thee ; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Second Sunday after the Epiphany. Almighty and everlasting God, Who dost govern all things in hea- ven and earth ; Mercifully hear the supplications of Thy people, and grant us Thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Third Sunday after the Epiphany. Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmi- ties, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth Thy right hand to help and defend us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. 0 God, Who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright ; Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. O Lord, we beseech Thee to keep Thy Church and household con- tinually in Thy true religion; that they who do lean only upon the hope of Thy heavenly grace may ever- more be defended by Thy mighty power; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 100 COLLECTS. Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany. 0 God, Whose blessed Son was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal Jife; Grant us, we beseech Thee, that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves, even as He is pure ; that, when He shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto Him in His eternal and glorious kingdom ; where with Thee, 0 Father, and Thee, O Holy Ghost, He liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world with- out end. Amen. Septuo.gesima. 0 Lord, we beseech Thee favour- ably to hear the prayers of Thy people ; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by Thy good- ness, for the glory of Thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Sexagesima. 0 Lord God, Who seest that we put not our trust in anything that we do ; Mercifully grant that by Thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Quin guagesima. O Lord, Who has taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth ; Send Thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before Thee. Grant this for Thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. Ash- Wednesday * Almighty and everlasting God, Who hatest nothing that Thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all those who are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowl- edging our wretchedness, may ob- tain of Thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. First Sunday in Lent. 0 Lord, Who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights; Give us grace to use such ab- stinence, that, our flesh being sub- dued to the Spirit, we may ever obey Thy godly motions in righteous- ness, and true holiness, to Thy honour and glory, Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world with- out end. Amen. Second Sunday in Lent. Almighty God, Who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us both out- wardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls ; that we may be de- fended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault that most excellent gift of charity, I and hurt the soul ; through Jesus the very bond of peace and of all I Christ our Lord. Amen. * This Collect is to be read every day in Lent, after the Collect appointed for the day. 101 COLLECTS. Third Sunday in Lent. We beseech Thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of Thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of Thy Maj- esty, to be our defence against all our enemies ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Fourth Sunday in Lent. Grant, we beseech Thee, Al- mighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of Thy grace may mercifully be relieved ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Passion Sunday. We beseech Thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon Thy people ; that by Thy great good- ness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Palm Sunday. Almighty and everlasting God, Who, of Thy tender love towards mankind, has sent Thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon Him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of His great humility ; Mercifully grant, that we may both follow the exam- ple of His patience, and also be made partakers of His resurrection ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Good Friday. Almighty God, we beseech Thee graciously to behold thiS Thy fam- ily, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be be- trayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross, Who now liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Almighty and everlasting God, by Whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanc- tified ; Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before Thee for all estates of men in Thy holy Church, that every member of the same, in his vocation and min- istry, may truly and godly serve Thee ; through our Lord and Sa- viour Jesus Christ. Amen. O merciful God, Who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that Thou hast made, nor desirest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live ; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Heretics ; and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of Thy Word ; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to Thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. Faster Even. Grant, 0 Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of Thy 102 COLLECTS. blessed Son our Saviour Jesus thankfully receive that His inesti- Christ, so by continual mortifying mable benefit, and also daily en- our corrupt affections we may be deavor ourselves to follow the buried with Him : and that through blessed steps of His most holy life ; the grave, and gate of death, we through the same Jesus Christ our may pass to our joyful resurrection; Lord. Amen. for His merits, Who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Easter Day. Third Sunday after Easter. Almighty God, Who shewest to them that are in error the light of Thy truth, to the intent that they Almighty God, Who through ; may return into the way of right- thine only-begotten Son Jesus eousness ; Grant unto all those Christ hast overcome death, and who are admitted into the fellow- opened unto us the gate of ever- - ship of Christ's Religion, that they lasting life; We humbly beseech may avoid those things that are Thee, that, as by Thy special grace | contrary to their profession, and preventing us Thou dost put into follow all such things as are agree- our minds good desires, so by Thy able to the same ; through our continual help we may bring the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. same to good effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who liveth and Fourth Sunday after Easter. reigneth with Thee and the Holy 0 Almighty God, Who alone canst Ghost, ever one God, world with- order the unruly wills and affec* out end. Amen. Low Sunday. tions of sinful men ; Grant unto Thy people, that they may love the thing which Thou commandest, Almighty Father, Who hast and desire that which Thou dost given Thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our jus- tification ; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wicked- ness, that we may always serve Thee in pureness of living and truth ; through the merits of the same Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Second Sunday after Easter. Almighty God, Who hast given Thine onlv Son to be unto us both promise ; that so, among the sun- dry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Fifth Sunday after Easter. 0 Lord, from Whom all good things do come ; Grant to us Thy humble servants, that by Thy holy inspiration we may think those things that are good, and by Thy a sacrifice for sin, and also an en- j merciful guiding may perform the sample of godly life ; Give us ' same ; through our Lord Jesus grace that we may always most I Christ. Amen. 103 COLLECTS. Ascension Day. Grant, we beseech Thee, Al- mighty God, that like as we do be- lieve Thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens ; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with Him continually dwell, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. Expectation Sunday. 0 God, the King of glory, Who hast exalted Thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto Thy kingdom in heaven ; We be- seech Thee, leave us not comfort- less ; but send to* us Thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. Whitsunday. 0 God, Who as at this time didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of Thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in His holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, Who liv- eth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. Trinity Sunday. Almighty and everlasting God, Whb hast given unto us Thy ser- vants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity ; We beseech Thee that Thou wouldest keep us steadfast in this faith, and ever- more defend us from all adversi- ties, Who livest and reignest, one God, world without end. Amen. First Sunday after Trinity. 0 God, the strength of all those who put their trust in Thee ; Mer- cifully accept our prayers : and be- cause, through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without Thee, grant us the help of Thy grace, that in keeping Thy commandments we may please Thee, both in will and deed ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Second Sunday after Trinity. 0 Lord, Who never failest to help and govern those whom Thou dost bring up in Thy steadfast fear and love ; Keep us, we beseech Thee, under the protection of Thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of Thy holy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. TJiird Sunday after Trinity. O Lord, we beseech Thee mer- cifully to hear us ; and grant that we, to whom Thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may, by Thy mighty aid, be defended and com- forted in all dangers and adversi- ties ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 104 COLLECTS. Fourth Sunday after Trinity. 0 God, the protector of all that trust in Thee, without Whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy ; Increase and multiply upon us Thy mercy : that. Thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal. Grant this, 0 heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord. Amen. Fifth Sunday after Trinity. Grant, 0 Lord, we beseech Thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by Thy governance, that Thy Church may joyfully serve Thee in all godly quietness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Sixth Sunday after Trinity. 0 God, Who hast prepared for those who love Thee such good things as pass man's understand- ing ; Pour into our hearts - such love toward Thee, that we, loving Thee above all things, may obtain Thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Seventh Sunday after Trinity. Lord of all power and might, Who art the author and giver of all good things ; Graft in our hearts the love of Thy Xame, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of Thy great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Eighth Sunday after Trinity. 0 God, Whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth ; We humbly beseech Thee, to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which are profitable for us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Grant to us, Lord, we beseech Thee, the spirit to think and do al- ways such things as are right \ that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without Thee, may by Thee be enabled to live according to Thy will ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Tenth Sunday after Trinity. Let Thy merciful ears, 0 Lord, be open to the prayers of Thy hum- ble servants ; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please Thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. 0 God, Who declarest Thy al- mighty power chiefly in shewing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of Thy grace, that we, running the way of Thy commandments, may obtain Thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of Thy heavenly treasure ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. Almighty and everlasting God, Who art always more ready to hear 105 COLLECTS. than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve; Pour down upon us the abundance of Thy mercy; forgiv- ing us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord. Amen. Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. Almighty and merciful God, of Whose only gift it cometh that Thy faithful people do unto Thee true and laudable service; Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may so faithfully serve Thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain Thy heavenly promises ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity ; and, that we may obtain that which Thou dost promise, make us to love that which Thou dost command ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. Keep, we beseech Thee, 0 Lord, Thy Church with Thy perpetual mercy ; and, because the frailty of man without Thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by Thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. O Lord, we beseech Thee, let Thy continual pity cleanse and de- fend Thy Church ; and, because it cannot continue in safety without Thy succour, preserve it evermore by Thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. Lord, we pray Thee that Thy grace may always prevent and fol- low us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. Lord, we beseech Thee, grant Thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil ; and with pure hearts and minds to follow Thee, the only God ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. 0 God, forasmuch as without Thee we are not able to please Thee ; Mercifully grant that Thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. 0 Almighty and most merciful God, of Thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech Thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish thoso things which Thou commandest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 106 COLLECTS. Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity. I Grant, we beseech Thee, merci- ful Lord, to Thy faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed fiom all their sins, and serve Thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ cur Lord. Amen. Twenty -second Sunday after Trin- ity. Lord, we beseech Thee to keep Thy household the Church in con- tinual godliness; that through Thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve Thee in good works, to the glory of Thy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Twenty-third Sunday after Trin- ity. 0 God, our refuge and strength, Who art the author of all godli- ness; Be ready, we beseech Thee, to hear the devout prayers of Thy Church ; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Sunday next before Advent. Stir up, we beseech Thee, 0 Lord, the wills of Thy faithful people ; that they plenteously bring- ing forth the fruit of good works, may by Thee be plenteously re- warded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. S. Andrew 's Day. Almighty God, Who didst give such grace unto Thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of Thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed Him without delay ; Grant unto us all, that we, being called by Thy holy Word, may forthwith give up our- selves obediently to fulfil Thy holy commandments ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. S. Thomas' Bay. Almighty and ever-living God, Who, for the greater confirmation of the faith, didst suffer Thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in Thy Son's resurrection ; Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in Thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in Thy sight may never be reproved. Hear us, O Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trin- Lord> through the same Jegug lty- Christ, to Whom, with Thee and 0 Lord, we beseech Thee, ab- the Holy Ghost, be all honour and solve Thy people from their offen- glory, now and for evermore, ces ; that through Thy bountiful Amen. goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which 8- Stephens Day. by our frailty we have committed. | Grant, 0 Lord, that, in all our Grant this, 0 heavenly Father, for sufferings here upon earth for the Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed testimony of Thy truth, we may Lord and Saviour. Amen. steadfastly look up to heaven, and 107 COLLECTS. by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed ; and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless our persecutors by the example of Thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers to Thee, 0 blessed Jesus, Who standest at the right hand of God to succour all those who suf- fer for Thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 8. John Evangelist's Day. Merciful Lord, we beseech Thee to cast Thy bright beams of light upon Thy Church, that it being in- structed by the doctrine of Thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John, may so walk in the light of Thy truth, that it may at length attain to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A men. Holy Innocents* Day. 0 Almighty God, Who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, and madest infants t > glorify Thee by their deaths ; Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by Thy grace, that by the innocencyof our lives, and the constancy of our faith even unto death, we may glorify Thy holy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 8. Paul's Day. 0 God, Who, through the preach- ing of the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world ; Grant, we beseech Thee, that we, having his wonderful con- version in remembrance, may shew forth our thankfulness unto Thee for the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Almighty and ever-living God, we humbly beseech Thy Majesty, that as Thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto Thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 8. Matthias' Day. 0 Almighty God. Who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose Thy faithful servant Mat- thias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles ; Grant that Thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be or- dered and guided by faithful and true pastors ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary We beseech Thee, 0 Lord, pour Thy grace into our hearts ; that as we have known the incarnation of Thy Son Jesus Christ by the mes- sage of an Angel, so by His cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of His resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 8. Mark's Day. 0 Almighty God, Who hast in- structed Thy Holy Church with the 108 COLLECTS. heavenly doctrine of Thy Evange- list Saint Mark : Give us grace that, being not like children car- ried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of Thy holy Gospel ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. SS. Philip and J amen'1 Bay. O Almighty God, Whom truly to know is everlasting life ; Grant us perfectly to know Thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way. the truth, and the life ; that, following the steps of Thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we may stead- fastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life ; through the same Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, S. Barnabas' Day. 0 Lord God Almighty, Who didst endue Thy holy Apostle Bar- nabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost ; Leave us not, we be- seech Thoe. destitute of Thy mani- fold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to Thy honour and glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. and patiently suffer for the truth'! sake ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 8. Peter's Bay. 0 Almighty God, Who by Thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to Thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him ear- nestly to feed Thy flock ; Make, we beseech Thee, all Bishops and Pas- tors diligently to preach Thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. S. James' Bay. Graxt, 0 merciful God, that as Thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of Thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed Him; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow Thy holy commandments; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Transfiguration of Christ. O God, Who on the mount didst S. John Baptist'. •> Day. reveal to chosen witnesses Thine Almighty God, by Whose provi- only - begotten Son wonderfully dence Thy servant John Baptist transfigured, in raiment white and was wonderfully born, and sent to glistering; Mercifully grant that prepare the way of Thy Son our we, being delivered from the dis- Saviour, by preaching repentance ; quietude of this world, may be Make us so to follow his doctrine permitted to behold the King in and holy life, that we may truly His beauty, who with Thee, 0 Fa- repent according to his preaching ; ther, and Thee, 0 Holy Ghost, and after his example constantly liveth and reigneth one God, world speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, without end. Amen. 109 COLLECTS. S. Bartholomew's Day. 0 Almighty and everlasting God, Who didst give to Thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach Thy Word; Grant, we beseech Thee, unto Thy Church, to love that Word which he be- lieved, and both to preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen S. Matthew's Day. 0 Almighty God, Who by Thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apos- tle and Evangelist; Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same Thy Son Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. S. Michael and All Angels. 0 everlasting God, Who hast ordained and constituted the servi- ces of Angels and men in a wonder- ful order; Mercifully grant, that as Thy holy Angels always do Thee service in heaven, so, by Thy ap- pointment, they may succou*. and defend us on earth ; througL 7er.;s Christ our Lord. Amen. S. Luke's Day. Almighty God, Who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evange- list, and Physician of the soul; May it please Thee, that, by the wholesome medicines of the doc- 1 trine delivered by him, all the dis- I eases of our souls may be healed; through the merits of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. SS. Simon and Jude's Day. 0 Almighty God, Who hast built Thy Church upon the founda- tion of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the head corner-stone; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto Thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. All Saints' Day. 0 Almighty God, Who hast knit together Thine elect in one com- munion and fellowship, in the mystical body of Thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow Thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which Thou hast prepared for tnose who unfeignedly love Thee: through Jesus Christ our Lord. A men. Thanksgiving Day. 0 most merciful Father, Who hast blessed the labours of the hus- bandman in the returns of the fruits of the earth; We give Thee humbie and hearty thanks for this Thy bounty; beseeching Thee to continue Thy loving-kindness to us ; that our land may still yield her increase, to Thy glory and our comfort ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 110 COLLECTS. TT Collects thai may be said after the Collects of Morning or Evening Prayer. Assist us mercifully, 0 Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of Thy servants towards the attainment of everlast- in Thee, we may glorify Thy holy Name, and finally, by Thy mercy, obtain everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Almighty God. tlie fountain of all wisdom. Who knowest our ne- cessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking ; We beseech Thee to have compassion upon our ; infirmities; and those things, which Thv most gracious and ready help ; i ... j 1 for our un worthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask. vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of Thy Son Jesus Christ ing salvation : that, among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, thcv mav ever be defended bv Am fit. Grast, we beseech Thee, Al- mighty God, that the words which we have heard this day with our outward ears, may, through Thy grace, be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of Thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A men. our Lord. Amen. Direct us, 0 Lord, in all our doings, with Thy most gracious favour, and further us with Thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended Almighty God, Who hast promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in Thy Son's Name; We beseech Thee mercifully to in- cline Thine ears to us who have now made our prayers and suppli- cations unto Thee; and grant, that those things which we have faith- fully asked according to Thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of Thy glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Ill TABLE OF TONES. At the Intonation, Mediation, and Ending, syllables in thick type should be sung to \ . The ♦shows the note to which any short extra syllables are to be sung. The letters M., F., S., R., G., L. stand for Mechlin, French, Sarum, Ratisbon, German, Lucerne respectively, and serve to denote the origin of the Form. Forms not distinguished by these letters are of universal, or almost universal authority. &01U I. Festal Intonation and Mediation. 1st ending. •£* The same when the accents are consecutive. 2d ending. Efl Ferial Mediation. li- te -»-♦- 3d ending. Sarum Festal Intonation and Mediation. 4th ending A. M. F.* a The same when the accents are consecutive. 4th ending B. S. F. Sarum Ferial Mediation. 4th ending C. E. ■i :prz3fc! 4th ending D. F. fl 5th ending A. S. M. 5th ending B. R. * The letters, A, B, C, and D, refer to different forms of the Ending. 112 TABLE OF TONES. m 6th ending S. F. 7th ending F. I 8th ending F. e=e=B 9th ending S. 10th ending S. m ®cnu II, 1st ending. 1 \ -.1 ^m "I ^^ n ' ■ ♦ _ ^ «■ U F p ■ M < 1 t ■ * "i — H French Intonation and Mediation. 2d ending F. ■ 5 M i BK ■ *• m ■ * M ^M — - ■ ■ ■ ♦ ■ 1 ♦ ■ ■ 3d ending F. G. ^D 4th ending S. F. l^^O^^B QTone III. 1st ending A. M. 5=***!izzz~ -l-jg-?— ■ ♦ !*■—♦-■ [| French Intonation and Mediation. 1st ending B. S. R. F. 113 TABLE OF TONES. Sarum Intonation and Mediation. 2d ending. 3d ending A. M. ^0 3d ending B. S. R. eO 4fch ending A. M. 4th ending B. S. R. e T^T* 5th ending F. 6th ending F. 7th ending S. 8th ending F. Son* IX 1st ending A. 1st ending B. L. 114 TABLE OF TONES. 1st ending C. F. ^^■1 1st ending D. S. 2d ending A. M. 2d ending B. S. R. 3d ending A. M. R. 3d ending B, S. 4th ending A. F. 4th ending B. S. F. oth ending A. F. 6th ending A. F. 6th ending B. S. F. 15 TABLE OF TONES. 7th ending S 8th ending S. -■^3L- <&ont Y. 1st ending A. i Modern form sometimes called " Parisian." No. 1. 1st ending B. Modern. £-— -■ — \-t — — i Modern form sometimes called " Parisian." No. 2. 1st ending C. S. ^^^^fl 2d ending A. M. *5lw 2d ending B. F. &BE*E~ii=fl 2d ending C. S. 3d ending. Modern. Son* YI. Ending A. M. Ending B. S. F. R. 116 TABLE OF TONES. ®onc XI. Irregular (Sonus Regius.) Usual form Intonation and Mediation. Ending A. M. French form Intonation and Mediation. Ending B. F. 2 ■-■ <~^m-m ^— i— ^-m-^-m-I ■!-"-♦-*-■ ■ The same when the accents are consecutive. Soue Ifll. Festal Intonation and Mediation. 1st ending A. M. The same when th<* accents are consecutive. 1st ending B. S. R. F. Sarum Intonation. 2d ending A. M. =§l Ferial Mediation. 2d ending B. S. F IJ 2d ending C. R. 3d ending A. M. 117 TABLE OF TONES. 3d ending B. S. F. R. E^^ 4th ending A. M. 4th ending B. S. F. R. I^^fl 5th ending. 6th ending Roman. 7th ending F. 8th ending S. F. ®ont "£111. 1st ending A. 1st ending B. F. 118 TABLE OF TONES. 2d ending. 3d ending F. 4th ending. ( Merbecke.) 5th ending S. ^=§ 6th ending S. :"§ 7th ending. ( Tallis. j irregular (Tone ((Tonus Pcregiinus.) Usnal form Intonation and Mediation. Ending A. M. A French form. -7 - -7-= Ending B. R. F. ■J: Sarum form.* Ending C. 8. 5^: XZ ^ * But Sarum gives also the usual Intonation. 119 SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE OF TONES FOR THE CANTICLES AND MISERERE. -S. Son* I. (jMilan.) For Magnificat and Benedictus. -♦-■- (Soiu II. For Magnificat and Benedictus only. 1st ending. 1$ — Wt~ enemy. 5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soul and take me : yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. 6 Stand up 0 Lord in thy wrath, and lift up thyself be- cause of the indignation of mine enemies : arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded. 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee : for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again. 8 The Lord shall judge the people, give sentence with me O Lord : according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me. 9 0 let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end : but guide thou the just. 10 For the righteous God : trieth the very hearts and reins. 11 My help cometh of God : who preserveth them that are true of heart. 128 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 1. 12 God is a righteous Judge, strong and patient : and God is provoked every day. 13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword : he hath bent his bow and made it ready. 14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of death: he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 15 Behold he travaileth with, mischief : he hath con- ceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. 1G He hath graven and digged up a pit : and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other. 17 For his travail shall come upon his own head : and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate. 18 I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteousness : and I will praise the Name of the Lord most High. PSALM 8. Dornine, Dominus noster. VI. B. 0 Lord our Governour, how excellent is thy Name in all the world : thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies : that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers : the moon and the stars which thou hast or- dained. 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him : and the son of man that thou visitest him. 5 Thou madest him lower than the angels : to crown him with glory and worship. G Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands : and thou hast put all things in ^u^jection under his feet. 129 Day 2. THE PSALTER, Morniso Prayer. VI. B. i¥^=g=»j=g= 1 ■ ♦-JJ-4ZS-4-" , ♦=y*JpHFzirEfl 7 All sheep and oxen : yea and the beasts of the field. 8 The fowls of the air and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. 9 0 Lord onr Governour : how excellent h thy Name in all the world. JWoming }irager. Day 2. PSALM 9. Confitebor Hbi. III. 5. E^J^a-g-^^-^rn^TTT^RFF^Il T*~"~rg» - 1 will give thanks unto thee 0 Lord with my whole heart : I will speak of all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee : yea, my songs will I make of thy Name 0 thou Most Highest. 3 While mine enemies are driven back : they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause : thou art set in the throne that judgest right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly : thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 0 thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end : even as the cities which thou hast destroyed, their me- morial is perished with them. 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever : he hath also prepared his seat for judgment. 8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness : and minister true judgment unto the people. 9 The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed : even a refuge in due time of trouble. 130 Morxixg Prater. THE PSALTER. Day 2. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee : for thou Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee. 11 0 praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion : shew the people of his doings. 12 For when lie maketh inquisition for blood he remem- bereth them : and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor. 13 Have mercy upon me 0 Lord, consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me : thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. 14 That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion : I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made : in the same net which they hid privily, is their foot taken. 16 The Lord is known to execute judgment : the un- godly is trapped in the work of his own hands. 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell : and all the people that forget God. 18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten : the pa- tient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever. 19 'Up Lord, and let not man have the upper hand : let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear 0 Lord : that the heathen may know themselves to be but men. PSALM 10. Ut quid, Domine? III. 5. Why standest thou so far off 0 Lord : and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble. 2 The ungodly for his own lust, doth persecute the poor : let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined. 131 Pay 2. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. III. 5. S 3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire : and speaketh good of the covetous, whom God ab- horreth. 4 The ungodly is so proud that he careth not for God : neither is God in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are alway grievous : thy judgments are far above out of his sight, and therefore defieth he all his enemies. 6 For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down : there shall be no harm happen unto me. 7 His mouth is full of cursing deceit and fraud : under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity. 8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets : and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent, his eyes are set against the poor. 9 For he lieth waiting secretly, even as a lion lurketh he in his den : that he may ravish the poor. 10 He doth ravish the poor : when he getteth him into his net. 1 1 He f alleth down and humbleth himself : that the con- gregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains. 12 He hath said in his heart, Tush, God hath forgotten : he hideth away his face, and he will never see it. 13 Arise 0 Lord God, and lift up thine hand : forget not the poor. 14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God : while he doth say in his heart, Tush, thou God carest not for it. 15 Surely thou hast seen it : for thou beholdest ungod- liness and wrong. 16 That thou mayest take the matter into thy hand : the poor committeth himself unto thee, for thou art the helper of the friendless. 132 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 2. 17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious: take away his ungodliness, and thou shalt find none. 18 The Lord is King for ever and ever : and the heathen are perished out of the land. 19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor : thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto. 20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right : that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them. PSALM 11. In Domino confido. _ VII. 5. ft— -^j- 1 ■iir3r*-"|TJ!3=M^rTil In the Lord put I my trust : how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill. 2 For 16 the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver : that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart. 3 For the foundations will be cast down : and what hath the righteous done. 4 The Lord is in his holy temple : the Lord's seat is in heaven. 5 His eyes consider the poor : and his eyelids try the children of men. 6 The Lord alloweth the righteous : but the ungodly and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul ab- hor. 7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brim- stone, storm and tempest : this shall be their portion to drink. 8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness : his countenance will behold the thing that is just. 133 Day 2. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. lEbening Stager. Day 2. PSALM 12. Salvum mefac. IV. 1. a. Help me Lord, for there is not one godly man left : for the faithful are minished from among the children of men. 2 They talk of vanity every one with, his neighbour : they do but natter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart. 3 The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips : and the tongue that speaketh proud things. 4 Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail : we are they that ought to speak, who is lord over us. 5 Now for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy : and because of the deep sighing of the poor. 6 I will up saith the Lord : and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words : even as the silver which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire. 8 Thou shalt keep them 6 Lord : thou shalt preserve him from this generation for ever. 9 The ungodly walk on every side : when they are ex- alted, the children of men are put to rebuke. PSALM 13. Usque quo, Domine ? I. 2. ip^ta^fap^fafiT^ How long wilt thou forget me 0 Lord for ever : how long wilt thou hide thy face from me. 2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so 134 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 2. vexed in my heart : how long shall mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Consider and hear me 0 Lord my God : lighten mine eves that I sleep not in death. 4 Lest mine enemy say, 1 have prevailed against him : for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. 5 But my trust is in thy mercy : and my heart is joyful in thy salvation. 6 I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so lov- ingly with me : yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest. PSALM 14. Dixit insipiens. IV. 3. A. »E-S-'-*4-g-V-g-^ The fool hath said in his heart : There is no God. 2 They are corrupt and become abominable in their doings : there is none that doeth good, no nob one. 3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men : to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God. 4 Bat they are all gone out of the way, they are alto- gether become abominable : there is none that doeth good, no not one. 5 Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they deceived : the poison of asps is under their lips. 6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness : their feet are swift to shed blood. 7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known : there is no fear of God before their eyes. 8 Have they no knowledge, that they are all such 135 Day 3. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer, IV. 3. A. workers of mischief : eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the Lord. 9 There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was : for God is in the generation of the righteous. 10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor : because he putteth his trust in the Lord. 11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion, When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people : then shall Jacob rejoice and Israel shall be glad. fHorntrtg ^rager. Day 3. PSALM 15. Domine, quis haUtabit ? l*fe 1.7. ^-*=^ !?=H_B ^=?=*_ Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle : or who shall rest upon thy holy hill. 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life : and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour : and hath not slandered his neigh- bour. 4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes : and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappoint- eth him not : though it were to his own hindrance. 6 He that hath not given his money upon usury : nor taken reward against the innocent. 7 Whoso doeth these things : shall never fall. 136 4ornixg Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 3. PSALM 16. Comer va me, D amine. vm. 1. a. -e-t-™ * t— ♦-■-F"i ■*-■ |-+-"-E"_^»-i ^-t=ML Preserve me 0 God : for in thee have I put my trust. 2 0 my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord : Thou art my God, my goods are nothing unto thee. 3 All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth : and upon such as excel in virtue. 4 But they that run after another god : shall have great trouble. 5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer : neither make mention of their names within my lips. 6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup : thou shalt maintain my lot. 7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground : yea, I have a goodly heritage. 8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning : my reins also chasten me in the night-season. 9 I have set God always before me : for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall. 10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced : my flesh also shall rest in hope. 11 For why, thou shalt not leave my soul in hell : neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life, in thy presence is the fulness of joy: and at thy right hand there is plea- sure for evermore. PSALM 17. Exaudi, Domine. Hear the right 0 Lord, consider my complaint : and hearken unto my prayer, that g6eth not out of feigned 137 Day 3. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VII. 2. A. It -«m ■ 1 B *-v* '!■ ^ * ♦ ^ ♦ "J 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence : and let thine eyes look upon the thing1 that is equal. 3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night- season, thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me : for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend. 4 Because of men's works that are done against the words of thy lips : I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer. 5 0 hold thou up my goings in thy paths : that my footsteps slip not. 6 I have called upon thee 0 God, for thou shalt hear me : incline thine ear to me and hearken unto my words. 7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee : from such as resist thy right hand. 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye : hide me under the shadow of thy wings. 9 From the ungodly that trouble me : mine enemies compass me round about to take away my soul. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat : and their mouth speaketh proud things. 11 They lie waiting in our way on every side : turning their eyes down to the ground. 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey : and as it were a lion's whelp lurking in secret places. 13 Up Lord, disappoint him and cast him down : de- liver my soul from the ungodly, which is a sword of thine. 14 From the men of thy hand 0 Lord, from the men I say, and from the evil world : which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure. 138 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 8. 15 They have children at their desire : and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. 16 But as for me, I will behold thy presence in right- eousness : and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it. JEbentng ^tager. Pay 3. PSALM 18. Diligam te, Domine. E==^4jj===g4J_"4g-3-._»=fl: V. l.A. ♦— ■ 1 will love thee 0 Lord my strength, The Lord is my stony rock and my defence : my Saviour, my God, and my might in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation and my refuge. 2 I will call upon the Lord which is worthy to be praised : so shall I be safe from mine enemies. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me : and the over- flowings of ungodliness made me afraid. 4 The pains of hell came about me : the snares of death overtook me 5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord : and com- plain unto my God. G So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple : and my complaint shall come before him, it shall enter even into his ears. 7 The earth trembled and quaked : the very founda- tions also of the hills shook, and were removed because he was wroth. 8 There went a smoke out in his presence : and a con- suming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it. 139 Day 3. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. V.l. a. 3Ep^P^1S^T^fl 9 He bowed the heavens also and came down : and it was dark under his feet. 10 He r6de upon the Cherubim and did fly : he came flying upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place : his pavilion round about him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover him. 12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed : hailstones and coals of fire. 13 The Lord also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder : hailstones and coals of fire. 14 He sent out his arrows and scattered them : he c&st forth lightnings and destroyed them. 15 The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered at thy chiding 0 Lord: at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure. 16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me : and shall take me out of many waters. 17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me : for they are too mighty for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble : but the L6rd was my upholder. 1 9 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty : lie brought me forth, even because he had a favour unto me. 20 The Lord shall reward me after my righteous deal- ing : according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recom- pense me. 21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord : and have not forsaken my God as the wicked doth. 22 For I have an eye unto all his laws : and will not cast out his commandments from me. 140 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 3. 23 I was also uncorrupt before him : and eschewed mine own wickedness. 24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing : and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the holy thou shalt be holy : and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. 26 With the clean thou shalt be clean : and with the fro- ward thou shalt learn frowardness. 27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity : and shalt bring -down the high looks of the proud. 28 Thou also shalt light my candle : the Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light. 29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men : and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall. 30 The way of God is an undef iled way : the word of the Lord also is tried in the fire, he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. 31 For who is God but the Lord : or who hath any strength except our God. 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength of war : and maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like harts' feet : and setteth me up on high. 34 He teacheth mine hands to fight : and mine arms shall break even a bow of steel. 35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation : thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction shall make me great. 36 Thou shalt make room enough tinder me for to go : that my footsteps shall not slide. 37 I will follow upon mine enemies and overtake them : neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them. 38 I will smite them, that they shall not be ahle to stand: but fall under my feet. 141 Day 3. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. V.i.a. *t±=M*=}=^i^ 39 Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle : thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me. 40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me : and I shall destroy them that hate me. 41 They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them: yea, even unto the Lord shall they cry, but he shall not hear them. 42 I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind : I will cast them out as the clay in the streets. 43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the peo- ple : and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen. 44 A people whom I have not known : shall serve me. 45 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me :. but the strange children shall dissemble with me. 46 The strange children shall fail : and be afraid out of their prisons. 47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my strong helper : and praised be the God of my salvation. 48 Even the God that seeth that I be avenged : and subdueth the people unto me. 49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine adversaries : thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. 50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee 0 Lord, among the Gentiles : and sing praises unto thy Name. 51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King : and shew- eth loving-kindness unto David his Anointed, and unto his seed for evermore. 142 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 4 JHormng ^raget. Day 4. PSALM 19. Cceli enarrant. in. 5. The heavens declare the glory of God : and the fir- mament sheweth his handy-work. 2 One day telleth another : and one night certifieth another. 3 There is neither speech nor language : hut their yoices are heard among them. 4 Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and re- joiceth as a giant to run his course. 6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right and rejoice the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous alto- gether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea than milch fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb. 11 Moreover by them is thy servant taught : and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth : 0 cleanse thou me from my secret faults. 143 Bay 4. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. III. 5. 13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get.the dominion over me : so shall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offence. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart : be alway acceptable in thy sight. 15 0 Lord my strength : and my redeemer. PSALM 20. Exaudiat te Dominus. III. 2. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble : the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee. 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary : and strengthen thee out of Sion. 3 Remember all thy offerings : and accept thy biirnt- sacrifice. 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire : and fulfil all thy mind. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God : the Lord perform all thy petitions. 6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven : even with the whole- some strength of his right hand. 7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen : but we are risen and stand upright. 9 Save Lord, and hear us 0 King of heaven : when we call upon thee. 144 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 4. PSALM 21. Domine, in virtute tua. VII. 1. A. The King shall rejoice in thy strength 0 Lord : ex- ceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation. 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire : and hasfc not denied him the request of his lips. 3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness : and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life : even for ever and ever. 5 His honour is great in thy salvation : glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him. 6 For thou shult give him everlasting felicity : and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance. 7 And why, because the King putteth his trust in the Lord : and in the mercy of the Most Highest he shall not miscarry. 8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand : thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath : the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth : and their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended mischief against thee : and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform. 12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight : and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted Lord in thine own strength : so will we sing and praise thy power. 145 Day 4. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. lEbentng |Jrager* Day 4. PSALM 22. Deus, Deus mens ! II 2. ^EtJEEEiEfl My God my God, look upon me, why hast thou forsaken me : and art so far from my health, and. from the words of my complaint. 2 0 my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou nearest not : and in the night-season also I take no rest. 3 And thou continuest holy : 0 thou Worship of Israel. 4 Our fathers hoped in thee : they trusted in thee and thou didst deliver them. 5 They called upon thee and were holpen : they put their trust in thee and were not confounded. 6 But as for me, I am a worm and no man : a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn : they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads saying. 8 He trusted in God that he would deliver him : let him deliver him if he will have him. 9 But thou, art he that took me out of my mother's womb : thou wast my hope when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts. 10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born : thou art my God even from my mother's womb. 11 0 go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand : and there is none to help me. 12 Many oxen are come about me : fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side. 13 They gape upon me with their mouths : as it were a ramping and a roaring lion. 146 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 4. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums : and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death. 16 For many dogs are come about me : and the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me. 17 They pierced my hands and my feet, I may tell all my bones : they stand staring and looking upon me. 18 They part my garments among them : and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me 0 Lord : thou art my succour, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword : my darling from the power of the dog. 2L Save me from the lion's mouth : thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren : in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 23 0 praise the Lord ye that fear him : magnify him all ye of the seed of Jacob, and fear him all ye seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor : he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called unto him he heard him. 25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation : my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him. 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied : they that seek after the Lord shall praise him, your heart shall live for ever. 27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him. 28 For the kingdom i3 the Lord's : and he is the G6v- ernour among the people. 147 Bay 4. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. n. 2. '$=^=X$~==^i^Es==-=^^^i=ft 29 All such as be fat upon earth. : have eaten and wor- shipped. 30 All they that go down into the dtist shall kneel before him : and no man hath quickened his own soul. 31 My seed shall serve him : they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation. 32 They shall come, and the heavens shall declare his righteousness : unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made. PSALM 23. Dominus regit me. VI. b. The Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing. 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. 3 He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me, thy rod and thy st'aff comfort me. 5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me : thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. 6 But thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 148 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 5. JBornmg ^rager. Day 5. PSALM 24. Domini est terra. in. 4. b. The earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is : the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas : and prepared it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord : or who shall rise up in his holy place. 4 Even he that hath clean hands and a pure heart : and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord : and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him : even of them that seek thy face 0 Jacob. 7 Lift up your heads 0 ye gates, and be" ye lift tip ye everlasting doors : and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is the King of glory : It is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads 0 ye g&tes, and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors : and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is the King of glory : Even the L6rd of hosts, he is the King of glory. PSALM 25. Ad te, Domine, levavi. I. 4. A. Unto thee 0 Lord, will I lift up my soul, my God I have put my trust in thee : 0 let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me. 149 Day 5. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. I. 4. A. ^■=»-1-»=!L|:!"=^iiZ4iz^=^ 2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed : hut such as transgress without a cause, shall be put to con- fusion. 3 Shew me thy ways O Lord : and teach, me thy paths. 4 Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me : for thou art the God of my salvation, in thee hath been my hope all the day long. 5 Call to remembrance 0 Lord, thy tender mercies : and thy loving-kindnesses which have been ever of old. 6 0 remember not the sins and offences of my youth : but according to thy mercy think thou upon me 0 Lord, for thy goodness. 7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord : therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 8 Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment : and such as are gentle, them shall he learn his way. 9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth : un- to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 10 For thy Name's sake 0 Lord : be merciful unto my Sin for it is great. 11 What man is he that feareth the L6rd : him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 12 His soul shall dwell at ease : and his seed shall in- herit the land. 13 The secret of the L6rd is among them that fear "Mm : and he will shew them his covenant. 14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord : for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 15 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me : for I am d6solate and in misery. 150 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 5. 16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged : 0 bring thou me out of my troubles. 17 Look upon my adversity and misery : and forgive me all my sin. 18 Consider mine enemies, how many they are : and they bear a tyrannous hate against me. 19 0 keep my soul and deliver me : let me not be con- founded, for I have put my trust in thee. 20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me : for my hope hath been in thee\ 21 Deliver Israel 0 God : out of all his troubles. PSALM 26. Judica me, Domine. VII. 2. A. Be thou my Judge 0 Lord, for I have walked inno- cently : my trust hath been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall. 2 Examine me 0 Lord and prove me : try out my reins and my heart. 