Psalm 87. Fundamenta ejus. ER foundations are upon the holy hills: the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all and the dwellings of Jacob. made me to be abhorred of them. 7 I am so fast in prison, that I cannot get forth. 9 My sight faileth for very trouble; Lord, I have called daily 2 Very excellent things are upon thee, I have stretched forth he spoken of thee, thou city of God. my hands unto thee. 3 I will think upon Rahab and 10 Dost thou show wonders Babylon, with them that know me, among the dead? or shall the dead theBehold ye the Philistines rise up again and praise thee?" 11 Shall thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? and they of Tyre, with the hat Morians; lo there was he born. ato 5 And of Sion it shall be reall borted, that he was born in her; 12 Shall thy wondrous works and the Most High shall stablish be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land where the 6 The Lord shall rehearse it, all things are forgotten? ier. when he writeth up the people, hat he was born there. 57 The singers also and trum-come before thee. Fatheters shall be rehearse: All my arresh springs shall be in thee. 13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and early shall my prayer thank Psalm 88. Domine, Deus. 14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am in misery, and like Lord, God of my salvation, unto him that is at the point to I have cried day and night be- die; even from my youth up, thy ore thee: O let my prayer enter terrors have I suffered with a into thy presence; incline thine troubled mind. thonar unto my calling; 16 Thy wrathful displeasure the 2 For my soul is full of trouble. goeth over me, and the fear of thend my life draweth nigh unto hell, thee hath undone me. 3 I am counted as one of them and y me at go down into the pit, and andave been even as a man that hath strength. 17 They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together on every side. 18 My lovers and friends hast 4 Free among the dead, like thou put away from me, and hid nto them that are wounded, and mine acquaintance out of my ente in the grave, who are out of sight. 700 emembrance, and are cut away om thy hand. EVENING PRAYER. 5 Thou hast laid me in the Psalm 89. Misericordias Domini. west pit, in a place of darkness, MY song shall be alway of the nd in the deep. loving-kindness of the Lord; 6 Thine indignation lieth hard with my mouth will I ever be pon me, and thou hast vexed showing thy truth from one genee with all thy storms. ration to another. 7 Thou hast put away mine cquaintance far from me, and be 2 For I have said, Mercy shall set up for ever, thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens.] 17 Their delight shall be daily in 3 I have made a covenant with thy name; and in thy righteous my chosen I have sworn unto ness shall they make their boast David my servant. 18 For thou art the glory of their 4 Thy seed will I stablish for strength, and in thy loving-kind ever, and set up thy throne from ness thou shall lift up our horns: one generation to another. 19 For the Lord is our de 5 O Lord, the very heavens fence; the Holy One of Israel is shall praise thy wondrous works; our King. and thy truth in the congrega- 20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saids, 6 For who is he among the I have laid help upon one that clouds, that shall be compared is mighty, I have exalted one tion of the saints. unto the Lord? 7 And what is he among the gods, that shall be like unto the Lord? chosen out of the peoples 21 1 have found David my ser vant; with my holy oil have! anointed him. God is very greatly to be 22 My hand shall hold himfast, feared in the council of the saints, and my arm shall strengthen bin and to be had in reverence of all 23 The enemy shall notbe able them that are round about him. to do him violence; the son of 9 O Lord God of hosts, who is wickedness shall not hurt him. like unto thee? thy truth, most mighty Lord, is on every side. 10 Thou rulest the raging of that hate him. the sea; thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise. 24 I will smite down his does before his face, and plague them 25 My truth also and my mer cy shall be with him; and in my 11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, name shall his horn be exalted. and destroyed it; thou hast scat- 26 I will set his dominion also tered thine enemies abroad with in the sea, and his right hand thy mighty arm. the floods. 12 The heavens are thine, the 27 He shall call me, Thou art earth also is thine; thou hast laid my Father, my God, and m the foundation of the round world, strong salvation.we ca and all that therein is. 28 And T will make him my 13 Thou hast made the north first-born, higher than the kings and the south; Tabor and Her- of the earth. ad s baz mon shall rejoice in thy name. 29 My mercy will I keep for 14 Thou hast a mighty arm; him for evermore, and my cove strong is thy hand, and high is nant shall stand fast with him. thy right hand. 30 His seed also will I make to 15 Righteousness and equity are endure for ever, and his throne the habitation of thy seat; mercy as the days of heaven.sh and truth shall go before thy face. 31 But if his children forsake 16 Blessed is the people, O my law, and walk not in my judg Lord, that can rejoice in thee; ments; they shall walk in the light of thy 32. If they break my stati and keep not my commandments countenance I will visit their offences with the and shall not see death? and shall rod, and their sin with scourges. he deliver his soul from the hand 33 Nevertheless, my loving-of hell? kindness will I not utterly take 48 Lord, where are thy old lovfrom him, nor suffer my truth to ing-kindnesses, which thou swarfail. est unto David in thy truth? 34 My covenant will I notbreak, 49 Remember, Lord, the renor alter the thing that is gone buke that thy servants have, and out of my lips: I have sworn once how I do bear in my bosom the by my holiness, that I will not rebukes of many people; fail David. 50 Wherewith thine enemies 35 His seed shall endure for have blasphemed thee, and slanever, and his seat is like as the dered the footsteps of thine sun before me. Anointed: Praised be the Lord 36 He shall stand fast for ever-for evermore. Amen and Amen. more 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 strong holds. 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 dge of his sword, and givest him ot victory in the battle. The eighteenth Day. LORD, thou hast been our re- another. