The Twenty-ninth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 139. Domine, probasti.
O LORD, thou hast searched me out,
and known me. *
Thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine uprising;
thou understandest my thoughts long before.
2 Thou art about my path,
and about my bed; * and art acquainted with all my ways.
3 For lo,
there is not a word in my tongue, * but thou, O LORD, knowest it
altogether.
4 Thou hast beset 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.
10 If I say, Peradventure the
darkness shall cover me; * then shall my 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.
12 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
imperfect; * 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, O God; * O 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, O 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.
23 Try me, O
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.
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The Twentieth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 102:15. Domine, exaudi.
The nations shall fear thy
Name, O LORD; * and all the kings of the earth thy majesty;
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Psalm 146. Lauda, anima mea.
PRAISE the LORD, O 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 O 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 God, O
Sion, shall be King for evermore, * and throughout all generations.
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Psalm 72. Deus, judicium.
GIVE the King thy judgments, O
God, * and thy righteousness 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 punish the wrong doer.
5 They
shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon endureth, * from one
generation to another.
6 He shall come down like the rain upon the
mown grass, * 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 River 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 Tarshish 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 shall he be praised.
16 There shall be an heap of corn in the
earth, high upon the hills ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon:
* and they of the city shall flourish like grass upon the earth.
17
His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain under the sun
among the posterities, which shall be blessed in him; * and all the
nations 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.
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BOOK V.
The Twenty-second Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 107:1-16. Confitemini Domino.
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for
he is gracious, * and his mercy endureth for ever.
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 trouble, * 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 O 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 O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his
goodness; * and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of
men !
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, * and smitten the
bars of iron in sunder.
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Psalm 115. Non nobis, Domine.
NOT unto us, O LORD, not unto us,
but unto thy Name give the praise;
* for thy loving mercy, and for
thy truth's sake.
2 Wherefore shall the heathen say, * Where is now
their God?
3 As for our God, he is in heaven: * he hath done
whatsoever pleased him.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, * even the
work of men's hands.
5 They have mouths, and speak not; * eyes have
they, and see not.
6 They have ears, and hear not; * noses have they,
and smell not.
7 They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, and
walk not; * neither speak they through their throat.
8 They that make
them are like unto them; * and so are all such as put their trust in
them.
9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the LORD; * he is
their helper and defender.
10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in
the LORD; * he is their helper and defender.
11 Ye that fear the
LORD, 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 bless them that fear the LORD, * both
small and great.
14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, * you
and your children.
15 Ye are the blessed of the LORD, * who made
heaven and earth.
16 All the whole heavens are the LORD'S; * the
earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not
thee, O LORD, * neither all they that go down into silence.
18 But we
will praise the LORD, * from this time forth for evermore. Praise the
LORD.
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Psalm 125. Qui confidunt.
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 sceptre of the ungodly shall not abide upon the
lot of the righteous; * lest the righteous put their hand unto
wickedness.
4 Do well, O 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.
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Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus.
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 Lo, 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.
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Psalm 130. De profundis.
OUT of the deep have I called unto
thee, O LORD; * Lord, hear my voice.
2 O let thine ears consider well
* the voice of my complaint.
3 If thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark
what is done amiss, * O 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 O 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.
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Psalm 137:1-6. Super flumina.
BY the waters of Babylon we sat
down and wept, * when we remembered thee, O 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?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
* let my right hand forget 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 above my chief joy.
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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.
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 endueth my soul with much
strength.
4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD; *
for they have heard the words of thy mouth.
5 Yea, they shall sing of
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.
8 The LORD shall make good his loving-kindness toward me; * yea,
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; despise not then the works of
thine own hands.
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Psalm 142. Voce mea ad Dominum.
I CRIED unto the LORD with my
voice; * yea, even unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 I
poured out my complaints before him, * and showed him of my
trouble.
3 When my spirit was in heaviness, thou knewest my path; *
in the way wherein I walked, have they privily laid a snare for me.
4
I looked also upon my right hand, * and saw there was no 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, O 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 O 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.
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Psalm 143. Domine, exaudi.
HEAR my prayer, O 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.
6 I
stretch forth my hands unto thee; * my soul gaspeth unto thee as a
thirsty land.
7 Hear me, O 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 O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the
morning; for in thee is my trust: * show thou me the way that I should
walk in; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me, O 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, O
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.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 147. Laudate Dominum
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 up 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 He
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 O 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, O Jerusalem; * praise thy God, O
Sion.
13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, * and hath
blessed thy children within thee.
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 melteth them: * he bloweth
with his wind, and the waters flow.
19 He showeth 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.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 27. Dominus illuminatio.
THE LORD is my light and my
salvation; whom then shall I fear?
* the LORD is the strength of my
life; of whom then 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, yet 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 LORD, 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
tabernacle; * yea, 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 LORD.