3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes : and I will walk in thy truth. 4 I have not dwelt with vain persons : neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful. 5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked : and will not sit among the ungodly. 6 I will w&sh my hands in innocency O Lord : and so will I go to thine altar. 7 That I may shew the voice of thanksgiving : and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Lord I have loved the habitation of thy house : and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 0 shut not up my sotil with the sinners : nor my life with the blood-thirsty. 151 Day 5. THE PSALTER. Eveninq Prayer. -T M 1 ■ — ♦ — ■— *— "-r ^r~ -■- VII "■ — * — _■ — * — 2. A. ""I — f- - imagine mischief in their hearts. 4 Reward them according to their deeds : and according 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 tip. 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 danoeth 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 0 save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance : feed them, and set them up for ever. PSALM 29. Afferte Domino. V. 2. A. Bring unto the Lord 0 ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lord : ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength. 2 Give the Lord the honor due unto his Name : wor- ship 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 L6rd that rtileth the sea, the voice of the 154 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 6. L6rd is mighty in operation : the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice. 5 The voice of the Lord bre&keth 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. jQlorning ^rarw. PSALM 30. Exaltabo te, Domine. V. 2. B. E^-EE* E^=^t^=i 1 will magnify thee 0 L6rd, for thou hast set me up : and not made my foes to triumph over me. 2 0 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 0 ye saints of his : and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness. 5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an efe, and in his pleasure is life : heaviness may endure for a night, but jo^ cometh in the morning. 155 Day 6. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. v. 2. B. J£|-> Tp.-Jz^rz^fagg^zi^ 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be removed: thou L6rd of thy go6dness, hast made my hill so strong. 7 Thou didst turn thy face from me : and I was trou- bled. 8 Then cried I unto thee 0 Lord : and gat me to my Lord right humbly. 9 What profit is there in my blood : when I go down to the pit. 10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee : or shall it de- clare thy truth. 11 Hear 0 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 gladness. 13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing : 0 my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever. PSALM 31. In te, Domine, speravi. 1.4. 9. In thee 0 Lord have I put my trust : let me never be put to confusion, deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me : make haste to deliver me. 3 And be thou my strong rock and house of defence : that thou mayest save me. 4 For thoti 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 n6t that they have laid privily for me : for thou art my strength. 156 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 6. G Into thy hands I commend my spirit : for thou hast redeemed me 0 Lord thou God of truth. 7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities : 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 ha.st not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : but hast set my feet in a large room. 10 Have mercy upon me 0 Lord, for I am in trouble : and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea my soul and my body. 11 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 ac- quaintance 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 0 Lord : I have said Thou art my God. 17 My time is in thy hand, deliver me from the hand cf 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 0 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 cruelly 157 Day 6. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. I. 4. B. trjrzfg^^E^^«-n,^^EJ»E3=^^ disdainfully and despitefully speak against the right- eous. 210 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 hcardest the voice of my prayer : when 1 cried unto thee. 26 0 love the Lord all ye his saints : for the Lord preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously reward- eth the proud doer. 27 Be str6ng and he shall establish your heart : all ye" that put your trust in the Lord. lEbetung Imager. Day 6. PSALM 32. Beatl, quorum. TTT. 4. b. Blessed is he whose unrighteousness 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. 158 Evening Prayeb. THE PSALTER. Day 6. 3 For whilst 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 un- righteousness have I not hid. 6 I said I will confess my sins unto the Lord : and s6 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 un- derstanding : whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly : but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side. 12 Be glad 0 ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord : and be joyful all ye that are true of heart. PSALM 33. Exultate, justl VII 1. A. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous : for it becometh well the just to be thankful. 2 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 lu: til) unto him with a good courage. 159 Day 6. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer VII. 1. A. 4 For the word of the Lord is true : and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment : 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. 10 The Lord brmgeth the counsel of the heathen to nought : and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes. 11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever : and the thoughts of his heart from generation to genera- tion. 12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jeho- vah : and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him, to be his inheritance. 13 The Lord looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children of men : from the habitation of his dwelling, he considereth all them that dwell on the earth. 14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them : and under- standeth all their works. 15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an host : neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength. 16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man : neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength. 160 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 6. 17 Beh61d the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him : and upon them that put their trust in his mercy. 18 To deliver their soul from death : and to feed them in the time of dearth. 19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord : for he is our help and our shield. 20 For our heart shall rejoice in him : because we have hoped in his holy Name. 21 Let thy merciful kindness 0 Lord be upon us : like as we do put our trust in thee. PSALM 34. Bcnedicam Domino. VIII. 1. A. 1 will alway give thanks unto the Lord : his praise shall ever be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the hum- ble shall hear thereof and be glad. 3 0 praise the Lord with me : and let us magnify his Name together. 4 I sought the Lord and he heard me : yea, he deliv- ered me out of all my fear. 5 They had an eye unto him and were lightened : and their faces were not ashamed. G L6 the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him : yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him : and delivereth them. 8 0 taste and see how gracious the Lord is : blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 0 fear the Lord ye that are his saints : for they that fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions do lack and suffer hunger : but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good. 161 Day 7. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VIII. 1. A. 11 Come ye children and hearken unto rae : I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is ho that lusteth to live : and would fain see good days. 13 Keep thy tongue from evil : and thy lips that they speak no guile. 14 Eschew evil and do good : seek peace and ensue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous : and his ears are open unto their prayers. 16 The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil : to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them : and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart : and will save such as be of an humble spirit. 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous : but the Lord delivereth him out of all. 20 He keepeth all his bones : so that not one of them is broken. 21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly : and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants : and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute. Jttonuttg |3rager. Day 7. PSALM 35. Judica me, Domine. vi. a. Plead thou my cause 0 Lord, with them that strive with me: and fight thou against them that fight against me. ir-3 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 7. 2 Lav hand upon the shield and buckler : and stand up to help me. 3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me : say unto my soiil, I am thy salva- tion. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame, that seek after my soul : let them be turned back and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me. 5 Let them be as the dust before the wind : and the angel of the Lord scattering them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause : yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul. 8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself : that lie may fall into his own mischief. 9 And my soul, be joyful in the Lord : it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him : yea, the poor and him that is in misery, from him that spoileth him. 11 False witnesses did rise up : they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good : to the great dis- comfort of my soul. 13 Nevertheless, when they were sick I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting : and my prayer shall turn into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother : I went heavily, as one that moumeth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered 163 Day 7. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VI. A. themselves together : yea, the very abjects came together against me unawares, making mouths at me and ceased not. 16 With the flatterers were busy mockers : who gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look upon this : 0 deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions. 18 So will I give thea thanks in the great congregation : I will praise thee among much people. 19 0 let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly : neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me without a cause. 20 And why, their communing is not for peace : but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land. 21 They gaped upon me with their mouths and said : Fie on thee, fie on thee, we saw it with our eyes. 22 This thou hast seen 0 Lord : hold not thy tongue then, go not far from me 0 Lord. 23 Awake and stand up to judge my quarrel : avenge thou my cause, my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me 0 Lord my God, according to thy right- eousness : and let them not triumph over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, There, there, so would we have it : neither let them say, We have de- voured him. 26 Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at my trouble : let them be clothed with re- buke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me. 27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that favour my 164 Morxixg Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 7. righteous dealing : yea, let them say alway, Blessed be the Lord who hath pleasure in the jrosperity of his ser- vant. 28 And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy righteousness : and of thy praise all the day long. PSALM 3G. Dixit injustus. 1. 1. My heart sheweth me the wickedness of the ungodly : that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he ilattereth himself in his own sight : until his abominable sin be found out. 3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit : he hath left off to behave himself wisely and to do good. 4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way : neither d jth he abhor any thing that is evil. 5 Thy mercy 0 Lord, reacheth unto the heavens : and thy faithfulness unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mount- ains : thy judgments are like the great deep. 7 Thou Lord shalt save both man and beast, how excel- lent is thy mercy 0 God : and the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house : and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures, as out of the river. 9 For with thee is the well of life : and in thy light shall we see light. 10 0 continue forth thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee : and thy righteousness unto them that are true of heart. 165 Day 7. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. I. L **=» t4J^=g=^F»=»1&=5=^^=>^rfl 11 0 let not the foot of pride come against nie : and let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down. 12 There are they fallen all that work wickedness : they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand. iEbening ^rager- Day 7. PSALM 37. Noli arniulari. I. 4. B. ■b Fret not thyself because of the ungodly : neither be thou envious against the evil doers. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass : and "be withered even as the green herb. 3 Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good : dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thou in the Lord : and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him : and he shall bring it to pass. 6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light : and thy just dealing as the noon-day. 7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him : but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels. 8 Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure : fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. 9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out : and they that patiently abide the Lord, those shall inherit the land. 166 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 7 10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone : thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away. 11 But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth : and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace. 12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just : and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn : for he hath seen that his day is coming. 14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow : to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right conversation. , 15 Their sword shall go through their own heart : and their bow shall be broken. 16 A small thing that the righteous hath : is better than great riches of the ungodly. IT For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken : and the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 18 The Lord knowcth the days of the godly : and their inheritance shall endure for ever. 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time : and in the days of dearth they shall have enough. 20 As for the ungodly they shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs : yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away. 21 The ungodly borroweth and payeth not again : but the righteous is merciful and liberal. 22 Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land : and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out. 23 The Lord ordereth a good man's going : and maketh his way acceptable to himself. 24 Though he fall he shall not be cast away : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young and now am old : and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. 167 Day 7. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. I. 4. B. 26 The righteous is ever merciful and lendeth : and his seed is blessed. 27 Flee from evil and do the thing that is good : and dwell for evermore. 28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is right : he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. 29 The unrighteous shall be punished : as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. 30 The righteous shall inherit the land : and dwell therein for ever. SI The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom : and his tongue will be talking of judgment. 32 The law of his God is in his heart : and his goings shall not slide. 33 The ungodly seeth the righteous : and seeketh oc- casion to slay him. 34 The Lord will not leave him in his hand : nor con- demn him when he is judged. 35 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall promote thee that thou shalt possess the land : when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. 36 I myself have seen the ungodly in great power : and flourishing like a green bay-tree. 37 I went by and lo he was gone : I sought him, but his place could no where be found. 38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last. 39 As for the transgressors, they shall perish together : and the end of the ungodly is, tkey shall be rooted out at the last. 40 But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the 168 Morxi.vg Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 8. Lord : who is also their strength in the time of trou- ble. 41 And the Lord shall stand by them and save them : he shall deliver them from the ungodly and shall save them, because they put their trust in him. fHorning Imager. Day 8. PSALM 38. Domine, ne in furore. IV 1. A. — M-»-l" yEfE^ Put me not to rebuke 0 Lord in thine anger : neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me : and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no health in my flesh, because of thy dis- pleasure : neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin. 4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head : and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt : through my foolishness. G I am brought into so great trouble and misery : that I go mourning all the day long. T For my loins are filled with a sore disease : and there is no whole part in my body. 8 I am feeble and sore smitten . I have roared for the very disquietness of my heart. 9 Lord thou knowest all my desire : and my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me : and the sight of mine eyes is gone from me. 169 Day 8. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayeb. 11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble : and my kinsmen stood afar off. 12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for me : and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not : and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth. 14 I became even as a man that heareth not : and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee 0 Lord, have I put my trust : thou shalt answer for me 0 Lord my God. 16 I have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph over me : for when my foot slipt, they re- joiced greatly against me. 17 And I truly am set in the plague : and my heavi- ness is ever in my sight. 18 For I will confess my wickedness : and be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies live and are mighty : a:ul they that hate me wrongfully are many in number. 20 They also that reward evil for good are against me : because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not 0 Lord my God : be not thou far from me. 22 Haste thee to help me : 0 Lord God of my salva- tion. PSALM 39. Dixi, custodiam. I. 8. I said, I will take heed to my ways : that I offend not in my tongue. 170 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 8. 2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle : while the ungodly is in my sight. 3 I held my tongue, and spake nothing : I kept silence, yea even from good words, but it was pain and grief to me. 4 My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire kindled : and at the last I spake with my tongue. 5 Lord, let me know my end, and the number of my days : that I may be certified how long I have to live. 6 Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee, and verily every man living is altogether vanity. 7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. 8 And now Lord, what is my hope : truly my hope is even in thee. 9 Deliver me from all mine offences : and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth : for it was thy doing. 11 Take thy plague away from me : I am even con- sumed by the means of thy heavy hand. 12 When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment : every man therefore is but vanity. 13 Hear my prayer 0 Lord, and with thine ears con- sider my calling : hold not thy peace at my tears. 14 For 1 am a stranger with thee : and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 15 0 spare me a little, that T may recover my strength : before 1 go hence, and be no more seen. 171 Day 8. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. PSALM 40. Expectans expectavi, VIII. 1. B. F=Fi=*f=g=^^4+^E---^»=fa^ 1 waited patiently for the Lord : and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling. 2 He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay : and set my feet upon the rock, and or- dered my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth : even a thanksgiving unto our God. 4 Many shall see it and fear : and shall put their trust in the Lord. 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord : and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies. G 0 Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts which are to us-ward : and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. 7 If I should declare them and speak of them : they should be more than I am able to express. 8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not : but mine ears hast thou opened. 9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required : then said I Lo I come. 10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfil thy will 0 my God : I am content to do it, yea thy law is within my heart. 11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great congre- gation : 16 I will not refrain my lips 0 Lord, and that thou knowest. 12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart : my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. 172 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 8. 13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth : from the great congregation. 14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me 0 Lord : let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway preserve me. 15 For innumerable troubles are come about me, my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. 16 0 Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me : make h&ste 0 Lord to help me. 17 Let them be ashamed and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it : let them be driven back- ward and put to rebuke, that wish me evil. 18 Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame : that say unto me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. 19 Let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. 20 As for me I am poor and needy : but the Lord careth for me. 21 Thou art my helper and redeemer : make no long tarrying O my God. JEbenmg Stager. Day 8. PSALM 41. Beatus qui intelligit. III. 2. Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy : the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. 2 The Lord preserve him and keep him alive, that he may be blessed upon earth : and deliver not thou him into the will of his enemies. 173 Day 8. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. m. 2. g^^^-^^^^^-q^ljgz^r^^zg^p^H 3 The Lord comfort him when he lieth sick upon his bed : make thou all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, Lord be merciful unto me : heal my sotil, for I have sinned against thee. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me : When shall he die and his name perish. 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity : and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself, and when he cometh forth he telleth it. 7 All mine enemies whisper together against me : even against me do they imagine this evil. 8 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against him : and now that he lieth let him rise up no more. 9 Yea, even mine own familiar friend, whom I trusted: who did also eat of my bread, hath laid great wait for me. 10 But he thou merciful unto me 0 Lord : raise thou me up again, and I shall reward them. 11 By this I know thou favourest me: that mine enemy doth not triumph against me. 12 And when I am in my health, thou upholdest me : and shalt set me before thy face for ever. 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel : world without end Amen. PSALM 42. Quemadmodum. I. 4. B. ^ . ■TX^"=A=v»-i4-- 1=j^-1=i^fl Like as the hart desire th the water-brooks : so longeth my soul after thee 0 God. 2 My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God : when shall I come to appear before the presence of God. 3 My tears have been my meat day and night : while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God. 174 Evening Prater. THE PSALTER. Day a 4 Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself : for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God. 5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving: among such as keep holy-day. 6 Why art thou so full of heaviness O my soul : and why art thou so disquieted within me. 7 Put thy trust in God : for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance. 8 My God, my soul is vexed within me : therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon. 9 One deep calleth another, because of the noise of the water-pipes : all thy waves and storms are gone over me. 10 The Lord hath granted his loving-kindness in the day-time : and in the night-season did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life. 11 I will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast thou forgotten me : why go I thus heavily while the enemy oppresseth me. 12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword : while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth. 13 Namely, while they say daily unto me : Where is now thy God. 14 Why art thou so vexed O my soul : and why art thou so disquieted within me. 15 0 put thy trust in God : for 1 will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance and my God. PSALM 43. Judica me, Dens. I. 4. B. Give sentence with me 0 God, and defend my cause again-t the ungodly people : 0 deliver me from the de- ceitful and wicked man. 175 Say 9. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. I. 4. B. Z For thou art the G6d of my strength, why hast thou put me from thee : and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me. 3 0 send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me : and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. 4 And that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness : and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee 0 God my God. 5 Why art thou so heavy O my soul : and why art thou so disquieted within me. 6 0 put thy trust in God : for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance and my God. fJlorntng Stager. Day 9. PSALM 44. Dens, aaribus. VII. 3. A. We have heard with our ears 0 God, our fathers have told us : what thou hast done in their time of 61d. 2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and planted them in : how thou hast destroyed the na- tions and cast them out. 3 For they gat not the land in possession through their own sword : neither was it their own arm that helped them. 4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance : because thou hadst a favour unto them. 176 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 9. 5 Thou art my King 0 God : send help unto Jacob. 6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies : and in thy Name will we tread them under, that rise up against us. 7 For I will not trust in my bow : it is not my sword that shall help me. 8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies : and pattest them to confusion that hate us. 9 We make our boast of God all day long : and will praise thy Name for ever. 10 But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion : and goest not forth with our armies. 11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies : so that they which hate us spoil our goods. 12 Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep : and hast scattered us among the heathen. 13 Thou sellest thy people for nought : and takest no money for them. 14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours : to be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them that are round about us. 15 Thou makest us to be a by-word among the heathen : and that the people shake their heads at us. 16 My confusion is daily before me : and the shame of my face hath covered me. IT For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer : for the enemy and avenger. 18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee : nor behave ourselves frowardly in thy cove- nant. 19 Our heart is not turned back : neither our steps gone out of thy way. 20 X6, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons : and covered us with the shadow of death. 21 If we have forgotten the N&me of our God, and holden 177 Bay 9. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VII. 3. A. up our hands to any strange god : shall not God search it out, for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart. 22 For thy sake also are we killed all the day long : and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain. 23 Up Lord why sleepest thou : awake, and be not ab- sent from us for ever. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face : and forgettest our misery and trouble. 25 For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust : our belly cleaveth unto the ground. 26 Arise and help us : and deliver us, for thy mercy's sake. PSALM 45. Eructavit cor meum. 1. 1. P^M-Tt— -H=g=»=^=r=^:g ■— ♦ My heart is inditing of a good matter : I speak of the things which I have made unto the King. 2 My tongue is the pen : of a ready writer. 3 Thou art fairer than the children of men : full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever. 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh 0 thou Most Mighty : according to thy worship and renown. 5 Good luck have thou with thine honour : ride on because of the word of truth, of meekness and righteous- ness, and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the pe6ple shall be subdued unto thee : even in the midst among the King's enemies. 7 Thy seat 0 God, endure th for ever : the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 8 Thou hast 16ved righteousness, and hated iniquity : 178 Morxixg Prater. THE PSALTER. Day 9. wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes and cassia : out of the ivory palaces, whereby thev have made thee glad. 10 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women : upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, wrought about with divers colours. 11 Hearken 0 daughter and consider, incline thine ear : forget also thine own people, and thy father's house. 12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty : for he is thy Lord God and worship thou him. 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift : like as the rich also among the people, shall make their sup- plication before thee. 14 The King's daughter is all glorious within: her cloth- ing is of wrought gold. 15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework : the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee. 10 With joy and gladness shall they be brought : and shall enter into the King's palace. IT Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children : whom thou mayest make princes in all lands. 18 I will remember thy Name from one generation to another : therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end. PSALM 46. Deus noster refugium. v. 2. A. God is our hope and strength : a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be 179 Day 9. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. V. 2. A. ^n-tiJ=^iB moved : and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea. 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell : and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same. 4 The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God : the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most Highest. 5 God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed : God shall help her, and that right early. 6 The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved : but God hath shewed his voice, and the earth shall melt away. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us : the God of Jacob is our refuge. 8 0 come hither and behold the works of the Lord : what destruction he hath brought upon the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world : he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burnetii the chariots in the fire. 10 Be still then, and know that I am God : I will be ex- alted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us : the God of Jacob is our refuge. lEbening ^rager. Day 9. PSALM 47. Omnes gentes, plaudite. VII. 6. A. 0 clap your hands together, all ye people : 0 sing unto God with the voice of melody. 180 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 9. 2 For the Lord is high and to be feared : he is the great king upon all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us : and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose out an heritage for us : even the worship of Jacob whom he loved. 5 God is gone up with a merry noise : and the Lord with the sound of the trump. 6 0 sing praises, sing praises unto our God : 0 sing praises, sing praises unto our King. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon his holy seat. 9 The princes of the people, are joined unto the people of the God of Abraham : for God which is very high exalted, doth defend the earth as it were with a shield. PSALM 48. Magnus Dominus. Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised : in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill. 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth : upon the north side lieth the city of the great King, God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge. 3 For lo the kings of the earth : are gathered and gone by together. 4 They marvelled to see such things : they were as- tonished, and suddenly cast down. 5 Fear came there upon them and sorrow : as upon a w6man in her travail. 6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea : through the east-wind. 181 Day 9. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. ,„. , t ) -H— »=T=i=Sg *^M 7 Like as we have heard, so haye we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God : God upholdeth the same for ever. 8 We wait for thy loving-kindness O God : in the midst of thy temple. 9 0 God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world's end : thy right hand is full of righteousness. 10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Ju-dah be glad : because of thy judgments. 11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her : and tell the towers thereof. 12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses : that ye may tell them that come after. 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever : he shall be our guide unto death. PSALM 49. Audite hose, omnes. III. 4. B. ^ ^z**^=l5^i&t=fhqF=^ 0 hear ye this all ye people : ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world. 2 High and low rich and poor : one with another. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom : and my heart shall muse of understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to the parable : and shew my dark speech upon the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of wickedness : and when the wickedness of my heels compasseth me round about. 6 There be some that put their trust in their goods : and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. 182 Day 9. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. 7 But no man may deliver his brother : nor make agreement unto God for him. 8 For it cost more to redeem their souls : so that he must let that alone for ever. 9 Yea, though he live long : and see not the grave. 10 For he seeth that wise men also die, and perish to- gether : as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for other. 11 And yet they think that their houses shall continue for ever : and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to another, and call the lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour : seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish, this is the way of them. 13 This is their foolishness : and their posterity praise their saying. 14 They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have dominion over them in the morning : their beauty shall consume in the sepul- chre out of their dwelling. 15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of hell : for he shall receive me. 16 Be not thou afraid though one be made rich : or if the glory of his house be increased. IT For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth : neither shall his pomp follow him. 18 For while he lived, he counted himself an happy man : and so long as thou doest well unto thyself, men will speak good of thee. 19 He shall follow the generation of his fathers: and shall never see light. 20 Man being in honour hath no understanding : but is compared unto the beasts that perish. 183 Day 10. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. JBlommg Stager. Day 10. PSALM 50. Deus deorum. m. l. a. The Lord, even the most mighty God hath spoken : and called the world, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared : in perfect beauty. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him. 4 He shall call the heaven from above : and the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together unto me : those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for God is Judge himself. 7 Hear 0 my people and I will speak : I myself will testify against thee 0 Israel, for I am God even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt-offerings : because they were not alway before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thine house : nor he- goat out of thy folds. 10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine : and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills. Ill know all the fowls upon the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight. 12 If I be hungry I will not tell thee : for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein. 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh and drink the blood of goats. 184 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 10. 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving : and pay thy vows un- to the Most Highest. 15 And call upon me in the time of trouble : so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me. 16 But unto the ungodly said God : Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth. 17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed : and hast cast my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto him : and hast been partaker with the adulterers. 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness : and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit. 20 Thou sattest and spakest against thy brother : yea, and hast slandered thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly that I am even such a one as thyself : but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done. 22 0 consider this ye that forget God : lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you. 23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me : and to him that ordereth his conversation right, will I shew the salvation of God. PSALM 51. Miserere mei, Dens. VI. B. Have mercy upon me 0 God, after thy great good- ness : according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. 2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness : and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my faults : and my sin is ever before me. 185 Day 10. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. vi. B. 4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. 5 Behold I was shapen in wickedness : and in sin hath my mother conceived me. 6 But 16, thou requirest truth in the inward parts : and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness : that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Turn thy face from my sins : and put out all my misdeeds. 10 Make me a clean heart 0 God : and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence : and take not thy holy Spirit from me. 12 0 give me the comfort of thy help again : and stablish me with thy free Spirit. 13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked : and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness 0 God, thou that art the God of my health : and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. 15 Thou shalt open my lips 0 Lord : and my mouth shall shew thy praise. 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee : but thou del igh test not in burnt-offerings. 17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit : a broken and contrite heart, 0 God shalt thou not despise. 18 0 be favourable and gracious unto Sion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 186 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 10. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of right- eousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations: then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. PSALM 52. Quid ghriarisf vm. 4. l====r^ir-=^=^=4z::i^FM H Why boastest thou thyself thou tyrant : that thou canst do mischief. 2 Whereas the goodness of God : endureth yet daily. 3 Thy tongue itnagineth wickedness : and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp razor. 4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more than gcodness : and to talk of lies more than righteousness. 5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt : 0 thou false tongue. 6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever : he shall take thee and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. 7 The righteous also shall see this and fear : and shall laugh him to scorn. 8 Lj, this is the man that took not God for his strength : but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. 9 As for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God : my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever. 10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done : and I will hope in thy Xame, for thy saints like it well. 187 Uay 10. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. iEbenhtg ^rager* Day 10. PSALM 53. Dixit insipiens. TV. 1. A The foolish body hath said in his heart : There is no God. 2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their wickedness : there is none that doeth good. 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men : to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are alto- gether become abominable : there is also none that doeth good no not one. 5 'Are not they without understanding that work wickedness : eating up my people as if they would eat bread, they have not called upon God. 6 They were afraid where no fear was : for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee, thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath despised them. 7 Oh, that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Si-on : Oh that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity. 8 Then should Jacob rejoice : and fsrael should be right glad. PSxiLM 54. Deus, in nomine. I. 2. Save me 0 God for thy Name's sake : and avenge me in thy strength. 188 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day Id 2 Hear my prayer 0 God : and hearken unto the "words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me : and tyrants which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. ± Behold, God is my helper : the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies : destroy thou them in thy truth. 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name 0 Lord : because it is so comfortable. T For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble : and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. PSALM 55. Exaudi, Deus. IV. 2. A. Hear my prayer 0 God : and hide not thyself from my petition. 2 Take heed unto me and hear me : how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed. 3 The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast : for they are minded to do me some mischief, so mali- ciously are they set against me. -i My heart is disquieted within me : and the fear of death is fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me : and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove: for then would I flee away and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off: and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make haste to escape : because of the stormy wind and tempest. 9 Destroy their tongues 0 Lord, and divide them : for I have spied unrighteousness and strife in the city. 189 Day 10. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. IV. 2. A. 10 Day and night they go about within the walls thereof : mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness is therein : deceit and guile go not out of their streets. 12 For it is not an open enemy that hath done me this dishonour : for then I could have borne it. 13 Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify him- self against me : for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him. 14 But it was even thou my companion : my guide, and mine own familiar friend. 15 We took sweet counsel together : and walked in the house of God as friends. 16 Let death come hastily upon them, and let them go down quick into hell : for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them. 17 As for me, I will call upb'n God: and the Lord shall save me. 18 In the evening and morning and at noon-day will I pray, and that instantly : and he shall hear my voice. 19 It is he that hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me : for there were many with me. 20 Yea, even God that endureth for ever shall hear me, and bring them down : for they will not turn nor fear God. 21 He laid his hands upon such as be at peace with him : and he brake his covenant. 22 The words of his mouth were softer than butter, having war in his heart : his words were smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords. 23 0 cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall nourish thee : and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever. 190 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 11. 24 And as for them: thou 0 God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. 25 The blood-thirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days : nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee 0 Lord. Day 11. PSALM 56. Miserere mei, Deus. Be merciful unto me 0 God, for man goeth about to devour me : he is daily fighting and troubling me. 2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me tip : for they be many that fight against me, 0 thou Most Highest. 3 Nevertheless though I am some-time afraid : yet put I my trust in thee. 4 I will praise God because of his word : I have put my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 They daily mistake my words : all that they imagine is to do me evil. C They hold all together, and keep themselves close : and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape for their wickedness : thou 0 God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings, put my tears into thy bottle : are not these things noted in thy book. 0 Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight : this I know, for God is on my side. 10 In God's word will I rejoice : in the Lord's word will I comfort me. 191 Day 11. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayeb. i. i. i^— ■ "—5-4 M -3 ■ -*— n » ' " i ■—♦^■1 *— ■■ 11 Yea in God have I put my trust : I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 12 Unto thee 0 God will I pay my vows : unto thee will I give thanks. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling : that I may walk before God in the light of the living. PSALM 57. Miserere mei, Dens. VII. 3. A. 3-B ♦ n ♦ Be merciful unto me 0 God, be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee : and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be overpast. 2 I will call unto the most high God : even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand. 3 He shall send from heaven : and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me up. 4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth : my soul is among lions. 5 And I lie even among the children of men, that are set on fire : whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 6 Set up thyself 0 God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. 7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul : they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves. 8 My heart is fixed 0 God, my heart is fixed : I will sing and give praise. 9 Awake tip my glory, awake lute and harp: I myself will awake right early. 192 MoknIxNG Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day It 10 I will give thanks unto thee 0 Lord, among the people : and I will sing unto thee among the nations. 11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens : and thy truth, unto the clouds. 12 Set up thyself 0 God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. PSALM 58. Si vere utique. v. 1. B. Are your minds set upon righteousness, 0 ye congre- gation : and do ye judge the thing that is right O ye sons of men. 2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the earth : and your hands deal with wickedness. 3 The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb : as soon as they are born, they go astray and speak lies. 4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent : even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears. 5 Which refiiseth to hear the voice of the charmer : charm he never so wisely. 6 Break their teeth 0 God in their mouths, smite the jaw-bones of the lions 0 Lord : let them fall away like water that runneth apace, and when they shoot their arrows, let them be rooted out. 7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the untimely fruit of a woman : and let them not see the sun. 8 Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns : so let indignation vex him, even as a thing that is raw. 9 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the ven- geance : he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the ungodly. 10 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous : doubtless there is a God that judgeth the earth. 193 Day 11. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. lEbnung ^rager. jl)ay 11. PSALM 59. Eripe me de inimici*. VI. A. 4—m- p-=i=j=^^^i=fl Deliver me from mine enemies O God : defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 0 deliver me from the wicked-doers : and save me from the blood-thirsty men. 3 For 16, they lie waiting for my soul : the mighty men are gathered against me, without any offunce or fault of me 0 Lord. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: arise thou therefore to help me and behold. 5 Stand up 0 Lord God of hosts, thou God of Israel, to visit all the heathen : and be not merciful unto them that offend of malicious wickedness. 6 They go to and fro in the evening : they grin like a dog, and run about through the city. 7 Behold they speak with their mouth, and swords are in their lips : for who doth hear. 8 But thou 0 Lord, shalt have them in derision : and thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorn. 9 My strength will I ascribe unto thee : for thou art the God of my refuge. 10 God sheweth me his goodness plenteously : and God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget it : but scatter them abroad among the people, and put them down 0 Lord our defence. 12 For the sin of their mouth, and for the words of their lips, they shall be taken in their pride : and why, their preaching is of cursing and lies. 194 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 11. 13 Consume them in thy wrath, consume them that they may perish : and know that it is God that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world. 14 And in the evening they "will return : grin like a dog, and will go about the city. 15 They will run here and there for meat : and grudge if they be not satisfied. 1G As for me, I will sing of thy power, and will praise thy mercy betimes in the morning : for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 1 7 Unto thee 0 my strength will I sing : for thou 0 God art my refuge, and my merciful God. PSALM 60. Deus, repulisti nos. IV. 2. A. g=g^^!£gg^_-r,_li^=g^EE^ -4— m- 0 God, thou hast cast us out, and scattered us abroad: thou hast also been displeased, 0 turn thee unto us again. 2 Thou hast moved the land and divided it : heal the sores thereof for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people heavy things : thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine. 4 Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee : that they may triumph because of the truth. 5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered : help me with thy right hand and hear me. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will rejoice and divide Si-chem : and mete out the valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine: Ephraim also is the strength of my head, Judah is my law-giver. 8 Moab is my wash -pot, over Edom will I cast out my shoe : Philistia, be thou glad of me. 0 Wh6 will lead me into the strong city : who will bring me into Edom. 195 Day 11. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. IV. 2. A. iW=M^^t^'^^±^-=^E*$=>+% 10 Hast not thou cast us out 0 God : wilt not thou 0 God, go out with, our hosts. 11 0 be thou our help in trouble: for vain is the help of man. 12 Through God will we do great acts: for it is he that shall tread down our enemies. PSALM Gl. Exaudi, Deus. VIII. 1. A. Hear my crying, 0 God : give ear unto my prayer. 2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee : when my heart is in heaviness. 3 0 set me up upon the rock that is higher than I : for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against the enemy. 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever : and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. 5 For thou 0 Lord hast heard my desires : and hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name. 6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life : that his years may endure throughout all generations. 7 He shall dwell before God for ever : 0 prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him. 8 So will I always sing praise unto thy Name : that I may daily perform my vows. 196 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 12. iWormng Stager. Day 12. PSALM 62. Nonm Deo ? m. l. a. %==^=m=^^=^^=±-^9=nii=-'^ ■ >-Pi-<=s=B My soul truly waiteth still upon God : for of him cometh my salvation. 2 He verily is my strength and my salvation : he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against every man : ye shall be slain all the sort of you, yea as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge. 4 Their device is only how to put him out whom God will exalt : their delight is in lies, they give good words with their mouth but curse with their heart. 5 Nevertheless my soul, wait thou still upon God : for my hope is in him. 6 He truly is my strength and my salvation : he is my defence, so that 1 shall not fall. 7 In God is my health and my glory : the rock of my might, and in God is my trust. 8 0 put your trust in him alway ye people : potir out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. 9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity : the children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether lighter than vanity itself. 10 0 trust not in wrong and robbery, give not yourselves unto vanity : if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same : that power belongeth unto God. 12 And that thou Lord art merciful : for thou re- wardest every man according to his work. 197 Day 12. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. PSALM 63. Deus, Dens mens. VIL4.A. 0 God, thou art my God : early will I seek thee. 2 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee : in a barren and dry land where no water is. 3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness : that I might behold thy power and glory. 4 For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself: my lips shall praise thee. 5 As long as I live will I magnify thee in this manner: and lift up my hands in thy Name. 6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with mar- row and fatness : when my mouth praiseth thee with joy- ful lijDS. 7 Have I not remembered thee in my bed: and thought upon thee when I was waking. 8 Because thou hast been my helper : therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 9 My soul hangeth upon thee : thy right hand hath upholden me. 10 These also that seek the hurt of my soul : they shall go" under the earth. 11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword : that they may be a portion for foxes. 12 But the King shall rejoice in God, all they also that swear by him shall be commended: for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. PSALM 64. Exaudi, Deus, n.a *-■— g^ * n=* Hear my voice 0 God, in my prayer : preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 198 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 12. 2 Hide me from the gathering together of the froward : and from the insurrection of wicked doers. 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword : and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words. 4 That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect : suddenly do they hit him and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in mischief : and com- mune among themselves how they may lay snares, and say that no man shall see them. 6 They imagine wickedness and practise it : that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart. 7 Bat God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow : that they shall be wounded. 