10 I became dumb, and opened to do it; yea, thy law is within my not my mouth; for it was thy doing. heart, 11 Take thy plague away from 11 I have declared thy righteousme: I am even consumed by the ness in the great congregation; lo, means of thy heavy hand. I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, 12 When thon with rebukes dost and that thou knowest. chasten man for sin, thou makest 12 I have not hid thy righteoushis beauty to consume away, likeness within my heart; my talk hath as it were a moth fretting a gar- been of thy truth, and of thy salvament, every man therefore is but tior. vanity. 13 I have not kept back thy 13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and loving mercy and truth from the with thine ears consider my call-great congregation. ing; hold not thy peace at my tears: 14 Withdraw not thou thy mer14 For I am a stranger with thee, cy from me, O Lord; let thy lovingand a sojourner, as all my fathers kindness and thy truth alway pre were. serve me... 15 O spare me a little, that I may 15 For innumerable troubles are recover my strength, before I go come about me; my sins have hence, and be no more seen. Psalm 40. Expectans expectavi. WAITED patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling. 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 O Lord, let it be thy pleasure 2 He brought me also out of the to deliver me; make haste, O Lord, horrible pit, out of the mire and to help me. clay, and set my feet upon the rock, 17 Let them be ashamed, and and ordered my goings. confounded together, that seek after 3 And he hath put a new song in my soul to destroy it; let them be my mouth, even a thanksgiving driven backward, and put to reunto our God. buke, that wish me evil.* 4 Many shall see it, and fear, 18 Let them be desolate, and reand shall put their trust in the Lord.warded with shame, that say unto 5 Blessed is the man that hath me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. set his hope in the Lord, and turn- 19 Let all those that seek thee, ed not unto the proud, and to such he joyful and glad in thee; and let as go about with lies. such as love thy salvation, say 6 O Lord, my God, great are the alway, The Lord be praised. wondrous works which thou hast 20 As for me, I am poor and done; like as be also thy thoughts, needy; but the Lord careth for me. which are to us-ward; and yet there 21 Thou art my helper and reis no man that ordereth them unto deemer; make no long tarrying, O thee. my God. 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 earslast thou opened. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 41. Beatus qui intelligit. BLESSED is he that considereth the poor and needy; the Lord shall deliver him in the time of 9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice trouble. for sin hast thou not required: then 2 The Lord preserve him, and said I, Lo, I come. keep him alive, that he may be 10 In the volume of the book it blessed upon earth; and deliver not is written of me, that I should fulfil thou him into the will of his enethy will, O my God: I am content mies. 3 The Lord comfort him when ness, O my soul? and why art thou he lieth sick upon his bed; make so disquieted within me? thou all his bed in his sickness. 7 Put thy trust in God; for I wi 4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto yet give him thanks for the help of me; heal my soul, for I have sin-his countenance. ned against thee. 8 My God, my soul is vexed 5 Mine enemies speak evil of within me; therefore will I reme. When shall he die, and his member thee concerning the land hame perish? of Jordan, and the little hill of 9 One deep calleth another, be 6 And if he come to see me, he Hermon. speaketh vanity, and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; cause of the noise of the waterand when he cometh forth, he telleth it. pipes; all thy waves and storms are gone over me.' 10 The Lord hath granted his 7 All mine enemies whisper together against me, even against me loving-kindness in the day time, do they imagine this evil. and in the night-season did I sing 8 Let the sentence of guiltiness of him, and made my prayer unto proceed against him, and now that the God of my life. 11 I will say unto the God of my he lieth, let him rise up no more. 9 Yea, even mine own familiar strength, Why hast thou forgotten friend whom I trusted, who did also me? Why go I thus heavily, while eat of my bread, hath laid great the enemy oppresseth me? 12 My bones are smitten asun wait for me. 10 But be thou merciful unto me, der as with a sword, while minė O Lord; raise thou me up again, enemies that trouble mie cast, me in and I shall reward them. the teeth; 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 shall set me before thy face for ever. 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel world without end. Amen. Psalm 42. Quemadmodum. 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 disqui eted within me? I 15 O put thy trust in God; for will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 43. Judica me, Deus. L' IKE as the heart desireth theIVE sentence with me, O God, water-brooks, so longeth my and defend my cause against soul after thee, O God, the ungodly people; O deliver me 2 My soul is athirst for God, yea, from the deceitful and wicked even for the living God: When man; shall I come to appear before the 2 For thou art the God of my presence of God? strength: why hast thou put me 3 My tears have been my meat from thee? and why go I so neaday and night, while they daily say vily, while the enemy oppresseth unto me, Where is now thy God? me? 4 Now when I think thereupon, 3 O send out thy light and thy I pour out my heart by myself; for truth, that they may lead me, and I went with the multitude, and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to brought them forth into the house thy dwelling. of God; 4 And that I may go unto the 5 In the voice of praise and altar of God, even unto the God of thanksgiving, among such as keep my joy and gladness; and upon holy-day. the harp will I give thanks unte 6 Why art thou so full of heavi-lthee, O God, my God. 5 Why art thou so heavy, O my buked of our neighbours, to be soul? and why art thou so disqui-laughed to scorn, and had in deeted within me? rision of them that are round 60 put thy trust in God; for about us. will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God. The ninth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 44. Deus, auribus. W 15 Thou makest us to be a byword 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; 17 For the voice of the slanderer E have heard with our ears, O and blasplicmer, for the enemy and what thou hast done in their time of old. ཎྞཾ 18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, 2 How thou hast driven out the nor behave ourselves frowardly in heathen with thy hand, and planted thy covenant. them in; how thou hast destroyed 19 Our heart is not turned back, the nations, and cast them out. neither our steps gone out of thy 3 For they gat not the land in way; possession through their own 20 No, not when thou hast smitsword, neither was it their own arm ten us into the place of dragons, that helped them; and covered us with the shadow of 4 But thy right hand, and thine death. arm, and the light of thy counte- 21 If we have forgotten the nance, because thou hadst a favour name of our God, and holden up unto them. our hands to any strange god, 5 Thou art my King, O God; shall not God search it out? for he send help unto Jacob.. knoweth the very secrets of the 6 Through thee will we over-heart. throw our enemies, and in thy 22 For thy sake also are we name will we tread them under that killed all the day long, and are rise up against us. counted as sheep appointed to be 7 For I will not trust in my bow; slain, it is not my sword that shall help 23 Up, Lord, why sleepest thou? awake, and be not absent from us me. 8 But it is thou that savest us for ever. from our enemies, and puttest them 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our misery and to confusion that hate us. 9 We make our boast of God trouble? all day long, and will praise thy 25 For our soul is brought low, name for ever. leven unto the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the ground. 