The Twenty-Third Day. MORNING PRAYER. Pfalm cx. Dixit Dominus. TH HE Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The Lord fhall fend the rod of thy power out of Sion; be thou ruler even in the midft among thine enemies. 3 In the day of thy power fhall the people offer thee freewill offerings with an holy worship; the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning; 4 The Lord fware, and will not repent, Thou art a Prieft for ever after the order 'of Melchifedech. 5 The Lord upon thy right hand fhall wound even kings, in the day of his wrath. 6 He fhall judge among the heathen; he fhall fill the places with the dead bodies, and finite in funder the heads over divers countries. 7 He shall drink of the 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore fhall he lift up his head. Pfalm cxi. Confitebor tibi. Will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart, fecretly among the faithful, and in the congregation. I 2 The works of the Lord are great, fought 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 fo done his marvellous works, that they ought to be had in remembrance. them that fear him; he fhall 5 He hath given meat unto ever be mindful of his cove nant. 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 ftand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and equity. 9 He fent 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 wifdom; a good understanding have all they that do thereafter; the praife of it endureth for ever. B' Pfalm cxii. Beatus vir. LESSED is the man that feareth the Lord; he hath great delight in his commandments. 2 His feed fhall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the faithful fhall be bleffed. 3 Riches and plenteousness fhall be in his houfe; and his righteousness endureth forever. 4 Unto the godly there all heathen, and his glory arifeth up light in the dark- above the heavens. nefs; he is merciful, loving, and righteous. 5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth, and will guide his words with difcretion; 6 For he shall never be moved and the righteous fhall be had in everlasting remembrance. 7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings; for his heart ftandeth faft, and believeth in the Lord. 8 His heart is ftablished, and will not fhrink, until he fee his defire upon his enemies. 9 He hath difperfed abroad, and given to the poor, and his righteoufnefs remaineth for ever; his horn fhall be exalted 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling fo high, and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth? 6 He taketh up the fimple out of the duft, and lifteth the poor out of the mire; 7 That he may fet him with the princes, even with the princes of his people. 8 He maketh the barren woman to keep houfe, and to be a joyful mother of children. EVENING PRAYER. Pfalm cxiv. In exitu Ifrael. HEN Ifrael came out W of Egypt, and the WH houfe of Jacob from among the ftrange people, 2 Juda was his fanctuary, and Ifrael his dominion. 3 The fea faw 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 fea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye fkipped like rams? and ye little hills, like young fheep? 7 Tremble thou earth at the prefence of the Lord; at the prefence of the God of Jacob; 8 Who turned the hard your truft in the Lord; he is rock into a ftanding water, their helper and defender. and the flint-ftone into a fpringing-well. Pfalm cxy. Non nobis, Domine. OT unto us, O Lord, NOT not unto us, but unto thy Name give the praife; for thy loving mercy, and for thy truth's fake. 2 Wherefore shall the heathen fay, Where is now their God? 3 As for our God, he is in heaven: he hath done whatfoever pleased him. 4 Their idols are filver and gold, even the work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, and fpeak not; eyes have they, and fee not. 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he fhall bless us; even he shall blefs the houfe of Ifrael, he fhalf blefs the houfe of Aaron. 13 fear the Lord, both small and great. He thall blefs them that 14 The Lord fhall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 Ye are the bleffed 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 filence; 18 But we will praise the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. Praife the Lord. The Twenty-Fourth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Pfalm cxvi. I Dilexi, quoniam. Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer; 2 That he hath inclined his ear unto me; therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The fnares of death compaffed me round about, and the pains of hell gat hold up heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord, O Lord, I befeech thee, deliver my foul. 5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The Lord preferveth the fimple: I was in mifery, and he helped me. facrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the Name of the Lord. 16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the fight of all his people, in the courts of the Lord's houfe; even in the midst of thee, O Jerufalem, Praise the Lord. Pfalmcxvii. Laudate Dominum. 7 Turn again then unto thy reft, O my foul; for the heathen, praife him, Lord hath rewarded thee. 8 And why? thou haft delivered my foul 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 fpeak; but I was fore troubled: I faid in my hafte, All men are liars. O all ye nations. nefs is ever more and more 2 For his merciful kind towards us; and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Pfalm cxviii. Confitemini Lord, for he is graci Give thanks unto the 11 What reward fhall 1 ous; because his mercy engive unto the Lord, for all dureth for ever. the benefits that he hath done unto me? 12 I will receive the cup of falvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord: 13 I will pay my vows now in the prefence of all his people: right dear in the fight of the Lord is the death of his faints. 2 Let Ifrael now confefs that he is gracious, and that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now confefs, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confefs, that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord 14 Behold, O Lord, how in trouble; and the Lord that I am thy fervant; I am heard me at large. thy fervant, and the fon of thy handmaid; thou haft broken my bonds in funder. 15 I will offer to thee the I 6 The Lord is on my fide, will not fear what man do eth unto me. 7 The Lord taketh my part part with them that help me; therefore shall I fee my defire upon mine enemies. 8 It is better to truft in the Lord, than to put any confidence in man. 9 It is better to truft in the Lord, than to put any confidence in princes. 10 All nations compaffed me round about; but in the Name of the Lord will I deftroy them. II They kept me in on every fide, they kept me in, I fay, on every fide; but in the Name of the Lord will I deftroy 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 deftroy them. 13 Thou haft thrust fore at me, that I might fall; but the Lord was my help. 14 The Lord is my ftrength and my fong; and is become my falvation. 15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous; the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. 16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence; the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pafs. 17 Ifhall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord hath chaftened and corrected me; but he hath not given me over unto death. 19 Open me the gates of righteoufnefs, that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord, the righteous fhall enter into it. 21 I will thank thee; for thou haft heard me, and art become my falvation. 22 The fame ftone which the builders refused, is become the head-ftone 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 hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Help me now, O Lord: O Lord, fend us now profperity. 26 Bleffed 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 fhowed us light: bind the facrifice with cords, yea, even unto the horns of the altar. I 28 Thou art my God, and will thank thee; thou art my God, and I will praife thee. 29 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever. EVENING |