8 Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall : inso- much that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn. 9 And all men that see it shall say, This hath God done : for they shall perceive that it is his work. 10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in him : and all they that are true of heart shall be glad. 3£bentng ^rager. Day 12, PSALM 65. Te decet hymnus. VIII. 1. B. Thou 0 God, art praised in Sion : and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. 2 Thou, that nearest the prayer : unto thee shall all flesh come. 3 My misdeeds prevail against me : 0 be thou merciful unto our sins. 4 Blessed is the man whom thou cho6sest, and receivest 199 Day 12. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. VIII. l. B. ^^T-^^-^^Eggl-HJEiEiE unto thee: he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 5 Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy right- eousness, 0 God of our salvation : thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains : and is girded about with power. 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea : and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth, shall be afraid at thy tokens : thou that makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee. 9 Thou visitest the earth and blessest it : thou makest it very plenteous. 10 The river of God is full of water : thou prcparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth. 11 Thou waterest her furrows, thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof : thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. 12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness : and thy clouds drop fatness. 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings oi the wilderness: and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 14 The folds shall be full of sheep: the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. PSALM 66. Jubilate Deo. vni. 2. 0 be joyful in G6d all ye lands : sing praises unto the h6nour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious. 200 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 12. 2 Say unto God, 0 how wonderful art thou in thy "works : through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. 3 For all the world shall worship thee : sing of thee and praise thy Name. 4 0 come hither and behold the works of God : how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men. 5 He turned the sea into dry land : so that they went through the water on foot, there did we rejoice thereof. 6 He ruleth with his power for ever, his eyes behold the people : and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. 7 0 praise our God ye people : and make the voice of his praise to be heard. 8 Who holdeth our soul in life : and suffereth not our feet to slip. 9 For thou 0 God, hast proved us : thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. 10 Thou broughtest us into the snare : and laidest trou- ble upon our loins. 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads: we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. 12 I will go, into thine house with burnt-offerings : and will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble. 13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the in- cense of rams : I will offer bullocks and goats. 14 0 come hither and hearken all ye that fear God : and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. 15 I called unto him with my mouth : and gave him praises with my tongue. 16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart: the Lord will not hear me. 201 Day 13. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer Viii. 2. 17 But G6d hath heard me : and considered the voice of my prayer. 18 Praised be God, who hath not cast out my prayer : nor turned his mercy from me. PSALM 67. Deus misereatur. VI. b. God be merciful unto us and bless us : and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. 2 That thy way may be known upon earth : thy saving health among all nations. 3 Let the people praise thee O God : yea, let all the people praise thee. 4 0 let the nations rejoice and be glad : for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. 5 Let the people praise thee O God : yea, let all the people praise thee. 6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase : and God even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 7 God shall bless us : and all the ends of the world shall fear him. JKlorning Eraser. Day 13. PSALM 68. Exurgat Deus. in. i. a. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered : let them also that h&te him flee before him. Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 13. 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away : and like as wdx melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God: let them also be merry and joyful. •4 0 sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name : magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse, praise him in his Name JAH and rejoice before him. 5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the widows : even God in his holy habitation. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity : but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness. 7 0 God, when thou wentest forth before the people : when thou wentest through the wilderness. 8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God : even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God of Israel. 9 Thou 0 God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine in- heritance : and refreshedst it when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation shall dweU therein : for thou 0 God, hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word : great was the company of the preachers. 12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discom- fited : and they of the household divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove: that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake : then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 15 As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill : even an high hill, as the hill of Basan. 16 Why hop ye so ye high hills, this is God's hill, in the 203 Day 13. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. hi. l. A. E=^i=*f^t ^— ♦ ^-♦-r"-4-.- wliich it pleaseth him to dwell : yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thou- sands of angels : and the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai. 18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men : yea, even for thine enemies, that. the Lord God might dwell among them. 19 Praised be the Lord daily: even the G6d who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salva- tion : God is the Lord by whom we escape death. 21 God shall wound the head of his enemies : and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wicked- ness. 22 The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again as I did from Basan : mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies : and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same. 24 It is well seen 0 God, how thou goest : how thou my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after : in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 26 Give thanks 0 Israel, unto God the Lord in the con- gregations : from the ground of the heart. 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their council : the princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali. 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee: stablish the thing 0 God, that thou hast wrought in us. 204 Evening Peayee. THE PSALTER. Day 13. 29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem : so shall kings bring presents unto thee. 30 When the company of the spear-men and multitude of the mighty, are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver: and when he hath scattered the people that delight in war. 31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt : the Moriaus' land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 32 Sing unto God, 0 ye kingdoms of the earth : 0 sing praises unto the Lord. 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the begin- ning : 16, he doth send out his voice, yea and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel : his worship and strength is in the clouds. 35 0 God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places : even the God of 'Israel, he will give strength and power unto his people blessed be God. Ebentng Stager. Day 13. PSALM 69. SaJvum me fac. Save me 0 God : * for the waters are come in, even unto my soul. % I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is : I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me. 3 I am weary of crying my throat is dry : my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon mv God. ■4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the * Paucity of words requires that the mediation should be omitted. See introduction, £ XVII. Day 13. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer, i. a hairs of my head : they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless are mighty. 5 I paid them the things that I never took : God thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that trust in thee 0 Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause : let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, 0 Lord God of Israel. 7 And why, for thy sake have I suffered reproof: shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren : even an alien unto my mother's children. 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 myself 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. 13 But Lord, I make my prayer unto thee : in an ac- ceptable time. 14 Hear me 0 God, in the multitude of thy mercy : even in the truth of thy salvation. 15 Take me out of the mire that I sink not : 0 let me be delivered from them that hate mc, and out of the deep waters. 16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up : and let not the j>it shut her mouth upon me. 17 Hear me 0 Lord, for thy loving-kindness is comfor- table : turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies. 206 Evening Prayer. 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Day la 18 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble : 0 haste thee and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my soul and save it : 0 deliver mo because of mine enemies. 20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame and my dis- honour : mine adversaries are all in thy sight. 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart, I am full of heaviness : I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. 22 They gave me gall to eat : and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal : and let the things that should have been for their wealth, be unto them an occasion of falling. 21 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 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 0 God shall lift me up. 31 I will praise the Name of God with a song: and magnify it with thanksgiving. 32 This also shall please the Lord : better than a bul- lock that hath horns and hoofs. 33 The humble shall consider this and be glad : seek ye after God, and your soul shall live. 207 Day 13. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. I. 8. 34 For the Lord heareth the poor : and despiseth not his prisoners. 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 Judah : 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. III. 4. A. Haste thee 0 God to deliver me : make haste to help me O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul : let them be turned backward and put to confusion, that wish me evil. 3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame : that cry over me There there. 4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee : and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. 5 As for me, I am poor and in misery: haste thee unto me 0 God. 6 Thou art my helper, and my redeemer : 0 Lord make no long tarrying. 208 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 14. iKortung ^rager. Day 14. PSALM 71. In te, Domine, speravi. vni. 3. In thee 0 Lord have I put my trust, let me never be put to confusion: but rid me and deliver me in thy righteous- ness, incline thine ear unto me and save me. 2 Be thou my stronghold, whereiinto I may alway re- sort : thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence and my castle. 3 Deliver me 0 my God, out of the hand of the un- godly : out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 4 For thou. 0 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 '0 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 my strength faileth me. 9 For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together saying : God hath forsaken him, persecute him and take him, for there is none to deliver him. 10 Go not far from me 0 God : my God haste thee to help me. 11 Let them be confounded and perish that are against 209 Day 14, THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VIII. 3. my soul : let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil. 12 As for me, I will patiently abide alway : and will praise thee more and more. 13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation : for I know no end thereof. 14 I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God : and will make mention of thy righteousness only. 15 Thou 0 God, hast taught me from my youth up until now : therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. 16 Forsake me not 0 God in mine old age, when I am gray-headed : until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. 17 Thy righteousness 0 God is very high : and great things are they that thou hast done, 0 God who is like unto thee. 18 '0 what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me, and yet didst thou turn and refresh me : yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again. 19 Thou hast brought me to great honour : and com- forted me on every side. 20 Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulness 0 God, playing upon an instrument of music : unto thee will I sing upon the harp, 0 thou Holy One of Israel. 21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee : and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered. 22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long : for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil. 210 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 14 PSALM 72. Deus, judicium. v. 1. A. f=E=^=3$s^=^#±=±^5 ♦-■ Give the King thy judgments 0 God : and thy righte- ousness unto the King's son. 2 Then shall he judge thy people according unto right: and defend the poor. 3 The mountains also shall bring peace : and the little hills righteousness unto the people. 4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right : defend the children of the poor, and j^unish the wrong doer. 5 They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon en- dureth : from one generation to another. 6 He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool: even as the drops that water the earth. 7 In his time shall the righteous nourish : yea, and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 8 His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the other : and from the flood unto the world's end. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him : his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Th arsis and of the isles shall give presents : the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts. 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 : and dear 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 *hall he be praised. 211 Day 14, THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. HS=3$*=± 16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills : his fruit shall shake like Libanus, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth. 17 His Name shall endure for ever, his Name shall remain under the sun amongst the posterities which shall be blessed through him : and all the heathen shall praise him. 18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel : which only doeth wondrous things. 19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever : and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty, Amen Amen. lEbenmg Stager. Day 14. PSALM 73. Quam bonus Israel I VH. 4. A. :m-*- M=± Truly God is loving unto Israel : even unto such as are of a clean heart. 2 Nevertheless my feet were almost gone : my tread- ings had well-nigh slipt. 3 And why, I was grieved at the wicked : I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity. 4 For they are in no peril of death : but are lusty and strong. 5 They come in no misfortune like other folk : neither are they plagued like other men. 6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with pride : and overwhelmed with cruelty. 7 Their eyes swell with fatness : and they do even what they lust. 212 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 14. 8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blas- phemy : 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. 11 Tush say they, how should God perceive it : is there knowledge in the Most High. 12 Lo these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world and 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 chast- ened every morning. 14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they: but 16, then I should have condemned the generation of thy chil- dren. 15 Then thought I to understand this : but it was too hard for me. 16 Until I went into the sanctuary of God : then un- derstood I the end of these men. 17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places : and castest them down and destroy est them. 18 '0 how suddenly do they consume : perish, and come to a fearful end. 19 Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh : s6 shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city. 20 Thus my heart was grieved : and it went even through my reins. 21 So foolish was I and ignorant : even as it were a beast before thee. 22 Nevertheless I am alway by thee : for thou hast h olden me by my right hand. 23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel : and after that receive me with glory. 213 Day 14. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. Vii. 4. A. 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 16, they that forsake thee shall perish : thou hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee. 27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord God : and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Sion. 0 God wherefore art thou absent from us so long : why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture. 2 0 think upon thy congregation : whom thou hast purchased and redeemed of old. 3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance : and mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt. 4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy : which hath done evil in thy sanctuary. 5 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congrega- tions : and set up their banners for tokens. 6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees : was known to bring it to an excellent work. 7 But now they break down all the carved work thereof : with axes and hammers. 8 They have set fire upon thy holy places : and have defiled the dwelling-place of thy Name even unto the ground. 9 Yea, they said in their hearts, Let us make havoc of 214 Evening Prayer. 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Day 14 them altogether : thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land. 10 Wc see not our tokens, there is not one prophet more : no not one is there among us that understandeth any more. 11 0 God "how long shall the adversary do this dis- honour : how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever. 12 Why withdrawcst thou thy hand : why pluckcst thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom, to consume the enemy. 13 For God is my King of old : the help that is done upon earth, he doeth it himself. 14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy power : thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 15 Thou smotest the heads of Leviathan in pieces : and gavest him to be meat for the people in the wilderness. 16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks : thou driedst up mighty waters. 17 The day is thine and the night is thine : thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 18 Thou, hast set all the borders of the earth : thou, hast made summer and winter. 19 Remember this 0 Lord, how the enemy hath re- buked : and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Nome. 20 0 deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the enemies : and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever. 21 Look upon the covenant : for all the earth is full of darkness and cruel habitations. 22 6 let not the simple go away ashamed : but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy Name. 23 Arise 0 God, maintain thine own cause : remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily. 215 Day 15. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. 1.7. * 24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies : the presump- tion of them that hate thee increaseth ever more and more. Hflormng Stager. Day 15. PSALM 75. Confitebimar tibi VIL 6. Unto thee 0 God do we give thanks : yea, unto thee do we give thanks. 2 Thy Name also is so nigh : and that do thy won- drous works declare. 3 When I receive the congregation : I shall judge ac- cording unto right. 4 The earth is weak, and all the inhahiters thereof : I bear up the pillars of it. 5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly : and to the ungodly Set not up your horn. 6 Set not up your horn on high : and speak not with a stiff neck. 7 For promotion cometh neither from the east nor from the west : nor yet from the south. 8 And why, God is the Judge : he putteth down one and setteth up another. 9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red : it is full mixt, and he poureth out of the same. 10 As for the dregs thereof : all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them and suck them out. 11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob : and praise him for ever. 216 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 15. 12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break : and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. PSALM 7G. Notus in Judcea. viii. 2. In Jewry is God known : his Name is great in Is- rael. 2 At Salem is his tabernacle : and his dwelling in Sion. 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow : the shield the sword and the battle. 4 Thou art of more honour and might : than the hills of the robbers. 5 The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep : and all the men whose hands were mighty, have found nothing. 6 At thy rebuke 0 God of Jacob : both the chariot and horse are fallen. 7 Thou even thou art to be feared : and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry. 8 Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven : the earth trembled and was still. 9 When God arose to judgment : and to help all the meek upon earth. 10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise : and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain. 11 Promise unto the Lord your God and keep it, all ye that are round about him : bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes ; and is wonder* ful among the kings of the earth. 217 Day 15. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer PSALM 77. Voce mea ad Dominum. ra 3. a. czg-B-i_Ji_»=irnp-="=B=:»: ^g=j=g4-P^a 1 will cry unto God with my voice : even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me. 2 In the time of my trouhle 1 sought the Lord : my sore ran and ceased not in the night-season, my soiil refused comfort. 3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God: when my heart is vexed I will complain. 4 Thou boldest mine eyes waking : I am so feeble that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of old : and the years that are past. 6 I call to remembrance my song : and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirit. 7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever : and will he be no more intreated. 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever : and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore. 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious : and will he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure. 10 And I said, It is mine own infirmity : but I will re- member the years of the right hand of the Most Highest. 11 I will remember the works of the Lord : and call to mind thy wonders of old time. 12 I will think also of all thy works : and my talking shall be of thy doings. 13 Thy way 0 God is holy : who is so great a God as our God. 14 Thou art the God that doest wonders : and hast de- clared thy power among the people. 15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy people : even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. 218 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 15. 16 The waters saw thee 0 God, the waters saw thee and were afraid : the depths also were troubled. 17 The clouds poured out water, the air thundered : and thine arrows went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was heard round about: the lightnings shone upon the ground, the earth was moved and shook withal. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters : and thy footsteps are not known. 20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep : by the hand of Moses and Aaron. iEbemng IJrager. Day 15. PSALM 78. Attendite popule. III. 1. A. g=,=M-?4^=^g=^-pa=^=^^--^ ■ ♦ f ♦— m- Hear my law O my people : incline your ears unto the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I will declare hard sentences of old. 3 Which we have heard and known : and such as our fathers have told us. 4 That we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come : but to shew the honour of the Lurd, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done. 5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law : which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children. 6 That their posterity might know it : and the chil- dren which were yet unborn. 7 To the intent that when they came up : they might shew their children the same. 219 Day 15. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer in l.A. ^^^^^^^-^^--J^^^^ 8 That they might put their trust in God : and not to forget the works of God, but to keep his commandments. 9 And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn generation : a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit cleaveth not steadfastly unto G6d. 10 Like as the children of Ephraim : who being har- nessed and carrying bows, turned themselves back in the day of battle. 11 They kept not the covenant of God : and would not walk in his law. 12 But forgat what he had done : and the wonderful works that he had shewed for them. 13 Marvellous things did he in the sight of our fore- fathers, in the land of Egypt : even in the field of Zoan. 14 He divided the sea, and let them go through : he made the waters to stand on an heap. 15 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud : and all the night through with a light of fire. 16 He clave the hard rocks in the wilderness : and gave them drink thereof, as it had been out of the great depth. 17 He brought waters out of the stony rock : so that it gushed out like the rivers. 18 Yet for all this they sinned more against him : and provoked the Most Highest in the wilderness. 19 They tempted God in their hearts : and required meat for their lust. 20 They spake against God also saying : Shall God pre- pare a table in the wilderness. 21 He smote the stony rock indeed, that the water gushed out, and the streams flowed withal : but can he give bread also, or provide flesh for his people. 22 When the Lord heard this he was wroth : so the fire 220 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 15£ was kindled in Jacob, and there came up heavy displeasure against Israel. 23 Because they believed not in God : and put not their trust in his help. 24 So he commanded the clouds above : and opened the doors of heaven. 25 He rained down manna also upon them for to cat : and gave them food from heaven. 26 So man did eat angels' food : for he sent them meat enough. 2? He caused the east-wind to blow under heaven : and through his power he brought in the south-west wind. 28 He rained flesh upon them as thick as dust : and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea. 29 He let it fall among their tents : even round about their habitation. 30 So they did eat and were well filled, for he gave them their own desire : they were not disappointed of their lust. 31 But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the wealthiest of them : yea, and smote down the chosen men that were in Israel. 32 But for all this they sinned yet more : and believed not his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity : and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew them they sought him : and turned them early, and inquired after God. 35 And they remembered that God was their strength : and that the high God was their redeemer. 30 Nevertheless they did but natter him with their mouth : and dissembled with him in their tongue. 37 For their heart was not whole with him : neither continued they steadfast in his covenant, 221 Bay 15. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. m 1. a 38 But he was so merciful, that he forgave their mis- deeds : and destroyed them not. 39 Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away : and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise. 40 For he considered that they were but flesh : and that they were even a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wilderness: and grieved him in the desert. 42 They turned back and tempted God : and moved the Holy One in Israel. 43 They thought not of his hand : and of the day when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy. 44 How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt : and his wonders in the field of Zoan. 45 He turned their waters into blood : so that they might not drink of the rivers. 46 He sent lice among them, and devoured them up : and frogs to destroy them. 47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpillar : and their labour unto the grasshopper. 48 He destroyed their vines with hailstones : and their mulberry-trees with the frost. 49 He smote their cattle also with hailstones : and their flocks with hot thunderbolts. 50 He cast upon them the furiousness of his wrath, anger displeasure and trouble : and sent evil angels among them. 51 He made a way to his indignation, and spared not their soul from death : but gave their life over to the pestilence. 52 And smote all the first-born in Egypt : the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. 222 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 15. 53 But &s for his own people, he led them forth like sheep : and carried them in the wilderness like a flock. 5-i He brought them out safely, that they should not fear : and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea. 55 And brought them within the borders of his sanctu- ary : even to his mountain, which he purchased with his right hand. 56 He cast out the heathen also before them : caused their land to be divided among them for an heritage, and made the tribes of I'srael to dwell in their tents. 57 So they tempted and displeased the most high God : and kept not his testimonies. 58 But turned their backs, and fell away like their fore- fathers : starting aside like a broken bow. 59 For they grieved him with their hill-altars : and pro- voked him to displeasure with their images. GO When God heard this he was wroth : and took sore displeasure at Israel. 61 So that he forsook the tabernacle in Silo : even the tent that he had pitched among men. 62 He delivered their power into captivity : and their beauty into the enemy's hand. G3 He gave his people over also unto the sword : and was wroth with his inheritance. G4 The fire consumed their young men : and their maidens were not given to marriage. G5 Their priests were slain with the sword : and there were no widows to make lamentation. GG So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep : and like a giant refreshed with wine. 67 He smote his enemies in the hinder parts : and put them to a perpetual shame. G8 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph: and*ch6se not the tribe of Ephraim. 223 Day 16. THE PSALTER. Morning Pbayeb. in. l. A. 69 But chose the tribe of Judah : even the hill of Sion which he loved. 70 And there he built his temple on high : and laid the foundation of it like the ground, which he hath made con- tinually. 71 He chose David also his servant : and took him away from the sheep-folds. 72 As he was following the ewes great with young ones he took him : that he might feed Jacob his people, and 'Israel his inheritance. 73 So he fed them with a faithful and true heart : and ruled them prudently with all his power. Hflorning ^rager. Day 16. PSALM 79. Deus, venerunt. IV. 2. A. 0 God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance : thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of stoues. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants, have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air : and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land. 3 Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem : and there was no man to bury them. 4 We are become an open shame to our enemies : a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us. 5 Lofd, how long wilt thou be angry: shall thj jealousy burn like fire for ever. 224 Mousing Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 16. 6 Poiir out thine indignation upon the heathen that hare not known thee : and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name. 7 For they have devoured Ja-cob : and laid waste his dwelling-place. 8 0 remember not our old sins, but have m£rcy upon us, and that soon : for we are come to great misery. 9 Help us 0 God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name : 0 deliver us and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's sake. 10 Wherefore do the heathen say : Where is now their God. 11 0 let the vengeance of thy servants' blood that is shed : be openly shewed upon the heathen in our sight. 12 0 let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come be- fore thee : according to the greatness of thy power, pre- serve thou those that are appointed to die. 13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee : reward thou them 0 Lord, seven-fold into their bosom. 14 So wTe, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for ever : and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation. PSALM 80. Qui regis Israel I. 4. A. Hear 0 thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep : shew thyself also, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim. 2 Before Ephraim Benjamin and Manasses : stir up thy strength, and come and help 08. 3 Turn us again 0 God : shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 225 Day 16. THE PSALTER. Mornlng Prayer. I. 4. A ^=*z~jm=T=j^^±+=ft 4 0 Lord God of hosts : how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth. 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears : and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink. 6 Thou hast m tide us a very strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh us to scorn. 7 Turn us again thou God of hosts : shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. 9 Thou madest room for it : and when it had taken root it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it : and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees. 11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea : and her boughs unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge : that all they that go by pluck off her grapes. 13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up : and the wild beasts of the field devour it. 14 Turn thee again thou God of hosts, look down from heaven : behold and visit this vine. 15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted : and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself. 16 It is burnt with fire and cut down : and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand : and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. 18 And so will not we go back from thee : '0 let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name. 226 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 16. 19 Turn us again 0 Lord God of hosts : shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. PSALM 81. Exultate Deo. vn. e. Sing we merrily unto God our strength : make a cheer- ful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret : the merry harp with the lute. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon : even in the time appointed, and upon our solemn feast-day. 4 For this was made a statute for Israel : and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony : when he came out of the land of 'Egypt, and had heard a strange language. 6 I eased his shoulder from the burden : and his hands were delivered from making the pots. 7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee : and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee. 8 I proved thee also : at the waters of strife. 9 Hear 0 my people, and I will assure thee 0 Israel : if thou wilt hearken unto me. 10 There shall no strange god be in thee : neither shalt thou worship any other god. 11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it. 12 But my people would not hear my voice : and Israel would not obey me. 13 So I ^ave them up unto their own hearts' lusts: and let them follow their own imaginations. 14 '0 that my people would have hearkened unto me : for if Israel had walked in my ways. 227 Day 16. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. mdi: VII. 6. :«=^=f: and 15 I should soon have put down their enemies turned my hand against their adversaries. 16 The haters of the Lord should have been found liars : but their time should have endured for ever. 17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat- flour : and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee. Day 16. iEbemng ^rager* PSALM 82. Deus stetit. 1.3. God standeth in the congregation cf princes : he is a Judge among gods. 2 How long will ye give wrong judgment : and accept the persons of the ungodly. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless : see that sucli as are in need and necessity have right. 4 Deliver the outcast and poor : save them from the hand of the ungodly. 5 They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness : all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said Ye are gods : and ye are all the children of the Most Highest. 7 But ye shall die like men : and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise 0 God, and judge thou the earth : for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance. 228 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 16. PSALM 83. Deus, quis similis? in. 1. A. E_^-^j=g=3=g^-iSH^I!^^ Hold not thy tongue 0 God, keep not still silence : refrain not thyself 0 God. 2 For 16, thine enemies make a murmuring : and they that hate thee have lift up their head. 3 They have imagined craftily against thy people : and taken counsel against thy secret ones. 4 They have said, Come and let us root them out, that they be no more a people : and that the name of 'Israel may he no more in remembrance. 5 For they have cast their heads together with one con- sent : and are confederate against thee. 6 The tabernacles of the 'Edoniites, and the Ishmaelites: the Moabites and Hagarenes. 7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek : the Philistines, with them that dwell at Tyre. 8 'Assur also is joined with them : and have holpen the children of Lot. 9 But do thou to them as unto the Midianites : unto Sisera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison. 10 Who perished at Endor : and became as the dung of the earth. 11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb : yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana. 12 Who say. Let us take to ourselves : the houses of God in possession. 13 0 my God, make them like unto a wheel : and as the stubble before the wind. 14 Like as the fire that burnetii up the wood : and as the flame that consumeth the mountains. 15 Persecute them even so with thy tempest : and make them afraid with thy storm. 229 Day 16. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayeb. HI. l. A. E^-^-l-g^-g^ -•-♦-P--4— B- 16 Make their faces ashamed O Lord : that they may seek thy Name. 17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more : let them be put to shame and perish. 18 And they shall know that thou, whose name is JEHOVAH : art only the Most Highest over all the earth. PSALM 84. Quam dilecta ! VII. 2. A. 0 how amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts. 2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young : even thy altars 0 Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be alway praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose heart are thy ways. 6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well: and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 '0 Lord God of hosts hear my prayer : hearken 0 God of Jacob. 9 Behold 0 God our defender : and lo6k upon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts: is better than a thou- sand. 230 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 16. 11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God : than to dwell in the tents- of ungodliness. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. 13 0 Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. PSALM 85. Benedixisti, Domine. II. 2. 5=P~-1 - ■»-■«< i Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land : thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people : and covered all their sins. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure : and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation. 4 Turn us then 0 God our Saviour : and let thine anger cease from us. 5 AVilt thou be displeased at us for ever : and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another. G Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us : that thy people may rejoice in thee. 7 Shew us thy mercy 0 Lord : and grant us thy sal- vation. 8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say concerning me : for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints that they turn not again. 9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our hind. 10 Mercy and truth are met together : righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall nourish out of the earth : and righteous- ness hath looked down from heaven. 231 Day 17. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. II. 2. * § 3=iz±=fc =-=== *=* »=F+ 12 Yea, the Lord shall shew loving-kindness : and our land shall give her increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him: and he shall direct his going in the way. Day 17. iBlorning ^rager. PSALM 86. Inclina, Domine. I. 4. B. Bow down thine ear 0 Lord and hear me : for I am poor and in misery. 2 Preserve thou my sotil, for I am holy : my God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me 0 Lord : for I will call daily upon thee. 4 Comfort the soul of thy servant : for unto thee 0 Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou Lord, art good and gracious : and of gredt mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 6 Give ear Lord unto my prayer : and ponder the voice of my humble desires. 7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee : for thou hearest me. 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee 0 Lord: there is not one that can do as thou doest. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee 0 Lord : and shall glorify thy Name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous thou art God alone. things Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 17. 11 Teach me thy way 0 Lord, and I will walk in thy truth : 0 knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Xame. 12 I will thank thee 0 Lord my God with all my heart : and will praise thy Name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me : and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell. 14 0 God, the proud are risen against me : and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes. 15 But thou O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy : long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and truth. 16 0 turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid. 17 Shew some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it and be ashamed : because thou Lord, hast holpen me and comforted me. PSALM 87. Fundamenta ejus, VIII. 2. Her foundations are upon the holy hills : the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee : thou city of God. 3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon : with them that know me. 4 Behold ye the Philistines also : and they of Tyre with the Morians, lb there was he born. 5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her : and the Most High shall stablish her. 233 Da? 17. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. 6 The Lord shall rehearse it, when he writeth up the people : that he was born there. 7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse : 'All my fresh springs shall be in thee. PSALM 88. Domine, Deus. n. 2. *=*=+ O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee : 0 let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear unto my calling. 2 For my soul is full of trouble : and my life draweth nigh unto hell. 3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit : and I have been even as a man that hath no strength. 4 Free among the dead, like unto . them that are wounded and lie in the grave : who are out of remem- brance, and are cut away from thy hand. 5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit : in a place of darkness and in the deep. 6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me : and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms. 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me : and made me to be abhorred of them. 8 I am so fast in prison : that I cannot get forth. 9 My sight faileth for very trouble : Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee. 10 Dost thou shew wonders among the dead : or shall the dead rise up again and praise thee. 11 Shall thy loving-kindness be shewed in the grave : or thy faithfulness in destruction. 234 Evening Prayer. THP] PSALTER. Day 17. 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark : and thy righteousness in the hind where all things are for- gotten. 13 Unto thee have I cried 0 Lord : and early shall my prayer come before thee. li Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul : and hidest thou thy face from me. 15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die : even from my youth up thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind. 16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me : and the fear of thee hath undone me. 17 They came round about me daily like water : and compassed me together on every side. 18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me : and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight. Ebentng prager. Day 17. PSALM 89. Miser icordias Domini. III. 5. My song shall be ahvay of the loving-kindness of the Lord : with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever : thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen : I have sworn unto David my servant. 4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever : and set up thy throne from one generation to another. 5 0 Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous w6rks : and thy truth in the congregation of the saints. 235 Day 17. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayee. III. 5. 6 For who is he among the clouds : that shall be com- pared unto the Lord. 7 And what is lie among the gods : that shall be like unto the Lord. 8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the saints : and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him. 9 0 Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee : thy truth most mighty Lord, is on every side. 10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea : thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise. 11 Thou hast subdued 'Egypt and destroyed it : thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm. 12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is. 13 Thou hast made the north and the south : Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name. 14 Thou hast a mighty arm : strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 16 Blessed is the people 0 Lord, that can rejoice in thee : they shall walk in the light of thy counte- nance. 17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name : and in thy righteousness shall they make their boast. 18 For thou art the glory of their strength : and in thy loving-kindness thou shalt lift up our horns. 19 For the Lord is our defence : the Holy One of Israel is our King. 236 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 17. 20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints and saidst : I have laid help upon One that is mighty, I have exalted One chosen out of the people. 2 L I have found David my servant : with my holy oil have I anointed him. 22 My hand shall hold him fast : and my arm shall strengthen him. 23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence : the son of wickedness shall not hurt him. 24 I will smite down his foes before his face : and plague them that hate him. 25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him : and in my Name shall his horn be exalted. 26 I will set his dominion also in the sea : and his right hand in the floods. 27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father : my God and my strong salvation. 28 And I will make him my First-born : higher than the kings of the earth. 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore : and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever : and his throne as the days of heaven. 31 But if his children forsake my law : and walk not in my judgments. 32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my com- mandments : I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges. 33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him : nor suffer my truth to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips : I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David. 35 His seed shall endure for ever : and his seat is like as the sun before me. 237 Day 17. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. III. 5. S . 5 . P ■ 1 < T Wm 4 1 j. m ■ H 5 ' P" t 1 ■ ♦ " Wm , 1 1 1 * p ♦ ■ 36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon : and as the faithful witness in heaven. 37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed: and art displeased at him. 38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant : and cast his crown to the ground. 39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges : and broken down his strongholds. 40 All they that go by spoil him : and he is become a reproach to his neighbours. 41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies : and made all his adversaries to rejoice. 42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword : and givest him not victory in the battle. 43 Thou hast put out his glory : and cast his throne down to the ground. 44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened : and covered him with dishonour. 45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself for ever : and shall thy wrath burn like fire. 46 0 remember how short my time is : wherefore hast thou made all men for nought. 47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death: and shall he deliver his soiil from the hand of hell. 48 Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses : which thou swarest unto David in thy truth. 49 Kemember Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have: and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people. 50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed : Praised be the Lord for evermore, Amen and Amen. 238 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 18. iWorning ^rager, Day 18. PSALM 90. Domine, refugium. Lord, thou hast been our refuge : from one generation to another. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made : thou art God from ever- lasting, and world without end. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction : again thou sayest, Come again ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yester- day : seeing that is past as a watch in the night. 5 As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep : and fade away suddenly like the grass. 6 In the morning it is green and groweth up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried up and withered. 7 For we consume away in thy displeasure : and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee : and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For when thou art angry all our days are gone : we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 10 The days of our age are threescore years and ten, and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow, so soon p&sseth it away and we are gone. 11 But who regardeth the power of thy wratli : for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. 12 So teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Turn thee again 0 Lord at the last : and be gracious unto thy servants. 239 Day 18. THE PSALTER. Morning Peayee. I. 8. :. ■ ■.IJZJ* ♦ « »- +-* 14 0 satisfy us with thy mercy and that soon : so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us : and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. 16 Shew thy servants thy work : and their children thy glory. 17 And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us : prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, 0 prosper thou our handy-work. PSALM 91. Qui habitat. V. 2. B. ^^=^^^^e*s=eSI Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High : shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope and my stronghold : my God, in him will I trust. 3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter: and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers : his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night : nor for the arrow that flieth by day. 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness : nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. 7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand : but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold : and see the reward of the ungodly. 9 For thou Lord, art my hope : thou hast s6t thine house of defence very high. 240 Morslng Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 18. 10 There shall no evil happen unto thee : neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee : to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee in their hands : that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him up, because he hath known my Xame. 15 He shall call upon me and I will hear him : yea, I am with him in trouble, I will deliver him and bring him to honour. 16 With long life will I satisfy him : and shew him my salvation. PSALM 92. Bonum est confiteri. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the L6rd : and to sing praises unto thy Xame O Most Highest. 2 To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morning : and of thy truth in the night-season. 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute: upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp. 4 For thou Lord, hast made me glad through thy works : and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands. 5 0 Lord how glorious are thy works : thy thoughts are very deep. 6 An unwise man doth not well consider this : and a fool doth not understand it. 7 When the ungodly are green as the gr&ss, and when all the workers of wickedness do nourish : then shall they 241 Day 18. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. VIL 4. A. be destroyed for ever, but thou Lord, art the Most Highest for evermore. 8 For 16 thine enemies 0 L6rd, 16 thine enemies shall perish : and all the workers of wickedness shall be de- stroyed. 9 But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn : for I am anointed with fresh oil. 10 Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies : and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked, that arise up against me. 11 The righteous shall nourish like a palm-tree : and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus. 12 Such as are planted in the house of the Lord : shall nourish in the courts of the house of our God. 13 They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age : and shall be fat and well-liking. 14 That they may shew how true the Lord my strength is : and that there is no unrighteousness in him. lEbening Stager. Day 18. PSALM 93. Dominus regnavit. v 2. A. The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel : the Lord hath put 6n his apparel, and girded himself with strength. 2 He hath made the round world so sure : that it can- not be moved. 3 'Ever since the world began hath thy seat been pre- pared : thou art from everlasting. 242 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 18. 4 The floods are risen 0 Lord, the floods have lift up their voice : the floods lift up their waves. 5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly : but yet the Lord who dwelleth on high is mightier. 6 Thy testimonies 0 Lord, are very sure : holiness becometh thine house for ever. PSALM 94. Beus ultionum. vm. 2. g^^^a^EES^I-EpEl-^^g^EE-XEB 0 Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth : thou God to whom vengeance belongeth shew thyself. 2 Arise thou Judge of the world : and reward the proud after their deserving. 3 Lord, how long shall the ungodly : how long shall the ungodly triumph. 4 How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully: and make such proud boasting. 5 They smite down thy people 0 Lord : and trouble thine heritage. 6 They murder the widow and the stranger : and put the fatherless to death. 7 And yet they say, Tush, the Lord shall not see : neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Take heed ye unwise among the people : 0 ye fools, when will ye understand. 