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. 25 Arise, and help us, and de liver us, for thy mercies' sake, Psalm 45. Eructavit cor meum. NY 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. 13 Thou sellest thy people for 3 Thou art fairer than the chilnought, and takest no money for dren of men; full of grace are thy them. lips, because God hath blessed thee 14 Thou makest us to be re- for ever. DAY 9, 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon from one generation to another; thy thigh, O thou most mighty, therefore shall the people give according to thy worship and re-thanks unto thee, world without lend. nown. 5 Good luck have thou with thine honour ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness and righteousness, and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee, even in the midst among the King's enemies. Psalm 46. Deus noster refugium. 40D 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 ... 7 Thy seat, O God, endureth for 4. The rivers of the flood thereof 8 Thou hast loved righteousness, shall make glad the city of God; and hated iniquity; wherefore God, the holy place of the tabernacle of even thy God, hath anointed thee the Most Highest. with the oil of gladness above thy 5 God is in the midst of her, fellows. therefore shall she not be removed; 9 All thy garments smell of God shall help her, and that right myrrh, aloes, and cassia; out of early, with t the ivory palaces, whereby they 6 The heathen make much ado, have made thee glad. and the kingdoms are moved; but 10 King's daughters were among God hath showed his voice, and the thy honourable women; upon thy earth shall melt away. right hand did stand the queen in a 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; vesture of gold, wrought about with the God of Jacob is our refuge." divers colours. O come hither, and behold the 11 Hearken, O daughter, and works of the Lord, what destruction consider; incline thine ear; forget he hath brought upon the earth, also thine own people, and thy 9 He maketh wars to cease in all father's house. the world; he breaketh the bow, and 12 So shall the King have plea- knappeth the spear in sunder, and sure in thy beauty; for he is thy burneth the chariots in the fire. Lord God, and worship thou him. 10 Be still then, and know that I 13 And the daughter of Tyream Cod: I will be exalted among shall be there with a gift; like as the heathen, and I will be exalted the rich also among the people shall in the earth. `make their supplication before thee. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us; 14 The King's daughter is all the God of Jacob is our refuge. 'glorious within; her clothing is of wrought gold." 15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle work; the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee. ་་ EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 47. Omnes gentes, plaudite. CLAP your hands together, all ye people: O sing unto God with the voice of melody. 2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared; he is the great King 16 With joy and gladness shall upon all the earth. they be brought, and shall enter 3 He shall subdue the people into the King's palace. under us, and the nations under our 17 Instead of thy fathers thou feet. shalt have children, whom thou 4 He shall choose out an heri mayest make princes in all lands. tage for us, even the worship of 18 I will remember thy name Jacob, whom he loved. 5 God is gone up with a merry ever and ever: He shall be our noise, and the Lord with the sound guide unto death. of the trump. 60 sing praises, sing praises unto our God; O sing praises, sing praises unto our King. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. Psalm 49. Audite, hæc, omnes. 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 wis8 God reigneth over the heathen; dom, and my heart shall muse of God sitteth upon his holy seat. understanding. 9 The princes of the people are 4 I will incline mine ear to the joined unto the people of the God parable, and show my dark speech of Abraham; for God, which is upon the harp. very high exalted, doth defend the 5 Wherefore should I fear in the earth as it were with a shield. Psalm 43. Magnus Dominus. GREAT is the Lord, and highly to be praised in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill. days of wickedness, and when the wickedness of my heels compasseth me round about? & There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast 2 The hi of Sion is a fair place, themselves in the multitude of their and the joy of the whole earth; riches; upon the north side lieth the city of 7 But no man may deliver his the great King: God is well known brother, nor make agreement unto in her palaces as a sure refuge. God for him; 3 For lo, the kings of the earth 8 For it cost more to redeem are gathered, and gone by together. their souls; so that he must let 4 They marvelled to see such that alone for ever'; things; they were astonished 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. 9 Yea, though he live long, and see not the grave. 10 For he seeth that wise men also die and perish together, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for others. 11 And vet they think that their 7 Like as we have heard, so bave houses shall continue for ever, and we seen in the city of the Lord of that their dwelling places shall enhosts, in the city of our God; God dure from one generation to anoupholdeth the same for ever. ther; and call the lands after their 8 We wait for thy loving-kind-own names. ness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 90 God, according to thy name, so is thy praise unto the world's end; thy right hand is full of righte ousness. 10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 12 Nevertheless man will not abide in honour, secing 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 of 11 Walk about Sion, and go them in the morning: their beauty round about her; and tell the towers shall consume in the sepulchre out thereof. of their dwelling. 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 15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of hell; for he shall receive me. 16 Be not thou afraid, though one |
