And against our judges that judged us,
By bringing upon us a great evil;

For under the whole heaven hath not been done
As hath been done upon Jerusalem.

As it is written in the law of Moses,

All this evil is come upon us :

Yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God,

That we might turn from our iniquities,

And understand thy truth.

Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil,

And brought it upon us :

For the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which He doeth:

For we obeyed not his voice.

And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people

Forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, And hast gotten Thee renown, as at this day;

We have sinned, we have done wickedly.

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness,

I beseech Thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away

From thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain:

Because for our sins,

And for the iniquities of our fathers,

Jerusalem and thy people

Are become a reproach to all that are about us.

Now, therefore, O our God,

Hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications,

And, for the Lord's sake, cause thy face to shine

Upon the sanctuary that is desolate.

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear;
Open thine eyes, and behold our desolations,
And the city which is called by thy name:

For we do not present our supplications before Thee

For our righteousness, but for thy great mercies. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive;

O Lord, hearken and do;

Defer not, for thine own sake, O my God:

For thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

M. *Turn us again, O Lord God of Hosts;

P. Cause thy face to shine,

All. And we shall be saved.

M. Turn us, O God of our salvation,

And cause thine anger toward us to cease. C. Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever?

Wilt Thou draw out thine anger to all generations? P. Wilt Thou not revive us again:

That thy people may rejoice in Thee?

All. Show us thy mercy, O Lord,

And grant us thy salvation.

Amen.

X. WISDOM.

M. Surely there is a vein for the silver,
P. And a place for gold where they fine it.
M. Iron is taken out of the earth,

C. And brass is molten out of the stone.

All. He setteth an end to darkness,

And searcheth out all perfection :

The stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. M. The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant;

P. Even the waters forgotten of the foot:
C. They are dried up, they are gone away
from men.
M. As for the earth, out of it cometh bread;

Psalm lxxx. 19.

Psalm lxxxv. 4—7.

+ Job xxviii.

C. And under it is turned up as it were fire.
M. The stones of it are the place of sapphires:
C. And it hath dust of gold.

M. There is a path which no fowl knoweth,
P. And which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
C. The lion's whelps have not trodden it,

Nor the fierce lion passed by it.

M. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock,

He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
P. He cutteth out rivers among the rocks;
And his eye seeth every precious thing.
C. He bindeth the floods from overflowing;

And the thing that is hid bringeth He forth to light.

All. But where shall wisdom be found?

And where is the place of understanding?

M. Man knoweth not the price thereof;

Neither is it found in the land of the living.

P. The depths saith, It is not in me ;

And the sea saith, It is not with me.

C. It cannot be gotten for gold,

Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir,

With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it :

And the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls ;

For the price of wisdom is above rubies.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it;
Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
All. Whence then cometh wisdom?

And where is the place of understanding?
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,
And kept close from the fowls of the air.

C. Destruction and death say,

We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. M. God understandeth the way thereof,

And He knoweth the place thereof.

For He looketh to the ends of the earth,
And seeth under the whole heaven;
To make the weight for the winds ;

And He weigheth the waters by measure.
P. When He made a decree for the rain,
And a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Then did He see it and declare it ;

C. He prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
M. And unto man He said,

All. Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; ;
And to depart from evil is understanding.

M. *Doth not wisdom cry?

And understanding put forth her voice? P. She standeth in the top of high places, By the way in the places of the paths.

C. She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors.

M. Unto you, O men, I call;

And my voice is to the sons of man.

All. O ye simple, understand wisdom;

And ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. M. Hear, for I will speak of excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth;

And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing froward or perverse in them. All. They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. M. Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.

* Prov. viii.

All. For wisdom is better than rubies;
And all the things that may be desired
Are not to be compared to it.

M. I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,

And find out knowledge of witty inventions.
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
And the froward mouth, do I hate.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom:
I am understanding; I have strength.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
By me princes rule, and nobles,

Even all the judges of the earth.

I love them that love me ;

And those that seek me early shall find me.
Riches and honour are with me.

All. Yea, durable riches and righteousness.
M. My fruit is better than gold.

All. Yea, than fine gold;

M. And my revenue than choice silver.

I lead in the way of righteousness,

All. In the midst of the paths of judgment:

M. That I may cause those that love me to inherit sub

stance;

And I will fill their treasures.

The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his

All. Before his works of old.

M. I was set up from everlasting,

All. From the beginning, or ever the earth was.

way,

M. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; All. When there were no fountains abounding with water. M. Before the mountains were settled,

Before the hills was I brought forth :

All. While as yet He had not made the earth,

Nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world,