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear : or he that made the eye shall he not see. 10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen : it is he that teach eth man knowledge, shall not he punish. 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man: that they are but vain. 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest 0 Lord : and teachest him in thy law. 243 Day 19. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VIII. 2. 13 That thou mayest give him patience in time of ad- versity : until the pit be digged up for the ungodly. 14 For the Lord will not fail his people : neither will he forsake his inheritance. 15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgment : all such as are true in heart shall follow it. 16 Who will rise lip with me against the wicked : or who will take my part against the evil doers. 17 If the Lord had not helped me : it had not failed, but my soul had been put to silence. 18 But when I said, My foot hath slipped : thy mercy 0 Lord held me up. 19 In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart : thy comforts have refreshed my soul. 20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with the stool of wickedness : which imagineth mischief as a law. 21 They gather them together against the soul of the righteous : and condemn the innocent blood. 22 But the Lord is my refuge : and my God is the strength of my confidence. 23 He shall recompense them their wickedness, and de- stroy them in their own malice : yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them. Day 19. PSALM 95. Venite, exultemus. ill ^-, . ^-fr-lzzKHLJ. 0 come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us heartily re- joice in the strength of our salvation. 244 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 19. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving : and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God : and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth. : and the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands pre- pared the dry land. 6 0 come, let us worship and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the day of tempta- tion in the 'wilderness. 9 When your fathers tempted me : proved me and saw my works. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said : It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways. 11 L^nto whom I sware in my wrath : that they should not enter into my rest. PSALM 96. Cantate Domino. rv. 1. c. 0 sing unto the Lord a new song : sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth. 2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name : be tell- ing of his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his honour unto the heathen : and his won- ders unto all people. 4 For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised : he is more to be feared than all gods. 245 Day 19. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. iv. l. c. 5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols : but it is the Lord that made the heavens. 6 Glory and worship are before him : power and honour are in his sanctuary. 7 Ascribe unto the Lord 0 ye kindreds of the people : ascribe unto the Lord worship and power. 8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name : bring presents, and come into his courts. 9 0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 10 Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King : and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved, and how that he shall judge the people righteously. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad : let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it : then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord. 13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth : and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth. PSALM 97. Dominus regnavit. vn. l. a. The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof : yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him : righteous- ness and judgment are the habitation of his seat. 3 There shall go a fire before him : and burn up his Enemies on every side. 246 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 19. 4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world : the earth saw it and was afraid. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens have declared his righteousness : and all the people have seen his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain gods : worship him all ye gods. 8 Sion heard of it and rejoiced : and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments 0 Lord. 9 For thou Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 0 ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil : the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. 11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous : and joy- ful gladness for such as are true-hearted. 12 Rejoice in the Lord ye righteous : and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. lEbemng lUraget. Day 19. PSALM 98. Cantate Domino. VI. A. 0 sing unto the Lord a new song : for he hath done marvellous things. 2 With his own right hand, and with his holy arm : hath he gotten himself the victory. 3 The Lord declared his salvation : his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the 247 Day 19. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. VI. A. house of Israel : and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. 5 Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord all ye lands : sing, rejoice and give thanks. 6 Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. 7 With trumpets also and shawms : 0 shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King. 8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is : the round world, and they that dwell therein. 9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord : for he is come to judge the earth. 10 With righteousness shall he judge the world : and the people with equity. PSALM 99. Dominus regnavit. ni. 6. The Lord is King, be the people never so impatient : he sitteth between the Cherubim, be the earth never so un- quiet. 2 The Lord is great in Sion : and high above all people. 3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name : which is great, wonderful and holy. 4 The King's power 16veth judgment, thou hast pre- pared equity : thou hast executed judgment and righteous- ness in Jacob. 5 0 magnify the Lord our God : and fall down before his footstool, for he is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel 248 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 19. among such as call upon his Xame : these called upon the Lord and he heard them. 7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar : for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them. 8 Thou heardest them 0 Lord our God : thou for- gavest them 0 God, and punishedst their own inventions. 9 0 magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill : for the Lord our God is holy. PSALM 100. Jubilate Deo. VIII. 3. 0 be joyful in the Lord all ye lands : serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. 2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves, we are his people and the Sheep of his pasture. 3 0 go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise : be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Xame. 4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting : and his truth endureth from generation to generation. PSALM 101. Misericord tarn et judicium. V. 1. A. -■-<-■■ My song shall be of mercy and judgment : unto thee 0 Lord will I sing. 2 '0 let me have understanding : in the way of godli- ness. 3 When wilt thou come unto me : I will walk in my house with a perfect heart. 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand, 1 hate the sins of unfaithfulness : there shall no such cleave unto me. 249 Day 20. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. V. 1. A. s ■ ? « ^ < 4 ■ m ^ V. ■ II &_^_._|_£— _ 1 * ■ ™ i ■ ♦ n * ■ 1 5 i ▼ i f ■ || 5 A froward heart shall depart from me : I will not know a wicked person. 6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour : him will I destroy. 7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach : I will not suffer him. 8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land : that they may dwell with me. 9 Whoso leadeth a godly life : he shall be my servant. 10 There shall n6 deceitful person dwell in my house : he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land : that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. Jtflorning Stager, Day 20. PSALM 102. Domine, exaudi. VII. 3. A. Hear my prayer O Lord : and let my crying come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trou- ble : incline thine ear unto me when I call, 0 hear me and that right soon. 3 For my days are consumed away like smoke : and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. 4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass : so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 For the voice of my groaning : my b6nes will scarce cleave to my flesh. 250 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 20. 6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness : and like an owl that is in the desert. 7 I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow : that sitteth alone upon the house-top. 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long : and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread : and mingled my drink with weeping. 10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath : for thou hast taken me up and cast me down. 11 My days are gone like a shadow : and I am withered like grass. 12 But thou 0 Lord, shalt endure for ever : and thy re- membrance throughout all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Sion : for it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea the time is come. 14 And why, thy servants think upon her stones : and it pitieth them to see her in the dust. 15 The heathen shall fear thy Name 0 Lord : and all the kings of the earth thy Majesty. 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion : and when his glory shall appear. 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute : and despiseth not their desire. 18 This shall be written for those that come after : and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary : out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth. 20 That he might hear the mourning of such as are in captivity : and deliver the children appointed unto death. 21 That they may declare the N&me of the Lord in Sion : and his worship at Jerusalem. 22 When the people are gathered together : and the king- doms also to serve the Lord. 251 Day 20. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VII. 3. A. 23 He brought down my strength in my journey : and shortened my days. 24 But I said, 0 my God, take me not away in the midst of mine age : as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations. 25 Thou L6rd, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth : and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : they all shall wax old as doth a garment. 27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed : but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue : and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight. PSALM 103. Benedic, anima mea. v. 1. A. S±=s=t-=5 % Praise the Lord 0 my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. 2 Praise the Lord 0 my soul : and forget not all his benefits. 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin : and healeth all thine in- firmities. 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction : and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness. 5 Who satisfietb thy mouth with good things : making thee young and lusty as an eagle. 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment : for all them that are oppressed with wrong. 7 He shewed his ways unto Moses : his works unto the children of Israel. 252 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 20. 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy : long- suffering, and of great goodness. 9 He will not alway be chiding : neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins : nor re- warded us according to our wickednesses. 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth : so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him. 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west : so far hath he set our sins from us. 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children : even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made : he remem- bereth that we are but dust. 15 The days of man are but as grass : for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. 16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone : and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord, endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him : and his righteous- ness upon children's children. 18 Even upon such as keep his covenant : and think upon his commandments to do them. 19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven : and his kingdom ruleth over all. 20 0 praise the Lord ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength : ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word. 210 praise the Lord all ye his hosts : ye servants of his that do his pleasure. 22 0 speak good of the Lord all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion : praise thou the Lord O my souL 253 Pay 20. THE PSALTER. Evening Prater. lEbemttg grayer- Day 20. PSALM 104. Benedic, anima mea. VIII. 1. B. ^^^^^^^-tfe.ztrlxs^ Praise the Lord 0 my soul : 0 Lord my God, thou art become exceeding glorious, thou art clothed with majesty and honour. 2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a gar- ment : and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain. 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind. 4 He maketh his angels spirits : and his ministers a flaming fire. 5 He laid the foundations of the earth : that it never should move at any time. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a gar- ment : the waters stand in the hills. 7 At thy rebuke they flee : at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid. 8 They go up as high as the hills, and down to the valleys beneath : even unto the place which thou hast ap- pointed for them. 9 Thou has set them their bounds which they shall not pass : neither turn again to cover the earth. 10 He sendeth the springs into the rivers : which run among the hills. 11 All the beasts of the field drink thereof : and the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habi- tation : and sing among the branches. 254 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 20. 13 He wdtereth the hills from above : the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. 1-4 He bringeth forth grass for the cattle : and green herb for the service of men. 15 That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man : and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen man's heart. 16 The trees of the Lord also are full of sap : even the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted. 17 Wherein the birds make their nests : and the fir-trees are a dwelling for the stork. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats : and so are the stony rocks for the conies. , 19 He appointed the moon for certain seasons : and the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness that it may be night : wherein all the beasts of the forest do move. 21 The lions roaring after tneir prey : do seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth and they get them away together : and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour : until the evening. 24 0 Lord, how manifold are thy works : in wisdom hast thou made them all, the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is the great and wide sea also : wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan : whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein. 27 These wait all upon thee : that thou mayest give them meat in due season. 28 When thou givest it them they gather it : and when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good. 29 When thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : when 255 Day 21. THE PSALTER. Morning Prater. VIII. l. B. |^.z^-^z=zzz^^rj=i.-JEp-_-^-»=iL-.: *=■ thou takest away their breath they die, and are turned again to their dust. 30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth they shall be made : and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 31 The glorious Majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever : the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him : if he do but touch the hills they shall smoke. 33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will praise my God while I have my being. 34 And so shall my words please him : my joy shall be in the Lord. < 35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end : Praise thou the Lord 0 my soul Praise the Lord. in. 4. b. Hflorntns lirager. Day 21. PSALM 105. Confitemini Domino. 0 give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his Name : tell the people what things he hath done. 2 0 let your s6ngs be of him and praise him : and let your talking be of all his wondrous works. 3 Rejoice in his holy Name : let the heart of them re- joice that seek the Lord. 4 Seek the Lord and his strength : seek his face evermore. 5 Remember the marvellous works that he hath done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. 256 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 21. 6 0 ye se6d of Abraham his servant : ye children of Jacob his chosen. 7 He is the Lord our God : his judgments are in all the world. 8 He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and promise : that he made to a thousand generations. 9 Even the c6venant that he made with Abraham : and the oath that he sware unto Isaac. 10 And appointed the same unto Jacob for a law : and to 'Israel for an everlasting testament. 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan : the lot of your inheritance. 12 When there were yet but a few of them : and they strangers in the land. 13 What time as they went from one nation to another : from one kingdom to another people. 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong : but reproved even kings for their sakes. 15 Touch not mine Anointed : and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon the land: and destroyed all the provision of bread. 17 But he had sent a man before them : even Joseph, who was sold to be a bond-servant. 18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks : the iron en- tered into his soul. 19 Until the time came that his cause was known : the word of the Lord tried him. 20 The king sent and delivered him : the prince of the people let him go free. 21 He made him lord also of his house : and ruler of all his substance. 22 That he might inform his princes after his will : and teach his senators wisdom. 257 Day 21. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer, in. 4. R 23 'Israel also came into Egypt : and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. 24 And he increased his people exceedingly : and made them stronger than their enemies. 25 Whose heart turned so, that they hated his people : and dealt untruly with his servants. 26 Then sent he Moses liis servant : and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 And these shewed his tokens among them : and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and it was dark : and they were not obedient unto his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood : and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs : yea, even in their kings' chambers. 31 He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies : and lice in all their quarters. 32 He gave them hailstones for rain : and flames of fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and fig-trees : and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts. 34 He spake the word, and the grasshoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable : and did eat up all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 35 He smote all the first-born in their land : even the chief of all their strength. 36 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 37 'Egypt was glad at their departing : for they were afraid of them. 258 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 21. 38 He spread out a cloud to be a covering : and fire to give light in the night-season. 39 At their desire he brought quails : and he filled them with the bread of heaven. 40 He opened the rock of stone, and the waters flowed out : so that rivers ran in the dry places. 41 For why, he remembered his holy promise : and Abra- ham his servant. 42 And he brought forth his people with joy : and his chosen with gladness. 43 And gave them the lands of the heathen : and they took the labours of the people in possession. 44 That they might keep his statutes : and observe his laws. lEbening 13rager. Day 21. PSALM 106. Confitemini Domino. VI. B. 0 Give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Who can express the noble acts of the Lord : or shew forth all his praise. 3 Blessed are they that alway keep judgment : and do righteousness. 4 Remember me 0 Lord, according to the favour that thou bedrest unto thy people : 0 visit me with thy sal- vation. 5 That I may see the felicity of thy chosen : and re- joice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance., 259 Day 21. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. VI. B. 6 We have sinned with our fathers : we have done amiss and dealt wickedly. 7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodness in remembrance : but were disobedient at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name's sake : that he might make his power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up : so he led them through the deep as through a wilder- ness. 10 And he saved them from the adversary's hand : and delivered them from the hand of the enemy. 11 As for those that troubled them, the waters over- whelmed them : there was not one of them left. 12 Then believed they his words : and sang praise unto him. 13 But within a while they forgat his works : and would not abide his counsel. 14 But lust came upon them in the wilderness : and they tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their desire : and sent leanness withal into their soul. 16 They angered Moses also in the tents : and Aaron the saint of the Lord. 17 So the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan : and covered the congregation of Abiram. 18 And the fire was kindled in their company : the flame burnt up the ungodly. 19 They made a calf in Horeb : and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they turned their glory : into the similitude of a calf that eateth hay. 260 EvE!*iNa Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 21. 21 And they forg&t God their Saviour : who had done so great things in Egypt. 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham : and fearful things by the Red sea. 23 So he said he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap : to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them. 24 Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land : and gave no credence unto his word. 25 But murmured in their tents : and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. 26 Then lift he up his hand against them : to overthrow them in the wilderness. 27 To cast out their seed among the nations : and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves unto Baal-peor : and ate the offerings of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own in- ventions : and the plague was great among them. 30 Then stood up Phinees and prayed : and so the plague ceased. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness : among all posterities for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife: so that he punished Moses for their sakes. 33 Because they provoked his spirit : so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 34 Neither destroyed they the heathen : as the Lord commanded them. 35 But were mingled among the heathen : and learned their works. 36 Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own decay : yea, they offered their s6ns and their daughters unto devils. 261 Bay 22. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VI. B. 37 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters : whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood. 38 Thus were they stained with their own works : and went a whoring with their own inventions. 39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people : insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 40 And he gave them 6ver into the hand of the heathen: and they that hated them were lords over them. 41 Their enemies oppressed them : and had them in subjection. 42 Many a time did he deliver them : but they rebelled against him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness. 43 Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity : he heard their complaint. 44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them ac- cording unto the multitude of his mercies : yea, he made all those that led them away captive to pity them. 45 Deliver us 0 L6rd our God, and gather us from among the heathen : that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boast of thy praise. 46 Blessed be the Lord God of 'Israel from everlasting, and world without end : and let all the people say Amen. Jttornmg Stager. Day 22. PSALM 107. Confitemini Domino. 0 give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endure th for ever. 262 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 22. 2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed : and delivered from the hand of the enemy. 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west : from the north and from the south. 4 They went astray in the wilderness out of the way : and found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty : their soul fainted in them. 6 So they cried unto the Lord in their troubb : and he delivered them from their distress. 7 He led them forth by the right way : that they might go to the city where they dwelt. 8 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. 9 For he satisfieth the empty soul : and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : being fast bound in misery and iron. 11 Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord : and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest. 12 He also brought down their heart through heaviness : they fell down, and there was none to help them. 13 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivered them out of their distress. 14 For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death : and brake their bonds in sunder. 15 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. 1G For he hath broken the gates of brass : and smitten the bars of iron in sunder. 17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence : and be- cause of their wickedness. 18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat : and they were even hard at death's door. 263 Day 22. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. V. 2. B. ^-=^-J^===^+\--^-\m^[==% 19 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivered them out of their distress. 20 He sent his word and healed them : and they were saved from their destruction. 21 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. 22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanks- giving : and tell out his works with gladness. 23 They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters. 24 These men see the works of the Lord : and his won- ders in the deep. 25 For at his word the st6rmy wind ariseth : which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep : their soul melteth away because of the trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man : and are at their wits end. 28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivereth them out of their distress. 29 For he maketh the storm to cease : so that the waves thereof are still. 30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. 31 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. 32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people : and praise him in the seat of the elders. 33 Who turneth the flo6ds into a wilderness : and drieth up the water-springs. 264 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 22. 34 A fruitful land maketh he barren : for the wicked- ness of them that dwell therein. 35 Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water : and water-springs of a dry ground. 3G And there he setteth the hungry : that they may build them a city to dwell in. 37 That they may sow their hind, and plant vineyards : to yield them fruits of increase. 38 He blesseth them so that they multiply exceedingly : and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 39 And again, when they are minished and brought low : through oppression, through any plague or trouble. 40 Though he suffer them to be evil-entreated through tyrants : and let them wander out of the way in the wil- derness. 41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery : and maketh him households like a flock of sheep. 0 t 42 The righteous will consider this and rejoice : and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped. 43 Whoso is wise will ponder these things : and they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord. iEbenntg lirager* Day 22. PSALM 108. Paratum cor meum. v. 1. A. 0 God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready : I will sing and give praise with the best member that I have. 2- Awake, thou lute and harp : I myself will awake right early. 3 I will give thanks unto thee 0 Lord among the peo- ple : I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 265 Day THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer V. 1. A. JB5 -0 « ♦— ■ 4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens : and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Set up thyself 0 God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. 6 That thy beloved may be delivered : let thy right hand save them and hear thou me. 7 God hath spoken in his holiness : I will rejoice there- fore and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Suc- coth. 8 Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine : 'Ephraim also is the strength of my head. 9 Judah is my law-giver, Moab is my wash-pofc : over 'Edom will I cast out my shoe, upon Philistia will 1 tri- umph. 10 Who will lead me into the strong city : and who will bring me into Edom. 11 Hast thou not forsaken us 0 God : and wilt not thou 0 God go forth with our hosts. 12 0 help us against the enemy : for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we shall do great acts : and it is he that shall tread down our enemies. PSALM 109. Deus laudem. IV. 3. A. £ *=■: Hold not thy tongue 0 God of my praise : for the mouth of the ungodly, yea the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me. 2 And they have sp6ken against me with false tongues: they compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. 266 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 22. 3 For the love that I had unto them, 16, they take n6w my contrary part : but I give myself unto prayer. 4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for good : and hatred for my good will. 5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 6 When sentence is given upon him, let him be con- demned : and let his prayer be turned into sin. 7 Let his days be few : and let another take his office. 8 Let his children be fatherless : and his wTife a widow. 9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread : let them seek it also out of desolate places. 10 Let the extortioner consume all that he hath : and let the stranger spoil his labour. 11 Let there be no man to pity him : nor to have com- passion upon his fatherless children. 12 Let his posterity be destroyed : and in the next generation let his name be clean put out. 13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remem- brance, in the sight of the Lord : and let not the sin of his mother be done away. 14 Let them alway be before the Lord : that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth. 15 And that, because his mind was not to do good : but persecuted the poor helpless man, that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart. 16 His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen unto him : he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him. 17 He clothed himself with cursing, like as with a rai- ment : and it shall come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 18 Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath upon him : and as the girdle that he is always girded withaL 267 Day 22. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. IV. 3. A. 19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies: and to those that speak evil against my soul. 20 But deal thou with me 0 Lord God, according unto thy Name : for sweet is thy mercy. 21 0 deliver me, for I am helpless and poor : and my heart is wounded within me. 22 I go hence like the shadow that departeth : and am driven away as the grasshopper. 23 My knees are weak through fasting : my flesh is dried up for want of fatness. 24 I became also a reproach unto them : they that looked upon me shaked their heads. 25 Help me 0 Lord my God : 0 save me according to thy mercy. 26 And they shall know how that this is thy hand : and that thou Lord hast done it. 27 Though they curse, yet bless thou : and let them be confounded that rise up against me, but let thy servant re- joice. 28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame : and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a cloak. 29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth : and praise him among the multi- tude. 30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor : to save his soul from unrighteous judges. 268 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 23 ii&ormng ^rager. Day 23. PSALM 110. Dixit Dominus. III. 2. [fc=i=rf^^&+q«=l^=g=Fy=te^zfl The Lord said unto my Lord : Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion: be thou ruler even in the midst among thine enemies. 3 In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will offerings, with an holy worship : the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning. 4 The Lord sware, and will not repent : Thou art a Priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedech. 5 The Lord upon thy right hand : shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies : and smite in sunder the heads over divers countries. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way : therefore shall he lift up his head. PSALM 111. Confitebor tibi. VII. 1. A 1 will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart : secretly among the faithful, and in the congrega- tion. 2 The works of the Lord are great : sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. 3 His work is worthy to be praised, and had in honour: and his righteousness endureth for ever. 269 , Day 23. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VII. 1. A. ^^m^E^^^*E^EE^E*E*^EiEJt^ 4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remem- brance. 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : he shall ever be mindful of his covenant. 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works : that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment : all his commandments are true. 8 They stand fast for ever and ever : and are done in truth and equity. 9 He sent redemption unto his people : he had com- manded his covenant for ever, holy and reverend is his Name. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do thereafter, the praise of it endureth for ever. PSALM 112. Beatus vir. IV. 1. c. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord : he hath great delight in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth : the generation of the faithful shall be blessed. 3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house : and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the dark- ness : he is merciful, loving and righteous. 5 A good man is merciful and lendeth : and will guide his words with discretion. 270 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 23. 6 For lie shall never be moved : and the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. 7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings : for his heart standeth fast, and belie veth in the Lord. 8 His heart is stablished and will not shrink : until he see his desire upon his enemies. 9 He hath dispersed abroad and given to the poor, and his righteousness remaineth for ever : his horn shall be ex- alted with honour. 10 The ungodly shall see it and it shall grieve him, he shall gnash with his teeth and consume away : the desire of the ungodly shall perish. PSALM 113. Laudate, pueri. VIII. 1. A. Praise the Lord ye servants : 0 praise the Name of the Lord. 2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this time forth for evermore. 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 Gud, that hath his dwelling so high : and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth. G He taketh up the simple out of the dust : an.l liftcth the poor out of the mire. 7 That he may set him with the princes : even with the princes of his people. 8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house : and to be a joyful mother of children. 271 Day 23. THE PSALTER. Evening Pbayer. IBbentng Stager. Day 23. PSALM 114. In exitu Israel Peregrinus A. When Israel ca||me out of Egypt : and the house of Jacob from among the strange people. 2 Judah was || his sanctuary : and 'Israel his dominion. 3 The se|| a saw that and fled : Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams : and the little hills like young sheep. 5 What aileth thee 0 || thou sea that thou fleddest : and thou 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 in||to a standing "water : and the flint-stone into a springing well. PSALM 115. Non nobis, Domine. Peregrinus A. Not unto us 0 Lord, not unto us, but unto th||y Name give the praise : for thy loving mercy and for thy truth's sake. 2 Where || fore shall the heathen say : Where is now their G6d. 3 As for our G6||d he is in heaven : he hath done whatsoever pleased him. Note. — The double perpendicular lines in the verses correspond with the similar Hues in the tone given. See page 30, § xvi. 272 Evening Praylk. THE PSALTER. Day 2a gs^s 4 Their id-ols are silver and g61d : 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 : n6ses 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 'ls||rael trust thou in the Lord : he is their succour and defence. 10 Ye house of Aa||ron put your trust in the Lord : he" is their helper and defender. 11 Ye that fear the L6|rd put your trust in the Lord : he is their 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 bleflss 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 who||le heavens are the Lord's : the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The deflad praise not thee 0 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. For music to verse 18, see above, vei-se 4. 273 Day 24. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. Jttorning Stager. Bay 24. PSALM 11G. Dilexi, quoniam. vnr. s. 1 am well pleased : that the Lord liath heard the voice of my prayer. 2 That he hath inclined his car unto me : therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The snares of death compassed me round about : and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. 4 I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord : 0 L6rd, I beseech 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. 7 Turn again then unto thy rest 0 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 liv- ing. 10 I believed and therefore will I speak, but I was s6re 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. 12 I will receive the cup of salvation : and call upon the Name of the Lord. 13 I will pay my v6ws n6w in the presence of all his peo- ple : right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of hia saints. 274 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 24 14 Behold 0 Lord, how that 'I am thy servant : I am thy servant and the son of thy handmaid, thou hast br6ken 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 0 Jerusalem Praise the Lord. PSAL^I 117. Laudate Dommum. VI. a. ar-.^-ni-P==»=T=r=^r^ 0 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 118. Confitemini Domino. VII. 6. 0 give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : be- cause 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 m6rcy endureth for ever. 4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confess : that his mercy endureth for ever. 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. 275 Day 24 THE PSALTER. Moening Prayer. VII. t vn. 6. ■=9; 8 It is 'better to triist in the Lord : than to put any confidence in man. 9 It is better to triist in the Lord : than to put any confidence in princes. 10 All nations compassed me round about : but in the Name of the L6rd will I destroy them. 11 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in I say on every 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 be- come 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-eminence : the right hand of the L6rd 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. 276 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 24 22 The same stone which the builders refused : is be' come the head-stone in the corner. 23 This is the Lord's doing : and it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord had made : we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Help me now 0 Lord : 0 Lord send us now pros- perity. 2$ 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 shewed us light : bind the sacrifice with cords, yea even unto the horns of the al- tar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee : thou art my God, and I will praise thee. 29 0 give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. iEbenmg Imager, Day 24. PSALM 119. Beati hnmaculati. v. 2. B. -■ 1 — j — ▼ — ■ — Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way : and walk in the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies : and seek him with their whole heart. 3 For they who do no wickedness : walk in his ways. 4 Thou hast charged : that we shall diligently keep thy commandments. 5 0 that my ways were made so direct : that I might keep thy statutes. 277 Day 24. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer V. 2. b. ^^^^^^t^^ 6 So shall I not be confounded : while I have respect unto all thy commandments. 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 : 0 forsake me not utterly. In quo corriget 9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way : even by ruling himself after thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee : 0 let me not go wrong out of thy commandments. 11 Thy words have I hid within my heart : that I should not sin against thee. 12 Blessed art thou 0 Lord : 0 teach me thy statutes. 13 With my lips have I been telling : of all the judg- ments of thy mouth. 14 I have had as great delight in the way of thy testi- monies : as in all manner of riches. 15 I will talk of thy commandments : and have respect unto thy ways. 16 My delight shall be in thy statutes : and I will not forget thy word. Retrihue servo tuo. 0 do well unto thy servant : that I may live and keep thy w6rd. 18 'Open thou mine eyes : that I may see the w6n- drous things of thy law. 19 I am a stranger upon earth : 0 hide not thy com- mandments from me. 20 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire : that it hath alway unto thy judgments. 278 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 25. 21 Thou hast rebuked the pro ad : and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments. 22 0 turn from me shame and rebuke : for I have kept thy testimonies. 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me : but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes. 24 For thy testimonies are my delight : and my coun- sellors. AdhcBsit pavimento. My soul cleaveth to the dust : 0 quicken thou me, according to thy word. 26 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me : 0 teach me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy command- ments : and so shall 1 talk of thy wondrous works. 28 My soul melteth away for very heaviness : comfort thou me according unto thy word. 29 Take from me the way of lying : and cause thou me to make much of thy law. 30 I have ch6sen the way of truth : and thy judg- ments have I laid before me. 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies : 0 Lord con- found me not. 32 I will run the way of thy commandments : when thou hast set my heart at liberty. iJ&ormng ^rager. Day 25. Legem pone. I. 2. I* ^zgzg^EJ^^zrlz^E^ _ Teach me 0 Lord, the way of thy statutes : and I shall keep it unto the end. 279 Day 25. THE PSALTER. Morning Prater, i. a. w-»4-^ ■ ♦-■-*-«-h» ■-fe- 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law : yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments : for therein is my desire. 30 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies : and not to covetousness. 37 0 turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity : and quicken thou me in thy way. 38 0 stablish thy word in thy servant : that I may fear thee. 39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of : for thy judgments are good. 40 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments : 0 quicken me in thy righteousness. Et veniat super me. Let thy loving mercy come also unto me 0 Lord : even thy salvation, according unto thy word. 42 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers : for my trust is in thy word. 43 0 take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth : for my hope is in thy judgments. 44 So shall I alway keep thy law : yea, for ever and ever. 45 And I will walk at liberty : for I seek thy com- mandments. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings : and will not be ashamed. 47 And my delight shall be in thy commandments : which I have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved: and my study shall be in thy statutes. 280 Morxing Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 25. Memor esto servi tut, 0 think upon thy servant, as concerning thy word : wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. 50 The same is my comfort in my trouble : for thy word hath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision : yet have I not shrinked from thy law. 52 For I remembered thine everlasting judgments O Lord : and received comfort. 53 I am horribly afraid : for the ungodly that for- sake thy law. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs : in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 I have thought upon thy name 0 Lord, in the night-season : and have kept thy law. 56 This I had : * because I kept thy commandments. Portia mea, Domine. Thou art my portion O Lord : I have promised to keep thy law. 58 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart : 0 be merciful unto me, according to thy word. 59 I called mine own ways to remembrance : and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and prolonged not the time : to keep thy commandments. 61 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me : but I have not forgotten thy law. 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee : because of thy righteous judgments. 63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee : and keep thy commandments. * The Mediation is omitted. See Introduction, § xviL 281 Day 25. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. I. 2. 64 The earth 0 Lord, is full of thy mercy : 0 teach me thy statutes. Bonitatem fecisti. 0 Lord, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant : according unto thy word. 66 0 learn me true understanding and knowledge : for I have believed thy commandments. 67 Before I was troubled I went wrong : but now have I kept thy word. 68 Thou art good and gracious : 0 teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have imagined a lie against me : but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as brawn : but my delight hath been in thy law. 71 It is go6d for me that I have been in trouble : that I may learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me : than thousands of gold and silver. Sbening Stager. Day 25. Manus tucefecerunt me. UX1.A. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me : 0 give me understanding, that I may learn thy command- ments. 282 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 25. 74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me : because I have put uiy trust in thy word. 75 I know 0 Lord that thy judgments are right : and that thou, of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled. 76 0 let thy merciful kindness be my comfort : ac- cording to thy word unto thy servant. 3 1 0 let thy loving mercies come unto me that I may live : for thy law is my delight. 78 Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to destroy me : but I will be 6ccupied in thy com- mandments. 79 Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testimo- nies : be turned unto me. 80 0 let my heart be sound in thy statutes : that I be not ashamed. Defecit anima mea. My soul hath longed for thy salvation : and I hare a good hope because of thy word. 82 Mine eyes long sore for thy word : saying, 0 when wilt thou comfort me. 83 For 1 am become like a bottle in the smoke : yet do I not forget thy statutes. 84 How many are the days of thy servant : when wilt thou be avenged of them that persecute me. 85 The proud have digged pits for me : which are not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments are true : they persecute me falsely, O be thou my help. 87 They had almost made an end of me upon earth : but I forsook not thy commandments. 88 0 quicken me after thy loving-kindness : and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. Day 25. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. in. l. A. *P^5 H*— ♦ In cetermim, Domine. 0 Lord thy word : * end lire th for ever in heaven. 90 Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another : thou hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. 91 They continue this day according to thine ordi- nance : for all things serve thee. 92 If my delight had not been in thy law : I should have perished in my trouble. 93 I will never forget thy commandments : for with them thou hast quickened me. 94 I am thine 0 save me : for I have sought thy commandments. 95 The ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me : but I will consider thy testimonies. 96 I see that all things come to an end : hut thy com- mandment is exceeding broad. Quomodo dilexi! Lord, what love have I unto thy law : all the day long is my study in it. 98 Thou through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies : for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than my teachers : for thy testimonies are my study. 100 I am wiser than the aged : because I keep thy commandments. 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way : that I may keep thy word. * In festal use, the Mediation of this verse is omitted. See Intro- duction, § xvii. 284 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 26. 102 I have not shrunk from thy judgments : for thou teachest me. 103 0 how sweet are thy words unto my throat : yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth. 104 Through thy commandments I get understand- ing : therefore I hate ail evil ways. JHormng grayer. Day 26. Lucerne, pedihus meis. VIII. 1 A. £^j-n— _^M_"4-_v*-»-.-,-.-f| Thy word is a lantern unto my feet : and a light unto my paths. 106 I have sworn and am steadfastly purposed : to keep thy righteous judgments. 107 I am troubled above measure : quicken me O Lord, according to thy word. 108 Let the free-will offerings of my mouth please thee O Lord : and teach me thy judgments. 109 My soul is alway in my hand : yet do I not for- get thy law. 110 The ungodly have laid a snare for me : but yet I swerved not from thy commandments. 111 Tby testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage for ever : and wThy, they are the very joy of my heart. 112 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway : even unto the end. Iniquos odio habui. I hate them that imagine evil things : but thy law do I love. 285 Dat 26. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VIII. 1. A. E^^g^^^^^rfefE 1=«=- 114 Thou art my defence and shield : and my trust is in thy word. 115 Away from me ye wicked : I will keep the com- mandments of my God. 116 0 stablish me according to thy word, that I may live : and let me .not be disappointed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: yea, my delight shall be ever in thy statutes. 118 Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes : for they imagine but deceit. 119 Thou puttest away all the ung6dly of the earth like dross : therefore I love thy testimonies. 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee : and I am afraid of thy judgments. Feci judicium. I deal with the thing that is lawful and right : 0 give me not 6ver unto mine oppressors. 122 Make thou thy servant to delight in that which is good : that the p>roud do me no wrong. 123 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health : and for the word of thy righteousness. 121 0 deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy : and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy servant, 0 grant me understanding : that I may know thy testimonies. 126 It is time for thee Lord, to lay to thine hand : for they have destroyed thy law. 127 For I love thy commandments : above gold and precious stones. 128 Therefore hold I straight all thy commandments : and all false ways I utterly abh6r. 286 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 26. Mir ab ilia. Thy testimonies are wonderful : therefore doth my soul keep them. 130 When thy word goeth forth : it givetb light and understanding unto the simple. 131 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath : for my delight was in thy commandments. 132 0 look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me : as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name. 133 'Order my steps in thy word : and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me. 134 0 deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men : and so shall I keep thy commandments. 135 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy ser- vant : and teach me thy statutes. 136 Mine eyes gush out with water : because men keep not thy law. Justus es, Domine. Righteous art thou 0 Lord : and true is thy judg- ment. 138 The testimonies that thou hast commanded : are exceeding righteous and true. 139 My zeal hath even consumed me : because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 140 Thy word is tried to the uttermost : and thy ser- vant loveth it. 141 I am small and of no reputation : yet do I not for- get thy commandments. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness : and thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me : yet is my delight in thy commandments. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting : 0 grant me understanding and I shall live. 287 Day 26. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. lEbemng $rager. Day 26. Clamavi in toto corde meo. VII. 5. i -^t»J ■ ♦ t-» ' r-' ■ ez-^e-fH I call with my whole heart : hear me 0 Lord, I will keep thy statutes. 146 Yea, even unto thee do I call : help me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 147 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee : for in thy word is my trust. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night- watches : that I might be occupied in thy words. 149 Hear my voice 0 Lord, according unto thy loving- kindness : quicken me according as thou art wont. 150 They draw nigh that of malice persecute me : and are far from thy law. 151 Be thou nigh at hand 0 Lord : for all thy com- mandments are true. 152 As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since : that thou hast grounded them for ever. Vide humilitatem. 0 consider mine adversity, and deliver me : for I do not forget thy law. 154 Avenge thou my cause and deliver me : quicken me according to thy word. 155 Health is far from the ungodly : for they regard not thy statutes. 156 Great is thy mercy O Lord : quicken me as thou art wont. 157 Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me : yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies. 288 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 26. 158 It grieyeth me when I see the transgressors : because they keep not thy law. 159 Consider 0 Lord, how I love thy commandments : 0 quicken me, according to thy loving-kindness. 160 Thy word, is true from everlasting : all the judg- ments of thy righteousness endure for evermore. Principes persecuti sunt. Princes have persecuted me without a cause : but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 102 I am as glad of thy word : as one that findeth great spoils. 163 As for lies, I hate and abhor them : but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee : because of thy righteous judgments. 165 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law : and they are not offended at it. 166 Lord, I have looked for thy saving health : and done after thy commandments. 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies : and loved them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy commandments and testimonies : for all my ways are before thee. Appropinquet deprecatio. Let my comprint come before thee O Lord : give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee : deliver me according to thy word. 171 My lips shall speak of thy praise : when thou has*: taught me thy statutes. 172 Yea, my t6ngue shall sing of thy word : for all thy commandments are righteous. 289 Day 27. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VII. 5. LLJq-^-aqi 173 Let thine hand help me : for I have chosen thy commandments. 174 I have longed for thy saving health 0 Lord : and in thy law is my delight. 175 0 let my soul live, and it shall praise thee : and thy judgments shall help me. 176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost : 0 seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. Jttotmng Stager* Day 27. PSALM 120. Ad Dominum. 1L3. g^-j-M- ^Ei^t^=^-^-"H When I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord : and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul 0 L6rd, from lying lips : and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What reward shall he given or done unto thee thou false tongue : even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals. 4 Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Me- sech : and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar. 5 My sotil hath long dwelt among them : that are Ene- mies unto peace. 