8 Hearken unto my voice, O 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 O hide
not thou thy face from me, * nor cast thy servant away in
displeasure.
11 Thou hast been my succour; * leave me not, neither
forsake me, O God of my salvation.
12 When my father and my mother
forsake me, * the LORD taketh me up.
13 Teach me thy way, O LORD, *
and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies.
14 Deliver me
not over into the will of mine 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 O tarry thou the LORD. S
leisure; * be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy
trust in the LORD.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 32. Beati quorum.
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 was heavy upon me day
and night, * and my moisture was like the drought in summer.
5 I
acknowledged my sin unto thee; * and mine unrighteousness have I not
hid.
6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the LORD; * and SO thou
forgavest the wickedness of my sin.
7 For this shall every one that
is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found;
* surely the great water-floods shall not come nigh him.
8 Thou art a
place to hide me in; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; * thou shalt
compass me about with songs of deliverance.
9 I will inform thee, and
teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; * and I will guide thee
with mine eye.
10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no
understanding; * whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, else
they will not obey 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, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the LORD; * and be
joyful, all ye that are true of heart.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 126. In convertendo.
WHEN the LORD turned again the
captivity of Sion, then were we like unto them that dream.
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, O 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.
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Psalm 67. Deus misereatur.
GOD be merciful unto us, and bless
us,
* and show 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 peoples praise thee, O God; * yea, let all the
peoples praise thee.
4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad; * for
thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon
earth.
5 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; * yea, let all the
peoples 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.
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Psalm 122. Laetatus sum.
I 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 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem; * they shall
prosper 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.
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Psalm 111. Confitebor tibi.
I WILL give thanks unto the LORD
with my whole heart,
* secretly among the faithful, and in the
congregation.
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 remembrance.
5 He hath given meat unto them
that fear him; * he shall ever be mindful of his covenant.
6 He hath
showed 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 hath commanded 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; his
praise endureth for ever.
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Evening Prayer.
Psalm 114. In exitu Israel.
WHEN Israel came out of Egypt, *
and the house of Jacob from among the strange people,
2 Judah was his
sanctuary, * and Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw that, and fled; *
Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, * and the
little hills like young sheep.
5 What aileth thee, O 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 into a
standing water, `: and the flint-stone into a springing well.
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The Twenty-fourth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 116. Dilexi, quoniam.
MY delight is in the LORD; *
because he hath heard the voice of my prayer;
2 Because he hath
inclined his ear unto me; * therefore will I call upon him as long as I
live.
3 The snares of death compassed me round about, * and the pains
of hell gat hold upon me.
4 I found trouble and heaviness; then
called I upon the Name of the LORD; * O LORD, 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, O my soul; * for the LORD
hath rewarded thee.
8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul from
death, * mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will
walk before the LORD * in the land of the living.
10 I believed, and
therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled: * I said in my haste,
All men are liars.
11 What reward shall I give unto the LORD * for
all the benefits that he hath done unto me?
12 I will receive the cup
of salvation, * and call upon the Name of the LORD.
13 I will pay my
vows now in the presence of all his people: * right dear in the sight of
the LORD is the death of his saints.
14 Behold, O LORD, how that I am
thy servant; * I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou
hast broken my bonds in sunder.
15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice
of thanksgiving, * and will call upon the Name of the LORD.
16 I will
pay my vows unto the LORD, in the sight of all his people, * in the
courts of the LORD'S house; even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Praise the LORD.
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Psalm 121. Levavi oculos.
I 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 slumber 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 LORD 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.
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Psalm 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos.
UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, * O
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, O
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.
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Psalm 124. Nisi quia Dominus.
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
alive; * when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.
3 Yea, the
waters had drowned us, * and the stream had gone over our soul.
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.
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The Thirtieth Day.
Morning Prayer.
Psalm 144. Benedictus Dominus.
BLESSED be the LORD my strength, *
who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 My hope and
my fortress, my castle and deliverer, my defender in whom I trust; * who
subdueth my people 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.
5 Bow thy heavens, O 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 strangers;
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, O 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 strangers, * 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 fields;
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.
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Psalm 145. Exaltabo te, Deus.
I WILL magnify thee, O God, my
King; * and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.
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 showed; * 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 show 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, O Lord; * and
thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine
hand, * and fillest all things living 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 flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever.
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Psalm 148. Laudate Dominum.
O PRAISE the LORD from the
heavens: * praise him in the heights.
2 Praise him, all ye angels of
his: * praise him, all his host.
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
from the 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; *
creeping things and flying fowls;
11 Kings of the earth, and all
peoples; * 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.
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Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum.
O PRAISE God in his sanctuary: *
praise him in the firmament of his power.
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 timbrels 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.
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