3 I will think

- that

kno - w

upon Rahab and Babylon: with - them

me.

4 Behold ye - the Philistines- also: and they of Tyre with the Morians; -1- o, - there was he - born.

5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born - in - her: and the most - High - shall - stab - lish - her.

6 The Lord shall rehearse it when - he writeth - up the - people: that he was born - there.

7 The singers also and trumpeters - shall he my fresh springs shall be in thee.

O

LORD God of my salvation, I have cried - day and night before thee Ŏ let my prayer enter into thy presence,

2 For my soul - is full - of - trouble and my life - draweth - nigh - unto - hell.

3 I am counted as one of them that go down in to the - pit: and I have been even as a man that - hath

4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, - and in the grave who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy - hand.

est - pit in a place - of

7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance and made me to be abhorred of them.

far from me :

not get forth.

8 I am 9 My sight faileth - for ve- ry - trouble: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, - I have stretched - forth my - hands - unto thee. 10 Dost thou shew wonders - among the dead or shall the dead rise up a - gain, - and - praise thee?

11 Shall thy loving-kindness - be shewed in the - grave: or - thy faithfulness in- de - struction?

12 Shall thy wondrous works - be known - in the dark and thy righteousness in the land - where all things are - for- gotten? 13 Unto thee have I cried, - O Lord and early shall - my prayer - come - before thee.

15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point-to

- die even from my youth up thy terrors have I - suffered - with a troubled - mind.

compassed me

daily like water and

together on every side.

18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away - from

and hid - mine acquaintance

out of my sight.

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Evening Prayer.

Psal. lxxxix. Misericordias Domini.

shall be alway of the loving-kindness - of the Lord: with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth - from one - gene - ration to another.

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens. 3 I have made - a covenant

with my chosen : I have vid my servant;

4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever and set up thy throne from one generation - to an other.

5 O Lord, the very heavens shall praise - thy won - drous - works and thy truth in the congregation - of- the- saints.

8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the - saints and to be had in reverence of all them - that are - round - a bout him.

10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest - the waves thereof when they arise.

11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, - and - destroyed it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty - arm. 12 The heavens are thine, the earth - al

13 Thou hast made the north- and the - and Hermon shall rejoice 14 Thou hast high is thy - right-hand.

in thy Name.

and all that

south Tabor

strong is thy hand, and

15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation - of thy - seat: mercy and truth shall go before

16 Blessed is the people, O Lord, than can rejoice- in - thee: they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.

17 Their delight shall be - daily in thy - Name : and in thy righteousness - shall - they - make - their - boast.

18 For thou art - the glory of their strength and in thy lovingkindness - thou shalt - lift - up our

19 For the Lord is

Is - rael - is - our - King.

20 Thou spakest some time in visions - unto thy saints, - and - saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one - chosen - out of the - people.

21 I have found - Da - vid my servant with my holy oil -have I -a- noint - ed - him.

22 My hand - shall hold him

- strength -en - him.

fast and my arm - shall

23 The enemy shall not be able to do - him- violence the. son of wickedness - shall not hurt him.

24 I will smite down his foes before his face: and

- plague - them - that - hate him.

25 My truth also and my mercy - shall be - with him and - in my Name - shall his horn - be exalted.

26 I will set his dominion - also in the sea and his right - hand-in-the-floods.

27 He shall call me, - Thou - art my Father: my - God, - and my-strong-sal - vation.

28 And I will make - him- my-first-born : higher-than- the - kings - of the - earth.

29 My mercy will I keep for him - for e- ver- more and my covenant shall stand - fast - with - him.

30 His seed also will I make - to endure - for- ever and - his throne - as the - days - of- heaven.

:

31 But if his children - forsake -my-law and - walk - not - in - my - judgements;

32 If they break my statutes, - and keep not - my com- mandments: I will visit their offences with the rod, - and - their - sin - with Scourges.

33 Nevertheless, my loving kindness will I not utterly - take from him: nor suffer my truth - to - fail.

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing - that is gone out of my lips I have sworn

37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken - thine A

and art displeased - at - him.

38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant and - cast his crown

39 Thou hast overthrown all - his - hedges: and - brok

40 All they that go by - spoil him: and he is - become reproach to his neighbours.

41 Thou hast set up the right-hand - of his enemies : and made all his adversaries - to

re-joice.

42 Thou hast taken away - the edge of his sword and givest him not victory in the - battle.

43 Thou hast put out his glory and cast -his thro - ne

45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself, - for shall thy wrath - burn like fire ?

46 O remember - how short - my-time is: wherefore hast - thou made all men for nought?

49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that - thy ser vants have: and how I do bear in

- people;

50 Wherewith thine

my bosom - the rebuke - of - ma - ny

enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine - Anointed: Praised be the Lord for evermore. - A - men, - and - A - men.

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth - and the world - were made: thou art God from e-verlast -ing, and world with out - 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 :

even ·

as a-sleep:

5 As soon as thou scatterest them they are and fade away suddenly like the grass. 6 In the morning it is green, evening - it is cut down, - dried up, and withered.

7 For we consume away in thy - dis- plea: ure and are afraid at thy wrath - ful- in - dig - nation.

8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee: and our secret sins - in the light of thy countenance.

9 For when thou art angry all our days are bring our years to an end, as it were - a - tale that is told. 10 The days of our age are threescore years though men be so strong that they come to four score yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, - and - we

14 O satisfy us with thy mercy, - and - that - soon : so shall we rejoice and be glad - all the

15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast - plagued us and for the years - wherein

17 And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God - be- upon - us prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, - O pros - per

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our- handywork.

Psal. xci. Qui habitat.

HOSO dwelleth under the defence of the mo

shall abide under the sha - dow of the Almighty. 2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, - and my strong hold: my God, - in - him- will I - trust.

3 For he shall deliver thee - from the snare of the hunter: and - from

4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe un - der his feathers: his faithfulness and truth - shall be - thy - shield- and - buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any - ter ror by night: - for the ar row that flieth by day;

nor

6 For the pestilence that walk - eth in darkness: nor for the sickness that destroy - eth - în the