6 I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof : they make them ready to battle. 290 Mob: «ng Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 27. PSALM 121. Levavi oculos meos. V. 1. B. 1 will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence Cometh my help. 2 My help cometh even from the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel : shall neither slum- ber nor sleep. 5 The Lord himself is thy keeper : the Lord is thy de- fence upon thy right hand. 6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 8 The L6rd shall preserve thy going out and thy com- ing in : from this time forth for evermore. PSALM 122. Lcetatussum. 1. 6. 1 was glad when they said unto me : We will go. into the house of the L6rd. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates : 0 Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself. 4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord : to testify unto 'Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the L6rd. 5 For th6re is the seat of judgment : even the seat of the house of David. 6 0 pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall pros- per that love thee. 291 Day 27. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. I. 6. iSEg3«Eg^<=*fg^»^g^=|l 7 Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes : I will wish thee prosperity. 9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God : I will seek to do thee good. PSALM 123. Ad te levari oculos meos. VII. 2. A. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes : 0 thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress : even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us 0 Lord, have mercy upon us : for we are utterly despised. 4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy : and with the despitefulness of the proud. PSALM 124. Nisi quia Dominus. V. 2. A. E -y^\~==^±^?r^}m ♦ V^=Efl If the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may 'Israel say : if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us. 2 They had swallowed us up quick : when they were so wrathfully displeased at us. 3 Yea, the waters had drowned us : and the stream had gone over our soiil. 392 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 27. 4 The deep waters of the proud : had gone even over our soul. 5 But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. 6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler : the snare is broken, and we are delivered. 7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. PSALM 125. Qui conficlunt. VIU. 2. ^^i-^'===53-i^EB=!=Ffc3:^fcfl They that put their trust in the Lord, shall be even as the Mount Sion : which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever. 2 The hills stand about Jerusalem : even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore. 3 For the rod of the ungodly comcth not into the lot of the righteous : lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. 4 Do well 0 Lord : unto those that are good and true of heart. 5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness: the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil doers, but peace shall be upon Israel. iEbening ^rager. Day 27. PSALM 126. In convertnvlo. T. 4. A. lTT^l^£L:^»z^"iz, ■— ♦ When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion then were we like unto them that dream. 293 Day 27. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer I. 4. A. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter : and our tongue with joy. 3 Then said they among the heathen : The Lord hath done great things for them. 4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us already: whereof we rejoice. 5 Turn our captivity 0 Lord : as the rivers in the south. 6 They that sow in tears : shall reap in joy. 7 He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed : shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him. PSALM 127. Nisi Dominus. II. 2. Except the Lord build the house : their labour is but lost that build it. 2 Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh but in vain. 3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness : for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 4 L6, children and the fruit of the womb : are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. 5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant : even so are the young children. 6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. 294 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 27. PSALM 128. Beati omnes. vni. 4 Blessed are all they that fear the Lord : and walk in his ways. 2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands : 0 well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. 3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine : upon the walls of thine house. 4 Thy children like the olive-branches : round about thy table. 5 Lo thus shall the man be blessed : that feareth the Lord. 6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee : that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. 7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children : and peace upon Israel. PSALM 129. Scepe expugnaverunt. rv. i. a. ijFS-.rflf «-r-Tt»-»f M"1 » -- Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up : may Israel now say. 2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up : but they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back : and made long furrows. 4 But the righteous Lord : hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces. 5 Let them be confounded and turned backward : as many as have evil will at Sion. 6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house-tops : which withereth afore it be plucked up. 295 Day 27. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. IV. l. A. 7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand : neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom. 8 So that they who go by say not so much as, The L6rd prosper you : we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord. PSALM 130. Deprofundis. VI. B. Out of the deep have I called unto thee 0 Lord : Lord hear my voice. 2 'CTlet thine ears consider well : the voice of nay- complaint. 3 If thou. Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : 0 Lord, who may abide it 4 For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared. 5 I look for the Lord, my soul doth wait for him : in his word is my trust. 6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before the morning watch, I say before the morning watch. 7 0 'Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy : and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins. PSALM 131. Domine, non est. 1.7. Lord, I am not high-minded : I have no proud looks. 2 I do not exercise myself in great matters : which are too high for me. 296 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 28. 3 But I refrain my soul and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my soul is even as a weaned child. 4 0 Israel trust in the L6rd : from this time forth for evermore. iHflotnmg ^rager. Day 28. PSALM 132, Memento, Domine. VII. 5. Lord, remember David : and all his trouble. 2 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob. 3 I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house : nor climb up into my bed. 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber : neither the temples of my head to take any rest. 5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the L6rd : an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 L6, we heard of the same at Ephrata : and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on our kne6s before his footstool. 8 Arise 0 L6rd, into thy resting-place : thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness : and let thy saints sing with joyf ulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake : turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. 11 The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David : and he shall not shrink from it. 297 Day 28. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. VII. 5. 12 Of the fruit of thy body : shall I set upon thy seat. 13 If thy children will keep my c6venant, and my testi- monies that I shall learn them: their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself : he hath longed for her. 15 This shall be my rest for ever : here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. 16 I will bless her victuals with increase : and will satisfy her poor with bread. 17 I will deck her priests with health: and her saints shall rejoice and sing. 18 There shall I make the horn of David to nourish : I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame : but upon himself shall his crown nourish. PSALM 133. Ecce, quam bonum ! n. 3. fei^^=5=i^*: *=:* Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is : brethren, to dwell together in unity. 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard : even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon : which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing : and life for evermore. 298 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 2a PSALM 134. Ecce nunc. VIII. 1. A. Behold now, praise the Lord : all ve servants of the Lord. 2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord : even in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary : and praise the Lord. 4 The Lord that made heaven and earth : give thee blessing out of Sion. PSALM 135. Laudate Komen. IIL4. A. It - ■ II ^nri-T-^7-gTg_^4_w.^__ll 0 praise the Lord, laud ye the Name of the Lord : praise it 0 ye servants of the Lord . 2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord : in the courts of the house of our God. 3 0 praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious : 0 sing praises unto his Xame, for it is lovely. 4 For why, the Lord hath ch6sen Jacob unto himself : and Israel for his own possession. 5 For I know that the Lord is great : and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven and in earth : and in the sea, and in all deep places. 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world : and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds out of his treasures. 8 He smote the first-born of Egypt : both of man and beast. 9 He hath sent t6kens and wonders into the midst of thee 0 thou land of Egypt : upon Pharaoh and all his servants. 299 Day 28. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer s a <- em * a 4 _ a r III. 4. A. II P- -■~ -?-^4— - ->* ♦ *■- -r-r-H 10 He smote divers nations : and slew mighty kings. 11 Sehon king of the 'Amorites, and 'Og the king of Basan: and all the kingdoms of Canaan. 12 And gave their land to be an heritage : even an heritage unto Israel his people. 13 Thy Name 0 Lord, endureth for ever : so doth thy memorial 0 Lord, from one generation to another. 14 For the Lord will avenge his people : and be gracious unto his servants. 15 As for the images of the heathen, they are but silver and gold : the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths and speak not : eyes have they, but they see not. 17 They have ears, and yet they hear not : neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them : and so are all they that put their trust in them. 19 Praise the Lord ye house of Israel : praise the Lord ye house of Aaron. 20 Praise the Lord ye house of Levi : ye that fear the Lord praise the Lord. 21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion : who dwelleth at Jerusalem. lEbemng |Jrager. Day 28. PSALM 136. Confitemini Domino. v. 1. B. 0 give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. 300 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 28. 2 0 give thanks unto the God of all gods : for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 0 thank the Lord of all lords : for his mercy en- dureth for ever. 4 "Who only doeth great WQnders : for his mercy en- dureth for ever. 5 Who by his excellent wisdom made the heavens : for his mercy endureth for ever. G Who laid out the earth above the -waters : for his mercy endureth for ever. 7 Who hath made great lights : for his mercy endureth for ever. 8 The sun to rule the day : for his mercy endureth for ever. 9 The moon and the stars to govern the night : for his mercy endureth for ever. 10 Who smote 'Egypt with their first-born : for his mercy endureth for ever. 11 And brought out Israel from among them : for his mercy endureth for ever. 12 With a mighty hand and stretched-out arm : for his mercy endureth for ever. 13 Who divided the Red sea in two parts : for his mercy endureth for ever. 14 And made 'Israel to go through the midst of it : for his mercy endureth for ever. 15 But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them in the Red sea : for his mercy endureth for ever. 16 Who led his people through the wilderness : for his mercy endureth for ever. 17 Who smote great kings : for his mercy endureth for ever. 18 Yea, and slew mighty kings : for his mercy endureth for ever. 301 Day 28. THE PSALTER. Evening Prater, V. l. B. 19 Sehon king of the Amorites : for his mercy endureth for ever. 20 And 'Og the king of Basan : for his mercy endureth for ever. 21 And gave away their land for an heritage : for his mercy endureth for ever. 22 Even for an heritage unto 'Israel his servant : for his mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us when we were in trouble : for his mercy endureth for ever. 24 And hath delivered us from our enemies : for his mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh : for his mercy endureth for ever. 26 0 give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his mercy endureth for ever. 27 0 give thanks unto the Lord of lords : for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM 137. Super flumina. I. 1. with Monotonic Mediation. By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept : when •we remembered thee 0 Sion. 2 As for our harps, we hanged them up : upon the trees that are therein. 3 For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the Lord's song: in a strange land. 302 Evening Prayee. THE PSALTER. Day 2& 5 If I forget thee 0 Jerusalem : let my right hand for- get her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth : yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth. 7 Remember the children of 'Edom 0 Lord, in the day of Jerusalem : how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. 8 0 daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery : yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children : and throweth them against the stones. PSALM 138. Confitebor tibi. v. 1. B. 1 will give thanks unto thee 0 Lord, with my whole heart : even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy Name because of thy loving-kindness and truth : for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy Word above all things. 3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me : and endiiedst my soul with much strength. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee 0 Lord : for they have heard the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord : that great is the glory of the Lord. 6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly : as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me : thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 303 Day 29 THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. V. 1. B. ft~. ■ 1 j - 1 ( ♦ ■-■«- i ■ * rg^ 8 The Lord shall make good his loving-kindness toward me : yea, thy mercy 0 Lord endureth for ever, despise not then the "works of thine own hands. JHottung |irapr. Day 29. PSALM 139. Domine, probastL III. 8. A. O Lord, thou hast searched me out and known me : Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest my thoughts long before. 2 Thou art about my path and about my bed : and spiest out all my ways. 3 For 16, there is not a word in my tongue : but thou O Lord, knowest it altogether. 4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before : and laid thine hand upon me. 5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me : I cannot attain unto it. 6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit : or whither shall I go then from thy presence. 7 If I climb up into heaven thou art there : if I go down to hell, thou art there also. 8 If I take the wings of the morning : and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea. 9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me : and thy right hand shall hold me. 304 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 29. 10 If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me : then shall niy night be turned to day. 11 Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day : the darkness and light to thee are both alike. 1'2 For my reins are thine : thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. 14 My bones are not hid from thee : though I be made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth. 15 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imper- fect : and in thy book were all my members written. 16 Which day by day were fashioned : when as yet there was none of them. 17 How dear are thy counsels unto me 0 God : 0 how great is the sum of them. 18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand : when I wake up I am present with thee. 19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked O God : Depart from me ye blood-thirsty men. 20 For they speak unrighteously against thee : and thine enemies take thy Name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them 0 Lord that hate thee : and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee. 22 Yea, I hate them right sore : even as though they were mine enemies. Try me 0 God, and seek the ground of my heart : prove me. and examine my thoughts. 24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me : and lead me in the way everlasting. 305 Day 29. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer, PSALM 140. Erijje me, Domine. v. l.R Deliver me 0 Lord, from the evil man : and preserve me from the wicked man. 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts : and stir up strife all the day 16ng. 3 They have sharpened their t6ngues like a serpent : adder's poison is under their lips. 4 Keep me 0 Lord, from the hands of the ungodly : preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords : yea s.nd set traps in my way. 6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God : hear the voice of my prayers 0 Lord. 7 '0 Lord G6d, thou strength of my health : thou hast covered my he&d in the day of battle. 8 Let not the ungodly have his desire 0 Lord : let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. 9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them : that compass me about. 10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them : let them be cast into the fire and into the pit, that they never rise up again. 11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth : evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow him. 12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poor : and maintain the cause of the helpless. 13 The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy Name : and the just shall continue in thy sight. 306 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 29. Ebcmng ^rager. Day 29. PSALM 141. Domine, clamavi. VIII. 1. A. Lord, I call upon thee, haste thee unto me : and con- sider my voice when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense : and let the lifting uj of my hands be an evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch 0 Lord before my mouth : and keep the door of my lips. 4 0 let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing : let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them. 5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly : and reprove me. 6 But let not their j:>recious balms break my head : yea, I will pray yet against their wickedness. 7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony places : that they may hear my words for they are sweet. 8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit : like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth. 9 But mine eyes look unto thee 0 Lord God : in thee is my trust, 0 cast not out my soul. 10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me : and from the traps of the wicked doers. 11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together : and let me ever escape them. PSALM 142. Voce men ad Dominum. vi_a. I cried unto the Lord with my voice : yea, even unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 307 Day 29. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayee. VI. A. 2 I poured out my complaints before him: and shewed him of my trouble. 3 When my spirit was in heaviness, thou knewest my path : in the way wherein I w&lked, have they privily laid a snare for me. 4 I lo6ked also upon my right hand : and saw there was n6 man that would know me. 5 I had no place to flee unto : and no man cared for my soul. 6 I cried unto thee 0 Lord and said : Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land of the living. 7 Consider my complaint : for I am brought very low. 8 0 deliver me from my persecutors : for they are too strong for me. 9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto thy Name : which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous resort unto my company. PSALM 143. Domine, exaudi. IV. 2. A. !£ Hear my prayer 0 Lord, and consider my desire : hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness' sake. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant : for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul, he hath smitten my life down to the ground : he hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me : and my heart within me is desolate. 5 Yet do I remember the time past, I muse upon all thy works : yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy hands, 308 Morning Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 30. 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. 7 Hear me 0 Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8 0 let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust : shew thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me 0 Lord, from mine enemies : for I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God : let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness. 11 Quicken me 0 Lord, for thy Name's sake : and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies : and destroy all them that vex my soul, for I am thy servant. Jttorntng llraget. Day 30. PSALM 144. Benedictus Dominus. v. 1. A. Blessed be the L6rd my strength : who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. 2 My hope and my fortress, my castle ana! deliverer, my defender in whom I trust : who subdueth my pe6ple that is under me. 3 Lord, what is man that thou hast such respect unto him : or the son of man, that thou so regardest him. 4 Man is like a thing of nought : his time passeth away like a shadow. 309 Day 30. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. V. 1. A. fr=FSfc-=^34-»-«-t*— Inrtzj 5 Bow thy heavens 0 Lord, and come down : touch the mountains and they shall smoke. 6 Cast forth thy lightning and tear them : shoot out thine arrows and consume them. 7 Send down thine hand from above : deliver me and take me out of the great waters, from the hand of strange children. 8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity : and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness. 9 I will sing a new song unto thee 0 God : and sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute. 10 Thou hast given victory unto kings : and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword. 11 Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children : whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. 12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants : and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple. 13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store : that our sheep may bring forth thousands, and ten thousands in our streets. 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no decay : no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets. 15 Happy are the people that are in such a case : yea, blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God. PSALM 145. Exaltabo te, Deus. VIII. 3. I will magnify thee 0 God my King : and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever. 310 Morning Prater. THE PSALTER. Day 30. 2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee : and praise thy Name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous worthy to be praised : there is no end of his greatness. 4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another : and declare thy power. 5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship: thy glory, thy praise and wondrous works. 6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts : and I will also tell of thy greatness. 7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed : and men shall sing of thy righteousness. 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful : long-suffering, and of great goodness. 9 The Lord is loving unto every man : and his mercy is over all his works. 10 All thy works praise thee 0 Lord : and thy saints give thanks unto thee. 11 They shew the glory of thy kingdom : and talk of thy power. 12 That thy power, thy glory and mightiness of thy kingdom : might be known unto men. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom : and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages. 14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall : and lifteth up all those that are down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee 0 Lord : and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand : and fillest all things liv- ing with plenteousness. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways : and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him ; yea, all such as call upon him faithfully. 311 Day 30. THE PSALTER. Morning Prayer. vni. 3. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : he also will hear their cry, and will help them. 20 The Lord preserveth all -them that love him : but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord : and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever. PSALM 146. Lauda, anima mca. v. 2. B. Praise the Lord 0 my sotil, while I live will I praise the Lord : yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. 2 0 put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man : for there is no help in them. 3 For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth : and then all his thoughts perish. 4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help : and whose hope is in the Lord his God. 5 Who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that therein is : who keepeth his promise for ever. 6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong : who feedeth the hungry. 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison : the Lord giveth sight to the blind. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen : the Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the strangers, he defendeth the fatherless and widow : as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down. 10 The Lord thy G6d 0 Sion, shall be King for ever- more : and throughout all generations. 312 Evexlng Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 30. Ebening prager. Day 30. PSALM 147. Laudate Dominum. VIII. 1. B. 0 praise the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God : yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. 2 The Lord doth build tip Jerusalem : and gather together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart : and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. 4 lie telleth the number of the stars : and calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power : yea, and his wisdom is infinite. 6 The Lord setteth up the meek : and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 7 0 sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving : sing praises upon the harp unto our God. 8 "Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth : and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of men. 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle : and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him. 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse : neither delighteth he in any man's legs. 11 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him : and put their trust in his mercy. 12 Praise the Lord 0 Jerusalem : praise thy God 0 Sion. 13 For he hath made f&st the bars of thy gates : and hath blessed thy children within thee. 313 Day 3a THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. vni. 1. b. r . ■=*** _j_1 ♦ ■ |s=. r^L- . h 14 He maketh peace in thy borders : and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth : and his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool : and scattereth the hoar- frost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who is able to abide his frost. 18 He sendeth out his word, and meltcth them : he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob : his statutes and ordinances unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation : neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws. PSALM 148. Laadate Dominum. VII. 4. A. O praise the Lord of heaven : praise him in the height. 2 Praise him all ye angels of his : praise him all his hosts. 3 Praise him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars and light. 4 Praise him all ye heavens : and ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord : for he spake the word and they were made, he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever : he hath given them a law which shall not be broken. 314 Evening Prayer. THE PSALTER. Day 30. 7 Praise the Lord upon earth : ye dragons and all deeps. 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours : wind and storm fulfilling his word. 9 Mountains and all hills : fruitful trees and all cedars. 10 Beasts and all cattle : worms and feathered fowls. 11 Kings of the earth and all people : princes and all judges of the world. 12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord : for his Xame only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. 13 He shall exalt the horn of his people, all his saints shall praise him : even the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him. PSALM 149. Cantate Domino. m. 6. t=—j-U--3=*=*-Krt-*ia 0 sing unto the Lord a new song : let the congrega- tion of saints praise him. 2 Let 'Israel rejoice in him that made him : and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise his Name in the dance : let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp. 4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people : and helpeth the meek-hearted. 5 Let the saints be joyful with glory : let them rejoice in their beds. 6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth : and a two- edged sword in their hands. 7 To be avenged of the heathen : and to rebuke the people. 8 To bind their kings in chains : and their nobles with links of iron. 315 Day 30. THE PSALTER. Evening Prayer. ni. 6. k" - i w Pm 4 i ■ ' A "1 w ^ 1 ■ S i P" * 1 i ■ f I 9 That they may be avenged of them as it is written : Such honour have all his saints. PSALM 150. Laudate Dominium. VIII. 2. *7> m * 1 -~r=^=^-ri^-rr-!=3=i£gEfl 0 praise God in his holiness : praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him in his noble acts : praise him acc6rding to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet : praise him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances : praise him upon the strings and pipe. 5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise him upon the loud cymbals. ^zz."j^z=| m — n 6 Let every thing that hath breath : praise the Lord.* * This is the only example of the latter part of a verse not supplying two syllables for the musical accents. It is perhaps best to sing both accents to the word 'praise,' as above. 316 SELECTIONS OF PSALMS, TO BE USED INSTEAD OF THE PSALMS FOR THE DAY, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MINISTER. ^election jf irst PSALM 1. Beatus vir, qui non dbiit. 1. 1. T^V*-*-* ^lizgrlJgzJizziz^-^-^zjiEfl Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor sto6d in the way of sinners : and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord : and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside : that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf also shall not wither : and look, whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper. As for the ungodly, it is not so with th6m : but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand iu the judgment : neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : and the way of the ungodly shall perish. 317 Sel. 1. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 1. PSALM 15. Domine, quis halitabit? I. 7. Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle : or who shall rest upon thy holy hill. Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life : and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. He that hath used no deceit in his t6ngue, nor done evil to his neighbour : and hath not slandered his neigh- bour. He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes : and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappoint- eth him not : though it were to his own hindrance. He that hath not given his money upon usury : nor taken reward against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things : shall never fall. PSALM 91. Qui habitat. VIII. 1. B- ^--.r-_°I|z°L-^EE^f=i_-^p-^^»J-^i=r^- Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High : shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope and my stronghold : my God, in him will I trust. For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter : and from the noisome pestilence. He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers : his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night : nor for the arrow that flieth by day. 318 Sel. 2. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 2. For the pestilence that walketh in darkness : nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand : but it shall not come nigh thee. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold : and see the reward of the ungodly. For thou Lord, art nay hope : thou hast set thine house of defence very high. There shall no evil happen unto thee : neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee : to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee in their hands : that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him up, because he hath known my Name. He shall call upon me and I will hear him : yea, I am with him in trouble, I will deliver him and bring him to honour. With long life will I satisfy him : and shew him my salvation. Selection Shamir. PSALM 4. Cum invocarem. VIII. 3- H-v-r^t- _ju_._j_|-- ^-r^E^EB Hear me when I call, 0 G6d of my righteousness : thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble, have mercy upon me and hearken unto my prayer. 0 ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour : and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after falsehood. 319 Sel. 2. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 2. VIII. 3. Know this also, that the Lord hath ch6sen to himself the man that is godly : when I call upon the Lord he will hear me. Stand in awe and sin not : commune with your own heart, and in your chamber and be still. Offer the sacrifice of righteousness : and put your trust in the L6rd. There be many that say : Who will shew us any good. Lord lift thou up : the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart : since the time that their c6rn and wine and oil increased. I will lay me down in peace and take my rest : for it is thou Lord only, that makest me dwell in safety. From PSALM 31. In te, Domine, speravi. I. 4. B. In thee 0 Lord have I put my trust : let me n6ver be put to confusion, deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me : make haste to deliver me. And be thou my strong rock and house of defence : that thou mayest save me. For thou art my strong rock and my castle : be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake. Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me : for thou art my strength. Into thy bands I commend my spirit : for thou hast redeemed me 0 Lord thou God of truth. 320 Skl. 2. SELECTIONS OP PSALMS. Sel. 2. PSALM 91. Qui habitat. V. 2. B. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High : shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope and my stronghold : my God, in him will I trust. For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter : and from the noisome pestilence. He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers : his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night : nor for the arrow that flieth by day. For the pestilence that walketh in darkness : nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand : but it shall not come nigh thee. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold : and see the reward of the ungodly. For thou Lord, art my hope : thou hast set thine house of defence very high. There shall be no evil happen unto thee : neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee : to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee in their hands : that thou hurt not thy foot against a st6ne. Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him tip, because he hath known my Name. He shall call upon me and I will hear him : yea, I am 321 Sel. 3. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 3. V. 2. B. with him in trouble, I will deliver him and bring him to honour. With 16ng life will I satisfy him : and shew him my salvation. PSALM 134. Ecce nunc. Till. 1. A. %^=w=^-=^^*+F^r-i Behold now, praise the Lord : all ye servants of the L6rd. Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord : even in the courts of the house of our (rod. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary : 'and praise the Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth : give thee blessing out of Sion. Selection Sljirir. PSALM 19. Cmli enarrant III. 5. S^-, 1 { - -j ■-Fjgy-T t -^=fl The heavens declare the glory of God : and the firma- ment sheweth his handy-work. One day telleth another : and one night certifieth another. There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the w6rld. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which 322 Sel. 3. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 3. cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and re- joiceth as a giant to run his course. It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The law of the Lord is an undefiled law converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wis- dom unto the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right and rejoice the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth for ever : the judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous alto- gether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb. Moreover by them is thy servant taught : and in keep- ing of them there is great reward. Wh6 can tell how oft he offendeth : 0 cleanse thou me from my secret faults. Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me : so shall I be undefiled and in- nocent from the great offence. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart : be alway acceptable in thy sight. 0 Lord my strength : and my redeemer. PSALM 24. Domini est terra. m. 4. b. E==,nr-tj^ 1 ■ ♦-wrr^g^=^"r=g^i=^^H The earth is the L6rd's, and all that therein is : the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas : and prepared it upon the floods. 323 Sel. 3. SELECTIONS OP PSALMS. Sel. 3. in. 4. b. ^—m=s^^=s=*=rsT^&*=**+-fr^=*=^ Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord : or who shall rise up in his holy place. Even he that hath clean hands and a pure heart : and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord : and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him : even of them that seek thy face 0 Jacob. Lift up your heads 0 ye gates, and be ye lift up ye ever- lasting doors : and the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory : It is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads 0 ye gates, and be ye lift up ye ever- lasting doors : and the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory : Even the Lord of h6sts, he is the King of glory. PSALM 103. Benedic, anima mea. v 2 A Praise the Lord 0 my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord 0 my soul : and forget not all his ben- efits. Who forgiveth all thy sin: and healeth all thine infir- mities. Who saveth thy life from destruction : and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things : making thee young and lusty as an eagle. The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment : for all them that are oppressed with wrong. 324 Bel. 3. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 3. He shewed his ways unto Moses : his works unto the children of Israel. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy : long-suffer- ing, and of great goodness. He will not alway be chiding : neither keepeth he his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins : nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses. For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth : so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him. Look how wide also the east is from the west : so far hath he set our sins from us. Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children : even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. For he knoweth whereof we are made : he remembereth that we are but dust. The days of man are but as grass : for ho flourisheth as a flower of the field. For as soon as the wind goeth 6ver it, it is gone : and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the merciful goodness of the Lord, endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him : and his righteousness upon children's children. Even upon such as keep his covenant : and think upon his commandments to do them. The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven : and his kingdom ruleth over all. 0 praise the Lord ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength : ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word. 0 praise the Lord all ye his hosts : ye servants of his that do his pleasure. 0 speak good of the Lord all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion : praise thou the Lord O my soul. 325 Sel. 4. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 4. gztltction jFourti). PSALM 23. Dominus regit me. VI. b. £Se^=^E§ The Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing. He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou, art with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me : thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. But thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. PSALM 34. Benedicam domino. VIII. 1. a. -^♦^EEjEiEfl I will alway give thanks unto the Lord : his praise shall ever be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the hum- ble shall hear thereof and be glad. 0 praise the Lord with me : and let us magnify his Name together. 1 sought the Lord and he heard me : yea, he deliv- ered me out of all my fear. They had an eye unto him and were lightened : and their faces were not ashamed. Sel. 4. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 4. L6 the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him : yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him : and delivereth them. 0 taste and see how gracious the Lord is : blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 0 fear the Lord ye that are his saints : for they that fear him lack nothing. The lions do lack and suffer hunger : but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good. Come ye children and hearken unto me : I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that lusteth to live : and would fain see good days. Keep thy tongue from evil : and thy lips that they speak no guile. Eschew evil and do good : seek peace and ensue it. The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous : and his ears are open unto their prayers. The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil : to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them: and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart : and will save such as be of an humble spirit. Great are the troubles of the righteous : but the Lord delivereth him out of all. He keepeth all his bones : so that nor one of them is broken. But misfortune shall slay the ungodly : and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants : and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute. 327 Sel. 4. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 4. PSALM 65. Te decet hymnus. VIII. 1. B. Thou 0 God, art praised in Sion : and unto thee shall the v6w be performed in Jerusalem. Thou that nearest the prayer : unto thee shall all flesh come. My misdeeds prevail against me : 6 be thou merciful unto our sins. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee : he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be sat- isfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy righteous- ness, 0 God of our salvation : thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains : and is girded about with power. Who stilleth the raging of the sea : and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth, shall be afraid at thy tokens : thou that makest the out- goings of the morning and evening to praise thee. Thon visitest the earth and blessest it : thou makest it very plenteous. The river of G6d is full of water : thou preparest their corn, for s6 thou providest for the earth. Thou waterest her furrows, thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof: thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. Thou cr6wnest the year with thy goodness : and thy clouds drop fatness. 328 Sel. 5. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 5. They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness : and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. The folds shall he full of sheep : the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, "that they shall laugh and sing. ^election Jfiftij. Judica me, Domine. vn. 4. A. lwE*E& Be thou my Judge 0 Lord, for I have walked inno- cently : my trust hath been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall. Examine me 0 Lord and prove me : try out my reins and my heart. For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes : and I will walk in thy truth. I have not dwelt with vain persons : neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful. I have hated the congregation of the wicked : and will not sit among the ungodly. I will wash my hands in innocency O Lord : and so will I go to thine altar. That I may shew the voice of thanksgiving : and tell of all thy wondrous works. Lord I have loved, the habitation of thy house : and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 0 shut not up my soul with the sinners : nor my life with the blood-thirsty. In whose hands is wickedness : and their right hand is full of gifts. But as for me, I will walk innocently : 0 deliver me, and be merciful unto me. My foot standeth right : I will praise the Lord in the congregations. 329 Sel. 5. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 5. PSALM 43. Judica me, Deus. I. 4. B. Give sentence with me 0 God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people : 0 deliver me from the de- ceitful and wicked man. For thou art the God of my strength, why hast thou put me from thee : and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me. 0 send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me : and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. And that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness : and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee 0 God my God. Why art thou so heavy O my soul : and why art thou so disquieted within me. 0 put thy trust in God : for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance and my G6d. PSALM 141. Domine, clamavi. VIII. j. A. Lord, I call upon thee, haste thee unto me : and con- sider my voice when I cry unto thee. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense : and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. Set a watch 0 Lord bef6re my mouth : and keep the door of my lips. 0 let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing : let me not be 6ccupied in ung6dly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them. Let the righteous rather smite me friendly : and re- prove me. 330 Sel. 6. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 6. But let not their precious balms break my head : yea, I will pray yet against their wickedness. Let their judges be overthrown in stony places : that they may hear my words for they are sweet. Our bones lie scattered before the pit : like as when one breaketb and heweth wood upon the earth. But mine eyes look unto thee 0 Lord God : in thee is my trust, 0 cast not out my soul. Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me : and from the traps of the wicked doers. Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together : and let me ever escape them. Selection £irtf). PSALM 32. Beat i, quorum. m. 4. b. Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven : and whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin : and in whose spirit there is no guile. For whilst I held my tongue : my bones consumed away through my daily complaining. For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night : and my moisture is like the drought in summer. I will acknowledge my sin unto thee : and mine un- righteousness have I not hid. I said I will confess my sins unto the Lord : and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my Bin. 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. 331 Sel. 6. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 6. in. 4. b. |^=izz-4^^=i=*=pi=4Ziiit-=^^zg=B Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt preserve me from trouble : thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go : and I will guide thee with mine eye. Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no under- standing : whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. Great plagues remain for the ungodly : but whoso put- teth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side. Be glad 0 ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord : and be joyful all ye that are true of heart. PSALM 130. Be profundis. J VI. B. Out of the deep have 1 called unto thee 0 Lord : Lord hear my voice. 6 let thine ears consider well : the voice of my complaint. If thou Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : 0 Lord, who may abide it. For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared. I look for the Lord, my soul doth wait for him : in his word is my trust. My soul fleeth unto the Lord : bef6re the m6rning watch, I say before the morning watch. 0 Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy : and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins. 332 Sel. 7. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 7. PSALM 121. Levari oculos meos. vjh. 2. II * 'l-n^F^ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from -whence cometh my help. My help cometh even from the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : and he that keepeth thee "will not sleep. Behold, he that keepeth Israel : shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord himself is thy keeper : the Lord is thy de- fence upon thy right hand. So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in : from this time forth for evermore. Selection jrebcntf). PSALM 37. Noli cemulari. I. 4. B. =*=*^^=*E?EiE5 Fret not thyself because of the ungodly : neither be thou envious against the evil doers. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass : and be withered even as the green herb. Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good : dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 333 Sel. 7. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 7, I.4.B Delight thou in the Lord : and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. Commit thy way unto the L6rd, and. put thy trust in him : and he shall bring it to pass. He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light : and. thy just dealing as the noon-day. Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him : but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels. Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure : fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. Wicked doers shall be rooted out : and the^ that pa- tiently abide the Lord, those shall inherit the land. Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone : thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away. But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth : and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace. The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just : and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh him to scorn : for he hath seen that his day is coming. The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow : to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right conversation. Their sword shall go through their own heart : and their bow shall be broken. A small thing that the righteous hath : is better than great riches of the ungodly. For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken : and the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 334 Sel. 7. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. /. The Lord knoweth the days of the godly : and their inheritance shall endure for ever. They shall not be confounded in the perilous time: and in the days of dearth they shall have enough. As for the ungodly they shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs : yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away. The ungodly borroweth and payeth not again : but the righteous is merciful and liberal. Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land : and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out. The L6rd ordereth a good man's going : and maketh his way acceptable to himself. Though he fall he shall not be cast away : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young and now am old : and yet saw I ne>er the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. The righteous is ever merciful and lendeth : and his seed is blessed. Flee from 6vil and do the thing that is good : and dwell for evermore. For the Lord loveth the thing that is right : he for- saketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. The unrighteous shall be punished : as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. The righteous shall inherit the land : and dwell therein for ever. The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom : and his tongue will be talking of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart : and his goings shall not slide. The ungodly seeth the righteous : and seeketh occa- sion to slay him. 335 Sel. 8. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 8. I. 4. B. The Lord will not leave him in his hand : nor con- demn him when he is judged. Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall promote thee that thou shalt possess the land : when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. I myself have seen the ungodly in great power : and nourishing like a green bay -tree. I went by and 16 he was gone : I sought him, but his place could no where be found. Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last. As for the transgressors, they shall perish together : and the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the last. But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the Lord : who is also their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall stand by them and save them : he shall deliver them from the ungodly and shall save them, because they put their trust in him. Selection (Sigljtf). PSALM 51. Miserere mei, Deus. VI. B. Have mercy upon me 0 God, after thy great good- ness : according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly from my wickedness : and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults : and my sin is ever before me. 336 Sel. 8. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 8. Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. Behold I was shapen in wickedness : and in sin hath my mother conceived me. But 16, thou requirest truth in the inward parts : and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness : that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins : and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart 0 God : and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence : and take not thy holy Spirit from me. 0 give me the comfort of thy help again : and stablish me with thy free Spirit. Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked : and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness 0 God, thou, that art the God of my health : and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. Thou shalt open my lips 0 Lord : and my mouth shall shew thy praise. For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee : but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit : a broken and contrite heart, 0 God shalt thou not despise. 0 be favourable and gracious unto Sion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of right- eousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations : then shall they 6ffer young bullocks upon thine altar. 337 Sel. 8. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 8. i^-» PSALM 42. Quemadmodum. I. 4. B. Like as the hart desireth the -water-brooks : so long- eth my soul after thee 0 God. My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God : when shall I come to appear before the presence of God. My tears have been my meat day and night : while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God. Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself : for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God. In the voice of praise and thanksgiving : among such as keep holy-day. Why art thou so full of heaviness O my soul : and why- art thou so disquieted within me. Put thy trust in God : for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance. My God, my soul is vexed within me : therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Jordan, and the lit- tle hill of Hermon. One deep calleth another, because of the noise of the water-pipes : all thy waves and storms are gone over me. The Lord hath granted his loving-kindness in the day- time : and in the night-season did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life. I will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast thou forgotten me : why go I thus heavily while the enemy oppresseth me. My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword : while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth. 338 Sel. 9. