They gave me gall to eat; and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

As for me, I am poor and in heaviness, but thy help, O God, shall lift me up.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and magnify it with thanksgiving.

The humble shall consider this and be glad ; the hearts of those that fear God shall be revived.

For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his people in their bonds.

Let heaven and earth praise him, the sea, and all that moveth therein.

For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession.

The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it; and they who love his name shall dwell therein. Now unto the King eternal, etc. Be honor and glory, etc.

FOR EASTER DAY.

Anthem.

CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us; there

fore let us keep the feast; not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

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For in that he died, he died unto sin once; in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Christ is risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of those who slept.

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him, who sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen.

WHY

Proper Psalms.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM II.

HY do the heathen rage? and why do the nations imagine a vain thing?

The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against his anointed;

"Let us break," say they, "their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”

He who dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision.

He shall speak unto them in his wrath, and rebuke them in his sore displeasure.

"I myself have set my king upon my holy hill

of Sion."

I will declare the decree; the Lord hath said unto me, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

"Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

"Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be admonished, ye who are judges of the earth.

Serve the Lord in fear; and rejoice before him with reverence.

Submit to 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 who put their

trust in him.

PSALM LVII.

BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto

me, for my soul trusteth in thee; and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this calamity be overpast.

I will call unto the most high God, even unto the God who will perform all things for me.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him who would swallow me up.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let thy glory be above all the earth.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise.

Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and harp; I myself will awake right early.

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people, and I will sing unto thee among the nations.

For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let thy glory be above all the earth.

Now unto the King eternal, etc.
Be honor and glory, etc.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM CXIII.

PRAISE the Lord, ye servants of his ; O praise

the name of the Lord.

Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth forevermore.

Let the Lord's name be praised, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same.

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.

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

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

That he may set him with the princes, even with the princes of his people.

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PSALM CXVIII.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth forever.

Let Israel now confess that his mercy endureth forever.

Let the house of Aaron now confess that his mercy endureth forever.

Yea, let those now who fear the Lord confess that his mercy endureth forever.

I called upon the Lord in trouble, and the Lord heard and delivered me.

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man.

It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in princes.

The Lord is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation.

The voice of joy and salvation is in the dwellings of the righteous; the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass.

The right hand of the Lord is exalted; 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 holiness, that I may go in by them, and give thanks unto the Lord.

"This is the gate of the Lord, through which the righteous shall enter."

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