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting, 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 yesterday, seeing that is past as a watch in the night. 5 As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and 43 Thou hast put out his glory, fade away suddenly like the and cast his throne down to the grass. ground. 6 In the morning it is green, 44 The days of his youth hast and groweth up; but in the evenbou shortened, and covered him ing it is cut down, dried up, and with dishonour. withered. 45 Lord, how long wilt thou 7 For we consume away in thy Baide thyself? for ever? and shall displeasure, and are afraid at thy thy wrath burn like fire? wrathful indignation. 46 0 remember how short my & Thou hast set our misdeeds time is; wherefore hast thou before thee, and our secret sins made all men for nought? in the light of thy countenance. 47 What man is he that liveth, 9 For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring ouriness and truth shall be thy shield years to an end, as it were a tale and buckler. that is told. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for 10 The days of our age are any terror by night, nor for the threescore years and ten; and arrow that flieth by day; tog though men be so strong that they 6 For the pestilence thatwalk come to fourscore years, yet is eth in darkness, nor for the sick their strength then but labour and ness that destroyeth in the noon. sorrow; so soon passeth it away, day. and we are gone. 7 A thousand shall fall beside 11 But who regardetb the thee, and ten thousand at thy power of thy wrath? for even right hand; but it shall not come thereafter as a man feareth, so is nigh thee. thy displeasure. 8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt 12 So teach us to number our thou behold, and see the reward days, that we may apply our of the ungodly. hearts unto wisdom. 9 For thou, Lord, art my hope; 13 Turn thee again, O Lord, thou hast set thine house of de at the last, and be gracious unto fence very high. thy servants. 10 There shall no evil happen 14 O satisfy us with thy mercy, unto thee, neither shall any plague and that soon: so shall we rejoice come nigh thy dwelling. and be glad all the days of our life. 11 For he shall give his angels 15 Comfort us again now after charge over thee, to keep thee it the time that thou hast plagued all thy ways. us; and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. 16 Show thy servants thy work, and their children thy glory. the lion 12 They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt go upon 17 And the glorious Majesty of and adder; the young lion and the the Lord our God be upon us: dragon shalt thou tread underthy prosper thou the work of our feet. upon us; O prosper thou our handy work. Psalm 91. Qui habitat. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him up, because WHOSO dwelleth under the he hath known my name. defence of the Most High, 15 He shall call upon me, and shall abide under the shadow of I will hear him; yea, I am with the Almighty. him in trouble, I will deliver him, 2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou and bring him to honour. art my hope and my strong hold, 16 With long life will I satisfy my God, in him will I trust. him, and show him my salvation. 3 For he shall deliver thee from Psalm 92. Bonum est confiteri the snare of the hunter, and from IT is a good thing to give thanks the noisome pestilence. unto the Lord, and to sing 4 He shall defend thee under praises unto thy name, 0 Most his wings, and thou shalt be safe Highest; under his feathers; his faithful- 2 To tell of thy loving-kindnes early in the morning, and of thy Lord hath put on his apparel, and truth in the night season; girded himself with strength. 1 3 Upon an instrument of ten 2 He hath made the round world strings, and upon the lute; upon a so sure, that it cannot be moved. loud instrument, and upon the 3 Ever since the world began, harp: hath thy seat been prepared; thou 4 For thou, Lord, hast made art from everlasting. me glad through thy works; and 4 The floods are risen, O Lord, I will rejoice in giving praise for the floods have lift up their voice, the operations of thy hands. the floods lift up their waves. 50 Lord, how glorious are thy 5 The waves of the sea are works; thy thoughts are very deep.mighty, and rage horribly; but 6 An unwise man doth not yet the Lord, who dwelleth on well consider this, and a fool high, is mightier. doth not understand it. Psalm 94. Deus ultionum. 6 Thy testimonies, O Lord, 7 When the ungodly are green are very sure: holiness becometh as the grass, and when all the thine house for ever. workers of wickedness do flourish, then shall they be destroyed for ever; but thou, Lord, art the Most Highest for evermore. bearh Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God, to whom vengeance belongéth, show thy 8 Forlo, thine enemies, O Lord, self. o, thine enemies shall perish; 2 Arise, thou Judge of the and all the workers of wickedness world, and reward the proud after hall be destroyed. 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? 9 But mine horn shall be exaltbed like the horn of an unicorn; or I am anointed with fresh oil. god 10 Mine eye also shall see his ust of mine enemies, and mine ar shall hear his desire of the vicked that arise up against me. 5 They smite down thy people, 11 The righteous shall flourish O Lord, and trouble thine heritage. ike a palm-tree, and shall spread 6 They murder the widow and broad like a cedar in Libanus. the stranger, and put the father12 Such as are planted in the less to death. ouse of the Lord, shall flourish in 7 And yet they say, Tush, the he courts of the house of our God. Lord shall not see, neither shall 13 They also shall bring forth the God of Jacob regard it. More fruit in their age, and shall fat and well liking; 8 Take heed, ye unwise among 14 That they may show how true ye understand? the people: Oye fools, when will he Lord my strength is, and that 9 He that planted the ear, here is no unrighteousness in him. shall be not hear? or he that EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 93. Dominus regnavit. made the eye, shall he not see? 10 Or he that nurtureth the Lord is King, and hath heathen, it is he that teacheth man put on glorious apparel; the knowledge; shall not he punish? THE |