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 9. Namely, while they say daily unto me : Where is now thy God. Why art thou so vexed O my soul : and why art thou so disquieted within me. 0 put thy trust in God : for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance and my God. J&electum £^inti). PSALM ?;\ Deus, judicium. v. 1. A. Give the King thy judgments 0 God : and thy righte- ousness unto the King's son. Then shall he judge thy people according unto right : and defend the poor. The mountains also shall bring peace : and the little hills righteousness unto the people. He shall keep the simple folk by their right : defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrong doer. They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon en- dure th : from one generation to another. He shall come down like the rain in to a fleece of wool : even as the drops that water the earth. In his time shall the righteous nourish : yea, and abun- dance of peace so long as the moon endureth. His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the other : and from the flood unto the world's end. They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him : his enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of Tharsis and of the isles shall give presents : the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts. All kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall do him service. 339 Sel. 9. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 9. V. 1. A. ^j+ZfcJHgZzj^^ ♦-■ For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth : the needy also, and him that hath no helper. He shall be favourable to the simple and needy : and shall preserve the souls of the poor. He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and "wrong : and dear shall their blood be in his sight. He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia : prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall lie be praised. There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills : his fruit shall shake like Li ban us, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth. His Name shall endure for ever, his "Name shall remain under the sun amongst the posterities which shall be blessed through him : and all the heathen shall praise him. Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel : which only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever : and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty, Amen Amen. PSALM 96. Cantate Domino. IV. 1. c. g^.^4--^: 0 sing unto the Lord a new song : sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth. Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name : be telling of his salvation from day to day. Declare his honour unto the heathen : and his wonders unto all people. For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised : lie is more to be feared than all gods. 340 Sel. 10. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 10. As for till the gods of the heathen, they are but idols : but it is the Lord that made the heavens. Glory and worship are before him : power and hdnour are in his sanctuary. Ascribe unto the Lord 0 ye kindreds of the people : ascribe unto the Lord worship and power. Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name : bring presents, and come into his courts. 0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : let the whole earth stand in awe of him. Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King : and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved, and how that he shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad : let the sea make a noise and all that therein is. Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it : then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord. For be cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth : and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth. ^election Centlj. PSALM 77. Voce mea ad Dominum. vn. i. a. 1 will cry unto God with my voice : even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me. In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord : my sore ran and ceased not in the night-season, my soul refused comfort. When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God : when my heart ia vexed I will complain. Thou boldest mine eyes waking : I am so feeble that I cannot speak. 341 Sel. 10. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 10. I have considered the days of old : and the years that are past. I call to remembrance my song : and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirit. Will the Lord absent himself for ever : and will he be no more intreated. Is his mercy clean gone for ever : and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore. Hath God forgotten to be gracious : and will he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure. And I said, It is mine own infirmity : but I will re- member the years of the right hand of the Most Highest. I will remember the works of the Lord : and call to mind thy wonders of old time. I will think also of all thy works : and my talking shall be of thy doings. Thy way 0 God is holy : who is so great a God as our God. Thou art the God that doest wonders : and hast de- clared thy power among the people. Thou hast mightily delivered thy people : even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. The waters saw thee 0 God, the waters saw thee and were afraid : the depths also were troubled. The clouds poured out water, the air thundered : and thine arrows went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was heard round about : the lightnings shone upon the ground, the earth was moved and shook withal. Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters : and thy footsteps are not known. Thou leddest thy people like sheep : by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 342 Sel. 11. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. n. Election Elebnttf). PSALM 80. Qui regis Israel Hear 0 thou Shepherd of 'Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep : shew thyself also, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim. Before 'Ephraim Benjamin and Manasses : stir up thy strength, and come and help us. Turn us again 0 God : shew the light of thy counte- nance, and we shall be whole. 0 Lord God of hosts : how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth. Thou feedest them with the bread of tears : and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink. Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours : and our enemies laugh us to scorn. Turn us again thou God of hosts : shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Thou madest room for it : and when it had taken root it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it : and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees. She stretched out her branches unto the sea : and her boughs unto the river. Why hast thou then broken down her hedge : that all they that go by pluck off her grapes. The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up : and the wild beasts of the field devour it. Turn thee again thou God of hosts, look down from heaven : behold and visit this vine. 343 Sel. 11. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. I. 4. A. ^m * 33 3 :«3=± And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted : and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself. It is burnt with fire and cut down : and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand : and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. And so will not we go back from thee : '0 let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name. Turn us again 0 Lord God of hosts : shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. IE PSALM 81. ExultateDeo. VII. 6. Sing we merrily unto God our strength : make a cheer- ful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret : the m6rry harp with the lute. Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon : even in the time appointed, and upon our solemn feast-day. For this was made a statute for Israel : and a law of the God of Jacob. This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony : when he came out of the land of 'Egypt, and had heard a strange language. I eased his shoulder from the burden : and his hands were delivered from making the pots. Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee: and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee. I proved thee also : at the waters of strife. 344 Sel. 12. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 12. Hear 0 my people, and I will assure thee 0 Israel : if thou wilt hearken unto me. There shall no strange god be in thee : neither shalt thou worship any other god. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it. But my people would not hear my voice : and Israel would not obey me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts : and let them follow their own imaginations. '0 that my people would have hearkened unto me : for if Israel had walked in my ways, I should soon have put down their enemies : and turned my hand against their adversaries. The haters of the Lord should have been found liars : but their time should have endured for ever. He should have fed them also with the finest wheat- flour : and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee. jrclmion CtoclW). PSALM 84. Quam dilecta ! vn. 2. A. ■■zf-r-1 - ♦ *^=*=§ 0 how amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts. My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swal- low a nest where she may lay her young : even thy dltars 0 Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be alwav praising thee\ 345 Sbl. 12. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 12. VII. 2. A. ■m— m- +=^=r Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose heart are thy ways. Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well: and the pools are filled with water. They will go from strength to strength : and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 0 Lord God of hosts hear my prayer : hearken 0 God of Jacob. Beh61d 0 G6d our defender : and look upon the face of thine Anointed. For one day in thy courts : is better than a thou- sand. 1 had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God : than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he with- hold from them that live a godly life. 0 Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. PSALM 122. Lcstatus sum. I. 6. ^^^^-^^^^■^♦■■^■■-V-i-^HFp^H I was glad when they said unto me : We will go into the house of the L6rd. Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself. For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord : to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the L6rd. For there is the seat of judgment : even the seat of the house of David. 346 Sel. 13. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sbl. 13. 0 pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall pros- per that love thee. Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes : I will wish thee prosperity. Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God : I will seek to do thee good. PSALM 134. Ecce nunc. VIII. I. A. .♦="r:-L^z* * - ■ -i b — 1 -» ^—»J Behold now praise the Lord : all ye servants of the Lord. Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord : even in the courts of the house of our God. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary : and praise the Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth : give thee blessing out of Sion. jrclcctum Cljirteentf). PSALM So. Benedixisti, Domine. n. 2. r^— ■-»-— ^ 1 Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land : thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people : and covered all their sins. Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure : and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation. Turn us then 0 God our Saviour : and let thine anger cease from us. 347 Sel. 13. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 13.' n. 2. Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever : and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another. Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us : that thy people may rejoice in thee. Shew us thy mercy 0 Lord : and grant us thy sal- vation. I will hearken what the Lord God will say concerning me : for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints that they turn not again. For his salvation is nigh them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth are met together : righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall flourish out of the earth : and righteous- ness hath looked down from heaven. Yea, the Lord shall shew loving-kindness : and our land shall give her increase. Eighteousness shall go before him : and he shall direct his going in the way. PSALM 93. Dominus regnavit. v. 2. A, ^RH^ ^^■-^ziai-f-^-^zziEfl The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel : the Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength. He hath made the round world so sure : that it cannot be moved. 'Ever since the world began hath thy seat been prepared : thou art from everlasting. The floods are risen 0 Lord, the floods have lift tip their voice : the floods lift up their waves. 348 Sel. 13. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 13. The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly: but yet the Lord who dwelleth on high is mightier. Thy testimonies 0 Lord, are very sure : holiness be- cometh thine house for ever. PSALM 97. Dominus regnavit. VII. 1. A. ^^HE&^^^^^^=±*=**=*=±^ The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof : yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof. Clouds and darkness are round about him : righteous- ness and judgment are the habitation of his seat. There shall go a fire before him : and burn up his enemies on every side. His lightnings gave shine unto the world : the earth saw it and was afraid. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord : at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens have declared his righteousness : and all the people have seen his glory. Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain gods : worship him all ye gods. Sion heard of it and rejoiced : and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments O Lord. For thou Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods. 0 ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil : the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, lie shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. There is sprung tip a light for the righteous : and joy- ful gladness for such as are true-hearted. Eejoice in the Lord ye righteous : and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. 349 Sel. 14. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 14. ^election jfouxtttnfy. i j>-j PSALM 102. Domine, exaudi. -^— ■— ♦ ■ A ■ l M ■—■—J Hear my prayer/ O Lord : and let my crying come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the time /of my trouble : incline thine ear unto me when I call, 0 'hear me^and that right soon. For my days are consumed alway like smoke : and my bones are burnt up as it/were a firebrand. My heart is smitten dpwji, andJwithered like grass : so that I forget to eat my bread. For the voice f of my groaning : my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh. I am become like a pelican in the/wilderness: and like an owl that is/in the desert. I have watched, and am even as it/were a sparrow : that sitteth alone unfon the house-top. Mine enemies revile me/all the day long : and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me. For I have eaten ashes J as it were bread : and mingled my/ drink with weeping.' And that because of thine indignation and wrath : for thou hast taken me|up and cast me down. My days are gone) like a shadow : and I am withered like grass. But thou 0 Lord, shalt enidure for ever : and thy re- membrance throughout all generations. Thou shalt arise and have mercy upftn Sion : for it is 350"" Sel. 14. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 14. time that thou have mercy upon her, /yea the time is come. And why, thy servants think upOn her stones : and it pitieth them to/see her in the dust. The heathen shall fear thy/Name 0 Lord : and all the kings of the /earth thy Majesty. When the Lord shall /build up Sion : and when his / glory shall appear. When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor des- titute : and despiseth not their desire. This shall be written for /those thaffSome after : and the people which shall be/born shall praise the Lord. For he hath looked down from his sanctuary : out of the heaven did thefrjord behold the earth. That he might hear the mourning of^ such as are/in captivity : and deliver the children appointed unto death. ' That they may declare the Name of the /Lord in Sion : and his worship jat Jerusalem. When the peoule are/ gathered together : and the king- doms also to serve the Lord. He brought down my -strength ifftny journey : and/ shortened my days. ' But I said, 0 my God, take me not away in the midst of mine age: as for thy years, they endure throughout/all generations. Thou Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth : and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure? they all shall wax old as doth a garment. And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed : but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. The children of thy servants shall continue : and their Beed_ shall standfast in thy sight. 351 Sel. 15. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 15. gtUttion jFtftentt!). PSALM 107. Confitemini Domino. V. 2. B. 0 give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed : and delivered from the hand of the enemy. And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west : from the north and from the south. They went astray in the wilderness out of the way : and found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty : their soul fainted in them. So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : and he delivered them from their distress. He led them forth by the right way : that they might go to the city where they dwelt. 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. For he satisfieth the empty soul : and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : being fast bound in misery and iron. Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord: and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest. He also brought down their heart through heaviness : they fell down, and there was none to help them. So when they cried unto the Lord, in their trouble : he delivered them out of their distress. 352 Sel. 15. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 15. For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death : and brake their bonds in sunder. 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnes- : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. For he hath broken the gates of brass : and. smitten the bars of iron in sunder. Foolish men are plagued for their offence: and because of their wickedness. Their soul abhorred all manner of meat : and. they were even hard at death's door. So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivered them out of their distress. He sent his word and healed them: and they were saved from their destruction. 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanks- giving : and tell out his works with gladness. They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters. These men see the works of the Lord : and his won- ders in the deep. For at his word the stormy wind ariseth : which lifteth up the waves thereof. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep : their soul melteth away because of the trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man : and are at their wits end. So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivereth them out of their distress. For he maketh the storm to cease : so that the waves thereof are still. 353 Sel. 15. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 15. V. 2. B. f: Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men. That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people : and praise him in the seat of the elders. Who turneth the floods into a wilderness : and drieth up the water-springs. A fruitful land maketh he barren : for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water : and water-springs of a dry ground. And there he setteth the hungry : that they may build them a city to dwell in. That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards : to yield them fruits of increase. He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly : and siiffereth not their cattle to decrease. And again, when they are minished and brought low : through oppression, through any plague or trouble. Though he suffer them to be evil-entreated through tyrants : and let them wander out of the way in the wil- derness. Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery : and maketh him households like a flock of sheep. The righteous will consider this and rejoice : and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped. Whoso is wise will ponder these things : and they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord. 354 Sel. 16. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 16. Scicrtum £ixmntl). PSALM 118. Confitemini Domino. VII. 6. 0 give thanks unto the Lord, f or Ihe is gracious: because his mercy enldureth for ever. Let Israel now confess that Ihe is gracious : and that his mercy endureth for ever. Let the house of Aaron now confess : that his mercy en/dureth for ever. Yea, let them now that fear the /Lord confess : that his m&rcy eridureth for ever. 1 called upon the jLord in trouble : and the Lord heard1 me at large. The Lord is on my side : I will not fear what man doetb unto me. The Lord taketh my part with'them that help me : therefore shall I see my desire upjon mine enemies. It is better to trust' in the Lord : than to pjit any con- fidence in man. It is better to trust/in the Lord : than to jxit any/con- fidence in princes. All nations compassed me round about : but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them. They kept me in on every side, they kept me in I say on every side: but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy:- them. 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. Thou hast thrust sore at me that ' I might fall : but the/Lorc£was my help. 355 Sel. 16. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 16. VII. 6. The Lord is my strength and my song : and is become/ my salvation. The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous : the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence : the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. I shall not /die but live : and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastened and corrected me : but he hath not given me/over unto death. 'Open me the gates of 'righteousness : that I may go into them, and give 'thanks unto the Lord. This is the gate fof the L6rd : the righteous shalllenter into it. I will thank thee for 'thou hast heard me : and art become /my salvation. The same stone which the builders-refused : is become the head-stone [in the corner. This is the [Lord's-- doing : and it ^ /'marvellous in our eyes. This is the day which the 'Lord had made : we will rejoice and be glad in it. Help roe now 0 Lord : 0 Lord send us now pros- perity. Blessed be he that corneth in the Name of the Lord : we have w5shed you good luck, ye that are of the house of the Lord. God is the Lord who hath shewed us light : bind the sacrifice with cords, yea even unto the /horns of the altar. 356 Sel. IT, SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 17. Thou art my God, and A will thank thee : thou art my God, and/1 will praibe tnee. 0 give thanks unto the Lord, for lie is gracious : and his mercy enftureth for ever. SbtUttkon Jrebntteenti). PSALM 123. Ad te levavi oculos mcos. VII. 2. A. E— ■~^-f^~,~>~T:*-gf^',-^-*-jg^Efl Unto thee lift I up mine eyes: 0 thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress : even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us 0 Lord, have mercy upon us : for we are utterly despised. Onr soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy : and with the despitefulness of the proud. PSALM 124. Nisi quia Dominus. V. 2. A, T7T1=1 If the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say : if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against aft, They had swallowed us up quick : when they were so wrathfullv displeased at us. 357 Sel. 17. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 17. V. 2. A. Yea, the waters had drowned us : and the stream had gone over our soul. The deep waters of the proud : had gone even over our soul. But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us 6ver for a prey unto their teeth. Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler : the snare is broken, and we are delivered. Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. PSALM 125. Qui confidunt. VIII. 2. They that put their trust in the Lord, shall be even as the Mount Sion : which may not be removed, but stand- eth fast for ever. The hills stand about Jerusalem : even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore. For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous : lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. Do well 0 Lord : unto those that are good and true of heart. As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness : the Lord shall lead them f6rth with the evil doers, but peace shall be upon Israel. 358 Sel. 18. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 18. Selection (gigljteentlj. PSALM 139. Domine, probastL m.3.A. i=z=g=&~=*-*=+^t=sis=**=i=rg=¥=^ 0 Lord, thou bust searched me out and known me : Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest my thoughts long before. Thou art about my path and about my bed : and spiest out all my way-. For 16, there is not a word in my tongue : but thou 0 Lord, knowest it altogether. Thou hast fashioned me behind and before : and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me: I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit : or whither shall I go then from thy presence. If I climb up into heaven thou art there : if I go down to hell, thou art there also. If I take the wings of the morning : and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea. Even there also shall thy hand lead me : and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me : then shall my night be turned to day. Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day : the darkness and light to thee are both alike. For my reins are thine : thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 1 will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. 359 Sel. 18. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. la m. 3. a. My bones are not hid from thee : though I be made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect : and in thy book were all my members written. Which day by day were fashioned : when as yet there was none of them. How dear are thy counsels unto me 0 God : 0 how great is the sum of them. If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand : when I wake tip I am present with thee. Wilt thou not slay the wicked O God : Depart from me ye blood-thirsty men. For they speak unrighteously against thee : and thine enemies take thy Name in vain. Do not I hate them 0 Lord that hate thee : and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee. Yea, I hate them right sore : even as though they were mine enemies. Try me 0 God, and seek the ground of my heart : prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me : and lead me in the way everlasting. PSALM 145. Exaltabote, Deus. VIII. 3. I will magnify thee 0 G6d my King : and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever. Every day will I give thanks unto thee : and praise thy JSTame for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and marvellous worthy to be praised: there is no end of his greatness. 360 Sel. 18. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 18. One generation shall praise thy works unto another : and declare thy power. As for me, 1 will be talking of thy worship : thy glory, thy praise and wondrous works. So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts : and I will also tell of fhy greatness. The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed : and men shall sing of thy righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful : long-suffering, and of great goodness. The Lord is loving unto every man : and his mercy is over all his works. All thy works praise thee 0 Lord : and thy saints give thanks unto thee. They shew the glory of thy kingdom : and talk of thy power. That thy power, thy glory and mightiness of thy king- dom : might be known unto men. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom : and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages. The Lord upholdeth all such as fall : and lifteth up all those that are down. The eyes of all wait upon thee 0 Lord : and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand : and fillest all things liv- ing with plenteousness. The Lord is iighteous in all his ways : and holy in all his works. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him : yea, all such as call upon him faithfully. lie will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : he also will hear their cry, and will help them. The Lord preserveth all them that love him : but scat- tereth abroad all the ungodly. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord : and let all flesh give thanks unto his holv Xame for ever and ever. 361 " Sel. 19. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 19. ^election iBtineteentij. PSALM 147. Laudate Dominum. VIII. 1. b. 0 praise the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God : yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. The Lord doth build up Jerusalem : and gather together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth those that are broken in heart : and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. He telleth the number of the stars : and calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and great is his power : yea, and his wisdom is infinite. The Lord setteth up the meek : and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 0 sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving : sing praises upon the harp unto our God. Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth: and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of men. Who giveth fodder unto the cattle : and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him. He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse : neither delighteth he in any man's legs. But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him : and put their trust in his mercy. Praise the Lord 0 Jerusalem : praise thy God 0 Sion. For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates : and hath blessed thy children within thee. 362 Sel. 20. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 20. He maketh peace in thy borders : and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth : and his word runneth very swiftly. He giveth snow like wool : and scattereth the hoar- frost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who is able to abide his frost He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he blow- eth with his wind, and the waters flow. He she wet h his word unto Jacob : his statutes and ordinances unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation : neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws. ^election Ctonttietl)- PSALM 148. Laudate Dominum. I. 4.D. 0 praise the Lord of heaven : praise him in the height. Praise him all ye angels of his : praise him all his hosts. Praise him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars and light. Praise him all ye heavens : and ye waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the Name of the Lord : for he spake the word and they were made, he commanded, and thev were created. He hath made them fast for ever and ever : he hath given them a law which shall not be broken. 363 Sel. 20. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 20. I. 4. D. Praise the Lord upon earth : ye dragons and all deeps. Fire and hail, snow and vapours : wind and storm fulfilling his word. Mountains and all hills : fruitful trees and all cedars. Beasts and all cattle : worms and feathered fowls. Kings of the earth and all people : princes and all judges of the world. Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord : for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. He shall exalt the horn of his people, all his saints shall praise him : even the children of 'Israel, even the people that serveth him. PSALM 149. Cantate Domino. III. 6 0 sing unto the Lord a new song : let the congrega- tion of saints praise him. Let 'Israel rejoice in him that made him : and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his Name in the dance : let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp. For the Lord hath pleasure in his people : and helpeth the meek-hearted. Let the saints be joyful with glory : let them rejoice in their beds. Let the praises of God be in their mouth : and a two- edged sword in their hands. 364 Sel. 20. SELECTIONS OF PSALMS. Sel. 20. To be avenged of the heathen : and to rebuke the people. To bind their kings in chains : and their nobles with links of iron. That they may be avenged of them as it is written : Such honour have all his saints. PSALM 150. Laudate Dominum. VIII. 2. %=^^^p^===^J=*z-±=^-jrv-*=^Sr-^i 0 praise God in his holiness : praise him in the fir- mament of his power. Praise him in his noble acts : praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him in the sound of the trumpet : praise him upon the lute and harp. Praise him in the cymbals and dances : praise him upon the strings and pipe. Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise him upon the loud cymbals. ^ ^ — x n £— r^ — - =E— h Let every thing that hath breath : praise the Lord.* * This is the only example of the latter part of a verse not supplying two syllables for the musical accents. It is perhaps best to sing both accents to the word ' praise,' as above. 365 PROPEK PSALMS. VI. B. FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Jttornmg ^tager. PSALM 8. Domine, Dominus noster. 0 Lord our G6vernour, bow excellent is thy Name in all the world : thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies : that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers : the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained. 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him : and the son of man that thou visitest him. 5 Thou madest him lower than the angels : to crown him with glory and worship. 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands : and thou hast put all things in subjection under his fe6t. 366 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. 1st Sunday in Advent. 7 All sheep and oxen : yei and the beasts of the field. 8 The fowls of the air and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. 9 0 Lord our Governour : how excellent is thy Name in all the world. PSALM 50. Deus deorum. III. 1. A. The Lord even the most mighty God hath spoken : and called the world, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared : in perfect beauty. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : there shall go before him a consiimiug fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him. 4 He shall call t^ie heaven from above : and the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my saints together unto me : those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for God is Judge himself. 7 Hear 0 my people and I will speak : I myself will testify against thee 0 'Israel, for I am God even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt-offerings : because they were not alway before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thine house : nor he- goat out of thy folds. 10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine : and so are the cattle upon a thousand bills. 367 1st Sunday in Advent. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. III. 1. A. 11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight. 12 If I be hungry I will not tell thee : for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein. 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh : and drink the blood of goats. 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving : and pay thy vows unto the Most Highest. 15 And call upon me in the time of trouble : so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me. 16 But unto the ungodly said God : Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth. 17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed : and hast cast my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto him : and hast been partaker with the adulterers. 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness : and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit. 20 Thou sattest and spakest against thy brother : yea, and hast slandered thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly that I am even such a one as thyself : but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done. 22 0 consider this ye that forget God : lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you. 23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me : and to him that 6rdereth his conversation right, will I shew the salvation of God. 368 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. 1st Sunday in Advent. FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. (Sbming Praget. PSALM 96. Cardate Domino. IV. 2. A. ^■^^j^EfE^f^^^^W^ 0 sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth. 2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name : be tell- ing of his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his honour unto the heathen : and his won- ders unto all people. 4 For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised : he is more to be feared than all Gods. 5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols: but it is the Lord that made the heavens. 6 Glory and worship are before him : power and hon- our are in his sanctuary. T Ascribe unto the Lord 0 ye kindreds of the people : ascribe unto the Lord "worship and power. 8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name: bring presents, and come into his courts. 9 0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 10 Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King : and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved, and how that he shall judge the people' righteously. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad : let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it : then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord. 369 1st Sunday in Advent. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. rvT. 2. A. 13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth : and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth. PSALM 97. Dominus regnavit. III. 4. B. g^=izJi4J*=5=^=*=^ The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof : yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him : right- eousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat. o There shall go a fire before him : and burn up his enemies on every side. 4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world : the earth saw it and was afraid. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord : at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens have declared his righteousness : and all the people have seen his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain gods : worship him all ye gods. 8 Sion heard of it and rejoiced : and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments 0 Lord. 9 For thou Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 0 ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil : the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. 11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous : and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted. 12 Rejoice in the Lord ye righteous : and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. 370 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Christmas-Day. CHRISTMAS-DAY. Jftorntng ^rager. PSALM 19. Cmli enarrant. vm. i A. *- _■_ -■- =*f -m * f—i »— P~isr* m =3- * ■- 4 The heavens declare the glory of God : and the firma- ment sheweth his handy-work. 2 One day telleth another : and one night certineth another. 3 There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. 4 Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and re- joiceth as a giant to run his course. 6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth for ever : the judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous alto- gether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb. 11 Moreover by them is thy servant taught : and in keeping of them there is great reward. 371 Christmas-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. VIII. l. A. 12 Who can tell how 6ft he offendeth : 0 cleanse thou me from my secret faults. 13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me : so shall I be undefiled and innocent from the great offence. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart : be alvvay acceptable in thy sight. 15 0 Lord, my strength : and my redeemer. PSALM 45. Eructavit cor meum. vn. l. a. i^-E^-E&J^B My heart is inditing of good matter : I speak of the things which I have made unto the King. 2 My tongue is the pen : of a ready writer. 3 Thou art fairer than the children of men : full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever. 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh 0 thou Most Mighty : according to thy worship and ren6wn. 5 Good luck have thou with thine honour : ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness and righteous- ness, and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. G Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be sub- dued unto thee : even in the midst among the King's ene- mies. 7 Thy seat 0 God, endureth for ever : the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity : wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 9 'AH thy garments smell of Myrrh, aloes and cassia : 372 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Christmas-Dat. out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. 10 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, wrought about with divers colours. 11 Hearken 0 daughter and consider, incline thine ear : forget also thine own pe6ple, and thy father's house. 12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty : for he is thy Lord God and "worship thou him. 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift : like as the rich also among the people, shall make their sup- plication before thee. 14 The King's daughter is all glorious within : her cloth- ing is of wrought gold. 15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework : the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee. 16 With joy and gladness shall they be brought : and shall enter into the King's palace. 17 Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children : whom thou mayest make princes in all lands. 18 I will remember thy Name from one generation to another : therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end. PSALM 85. Benedixisti, Domine. J. 4. B. Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land : thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people : and covered all their sins. 3 Thou hast \ taken away all thy displeasure : and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation. 373 Christmas-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer, 4 Turn us then 0 God our Saviour : and let thine anger cease from us. 5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever : and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another. 6 Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us : that thy people may rejoice in thee. 7 Shew us thy mercy O Lord : and grant us thy sal- vation. 8 I will hearken what the Lord G6d will say concern- ing me : for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints that they turn not again. 9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth are met together : righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall nourish out of the earth : and righteous- ness hath looked down from heaven. 12 Yea, the Lord shall shew loving-kindness : and our land shall give her increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him : and he shall direct his going in the way. CHRISTMAS-DAY. iEbemng ^rager* PSALM 89. Misericordias Domini VIIL 1. A. My song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the 374 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Christmaf-Day. Lord : with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever : thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen : I have sworn unto David my servant. 4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever : and set up thy throne from one generation to another. 5 0 Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous "works : and thy truth in the congregation of the saints. 6 For who is he among the clouds : that shall be com- pared unto the Lord. 7 And what is he among the gods : that shall be like unto the Lord. 8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the saints : and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him. 9 0 Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee : thy truth most mighty Lord, is on every side. 10 Thou riilest the raging of the sea : thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise. 11 Thou hast subdued 'Egypt and destroyed it : thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm. 12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is. 13 Thou hast made the north and the south : Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name. 14 Thou hast a mighty arm : strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 16 Blessed is the people 0 Lord, that can rejoice in thee: they shall walk in the light of thy countenance. 17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name : and in thy righteousness shall they make their boast. 375 Christmas-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. VIII. l. A. 18 For thou, art the glory of their strength : and in thy loving-kindness thou shalt lift up our horns. 19 For the Lord is our defence : the Holy One of Israel is our King. 20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints and saidst : I have laid help upon One that is mighty, I have exalted One chosen out of the people. 21 I have found David my servant : with my holy oil have I anointed him. 22 My hand shall hold him fast : and my arm shall strengthen him. 23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence : the son of wickedness shall not hurt him. 24 I will smite down his foes before his face : and plague them that hate him. 25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him : and in my Name shall his horn be exalted. 26 I will set his dominion also in the sea : and his right hand in the floods. 27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father : my God and my strong salvation. 28 And I will make him my First-born : higher than the kings of the earth. 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore : and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever : and hi3 throne as the days of heaven. 31 But if his children forsake my law : and walk not in my judgments. 32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my com- mandments : I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges. 376 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Christmas-Day. 33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him : nor suffer my truth to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips : I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David. 35 His seed shall endure for ever : and his seat is like as the sun before me. 36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon : and as the faithful witness in heaven. 37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed: and art displeased at him. 38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant : and cast his crown to the ground. 39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges : and broken down his strongholds. 40 All they that go by spcil him : and he is become a reproach to his neighbours. 41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies : and made all his adversaries to rejoice. 42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword : and givest him not victory in the battle. 43 Thou hast put out his glory : and cast his throne down to the ground. 44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened : and c6vercd him with dishonour. 45 L6rd, how long wilt thou hide thyself, for ever : and shall thy wrath burn like fire. 46 0 remember how short my time is : wherefore hast thou made all men for nought. 47 AVhat man is he that liveth, and shall not see death : and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell. 48 Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses : which thou swarest unto David in thy truth. 49 Remember Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have : 377 Christmas-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. VIII. 1. A. U-CJL4gzz^ and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people. 50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed : Praised be the Lord for evermore, Amen and Amen. PSALM 110. Dixit Dominus. Vffl. 1. B. Ejzigzjfl111 :==z5 * * l^zzJ^?JFg::il-«-i=BzJ] The Lord said unto my Lord : Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy p6wer out of Sion: be thou ruler even in the midst among thine enemies. 3 In the day of thy p6wer shall the people offer thee free-will offerings, with an holy worship : the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning. 4 The Lord sware, and will not repent : Thou art a Priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedech. 5 The Lord upon thy right hand : shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies : and smite in sunder the heads over divers countries. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way : therefore shall he lift up his head. PSALM 132. Memento, Domine. VIII. 1. A. E-y-y- \ --Z^^fc*^-^^*^; Lord, remember David : and all his trouble. 2 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob. 378 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Christmas-Day. 3 I will not c6me within the tabernacle of mine house: nor climb up into my bed. 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber : neither the temples of my head to take any rest. 5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lord : an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 L6, we heard of the same at Ephrata : and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on our knees before his footstool. 8 Arise 0 L6rd, into thy resting-place : thou and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness : and let thy saints sing with joyfulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake : turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. 11 The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David : and he shall not shrink from it. 12 Of the fruit of thy body : shall I set upon thy seat. 13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testi- monies that I shall learn them : their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself : he hath longed for her. 15 .This shall be my rest for ever : here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. 16 I will bless her victuals with increase : and will satisfy her poor with bread. 17 I will deck her priests with health : and her saints shall rejoice and sing. 18 There shall I make the horn of David to nourish : I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame: but upon himself shall his crown nourish. 379 Circumcision. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. CIRCUMCISION. JHurning Imager. PSALM 40. Expectans expectavi. VIII. 1. B. 1 waited patiently for the Lord : and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling. 2 He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay : and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth. : even a thanksgiving unto our God. 4 Many shall see it and fear : and shall put their trust in the Lord. 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord : and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies. 6 0 Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts which are to us-ward : and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. 7 If I should declare them and speak of them : they should be m6re than I am able to express. 8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wotildest not : but mine ears hast thou opened. 9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required : then said I Lo I come. 10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfil thy will 0 my God : I am content to do it, yea thy law is within my heart. 11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great congre- gation : 16 I will not refrain my lips 0 L6rd, and that thou knowest. 380 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Circumcision. 12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart : raj talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. 13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth : from the great congregation. 14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me 0 Lord : let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway preserve me. 15 For innumerable troubles are come about me, my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. 16 0 Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me : make haste 0 Lord to help me. 17 Let them be ashamed and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it : let them be driven back- ward and put to rebuke, that "wish me evil. 18 Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame : that say unto me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. 19 Let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. 20 As for me I am poor and needy : but the Lord eareth for me. 21 Thou art my helper and redeemer : make no long tarrying O my God. PSALM 90. Domine, refuyium. Lord, thou hast been our refuge : from 6ne generation to another. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made : thou art God from ever- lasting, and world without end. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction : again thou sayest, Come again ve children of men. 381 Circumcision. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. 1.8. -■— ♦ g^^zz^.z^-1 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yester- day : seeing that is past as a watch in the night. 5 As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep : and fade away suddenly like the grass. 6 In the morning it is green and groweth up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried up and withered. 7 For we consume away in thy displeasure ; and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee : and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For when thou art angry all our days are gone : we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 10 The days of our age are threescore years and ten, and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow, so soon passeth it away and we are gone. 11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath : for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. 12 So teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Turn thee again 0 Lord at the last : and be gracious unto thy servants. 14 0 satisfy us with thy mercy and that soon : so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us : and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. 16 Shew thy servants thy work : and their children thy glory. 17 And the gl6rious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us : prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, 0 prosper thou our handy-work. 382 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Circumcision. CIRCUMCISION. ©bating $Jrawr. PSALM 65. Te decet hymnus. vm. 2. Thoa 0 God, art praised in Sion : and unto thee" shall the v6w be performed in Jerusalem. 2 Thou that nearest the prayer : unto thee shall all flesh come. 3 My misdeeds prevail against me : '0 be thou merci- ful unto our sins. 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee : he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satis- fied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 5 Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy right- eousness, 0 God of our salvation : thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains : and is girded about with power. 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea : and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth, shall be afraid at thy tokens : thou that makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee. 9 Thou visitest the earth and blessest it : thou makest it very plenteous. 10 The river of God is full of water : thou prep&rest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth. 383 Circumcision. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. VIII. 2. 11 Thou waterest her furrows, thou seudest rain into the little valleys thereof: thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. 12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness : and thy clouds drop fatness. 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the "wilderness : and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 14 The f61ds shall be full of sheep : the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. PSALM 103. Benedic, anima mea. V.3. Praise the Lord 0 my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. 2 Praise the Lord 0 my soul : and forget not all his benefi ts. 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin : and healeth all thine infirmities. 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction : and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness. 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things : making thee young and lusty as an eagle, 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment : for all them that are oppressed with wrong. 7 He shewed his ways unto Moses : his works unto the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy : 16ng- euffering, and of great goodness. 384 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Circumcision. 