broken and contrite heart, O Gód | shalt thou I not de- I -spise. 18 O be favourable and grácious I unto | Sion: build thou the I walls of Je- I -rusalem. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with the burnt-offerings I and ob-lations: then shall they offer young I bullocks up- I -on thine I altar. PSALM lii.-Quid gloriaris ? WHY boástest thou thy- I -self thou I tyrant: that I thou canst I do I mischief; mf WHY 2 Whereas the goodness. of I God: én- I -dureth yet daily? 3 Thy tongue im- I-agineth I wickedness: and with lies thou cúttest I like a sharp razor. 4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more than I goodness and to talk of lies | more than I righteousness. 5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that I may do I hurt O'I-thou I false I tongue. 6 Therefore shall God destroy I thee for I ever: he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling and root thee out of the I land I of the living. * 7 The righteous also shall sée I this and I fear: and shall laugh I him to I scorn. 8 Lo, this is the man that took not Gód | for his I strength but trusted unto the multitude of his riches and strengthened him- I -self | in his wickedness. 9 As for me, I am like a green olive-trée in the l house of God: my trust is in the tender mércy of God for I ever and I ever. 10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast I done: and I will hope in thy Name, for thy saints I like it I well. DAY 10. EVENING PRAYER. PSALM liii.-Dixit insipiens. mp F.THE foolish body hath said in his | heart : FTH There is no I God. F. 2 Corrupt are they and become abominable | in their wickedness: thére is I none that I doeth I good. 3 God looked down from heaven upón the I children of men to see if there were any that would understánd, and I seek I after | God. * 4 But they are all gone out of the way they are 6 They were afraid where I no fear I was: for God be f 7 Oh, that the salvation were given unto Ísrael I out of Sion: Oh, that the Lord would deliver his I people I out of cap- I -tivity! mp 2nd Irt 8 Then should | Jacob re- I -joice; and Israel I should be I right I glad. SAVE PSALM liv.-Deus, in nomine. AVE me, O Gód for thy | Name's sake: and a- I -venge me I in thy I strength. 2 Hear my prayer O God and hearken únto the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are rísen I up a- I -gainst me: and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes i seek after. my I soul. 4 Behold, Gód I is my I helper: the Lord is with them that up- I -hold my soul. 5 He shall reward évil unto. mine I enemies: destroy thou I them I in thy | truth. 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee and práise thy Name O Lord: bé- I -cause it I is so comfortable. 7 For he hath delivered me out of all my I trouble and mine eye hath seen his de- I -sire up--on mine I enemies. PSALM lv.-Exaudi, Deus. HEAR my I prayer 0 God: and hide not thy-I self from my pe- I -tition. 2 Take heed unto me and I hear me: how I mourn in my prayer I and am I vexed. 3 The enemy crieth so and the ungodly cómeth I on so fast for they are minded to do me some mischief so maliciously I are they I set a- I -gainst me. 4 My heart is disquíet- I -ed with--in me: and the fear of death is I fallen up- I -on me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are I come up- I -on me and an horrible dréad hath I overwhelmed I me. 6 And I said, O that I had wings | like a | dove: for then would I flée a- I -way and I be at I rest. 7 Lo, then would I gét me a- I -way far I off: ánd re--main in the wilderness. 8 I would make háste | to es- I -cape: because of the stormy wind and I tempest. 9 Destroy their tongues O Lórdl and di- | -vide them: for I have spied unrighteousness and I strife in the I city. 10 Day and night they go about within the I walls there--of: mischief also and sorrow are I in the midst of it. II Wickedness I is there- I -in: deceit and guile | go not out of their I streets. 12 For it is not an open enemy that hath done me I this dishonour: fór I then I could have! borne it. 13 Neither was it mine adversary that did mágnify him--self a- I -gainst me: for then, peradventure, I' would have I hid my- I -self | from him. 14 But it was even thou my com- I -panion: my guíde and mine I own fa- I -miliar I friend. 15 We took sweet counsel to-gether and walked in the house of God as I friends. 16 Let death come hastily upon them* and let them go down quick | into hell: for wickedness is In their dwellings I and a- I -mong them. mf 17 As for mé I will call up on I God: and the I Lord I shall I save me. 2nd part. * 18 In the evening and morning and at noonday will I pray, and that I instantly: and he shall | hear my voice. 19 It is he that hath delivered my soul in peace * from the battle that I was a--gainst me: for there were I many I with me. 20 Yea, even God that endureth for ever shall hear me and bring them I down for they will not turn nor I fear I God. 21 He laid his hands upon such as bé at I peace with him and he brake I his I covenant. 22 The words of his mouth were softer than butter* having wár in his heart: his words were smoother than oil* and yet I be they | very | swords. 23 O cast thy burden upon the Lord and he shall I nourish thee and shall not suffer the I righteous to I fall for ever. 24 And as for I them: thou, O God, shalt bring DAY II. mp BE MORNING PRAYER. PSALM lvi.-Miserere mei, Deus. E merciful unto me, O God for man goeth about to de- I -vour me fighting and troubling I me. he is dáily | 2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to I swallow me up for they be many that fight against I me Othou most | Highest. 3 Nevertheless, though I am I sometime a-1 4 I will praise God, because I of his I word: I have put my trust in God and will not fear what I flesh can I do. unto I me. 5 They dáily mis- I -take my I words: all that they imagine I is to I do me I evil. * 6 They hold all together and I keep them selves ! close and mark my steps when they lay I wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escápe I for their I wickedness: thou O God in thy dis- I -pleasure. shalt | cast them down. 8 Thou tellest my flittings * put my tears I into . thy bottle: are not these things I noted I in thy I book? 9 Whensoever I call upon thee then shall mine énemies be I put to flight: this I knów, for I God is on my I side. 10 In God's word will I re- I -joice: in the Lord's word I will II comfort I me. II Yea, in Gód have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what I man can I do. unto I me. 12 Unto thee, O Gód will I pay my vows: unto thée I will I give thanks. 2nd 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling: that I may walk before God in the I light of the living. |