9 He will not alway be chiding : neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins : nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses. 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth : so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him. 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west : so far hath he set our sins from us. 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children : even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made : he remern- bereth that we are but dust. 15 The days of man are but as grass : for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. 16 For as soon as the wiud goeth 6ver it, it is gone : and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord, endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him : and his right- eousness upon children's children. 18 Even upon such as keep his covenant : and think upon his commandments to do them. 19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven : and his kingdom ruleth over all. 20 0 praise the Lord ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength : ye that fulfil bis commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word. 21 0 praise the Lord all ye his hosts : ye servants of his that do his pleasure. 22 0 speak good of the Lord all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion : praise thou the Lord 0 my soul. 385 Epiphany. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. EPIPHANY. HfUiwing ^rager. PSALM 46. Deus noster refugium. v. 2. A. E=jdSJJ====3^EJ=t^^-l«-3-4=F=i=fl God is our hope and strength : a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved : and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea. 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell : and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same. 4 The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God : the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most Highest. 5 God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed : God shall help her, and that right early. 6 The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved : but God hath shewed his voice, and the earth shall melt away. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us : the G6d of Jacob is our refuge. 8 0 come hither and behold the works of the Lord : what destruction he hath brought upon the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world : he break- eth the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burnetii the chariots in the fire. 10 Be still then, and kn6w that I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The Lord of hosts is with lis : the God of Jacob is our refuge. 386 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Epiphany. PSALM 47. Omnes gentes, plaudite. v. 1. B. 0 clap your hands together, all ye people : 0 sing unto God with the voice of melody. 2 For the Lord is high and to be feared : he is the great King upon all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us : and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose out an heritage for us : even the worship of Jacob whom he loved. 5 God is gone up with a merry noise : and the Lord with the sound of the trump. 6 0 sing praises, sing praises unto our God : 0 sing praises, sing praises unto our King. 7 For God is the King of all the earth. : sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon his holy seat. 9 The princes of the people, are joined unto the people of the God of Abraham : for God which is very high exalted, doth defend the earth as it were with a shield. PSALM 48. Magnus Dominus. i5=i-.-^---zT=!=»^«^4^:r--i=3=*J=fl Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised : in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill. 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth : upon the north side lieth the city of the great King, God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge. 3 For lo the kings of the earth : are gathered and gone by together. 387 Epiphany. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. 4 They marvelled to see such things : they were aston- ished, and suddenly cast down. 5 Fear came there upon them and sorrow : as upon a woman in her travail. 6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea : through the east- wind. 7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God : God upholdeth the same for ever. 8 We wait for thy loving-kindness O God : in the midst of thy temple. 9 0 God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world's end : thy right hand is full of righteous- ness. 10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Ju-dah be glad : because of thy judgments. 11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her : and tell the towers thereof. 12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses : that ye may tell them that come after. 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever : he shall be -our guide unto death. EPIPHANY. lEbnung ^rager. PSALM 72. Deus, judicium. VII. 3. A. Give the King thy judgments, O God : and thy right- eousness unto the King's son. 388 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Epiphany. 2 Then shall he judge thy people according unto right : and defend the poor. 3 The mountains also shall bring peace : and the little hills righteousness unto the people. 4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right : defend the children of the poor, and punish the "wrong doer. 5 They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon endureth : from one generation to another. 6 lie shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool : even as the drops that water the earth. 7 In his time shall the righteous flourish : yea, and abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth. . 8 His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the other : and from the flood unto the world's end. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him : his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tharsis and of the isles shall give pre- sents : the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts. 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 : and dear 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. 10 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills : his fruit shall shake like Libanus, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth. 17 His Name shall endure for ever ; his Name shall remain under the sun among the posterities : which shall 389 Epiphany. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. VII. 3. A. be blessed through him ; and all heathen shall praise him. 18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel : which only doeth wondrous things ; 19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever : and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen, Amen. PSALM 117. Laudaie Dominum, omnes gentes. III. 6. 0 praise the L6rd 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 135. Laudate Nomen. III. 1. A. 0 praise the Lord, laud ye the Name of the Lord : praise it 0 ye servants of the Lord. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord : in the courts of the house of our God. 3 0 praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious : 0 sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely. 4 For why, the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself: and 'Israel for his own possession. 5 For I know that the Lord is great : and that our Lord is above all gods. 390 Evkning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Epiphany. 6 "Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven and in earth : and in the sea, and in all deep places. 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world : and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds out of his treasures. 8 He smote the first-born of Egypt : both of man and beast. 9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee 0 thou land of Egypt : upon Pharaoh and all his servants. 10 He smote divers nations : and slew mighty kings : 11 Sehon king of the Amorites, and 'Og the king of Basan : and all the kingdoms of Canaan ; 12 And gave their land to be an heritage : even an her- itage unto Israel his people. 13 Thy Name 0 Lord, endureth for ever : s6 doth thy memorial 0 Lord, from one generation to another. 14 For the Lord will avenge his people : and be gra- cious unto his servants. 15 As for the images of the heathen, they are but silver and gold : the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths and speak not : eyes have they, but they see not. IT They have ears, and yet they hear not : neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them : and s6 are all they that put their trust in them. 19 Praise the Lord ye house of Israel : praise the Lord ye house of Aaron. 20 Praise the Lord ye house of Levi : ye that fear the Lord praise the Lord. 21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion : who dwelleth at Jerusalem. 391 Purification. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer PURIFICATION. Jftorning ^rager. PSALM 20. Exaudlat te Dominus. III. 2. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble : the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee. 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary : and strengthen thee out of Sion. 3 Remember all thy offerings : and accept thy biirnt- sacrifice. 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire : and fulfil all thy mind. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God : the Lord perform all thy petitions. 6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven : even with the whole- some strength of his right hand. 7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen : but we are risen and stand upright. 9 Save Lord, and hear us 0 King of heaven : when we call upon thee. Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Purification. PSALM 8G. Inclina, Domine. L 4. B. Bow down thine ear 0 Lord and hear me : for I am poor and in misery. 2 Preserve thou my soul for I am holy : my God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me 0 Lord : for I will call daily upon thee. 4 Comfort the soul of thy servant : for unto thee 0 Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou Lord, art good and gracious : and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 6 Give car Lord unto my prayer : and ponder the voice of my humble desires. 7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee : for thou hearest me. 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee 0 Lord : there is not one that can do as thou doest. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and "worship thee 0 Lord : and shall glorify thy Name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things : thou art God alone. 11 Teach me thy way 0 Lord, and I will walk in thy truth : 0 knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name. 12 I will thank thee 0 Lord my God with all my heart : and will praise thy Name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me : and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell. 14 0 God, the proud are risen against me : and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes. 393 Purification. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. I. 4. B. 15 But thou 0 Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy : long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and truth. 16 0 turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid. 17 Shew some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it and be ashamed : because thou Lord, hast holpen me and comforted me. PSALM 87. Fundamenta ejus. VIII. 2. Her foundations are upon the holy hills : the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee : thou city of God. 3 I will think upon Eahab and Babylon : with them that know me. 4 Behold ye the Philistines also : and they of Tyre with the Morians, 16 there was he born. 5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her : and the Most High shall stablish her. 6 The Lord shall rehearse it, when he writeth up the people : that he was born there. 7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse : 'All my fresh springs shall be in thee. 394 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Purification. PURIFICATION. ©bating ^rajjer. PSALM 84. Quam dilecta I m O how amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts. 2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young : even thy altars 0 Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be alway praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose heart are thy ways. 6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well : and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 '0 Lord God of hosts hear my prayer : hearken O God of Jacob. 9 Behold 0 God our defender : and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts : is better than a thou- sand. 11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God : than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12 For the Ldrd God is a light and defence : the Lord 395 Purification. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. vii. 2. A. p»=3 ■ ♦ ^:z»-l=ri=J will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he with- hold from them that live a godly life. 13 0 Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that put- teth his trust in thee. PSALM 113. Laudate, pueri. VIII. 1. A. Praise the Lord ye servants : 0 praise the Name of the Lord. 2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this time forth for evermore. 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. 6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust : and lifteth the poor out of the mire. 7 That he mays6thim with the princes : even with the princes of his people. 8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house : and to be a joyful mother of children. 396 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Ash-Wednesday. PSALM 134. Ecce nunc. vm.6. E^-B-U- 1-H— r— — ■~5=F=g=*=s=H Behold now, praise the Lord : all ye servants of the L6rd. 2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord : even in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary : and praise the Lord. 4 The Lord that made heaven and earth : give thee blessing out of Sion. ASH- WEDNESDAY. fHormng ^rager. PSALM 6. Domine, ne in furore. 1.7. 0 Lord rebuke me not in thine indignation : neither chasten me in thy displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me 0 Lord for I am weak : 0 Lord heal me, for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul also is sore troubled : but Lord, how long wilt thou punish me. 4 Turn thee 0 Lord, and deliver my soul : 0 save me for thy mercy's sake. 5 For in death no man remembereth thee : and who will give thee thanks in the pit. G I am weary of my groaning, every night wash I my bed : and water my couch with my tears. T My beauty is gone for very trouble : and worn awaj because of all mine enemies. 397 Ash- Wednesday. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. I. 7. 8 Away from me all ye that work vanity : for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Lord hath heard my petition : the Lord will re- ceive my prayer. 10 All mine enemies shall be confounded and sore vexed : they shall be turned back, and put to shame sud- denly. PSALM 32. Beati, quorum. it. i. ^r— » 1 |JgbrJ^j^"i:4JgL^3Ezr-~ T-g Blessed is he whose unrighteousness 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. 3 For whilst 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 un- righteousness have I not hid. 6 I said I will confess my sins unto the Lord : and s6 thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin. 7 For this shall every one that is g6dly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou may est 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 un- derstanding : whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 393 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Ash-Wednesday. 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly : but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side. 12 Be glad 0 ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord : and be joyful all ye that are true of heart. PSALM 38. Doinine, ne in furore. Put me not to rebuke 0 Lord in thine anger : neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me : and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no health in my flesh, because of thy dis- pleasure : neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin. 4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head : and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt : through my foolishness. 6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery : that I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a sore disease : and there is no whole part in my body. 8 I am feeble and sore smitten : I have roared for the very disquietness of my heart. 9 Lord thou kn6west all my desire : and my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me : and the sight of mine eyes is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble : and my kinsmen stood afar off. 12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for me : and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. 3Q9 Ash-Wednesday. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. vii. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not : and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth. 14 I became even as a man that heareth not : and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee 0 Lord have I put my trust : thou shalt answer for me 0 Lord my God. 16 1 have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph over me : for when my foot slipt, they rejoiced greatly against me. 17 And I truly am set in the plague : and my heaviness is ever in my sight. 18 For I will confess my wickedness : and be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies live and are mighty : and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number. 20 They also that reward evil for good are against me : because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not 0 Lord my God : be not thou far from me. 22 Haste thee to help me : 0 Lord God of my salva- tion. ASH-WEDNESDAY. JBbening $rager. PSALM 102. Domine, exaudL TV. 1. c. ^gji^^ilE^^-.^^ Hear my prayer 6 Lord : and let my crying come unto thee. 400 0 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Ash-Wednesday. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trou- ble : incline thine ear unto me when I call, 0 hear me and that right soon. 3 For my days are consumed away like smoke : and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. 4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass : so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 For the voice of my groaning : my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh. 6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness : and like an owl that is in the desert. 7 I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow : that sitteth alone upon the house-top. 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long : and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread : and mingled my drink with weeping. 10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath : for thou hast taken me up and cast me down. 11 My days are gone like a shadow : and I am withered like grass. 12 But thou 0 Lord, shalt endure for ever : and thy re- membrance throughout all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Si-on : for it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea the time is come. 14 And why, thy servants think upon her stones : and it pitieth them to see her in the dust. 15 The heathen shall fear thy Name 0 Lord : and all the kings of the earth thy Majesty. 16 When the Lord shall build up Si-on : and when his glory shall appear. 17 When be tiirneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute : and despiseth not their desire. 401 Ash- Wednesday. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. IV. 1. c. 18 This shall be written for those that come after : and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary : out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth. 20 That he might hear the mourning of such as are in captivity : and deliver the children appointed unto death. 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Si-on : and his worship at Jerusalem. 22 When the people are gathered together: and the king- doms also to serve the Lord. 23 He brought down my strength in my journey : and shortened my days. 24 But I said, 0 my God, take me not away in the midst of mine age : as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations. 25 Thou Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth : and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall parish, but thou shalt endure : they all shall wax old as doth a garment. 27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed : but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue : and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight. PSALM 130. De profundi*. TV. 2. A. Out of the deep have I called unto thee 0 Lord : Lord hear my voice. 2 '0 let thine ears consider well : the voice of my complaint. 402 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Ash-Wednesday. 3 If thou Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : 0 Lord, who may abide it. ■4 For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared. 5 I look for the Lord, my soul doth wait for him : in his word is my trust. C My soul ileeth unto the Lord : before the morning witch, I B&y before the morning watch. 7 0 Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy : and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel : from, all his sins. PSALM 143. Domine, exautlL _ vn. 5. ft ■ ,^+--^-M->-grt-!U~*-r-^-riri Hear my prayer 0 Lord, and consider my desire : hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness' sake. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant : for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul, he hath smitten my life down to the ground : he hath laid me in the darkness as the men that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me : and my heart within me is desolate. 5 Yet do I remember the time past, I muse upon all thy works : yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy hands. G I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. 7 Hear me 0 Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8 0 let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust : shew thou me the way that I should w&lk in, for 1 lift up my soul unto thee. 403 Annunciation. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. VII. 5. 9 Deliver me 0 Lord, from mine enemies : for I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my G6d : let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness. 11 Quicken me 0 Lord for thy Name's sake : and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies : and destroy all them that vex my soul, for I am thy servant. ANNUNCIATION. JSlonung ^raget- PSALM 89. Misericordias Domini. Ill 5. My song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the Lord : with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever : thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen : I have sworn unto David my servant. 4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever : and set up thy throne from one generation to another. 5 0 Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works : and thy truth in the congregation of the saints. 6 For who is he among the clouds : that shall be com- pared unto the Lord. 404 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Annunciation. 7 And what is he among the gods : that shall be like unto the Lord. 8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the saints : and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him. 9 0 Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee : thy truth most mighty Lord, is on every side. 10 Thou rules t the raging of the sea : thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise. 11 Thou hast subdued 'Egypt and destroyed it : thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm. 12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is. 13 Thou hast made the north and the south : Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name. 14 Thou hast a mighty arm : strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 16 Blessed is the people 0 Lord, that can rejoice in thee : they shall walk in the light of thy countenance. 17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name : and in thy righteousness shall they make their boast. 18 For thou art the glory of their strength : and in thy loving-kindness thou shalt lift up our horns. 19 For the Lord is our defence : the Holy One of Israel is our King. 20 Tbou sptikest sometime in visions unto thy saints and saidst : I have laid help upon One that is mighty, I have exalted One chosen out of the people. 211 have found David my servant : with my holy oil. have I anointed him. 22 My hand shall hold him fast : and my arm shall strengthen him. 405 Annunciation. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. in. 5. ^ £-■-*— m-f — -r* — r * ■ 23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence : the son of wickedness shall not hurt him. 24 I will smite down his foes before his face : and plague them that hate him. 25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him : and in my Name shall his horn be exalted. 26 I will set his dominion also in the sea : and his right hand in the floods. 27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father : my God and my strong salvation. 28 And I will make him my First-born : higher than the kings of the earth. 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore : and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever : and his throne as the days of heaven. 31 But if his children forsake my law : and walk not in my judgments. 32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my com- mandments : I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges. 33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him : nor suffer my truth to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips : I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David. 35 His seed shall endure for ever : and his seat is like as the sun before me. 36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon : and as the faithful witness in heaven. 37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed: and art displeased at him. 406 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Annunciation. 38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant : and cast his crown to the ground. 39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges : and broken down his strongholds. 40 All they that go by spoil him : and he is become a reproach to his neighbours. 41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies : and made all his adversaries to rejoice. 42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sw6rd : and givest him not victory in the battle. 43 Thou hast put out his glory : and cast his throne down to the ground. 44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened : and covered him with dishonour. 45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself for ever : and shall thy wrath burn like fire. 46 0 remember how short my time is : wherefore hast thou made all men for nought. 47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death: and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell. 48 Lord, where are thy old loving-kindnesses : which thou swarest unto David in thy truth. 49 Remember Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have : and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people. 50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed : Praised be the L6rd for everm6re, Amen and Amen. 407 Annunciation. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. ANNUNCIATION. ©betting ^ragn:. PSALM 131. Bomine, non est i. ?. -=13j---j=3=«=iEi Lord, I am not high-minded : I have no proud looks. 2 I do not Exercise myself in great matters : which are too high for me. 3 But I refrain my soul and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my soul is even as a weaned child. 4 0 Israel trust in the Lord : from this time forth for evermore. PSALM 132. Memento, Bomine. vn. 5. ^-■^:^=g=M=»=^E^M=»=^ Lord, remember David : and all his trouble. 2 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a v6w unto the Almighty God of Jacob. 3 I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house : nor climb up into my bed. 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber : neither the temples of my head to take any rest. 5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the L6rd : an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 L6, we heard of the same at Ephrata : and found it in the wo6d. 408 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Annunciation. 7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on our knees before his footstool. 8 Arise 0 Lord, into thy resting-place : thou and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness : and let thy saints sing with joyfulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake : turn not away the pres- ence of thine Anointed. 11 The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David : and he shall not shrink from it. 12 Of the fruit of thy body : shall I set upon thy 13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testi- monies that I shall learn them : their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself : he hath longed for her. 15 This shall be my rest for ever : here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. 16 I will bless her victuals with increase : and will sat- isfy her poor with bread. 17 I will deck her priests with health : and her saints shall rejoice and sing. 18 There shall I make the horn of David to flourish : I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame : but upon himself shall his crown flourish. PSALM 138. Confitebor tibi. I will give thanks unto thee O Lord, with my whole heart : even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 409 Good-Friday. PROPER PSALMS. Horning Prayer V. 1. B. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy Name because of thy loving-kindness and truth. : for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy Word above all things. 3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me : and enduedst my soul with much strength. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee 0 Lord : for they have heard the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord : that great is the glory of the Lord. 6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly : as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me : thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and tby right hand shall save me. 8 The Lord shall make good his loving-kindness toward me : yea, thy mercy 0 Lord endureth for ever, despise not then the works of thine own hands. GOOD-FRIDAY. ifflortung $rager. PSALM 22. Deus, Deus mens! VIII. 1. A. P^T-.- ^rf^==^i^-^^E^. *=■: My God my God, look upon me, why hast thou forsaken me : and art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint. 410 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Good-Friday. 2 0 my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou nearest not: and in the night-season also I take no rest. 3 And thou continuest holy : 0 thou Worship of Israel. 4 Our fathers hoped in thee : they trusted in thee and thou didst deliver them. 5 They called upon thee and were holpen : they put their trust in thee and were not confounded. 6 But as for me. I am a worm and no man : a very scorn of men, and the 6utcast of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn : they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads saying. 8 He trusted in God that he would deliver him : let him deliver him if he will have him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb : thou wast my hope when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts. 10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born : thou art my God even from my mother's womb. 11 0 go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand : and there is none to help me. 12 Many oxen are come about me : fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side. 13 They gape upon me with their mouths : as it were a ramping and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint : my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums : and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death. 10 For many dogs are come about me : and the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me. 17 They pierced my hands and my feet, I may tell all my bones : they stand staring and looking upon me. 18 They part my garments among them : and cast lots upon mv vesture. 411 Good-Friday. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. viii. l. A. ^— i=^ 19 But be not thou far from me 0 Lord : thou art my succour, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword : my darling from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth : thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren : in the midst of the congregation will 1 praise thee. 23 0 praise the Lord ye that fear him : magnify him all ye of the seed of Jacob, and fear him all ye seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor : he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called unto him he heard him. 25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation : my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him. 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied : they that seek after the Lord shall praise him, your heart shall live for ever. 27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him. 28 For the kingdom is the Lord's : and he is the Gov- ernour among the people. 29 All such as be fat upon earth : have eaten and wor- shipped. 30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him : and no man hath quickened his own soul. 3 L My seed shall serve him : they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation. 32 They shall come, and the heavens shall declare his righteousness : unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made. 412 Morning Prayer, PROPER PSALMS. Good-Friday. PSALM 40. Expectans expectavi. IV. 1. A. 1 waited patiently for the Lord : and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling. 2 He brought me also out of the h6rrible pit, out of the mire and clay : and set my feet upon the r6ck, and 6r- dered my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth : even a thanksgiving unto our God. 4 Many shall see it and fear : and shall put their trust in the Lord. 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord : and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies. 6 0 Lord my G6d, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts which are to us-ward : and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. 7 If I should declare them and speak of them : they should be more than I am able to express. 8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not : but mine ears hast thou opened. 9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required : then said I Lo I come. 10 In the volume of the book it is Written of me, that I should fulfil thy will O my God : I am content to d6 it, yea thy law is within my heart. Ill have declared thy righteousness in the great congre- gation : 16 I will not refrain my lips 0 Lord, and that thou knowest. 12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart : my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. 13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth : from the great congregation. 413 Good-Friday. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. IV. 1. A. ^■ur^f^EJ^Elzj^i^lfi 14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me 0 Lord : let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway preserve me. 15 For innumerable troubles are come about me, my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. 16 0 Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me : make haste 0 Lord to help me. 17 Let them be ashamed and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it : let them be driven back- ward and put to rebuke, that wish me evil. 1 8 Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame : that say unto me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. 19 Let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. 20 As for me I am poor and needy: but the Lord careth for me. 21 Thou art my helper and redeemer : make no long tarrying O my God. PSALM 54. Deus, in nomine. IV. 2. A. §^^?^4^ Save me 0 God, for thy Name's sake : and avenge me in thy strength. 2 Hear my praver 0 God : and hearken unto the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me : and tyrants which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. 4 Behold, God is my helper : the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 414 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Good-Friday. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies : destroy thou them in thy truth. 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name 0 Lord : because it is so comfortable. 7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble : and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. GOOD-FRIDAY. JEbening ^rager. Day 13. PSALM 69. Sahnim me fac. t. 8. Save me 0 God : * for the waters are come in, even unto my soul. 2 I stick fast i:i the deep mire, where no ground is : I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me. 3 I am weary of crying my throat is dry : my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my God. 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. 5 I paid them the things that I never took : God thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that trust in thee 0 Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause : let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, 0 Lord God of Israel. * Paucity of words requires that the mediation should be omitted. See introduction, § XVII. 415 Good-Friday. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. 1.8. =tt\ ■ h— 7 And why, for thy sake have I suffered reproof: shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren : even an alien unto my mother's children. 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 myself 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. 13 But Lord, I make my prayer unto thee : in an ac- ceptable time. 14 Hear me 0 God, in the multitude of thy mercy : even in the truth of thy salvation. 15 Take me out of the mire that I sink not : 0 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 me up : and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 17 Hear me 0 Lord, for thy loving-kindness is comfor- table : turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies. 18 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble : 0 haste thee and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my soul and save it : 0 deliver me because of mine enemies. 20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame and my dis- honour : mine adversaries are all in thy sight. 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart, I am full of heaviness : I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. 416 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Good-Friday. 22 They gave mo gall to eat : and when I was thirsty they gave mo vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal : and let the things that should have been for their wealth, be unto them an occasion of falling. 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 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 0 God shall lift me up. 31 I will praise the Name of God with a song: and magnify it with thanksgiving. 32 This also shall please the Lord : better than a bul- lock 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 prisoners. 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 Judah : 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. 417 Good-Friday. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. PSALM 88, Domine, Deus. n. 2. *EF*=*^=^-. >— ■ M 0 Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee : 0 let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear unto my calling. 2 For my soul is full of trouble : and my life draweth nigh unto hell. 3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit : and I have been even as a man that hath no strength. 4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded and lie in the grave : who are out of remem- brance, and are cut away from thy hand. 5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit : in a place of darkness and in the deep. 6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me : and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms. 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me : and made me to be abhorred of them. 8 I am so fast in prison : that I cannot get forth. 9 My sight faileth for very trouble : Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee. 10 Dost thou shew wonders among the dead : or shall the dead rise up again and praise thee. 11 Shall thy loving-kindness be shewed in the grave : or thy faithfulness in destruction. 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark : and thy righteousness in the land where all things are for- gotten. 418 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Easter Even. 13 Unto thee have 1 cried 0 Lord : and early shall my prayer come before thee. 14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul : and hidest thou thy face from me. 15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die : even from my youth up thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind. 16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth 6ver me : and the fear of thee hath undone me. 17 They came round about me daily like water : and c6mpassed me together on every side. 18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me : and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight. EASTER EVEN. looming ^taget. PSALM 4. Cum invocarem. vm. 3. I - . Tl- 11 ' '!■ ^ tiS-^^H Hear me when I call, 0 G6d of my righteousness : thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble, have mercy upon me and hearken unto my prayer. 2 0 ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour : and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after falsehood. 3 Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man that is godly : when I call upon the Lord he will hear me. 419 Easter Even. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer, vni. 3. ^=**J**===53e*^E^3E&3&EE$ 4 Stand in awe and sin not : commune with jour own heart, and in your chamber and be still. 5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousness : and put your trust in the Lord. 6 There be many that say : Wh6 will shew us any good. 7 Lord lift thou up : the light of thy countenance upon us. 8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart : since the time that their corn and wine and oil increased. 9 I will lay me down in peace and take my rest : for it is thou Lord only, that makest me dwell in safety. PSALM 16. Conserva me, Domine. vni. l. a. 3=* Preserve me 0 God : for in thee have I put my trust. 2 0 my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord : Thou art my God, my goods are nothing unto thee. 8 All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth : and upon such as excel in virtue. 4 But they that run after an6ther god : shall have great trouble. 5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer : neither make mention of their names within my lips. 6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup : thou shalt maintain my lot. 420 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Easter Even. 7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground : yea, I have a goodly heritage. 8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning : my reins also chasten me in the night-season. 9 I have set God always before me : for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall. 10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced : my flesh also shall rest in hope. 11 For why, thou shalt not leave my soul in hell : neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life, in thy presence is the fulness of joy : and at thy right hand there is plea- sure for evermore. PSALM 17. Ex audi, Domine. vn. 2. A. Hear the right 0 Lord, consider my complaint : and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence : and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal. 3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night- season, thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me : for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend. 4 Because of men's works that are done against the words of thy lips : I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer. 5 0 hold thou up my goings in thy paths : that my footsteps slip not. 6 I have called upon thee 0 G6d, for thou shalt hear me : incline thine ear to me and hearken unto my words. 421 Easter Even. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. VII. 2. A. 7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee : from such as resist thy right hand. 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye : hide me under the shadow of thy wings. 9 From the ungodly that trouble me : mine enemies compass me round about to take away my soul. ' 10 They are inclosed in their own fat : and their mouth speaketh proud things. 11 They lie waiting in our way on every side : turning their eyes down to the ground. 12 Like as a lion that is greedy %of his prey : and as it were a lion's whelp lurking in secret places. 13 Up Lord, disappoint him and cast him down : de- liver my soul from the ungodly, which is a sword of thine. 14 From the men of thy hand 0 Lord, from the men I say, and from the evil world : which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure. 15 They have children at their desire : and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. 16 But as for me, I will behold thy presence in right- eousness : and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it. 422 Evening Pra«r. PROPER PSALMS. Easter Even EASTER EVEN. lEbening ^raget. PSALM 30. Exaltabo te, Domine. v. 2. B. ^=^^=^===^^^\^^EE^^E^ 1 will magnify thee 0 L6rd, for thou hast set me up : and not made my foes to triumph over me. 2 0 Lord my God, I cried unto thee : and thou hast healed me. 3 Thou Lord hast brought my soul out of hell : thou hast k£pt my life from them that go down to the pit. 4 Sing praises unto the L6rd 0 ye saints of his : and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness. 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 removed: thou Lord of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong. 7 Thou didst turn thy face from me : and I was trou- bled. 8 Then cried I unto thee 0 Lord : and gat me to my Lord right humbly. 9 What profit is there in my blood : when I go down to the pit. 10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee : or shall it de- clare thy truth. 11 Hear 0 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 gladness. 13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing : 0 my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever. 423 Easter Even. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. PSALM 31. In te, Domine, speravi. ijg-, ■ njmh • * g ♦ I. 8. +-^ In thee, 0 Lord have I put my trust : let me never be put to confusion, deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me : make haste to de- liver me. 3 And be thou my strong rock and house of defence : that thou may est 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 0 Lord thou God of truth. 7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities : 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 tip into the hand of the enemy : but hast set my feet in a large room. 10 Have mercy upon me 0 Lord, for I am in trouble : and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea my soul and my body. 11 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 ac- quaintance were afraid of me, and they that did see me without conveyed themselves from me. 424 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Easter Even. 14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind : I am become like a broken vessel. 15 For I have beard 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 0 Lord : I have said Thou art my God. 17 My time is in thy hdnd, 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 0 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 cruelly, disdainfully and despitefully speak against the righteous. 21 0 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 eves. 25 Xevertheless thou heardest the voice of my prayer : when I cried unto thee. 20 0 love the Lord all ye his saints : for the Lord preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously reward- eth the proud doer. 27 Be strong and he shall establish your heart : all ye that put your trust in the Lord. 425 Easter-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. EASTER-DAY. Jfitorntng ^rager. PSALM 2. Quare fremuerunt gentes ? VIII. 1. A. !E=^fE!E^E5E»E*d^ Why do the heathen so furiously rage together : and why do the people imagine a vain thing. 2 The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together : against the Lord and against his Anointed. 3 Let us break their bonds asunder : and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath : and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my King : upon my holy hill of Sion. 7 I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said unto me : Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 8 Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance : and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron : and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore 0 ye kings : be learned ye that are judges of the earth. 11 Serve the Lord in fear : and rejoice unto him with reverence. 12 Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way, if his wrath be kindled yea but a little : Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 426 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Easter-Day. PSALM 57. Miserere met, Deus. vhi. 2. Be merciful unto me 0 God, be merciful unto me, for mv soul trusteth in thee . and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be overpast. 2 I will call unto the most high God : even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand. 3 He shall send from heaven : and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me up. 4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth : my soul is among lions. 5 And I lie even among the children of men, that are set on fire : whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 6 Set up thyself 0 God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. 7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul : they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves. 8 My heart is fixed 0 God, my heart is fixed : I will sing and give praise. 9 Awake tip my glory, awake lute and harp : I myself will awake right early. 10 I will give thanks unto thee 0 Lord, among the peo- ple : and I will sing unto thee among the nations. 11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens : and thy truth unto the clouds. 12 Set up thyself 0 God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. PSALM 111. Confitebor UU. m. i. a. I will give thanks un^o the Lord with my whole 427 Easter-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. III. l. A. f=j=m=^S=^=±=t=K^t^S— 3-^- ♦-fr^j^fl heart : secretly among the faithful, and in the congrega- tion. 2 The works of the Lord are great : sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. 3 His work is worthy to be praised, and had in honour: and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remem- brance. 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : he shall ever be mindful of his covenant. 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works : that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment : all his commandments are true. 8 They stand fast for ever and ever : and are done in truth and equity. 9 He sent redemption unto his people : he had com- manded his covenant for ever, holy and reverend is his Name. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do thereafter, the praise of it endureth for ever. EASTER-DAY. 3Sbemng laager. PSALM 113. Laudate, pueri. Praise the Lord ye servants : 0 praise the Name of the L6rd. 428 VII. 1. A. Evenin c; Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Easter-Day. 2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this time forth for evermore. 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. 6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust : and lifteth the poor out of the mire. 7 That he may set him with the princes : even with the princes of his people. 8 He make the barren woman to keep house : and to be a joyful mother of children. PSALM 114. In exitu Israel, vm. i. b. When Israel came out of Egypt : and the house of Jacob from among the strange people. 2 Judah was bis 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. t> What aileth thee 0 thou sea that thou fleddest : and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back. G 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. 429 Easter-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. PSALM 118. Confitemini Domino. VIII. 2. r-F-i-n«^^-H-^|g-^»=,~"i~r-"Ffl O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : be- cause 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 confess: that his mercy endureth for ever. 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 in man. 9 It is better to trust in the Lord : than to put any confidence 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 every 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 L6rd 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 430 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Easter-Dat. righteous : the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. 1G The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence : the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. 17 1 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. 22 The same stone which the builders refused : is become the head-stone in the corner. 23 This is the Lord's doing : and it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord had made : we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Help me now 0 Lord : 0 Lord send us now pros- perity. 2G Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord : we have wished yoa good luck, ye that are of the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord who hath shewed us light : bind the sacrifice with cords, yea even unto the horns of the al- tar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee : thou art my God, and I will praise thee. 29 0 give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. 431 Ascension-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Morntng Prayer. ASCENSION-DAY. ittoratng ^rager. PSALM 8. Domine, Dominus nosier. VII. 3. A. ti5-,sl=^=^=$=^P"=--=?=B=r=i ^-^E?E*E^^g 0 Lord our Governour, how excellent is thy Name in all the world : thod that hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies : that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers : the moon and the stars which thou hast or- dained. 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him : and the s6n of man that thou visitest him. 5 Thou madesfc him lower than the angels : to crown him with glory and worship. 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands : and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. 7 All sheep and oxen : yea and the beasts of the field. 8 The fowls of the air and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. 9 0 Lord our Governour : how excellent is thy Name in all the world. PSALM 15. Domine. quis habitabit ? VEIL 1. B. E=^i=rj-« =2E£=*=!=: "-3-*^* *=■ Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle : or who shall rest upon thy holy hill. 432 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Ascension-Day. 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life : and d6eth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour : and hath not slandered his neigh- bour. 4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes : and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappoint- eth him not : though it were to his own hindrance. 6 He that hath not given his money upon usury : nor taken reward against the innocent. 7 Whoso doeth these things : shall never fall. PSALM 21. Domine, in virtute tua. VIII. 1. A. <=■: The King shall- rejoice in thy strength 0 Lord : ex- ceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation. 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire : and hast not denied him the request of his lips. 3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness : and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a 16ng life : even for ever and ever. 5 His honour is great in thy salvation : glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him. 6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity : and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance. 7 And why, because the King piitteth his trust in the Lord : and in the mercy of the Most Highest he shall not miscarry. 8 All thine Enemies shall feel thy hand : thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee. 433 Ascension-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prates. VIII. l. A. 9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thv wrath : the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth : and their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended mischief against thee: and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform. 12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight : and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted Lord in thine own strength : so will we sing and praise thy power. ASCENSION-DAY. 3Ebentng ^tager. PSALM 24. Domini est terra. v. LA The earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is : the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas : and prepared it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of. the Lord : or who shall rise up in his holy place. 4 Even he that hath clean hands and a pure heart : and that hath not lift up his mird unto vanity, nor sworn to de- ceive his neighbour. 434 Evkmng Prayeb. PROPER PSALMS. Ascension-Day. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord : and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him : even of them that seek thy face 0 Jacob. 7 Lift up your heads 0 ye gates, and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors : and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is the King of glory : It is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads 0 ye gates, and be ye lift tip ye everlasting doors : and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is the King of glory: Even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. PSALM 47. Omnes gentes, plaudite. ^=*¥* jprJ 0 clap your hands together, all ye people : 0 sing unto God with the voice of melodv. 2 For the Lord is high and to be feared : he is the great King upon all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us : and the na- tions under our feet. 4 He shall choose out an heritage for us : even the worship of Jacob whom he loved. 5 God is gone tip with a merry noise : and the Lord with the sound of the trump. C 0 sing praises, sing praises unto our God : 0 sing praises, sing praises unto our King. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon his holy seat. 9 The princes of the people, are joined unto the people of the God of Abraham : for God which is very high ex- alted, doth defend the earth as it were with a shield. 435 Ascension-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. PSALM 108. Paratum cor meum, v. I.A. 0 God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready : I will Bing and give praise with the best member that I have. 2 Awake, thou lute and harp : I myself will awake right early. 3 I will give thanks unto thee 0 Lord among the peo- ple : I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens : and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Set up thyself 0 God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. 6 That thy beloved may be delivered : let thy right hand save them and hear thou me. 7 God hath spoken in his holiness : I will rejoice there- fore and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Suc- coth. 8 Gilead is mine and Manasses is mine : 'Ephraim also is the strength of my head. 9 Judah is my law-giver, Moab is my wash-pot : over 'Edom will I cast out my shoe, upon Philistia will 1 tri- umph. 10 Who will lead me into the strong city : and who will bring me into Edom. 11 Hast thou not forsaken us 0 God : and wilt not thou 0 God go forth with our hosts. 12 0 help us against the enemy : for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we shall do great acts : and it is he that shall tread down our enemies. 436 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. YVhitsun-Day. WHITSUN-DAY. morning 13rajjer. PSALM 48. Magnus Do minus. vni. 1. b. jzzwziU Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised : in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill. 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth. : upon the north side lieth the city of the great King, God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge. 3 For 16 the kings of the earth : are gathered and gone by together. 4 They marvelled to see such things : they were as- tonished, and suddenly cast down. 5 Fear came there upon them and sorrow : as upon a woman in her travail. 6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea : through the east- wind. 7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God : God upholdeth the same for ever. 8 We wait for thy loving-kindness 0 God : in the midst of thy temple. 9 0 God, according to thy Xame, so is thy praise unto the world's end : thy right hand is full of righteousness. 10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Judah be glad : because of thy judgments. 11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her : and tell the towers thereof. 437 Whitsun-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. VIII. l. B. 12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses : that ye may tell them that come after. 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever : he shall be our guide unto death. PSALM 68. Exurgat Deus. vrn. 2. jJL Tj^Ep^^feHEirfcH Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered : let them also that hate him flee before him. 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away : and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the un- godly perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God : let them also be merry and joyful. 4 0 sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name : magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse, praise him in his Name J AH and rejoice before him. 5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the widows : even God in his holy habitation. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity : but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness. 7 0 God, when thou wen test forth before the people : when thou wentest through the wilderness. 8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God : even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God of Israel. 9 Thou 0 God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine in- heritance : and refreshedst it when it was weary. 438 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Whitsun-Dat. 10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein : for thou 0 God, hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word : great was the company ot the preachers. 12 Kings with their armies did fle6, and were discom- fited : and they of the household divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove : that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake : then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 15 As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill : even an high hill, as the hill of Basan. 1G 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. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thou- sands of angels : and the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai. 18 Thou art gone tip on high, thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men : yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 19 Praised be the Lord daily : even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salva- tion : God is the Lord by whom we escape death. 21 God shall wound the head of his enemies : and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wicked- ness. 22 The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again as I did from Basan : mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies : and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same. 439 Whitsun-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. VIII. 2. 24 It is well seen 0 God, how thou goest : how thou my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after : in the midst are the damsels playing with, the timbrels. 26 Give thanks 0 Israel, unto God the Lord in the con- gregations : from the ground of the heart. 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their council : the princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali. 28 Thy God hath sent for strength for thee : stablish the thing 0 God, that thou hast wrought in us. 29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem : so shall kings bring presents unto thee. 30 When the company of the spear-men and multitude of the mighty, are scattered abroad among the beasts of the pe6ple, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver : and when he hath scattered the people that delight in war. 31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt : the Morians' land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 32 Sing unto God, 0 ye kingdoms of the earth : 0 sing praises unto the Lord. 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the begin- ning : 16, he doth send out his voice, yea and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over 'Israel : his worship and strength is in the clouds. 35 0 God, w6nderful art thou in thy holy places : even the God of 'Israel, he will give strength and power unto his people blessed be God. 440 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Whitsun-Day. WHITSUN-DAY. Sbentng IStager. PSALM 104. Benedic, anima meet. m. 3. a. Praise the Lord O my soul : 0 Lord my God, thou art become exceeding gl6rious, thou art clothed with majesty and honour. 2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a gar- ment : and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain. 3 AVho layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the 'wings of tli e wind. 4 He maketh his angels spirits : and his ministers a naming tire. 5 He laid the foundations of the earth : that it never should move at any time. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a gar- ment : the waters stand in the hills. 7 At thy rebuke they flee : at the voice of thy thun- der they are afraid. 8 They go up as high as the hills, and down to the valleys beneath : even unto the place which thou hast ap- pointed for them. 9 Thou has set them their bounds which they shall not pass : neither turn again to cover the earth. 10 He sendeth the springs into the rivers : which run among the hills. 11 All the beasts of the field drink thereof : and the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 Beside them shall the f6wls of the air have their habi tation : and sing among the branches. 441 Whitsun-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer, m. 3. a. S^E-E^ 13 He watereth the hills from above : the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. 14 He bringeth forth grass for the cattle : and green herb for the service of men. 15 That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the h^art of man : and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen man's heart. 16 The trees of the Lord also are full of sap : even the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted. 17 Wherein the birds make their nests : and the fir- trees are a dwelling for the stork. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats : and so are the stony rocks for the conies. 19 He appointed the moon for certain seasons : and the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness that it may be night : wherein all the beasts of the forest do move. 21 The lions roaring after their prey : do seek their meat from God. 22 The sun ariseth and they get them away together : and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour : until the evening. 24 0 Lord, how manifold are thy works : in wisdom hast thou made them all, the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is the great and wide sea also : wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan : whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein. 27 These wait all upon thee : that thou mayest give them meat in due season. 442 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Whitsun-Day. 28 When thou givest it them they gather it : and when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good. 29 When thou hidest thy face they are troubled : when thou takest away their breath they die, and are turned again to their dust. 30 When thou let test thy breath go forth they shall be made : and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 31 The glorious Majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever : the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him : if he do but touch the hills they shall smoke. 33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will praise my God while I have my being. 34 And so shall my words please him : my joy shall be in the Lord. 35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end : Praise thou the Lord 0 my soul Praise the L6rd. PSALM 145. Exaltabo te, Deus. VII. 4. A. 1 will magnify thee 0 God my King : and I will praise thy Xame for ever and ever. 2 Erery day will I give thanks unto thee : and praise thy Xame for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous worthy to be praised : there is no end of his greatness. 4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another : and declare thy power. 5 As for me, I wall be talking of thy worship : thy glory, thy praise and wondrous works. 6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy mar- vellous acts : and I will also tell of thv greatness. 443 Whitsun-Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. 7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed : and men shall sing of thy righteousness. 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful : long-suffering, and of great goodness. 9 The Lord is loving unto every man : and his mercy is over all his works. 10 All thy works praise thee O Lord : and thy saints give thanks unto thee. 11 They shew the glory of thy kingdom : and talk of thy power. 12 That .thy p6wer, thy glory and mightiness of thy kingdom : might be known unto men. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom : and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages. 14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall : and lifteth up all those that are down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee 0 Lord : and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand : and fillest all things liv- ing with plenteousness. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways : and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him : yea, all such as call upon him faithfully. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : he also will hear their cry, and will help them. 20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him : but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord : and let all fl6sh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever. 444 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Trinity Sunday. TRINITY SUNDAY. fBorning ^ragnr. PSALM 29. Afferte Domino. Bring unto the Lord 0 ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lord : ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength. 2 Give the L6rd the honour due unto his Name : wor- ship 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 yoice of the Lord i3 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 ^lso 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. 445 Trinity Sunday. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. PSALM 33. Exultate, justi. VII. 1. A. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous : for it becometh well the just to be thankful. 2 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 gbdd courage. 4 For the word of the Lord is true: and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment : 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 L6rd : stand in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world. 9 For he spake and it was d6ne : he commanded and it stood fast. , 10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought : and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes. 11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever : and the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. 12 Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Jeho- vah : and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him, to be his inheritance. 13 The Lord looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children of men : from the habitation of his dwelling, he considereth all them that dwell on the earth. 446 Evening Prater. PROPER PSALMS. Trinity Sunday. 14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them : and under- standeth all their works. 15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an host : neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength. 16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man : neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength. TRINITY SUNDAY. ©bating ^rager. PSALM 93. Dominus regnavit. v. 9. A. E . . 1 f-EEEEEEp^tfe^&^r^a The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel : the Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength. 2 He hath made the round world so sure : that it can- not be moved. 3 'Ever since the world began hath thy seat been pre- pared : thou art from everlasting. 4 The floods are risen 0 Lord, the floods have lift up their voice : the floods lift up their wares. 5 The waves of the Be£ are mighty, and rage horribly : but yet the Lord who dwelleth on high is mightier. 6 Thy testimonies 0 Lord, are very sure : holiness becometh thine house for ever. 447 Trinity Sunday. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. PSALM 97. Dominus regnavit, exultet. vn. 6. The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof : yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him : right- eousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat. 3 There shall go a fire before him : and burn up his enemies on every side. 4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world : the earth saw it, and was afraid. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord : at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens have declared his righteousness : and all the people have seen his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain gods ; worship him, all ye gods. 8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced : and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Lord. 9 For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 O ye that 16ve the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil : the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints :* he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. 11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous : and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted. 12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous : and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. PSALM 150. Laudate Dominum. VIII. 2. 0 praise God in his holiness : praise him in the fir- mament of his power. 448 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Transfiguration. 2 Praise him in his noble acts : praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet : praise him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances : praise him upon the strings and pipe. 5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise him upon the loud cymbals. ^ ^ — | , — ^ 6 Let every thing that hath breath : praise the Lord. TRANSFIGURATION. ^Burning ^ragcr. PSALM 27. Dominus illuminatio. v. 1. B. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom then shall I fear : the Lord is the strength of my life, of whom fhen shall I be afraid. 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh : they stumbled and fell. 3 Though an host of men were laid against me, y6t shall not my heart be afraid : and though there rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him. 4 One thing have I desired of the L6rd, which I will require : even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord and to visit his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his 449 Transfiguration. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. V. 1. B. F==gp^— =n ♦ ■ |g^s tabernacle : y6a, in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone. 6 And now shall he lift up mine head : above mine enemies round about me. 7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness : I will sing and speak praises unto the L6rd. 8 Hearken unto my voice 0 Lord, when I cry unto thee : have mercy upon me and hear me. 9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face : thy face Lord will I seek. 10 0 hide not thou thy face from me : nor cast thy ser- vant away in displeasure. 11 Thou hast been my succour : leave me not, neither forsake me 0 God of my salvation. 12 When my father and my mother forsake me : the Lord taketh me up. 13 Teach me thy way 0 Lord : and lead me in the right way because of mine enemies. 14 Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries : 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 0 tarry thou the Lord's leisure : be strong and he shall comfort thine heart, and put thou thy trust in the Lord. PSALM 61. Exaudi, Deus. VIII. 1. A. Hear my crying, 0 God : give ear unto my prater. 450 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Transfiguration. 2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee : when my heart is in heaviness. 3 0 set me up upon the rock that is higher than I : for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against the enemy. 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever : and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. 5 For thou. 0 Lord hast heard my desires : and hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name. 6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life : that his years may endure throughout all generations. 7 He shall dwell before G6d for ever : 0 prepare thy 16ving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him. 8 So will I always sing praise unto thy Name : that I may daily perform my vows. PSALM 93. Dominus regnavit. VIII. 2. The Lord is King, and hath put on gl6rious apparel : the Lord hath put 6n his apparel, and girded himself with strength. 2 He hath made the round world so sure : that it can- not be moved. 3 'Ever since the world began hath thy seat been pre- pared : thou art from everlasting. 4 The floods are risen 0 Lord, the floods have lift tip their voice : the floods lift up their waves. 5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly : but yet the Lord who dwelleth on high is mightier. 6 Thy testimonies 0 L6rd, are very sure : holiness becometh thine house for ever. 451 Transfiguration. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. TRANSFIGURATION. Abetting \5m$tT. PSALM 84 Quam dilecta! 0 bow amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts. 2 My soul bath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young : even thy altars 0 Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be alway praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose heart are thy ways. 6 Who g6ing through the vale of misery use it for a well : and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto the G6d of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 '0 Lord God of hosts hear my prayer : hearken 0 God of Jacob. 9 Behold 0 God our defender : and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts : is better than a thou- sand. 11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God : than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 452 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. Transfiguration. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. 13 0 Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. PSALM 99. Dominus regnavit. m. 6. The Lord is King, be the people never so impatient : he sitteth between the Cherubim, be the earth never so un- quiet. 2 The Lord is great in Sion : and high above all people. 3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name : which is great, wonderful and holy. 4 The King's power loveth judgment, thou hast pre- pared equity : thou hast executed judgment and righteous- ness in Jacob. 5 0 magnify the Lord our God : and fall down before his footstool, for he is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among such as call upon his Name : these called upon the Lord, and he heard them. 7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar : for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them. 8 Thou heardest them, 0 Lord our God : thou for- gavest them, 0 God, and punishedst their own inven- tions. 9 0 magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill : for the Lord our God is holy. 453 St. Michael's Day. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. PSALM 133. Ecce, quam bonum! VIII. 1. A. g^iEg^E^4=^r-^'^^EiEll Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is : brethren, to dwell together in unity. 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard : even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon : which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing: and life for evermore. ST. MICHAEL'S DAY. fronting yjixaytx. PSALM 91. Qui habitat VIII. 1. B. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the Most High : shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my h6pe and my stronghold : my God, in him -will I trust. 3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter: and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers : his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night : no* for the arrow that flieth by day. 454 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. St. Michael's Day. 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness : nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. 7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand : but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold : and see the reward of the ungodly. 9 For thou. Lord, art my hope : thou hast set thine house of defence very high. 10 There shall no evil happen unto thee : neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee : to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee in their hands : that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him up, because he hath known my Name. 15 He shall call upon me and I will hear him : yea, I am with him in trouble, I will deliver him and bring him to honour. 16 With long life will I satisfy him : and shew him my salvation. PSALM 103. Benedic, anima mea. in. 4. b. Praise the Lord O my soul : and all that is within me praise his holy Name. 2 Praise the Lord O my soul : and forget not all his benefits. 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin : and healeth all thine infirmities. 455 St. Michael's Day. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer. in. 4. B. 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction : and cr6wneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness. 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things : making thee young and lusty as an eagle. 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment : for all them that are oppressed with wrong. 7 He shewed his ways unto Moses : his works unto the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy : long- suffering, and of great goodness. 9 He will not alway be chiding : neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins : nor re- warded us according to our wickednesses. 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth : so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him. 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west : so far hath he set our sins from us. 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children : even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made : he remem- bereth that we are but dust. 15 The days of man are but as grass : for he notirisheth as a flower of the field. 16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it it is gone : and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord, endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him : and his right- eousness upon children's children. 18 Even upon such as keep his covenant : and think upon his commandments to do them. 456 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. St. Michael's Day. 19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven : and his kingdom ruleth over all. 20 0 praise the Lord ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength : ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word. 21 0 praise the Lord all ye hosts : ye servants of his that do his pleasure. 22 0 speak good of the Lord all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion : praise thou the Lord O my soul. ST. MICHAEL'S DAY. (Fining ^imyzx. PSALM 34. Benedicam Domino. v. 2. B. ~^^E^^:^^^m 1 will alway give thanks unto the Lord : his praise shall ever be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. 3 0 praise the Lord with me : and let us magnify his Name together. 4 I sought the Lord and he heard me : yea, he delivered me out of all my fear. 5 They had an eye unto him and were lightened : and their faces were not ashamed. 6 L6 the poor crieth, and the L6rd heareth him : yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him : and delivereth them. 457 St. Michael's Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. V. 2. B. g^=^^r^=^^ 8 0 taste and see how gracious the Lord is : blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 0 fear the Lord ye that are his saints : for they that fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions do lack and suffer hunger : but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good. 11 Come ye children and hearken unto me : I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is he that lusteth to live : and would fain see good days. 13 Keep thy tongue from evil : and thy lips that they speak no guile. 14 Eschew evil and do good : seek peace and ensue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous : and his ears are open unto their prayers. 16 The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil : to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them : and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart : and will save such as be of an humble spirit. 19 Great; are the troubles of the righteous : but the Lord delivereth him out of all. 20 He keepeth all his bones : so that not one of them is broken. 21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly : and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants : and all tney that put their trust in him shall not be destitute. 458 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. St. Michael's Day. PSALM 148. Laudate Dominum. VII. 4. A. *^3 0 praise the Lord of heaven : praise him in the height. 2 Praise him all ye angels of his : praise him all his hosts. 3 Praise him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars and light. 4 Praise him all ye heavens : and ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord : for he spake the word and they were made, he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever : he hath given them a law which shall not be broken. 7 Praise the Lord upon earth : ye dragons and all deeps. 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours : wind and storm fulfilling his word. 9 Mountains and all hills : fruitful trees and all cedars. 30 Beasts and all cattle : worms and feathered fowls. 11 Kings of the earth and all people : princes and all judges of the world. 12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord : for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. 13 He shall exalt the horn of his people, all his saints shall praise him : even the children of 'Israel, even the people that serveth him. 459 All Saints' Day. PROPER PSALMS. Morning Prayer, ALL SAINTS' DAY. mowing ^rager. PSALM 1. Beatus vir, qui non aMit. VII. 6. A. Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners : and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord : and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water- side : that will bring forth his fruit in due season. 4 His leaf also shall not wither : and lo6k, whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper. 5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them : but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. 6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment : neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : and the way of the ungodly shall perish. PSALM 15. Domine, quis TiaMialit? III. 1. a. Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle : or who shall rest upon thy holy hill. 2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life : and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done 460 Morning Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. All Saints' Day. evil to his neighbour : and hath not slandered his neigh- bour. 4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eves : and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disap- pointeth him not : though it were to his own hindrance. 6 He that hath not given his money upon usury : nor taken reward against the innocent. 7 "Whoso doeth these things : shall never fall. PSALM 146. Lauda, anima mea, v. 2. b. t+ SpEJEfg^H^ElgHEjp^l Praise the Lord 0 my soul, while I live will I praise the Lord : yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. 2 0 put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man : for there is no help in them. 3 For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth : and then all his thoiights perish. 4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help : and whose hope is in the Lord his God. 5 Who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that therein is : who keepeth his promise for ever. 6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong : who feedeth the hungry. 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison : the Lord giveth sight to the blind. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are faUen : the Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the strangers, he defendeth the fatherless and widow : as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down. 10 The Lord thy God 0 Sion, shall be King for ever- more : and throughout all generations. 461 All Saints' Day. PROPER PSALMS. Evening Prayer. ALL SAINTS' DAY. (Stoning draper. PSALM 112. Beatus vir. IV. 1. C. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord : he hath great delight in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth : the genera- tion of the faithful shall be blessed. 3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house : and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the dark- ness : he is merciful, loving and righteous. 5 A good man is merciful and lendeth : and will guide his words with discretion. 6 For he shall never be moved : and the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. 7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings : for his heart standeth fast, and believeth in the Lord. 8 His heart is stablished and will not shrink : until he see his desire upon his enemies. 9 He hath dispersed abroad and given to the poor, and his righteousness remaineth for ever : his horn shall be exalted with honour. 10 The ungodly shall see it and it shall grieve him, he shall gnash with his teeth and consume away : the desire of the ungodly shall perish. 462 Evening Prayer. PROPER PSALMS. All Saints' Day. PSALM 121. Levavi oculus meos. vin. 2. *-Ti-^—=!B3S$O^S3Ei=B 1 will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh even from the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel : shall neither slum- ber nor sleep. 5 The Lord himself is thy keeper : the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand. 6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither the moon by night. 7 The L6rd shall preserve thee from all evil : yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in : from this time forth for evermore. PSALM 149. Cantate Domino. VII. 6. A. O sing unto the Lord a new song : let the congrega- tion of saints praise him. 2 Let 'Israel rejoice in him that made him : and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise his Name in the dance : let them sing praises unto him with tablet and harp. 4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people : and helpeth the meek-hearted. 5 Let the saints be joyful with glory : let them re- joice in their beds. 463 Consecration PROPER PSALMS. of a Church. VII. 6. A. ^-^H^JZ^Z^^F 6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth : and a two-edged sword in their hands. 7 To be avenged of the heathen : and to rebuke the people. 8 To bind their kings in chains : and their nobles with links of iron. 9 That they may be avenged* of them as it is written : Such honour have all his saints. CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH OR CHAPEL. PSALM 84. Quamdilecta! VII. 2. A 0 how amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts. 2 My soul hath a desire and longing to 6:ifcer into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young : even thy altars 0 Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be alway praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose heart are thy ways. 6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well : and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 464 Consecration PROPER PSALMS. of a Church. 8 '0 Lord God of hosts hear my prayer : hearken 0 God of Jacob. 9 Behold 0 God our defender : and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts : is better than a thou- sand. 11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God : than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold frcm them that live a godly life. 13 0 Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. PSALM 122. Lcetatus sum. 1.6. j^zri^zzj^ ■^_i_i=^i±jJiz^TT=Pfr ♦-* 1 was glad when they said unto me : We will go into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself. 4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord : to testify unto 'Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. 5 For there is the seat of judgment : even the seat of the house of David. 6 0 pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall pros- per that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes : I will wish thee prosperity. 9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God : I will seek to do thee good. 465 Consecration PROPER PSALMS. of a Church. PSALM 132. Memento, Domine. VII. 5. Lord, remember David : and all his trouble. 2 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob. 3 I will not c6me within the tabernacle of mine house : nor climb up into my bed. 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber : neither the temples of my head to take any rest. 5 Lentil I find out a place for the temple of the Lord : an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. G L6, we heard of the same at Ephrata : and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on our knees before his footstool. 8 Arise 0 Lord, into thy resting-place : thou and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness : and let thy snints sing with joyfulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake : turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. 11 The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David : and he shall not shrink from it. 12 Of the fruit of thy body : shall I set upon thy seat. 13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testi- monies that I shall learn them : their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 11 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself : he hath longed for her. 15 This shall be my rest for ever : here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. 16 I will bless her victuals with increase: and will satisfy her poor with bread. 466 Institution PROPER PSALMS. of Priests. 17 I will deck her priests with health: and her saints shall rejoice and sing. 18 .There shall I make the horn of David to nourish : I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame: but upon himself shall his crown nourish. INSTITUTION OF PRIESTS. PSALM 122. Lcetatus sum. 1.6. 1 was glad when they said unto me : We will go into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself. 4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord : to testify unto 'Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. 5 For there is the seat of judgment : even the seat of the house of David. 6 0 pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall pros- per that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls : and plenteousness within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes : I will "wish thee prosperity. 9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God ; I will seek to do thee good. 467 Institution PROPER PSALMS. of Priests. PSALM 132. Memento, Domine. vn. 5. is Lord, remember David : and all his trouble. 2 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a tow unto the Almighty God of Jacob. 3 I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house : nor climb up into my bed. 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber : neither the temples of my head to take any rest. 5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lord : an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 L6, we heard of the same at Ephrata : and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on our knees before his footstool. 8 Arise 0 Lord, into thy. resting-place : thou and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness : and let thy saints sing with joyfulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake : turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. 11 The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David : and he shall not shrink from it. 12# Of the fruit of thy body : shall I set upon thy seat. 13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testi- monies that I shall learn them : their children also shall sif upon thy seat for evermore. 14 For the L6rd hath chosen Si on to be an habitation for himself : he hath longed for her. 15 This shall be my rest for ever : here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. 16 I will bless her victuals with increase : and will satisfy her poor with bread. 468 Institution PROP UK PSALMS. of Priests. 17 I will deck her priests with health: and her saints shall rejoice and sing. 18 There shall 1 make the horn of David to nourish : I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame : but upon himself shall his crown nourish. PSALM 133. Ecce, quam bomim viii. i. a. ^^-■- ^1— l-l-'-'-lEy *=■-! Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is : brethren, to dwell together in unity. 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard : even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon : which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing : and life for evermore. 469 THE LITANY. (No. 1.) 1 Hode xiv. 5= . . ^ ™ *b O God the Fa- ther of Hea-ven ; have mer- cy up - on us /•V* sz s2 <• rs' /T3 & f3 fJ ™ 1* i* ^ r> VL^ i r r~ I 1- ' 77fe dominant transposed to G throughout, as in the Accompanying Harmonies. S=Sfc --?!— =41 -♦- -■- _■_ mi - se- ra- ble sin- ners. '/^•tt ^ ^ (^ - p;3 i* fH \^n I I 4- :i^^^^e^i O GW Me ifa- &- >fF t^L -jT-BT -ZP=T. I -gr- S>~ - j— <$*- -=Fa: 5E=! I I £-« — ■■( — ■— ■,— _■ — m — ■_ 1 0 Lamb of God : Who tak-est N ♦ H _ ■» _ _ ^ > 1 ■ away the sins of the world ^ Grant us Thy peace. J O Lamb of God: Who tak-est away the sins of the world ; gg^B jEfcrre mer - cy up- on . us. I I jrf-r*T~*" 477 THE LITANY. fl The Minister may, at his discretion, omit all that follows, to the Prayer, "We humbly beseech Thee, O Father," &c. O Christ, hear us. ^ fe=^l 0 Christ, hear i-, -e^- :s: *==p -£2_. Lord, have merey up-on us. q=t Lord, have mercy up- on ns. I I 1 s^S33 Se§] Christ,have mercy upon us. / > KB J > ^- -■— ■ -■- _■_ ■n ■- - Christ,have mercy up- o» ws. Jf | i 1 ¥tf <^- i -^-"-Z-J *y ^~ i i i i _ 1 ^ * 4 .g: pLfii ^*f ^ -f2-^- _iw_ -?~ "^1 -i — -V- 1 II 478 Lord, have nier-cy upon us. THE LITANY. J ^B-= Lord, have mer-cy up - on * 1[ T&en sfia# Me Minister, and the People with him, say the Lord's Prayer. Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy king- dom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. < , IE- And lead us not into temptation; But de-liv-er us from e - vil. Priest. A - men. -ft — ,- kJ T-BL ifl O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins. Answer. J ^8 Nei-ther re- ward us accord-ing to our in - i - quities. m ii ii i i i r y~p 11111 ' J - Vi £2 CL. .a ^ ^_.<2? i>L_^__^_ 7g=g"~i g~ zgz=a_»~ g* •^ g> ^ — -^ ^ ,, :t=t (== t— 1—- — ^3— — t— - — ^ 480 THE LITANY. or, fc=-=-=5: Let us pray. Let us pray. O God, mer-ci-ful Father, Who despis-est not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are sorrow- ful ; Mercifully assist our prayers which we make before Thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us ; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may, by Thy good providence, be brought to nought ; that we Thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks un- to Thee in Thy Ho- ly Church; thro' Je-sus Christ our Lord. J 1 d B ■"■ ■i i ft — ■■— t — 1 0 Lord, a rise, help 1 1 us, 1 -Jr--* -J * J —si — -A- Qy L_ " I % — &— %-^&— f F=^= ^ * 1 1 ii & y2- -r i 1 P f* _^. ^_ ^. -J- 1 1 m *-- ~& * ^> u — «=^ — i — i — i — -^f= iw ! ' . r — i — t- h -1 — L— L_ £7rrH ~ r I P 481 THE LITANY. Glo- ry be to the Fa-ther, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now,and ever shall be : =g=3sa=3z=Hz.l. -J. I— -*■ 2 ^^L^ J ±22: J2_ E^j^Eg world with- ont end. A-men. pfSEi^g From our en - emies de- S^ -fend us, O Christ. y Graciously look upon our af-flictionx. 3E33H —&—+ (g— ^~!g— (g— _ _^_HS_. H — -1 — i — 4_L 1 — u §* Favour-ably vithnier-cy hear our prayers. 0 fib* of David, have mercy up-on vs. ■■r III! I -^_ -2^- F5^ Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us5 O Christ. / :=■- Graciously Jiear us, 0 Christ ; graciously hear us, 0 Lord Christ. g-frj-g=iz^zzg=tgrg-r-^g q=3 483 THE LITANY. Pet est. O Lord, let Thy mer-cy be shewed up-ou us. j Answer. M As we do put our trust in Thee. ^ Let us pray. Let us pray. We humbly beseech Thee, O Fa-ther, mercifully to look upon our infirmities ; and for the glory of Thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved ; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and con- fidence in Thy mercy, and evermore serve Thee in holiness and pureness of living, to Thy honour and glo-ry ; through our on - ly A - men. !* Me- di-a-tor and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord A General Thanksgiving. A Prayer of S. Chrysostom. Almighty God, Who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto Thee; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in Thy Name Thou wilt grant their requests ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of Thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge Harmony as under. ^ral^^ fl^E§H of Thy truth, and in the world to come life ev-er-last-ing. 484 A - men. THE LITANY. X, _ 1 ■ 1 The grace of our Lord Je - sus Christ, > M A HI - ■ — ♦— m— ♦— ■ — > R ■ H ■ and the love of God, and the iel-low-ship p" ♦ m - m 1 ■ ■ ■ ^ ■ ■• ^ — II — ■ 1 ^ - II of the Ho-ly Ghost, be with us all evermore. y i^ y-^-*- i-^-^fl- On ordinary days, the Invocations, and Responses after the Lord's Prayer, unless sung in Unison, may be taken to the simple Harmonies undernoted. The rest as before given. J O God the Father of Hea - ten OGod the Son, Re- 1 ] deemcr of the J ; 0 God the* Holy Ghost, \ proceeding from the > Son ; Father and the ) O holy, blessed, and 1 glorious Trinity, > God ; three Persons and one J havemercy upon us miserable sinners. ! I m sdfcr EH *L -«•— * didst in their days, and in the old time be- ) 0 Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for Thine ho - - Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Ho As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall he : "I world without end. ) Graciously look upon our afflic - Mercifully forgive the sins of Thy peo • 0 Son of David, have mercy up - Graciously hear us, 0 Christ ; graciously hear us, O . . As we do put our trust in Thee. quities Name'1 i sake. fore them. nour. - iy Ghost; A • men. tions. pie. on Lord us. Christ Haemonies to the above Responses. Wlien terminating on the lower note. When terminating on the dominant &* h n p i=i izEtfe m ztt&t J- THE LITANY. Mode viii. (No. 2.) O God the Father of . . Hea - - ven ; O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son ; I O ho - ly, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one G od ;J have mercy up- on us mi - se - ra- ble sinners, (bis.) 486 THE LITANY. Kemember not ev - er. /Spare us, good Lord. From all e • vil . . . dani-na-tion. Good Lord, deli - ver S We siu - ners . . right way; We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. E^* Sou of God, we beseech Thee to hear us. (jvs. r^=iis=-=> O Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world ; Grant us Thy peace. ?E=i O Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world ; Have mer - cy up-on us. %^ :^=z*z=^=M=3E E^^EE-lfl O Christ, hear us. {bis) Lord, have iner-cy up - on us. {bis.) Christ, have mercy up- on us. (bin.) Lord, have mercy up- on \\s.{bia.) The remainder is sung as noted for Ordinary days, in Litany No. 1. 487 HARMONIES TO THE RESPONSES AT THE LITANY. (No. 2.) Mode viii. l siS car W& ffc,™ .... TTF 0 God the Father of Ilea - ven ; ~] O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; \ 0 God the Holy Ghost, preceeding from the Father and the Son; \ 0 "° ■ *•£?&££■ } *»**•— «* -> *J i i =ff i.. ».^ M: 3EEEW1 :?- m TV .J. g-O-l-J :i y» J I ~.A 1-11 i ' i l i l l i 'I i &m 0/ God, we be - seech Thee to hear !_«_^ — £2^ f^0- -&—&Z1 I I 'S. -&- p-^&—&- f I fe^i n II1 i 0 . Christ, hear us. -%—*t—^rt—>^f->l- ^=P~ mm ■=====\ -i—&—&A 1 11I 1 Lord, have mercy tip- on I III \ l 1 ir#j 1 ii> 1 Christ Jiave mercy up- on us. I I I K I .;* m ia Lord, have mercy up- on . us. I 11—11 ^Z=£=& -*-V-rJ rj |j fT The remainder is sung as noted for Ordinary Days, in Litany No. 1. 489 THE LITANY. Mode i. (No. 3.) Hea - ven O God the Father of . O God the Son, Redeemer . O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Fat! O ho-ly,blessed,and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God; lien - >rii . -v of the world ; f her and the Son;| gn have mercy up-on us mi-se- ra-ble sinners, (bis.) ■S a Remember not . . . - . ev - er. Spare us, good Lord. •F «^^^| From all evil, . . . dam-na-tion, Good Lord, de - li-ver vs. \F We sin - ners . right way ; We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us. (bis.) 5: O Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world ; Grant us Thy peace. 490 THE LITANY. 5^ m O Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world; Have mer - cy up - on us. ■X O Christ, hear us.{bis. )Lord,have mer- cy up - on . . us.(i«s.) ■«s Christ, have mer- cy upon \xs.[bis.) Lord,have mercy up-on . . us.{bis.) The remainder is sung as noted for Ordinary days, in Litany No. 1. HARMONIES TO THE RESPONSES AT THE LITANY. (No. 3.) Mode i. :=x=lz i i — ifn ~JP. I I 0 God the Father O God the Son, 0 God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son; I rr | -*?- of Hea - ven; Redeemer of the world; Oho • Wle88ed,andgU>-\ p - nous irmity, j and one God; gprai ps-2 l=-4 w§m 1— {— r =w 1MH have mer-cy up- on us mi - se - ra- ble sin ners. :£=£ o—& i — :i — f2— & p= ^7T i 491 '■■0—4— &— ~>— z+- ftp ir% Spare I ms, <7ood Lord. J?ffl_J_b^_«n wa^sr- 23 Good Lord, de - H - ver us. y—0 0 +-0-\\ i 1 ;g — f at — fJ a -T3T Y&. o 0 0 & .^ a gg. o 0 0 0 _&. ~o 9 IT II | i * We oe - seeeft TAee to hear us, good Lord. 7-3- S J. M I TV s-b- wot f=y\ Son of God : J= — j ^ PS L=t- toe 6e - seecft TAee

- II II f -&—&—&- L_J. 494 -^— (2— f2_ -Tg— (g fg |g— tg-11 f? |g de - clar ed un - to us: the no- ble works that Thou I: ^H^J 33 *—p-%TV—p 2? ^ & & — I I I I l I I I I s>— I — &-6>- -o-\ 1 •T S didst in their days and in the old time be - fore them. — &- & — &—&—\—&—Q—&rti2)-&—^r-6'—i2 — '—J ^ Jt m -Gl J2—&- &—& — & -&- -&- -&- -&~ 65T- I ! I \-0— -*—r4- -&.-&-<2zr_^&_a_&- &zs>-<5>-grT?-& £ rr n ■E Glo - ry be to the Fa - ther, aud to the Son, 3—^ — ~&—&—&- ~4r:4rzA —0 — & o -&—& I I I I l 1 & 0 0 # - -<&—<&- I I IfSazfz^zz^ I I I till I ^i 1 Id J prfTr 5! O God, we have heard . . • and in the old time be-fore them. * — —H* ^ 0 Lord, a - rise, help us, and de - li - ver us for Thine honour. it ; i~t — I i i ! r i 5=^ Glo - ry be to the Fa - ther, and to the Sou / and to the Ho- ly Ghost; As it was in the be-gin-ning, P ~-& — & — «J — «! — * — & — & — r r v r r r ■ * ' r i i ^r^^g=^= JJ ^^f^m is now, and e • ver shall be : world with-out end. A - men. I -^ =)==+ 75 — z?-"^ — ^ — ^ — p — <5>" I I I' «?— — ^g^zgzj: I I I I I I 0 m) *3 /y #:+ 4— a- =^: i 498 APPENDIX. (gloria in QSxitl$i$. I. and II., combined. Glory be to God on high : and on eSrth peace, good ■will to men. 2 We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee : we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory. 3 0 Lord God, heavenly King : God the Father Almighty. 4 0 Lord, the only beg6tten Son, Jesus Christ : 0 Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. 5 That takest away the sins of the "world : have mercy upon us. 6 Thou that takest away the sins of the world : have mercy upon us. 7 Thou that takest away the sins of the world : re- ceive our prayer. 8 Th6u that sittest at the right hand of God the Father : have mercy upon us. 9 For thou only art holy : thou only art the Lord. 10 Thou only 0 Christ, with the Holy Ghost : art most high in the glory of God the Father. A-men. 499 APPENDIX. BURIAL ANTHEM. Notum feu miljt, Etomine. i. 8 Lord, let me know my end, and the number of my days : that I may be certified how long I have to live. 2 Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of Thee, and verily every man living is altogether vanity. 3 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. 4 And now Lord, what is my hope : truly my hope is even in Thee. 5 Deliver me from all mine offences : and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 6 When Thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, Thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment : every man therefore is but vanity. 7 Hear my prayer 0 Lord, and with Thine ears con- sider my calling : hold not Thy peace at my tears. 8 For I am a stranger with Thee : and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 9 0 spare me a little, that I may recover my strength: before I go hence, and be no more seen. 500 APPENDIX. 10 Lord, Thou hast been our refuge : from one genera- tion to another. 11 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made : Thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. 12 Thou turnest man to destruction : again Thou say- est, Come again ye children of men. 13 For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yes- terday : seeing that is past as a watch in the night. 14 As soon as Thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep : and fade away suddenly like the grass. 15 In the morning it is green and groweth up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried up and withered. 16 For we consume away in Thy displeasure : and are afraid at Thy wrathful indignation. 17 Thou hast set our misdeeds before Thee : and our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance. 18 For when Thou art angry all our days are gone : we bring our years to an 6nd, as it were a tale that is told. 19 The days of our age are threescore years and ten, and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow, so soon passeth it away and we are gone. 20 So teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. 501 APPENDIX. THE ATHANASIAN CREED. (ffiUttamqtw tmlt. II., IV., V., VIIL* (In II., V., VIII.,the first Musical Accent marked for the Mediation is not required. It must also be disregarded in the 3rd Endings of Tones II., and IV., and the 4th and Monotonic Endings of Tone VIIL) Whosoever "will be saved : before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. 2 Which Faith except eVery one do keep whole and undefiled : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. 3 And the Catholic Faith is this : That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity. 4 Neither confounding the Persons : nor dividing the Sub- stance. 5 For there is 6ne Person of the Father, another of the Son : and an6ther of the Holy Ghost. 6 But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the H61y Ghost, is all one : the G16ry e*qual, the Majesty co-eternal. * Tone VIIL, Monotonic Cadence ; Harmonised by Thomas Tallis for this Creed. m =» & « ^ — - f 502 «=* n- n 1 i i TT APPENDIX. 7 Such as the Father is, such is the Son : and such is the Holy Ghost. 8 The Father tincreate, the Son uncreate : and the Holy Ghost uncreate. 9 The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible : and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. 10 The Father eternal, the Son eternal : and the H61y Ghost eternal. 11 And jit they are not three eternals : but one eternal. 12 As also there are not three* incomprehensibles, nor three un- created : but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible. 13 So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty : and the Holy Ghost Almighty. 14 And yet they are not three Almighties : but one Almighty. 15 So the Father is God, the Son is God : and the Holy Ghost is God. 16 And yet they are not three Gods : but one G6d. 17 S6 likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord : and the Holy Ghost L6rd. 18 And y6t not three Lords : but one Lord. 19 For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity : to acknowledge every Pereon by Himself to be God and Lord. 20 So are we forbidden by the Catholic Religion : to say, There be three" Gods or three Lords. 21 The Father is made of none : neither created, nor begotten. 22 The Son is of the Father alone : not made, nor created, but begotten. 23 The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son : neither made, nor created, nor beg6tten, but proceeding. 503 APPENDIX. 24 So there is one Father, not three* Fathers, one Son, not three Sons : one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. 25 And in this Trinity none is afbre, or after Other : none is greater, or less than another. 26 But the whole three* Persons are co-eternal together : and co-equal. 27 So that in all things, as is aforesaid : the U'nity in Trinity, and the 'Trinity in U'nity is to be worshipped. 28 He therefore that •will be saved : must thus think of the Trinity. 29 Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation : that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our ]J6rd Jesus Christ. 30 For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess : that our L6rd Jesus Christ, the Son of God is God and Man. 31 God, of the Substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds : and Man, of the Substance of His Mother born in the world. 32 Perfect God, and perfect Man : of a reasonable soul, and human flesh subsisting. 33 E'qual to the Father, as touching His Godhead : and inferior to the Father, as touching His Manhood. 34 Who although He be God and Man : yet He is not two but one Christ. 35 One, not by conversion of the G6dhead into flesh : but by taking of the Manhood into God. 36 O'ne altogether not by confusion of Substance : but by unity of Person. 37 For as the reasonable soul and fle"sh is one man : so G6d and Man is one Christ. 38 Who suffered for our salvation : descended into hfil, rose again the third day from the dead. 504 APPENDIX. 39 He ascended into heaven, He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty : from whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 40 At Whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies : and shall give account for their own works. 41 And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting : and they that have done evil into everlasting fire. 42 This is the Catholic Faith : which except a man believe faith- fully, he cannot be saved. Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it wds in the beginning, is now, and 6ver shall be : world without end. Amen, THE END.