tion: God is the Lord,by whom we escape death. 21 God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness. doms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord, 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the beginning: Lo, he doth send out his voice; yea, and that a mighty voice." 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel; his worship and strength is in the clouds. 350 God, wonderful art thou 22 The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again, as I did from Basan, mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be dip-in thy holy places: even the ped in the blood of thine ene- God of Israel, he will give mies, and that the tongue of strength and power unto his thy dogs may be red through people. Blessed be God.. the same. 24 It is well seen, O God, how thou goest; how thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord, in the congregations, from the ground of the heart. 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Juda their council; the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee; stablish the thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us, 29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem: so shall kings bring presents unto thee. 30 When the company of the spear-men, and multitude of the mighty,are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver; and when he hath scattered the people that delight in war; 31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt; the Morians' land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 32 Sing unto God, O ye king-1 EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 69. Salvum me fac. AVE me, O God; for the waters are come in even unto my soul. S 2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me. 31 am weary of crying, my throat is dry; my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. 5 I paid them the things that I never took: God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O Lord God of Israel. 7 And why? for thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me, and the me. 13 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time. 14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, even in the truth of thy salvation. 15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not; Olet me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving kindness is comfortable: turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies: 24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and ever bow thou down their backs. 25 Pour ont thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them. 26 Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents. 27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded. 28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another, and not come into thy righteousness. 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous. 30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness, thy help, O God, shall lift me up. 31 I will praise the name of God with a song, and magnify it with thanksgiving. 32 This also shall please the 18 And hide not thy face from Lord, better than a bullock that thy servant; for I am in trou-hath horns and hoofs. ble: haste thee, and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it; O deliver me, because of mine enemies. 33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad: seek ye after God, and your soul shall live. 34 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his pri 20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and my dis-soners. honour: mine adversaries are all in thy sight. 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. 22 They gave me gall to ent; and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table be made a 35 Let heaven and earth praise him: the sea, and all that moveth therein. 36 For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Juda, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession. 37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein. Ps. 70. Deus, in adjutorium. snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their HASTE thee, O God, to de wealth, be unto them an occa-help me, O Lord. sion of falling. liver me; make haste to 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded, that seek after my 8 Cast me not away in the soul; let them be turned back-time of age; forsake me not ward and put to confusion, that wish me evil. 3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame, that cry over me, There, there. 4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee: and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. 5 As for me, I am poor and in misery: haste thee unto me, O God. 6 Thou art my helper, and my Redeemer: O Lord, make no long tarrying. The fourteenth Day. Ν IN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion, but rid me, when my strength faileth me: 9 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying, God hath forsaken him; persecute him, and take him; for there is none to deliver him. 10 Go not far from me, O God; my God, haste thee to help me. 11 Let them be confounded and perish, that are against my soul; let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil. 12 As for me, I will patiently abide alway, and will praise thee more and more. 13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation; for I know no end thereof. 14 I will go forth in the and deliver me in thy righte-strength of the Lord God, and ousness; incline thine ear unto will make mention of thy rightme, and save me. eousness only. 2 Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle. 15 Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. 16 Forsake me not, O God, 3 Deliver me, O my God, in mine old age, when I am out of the hand of the ungodly, grey-headed, until I have showout of the hand of the un-ed thy strength unto this generighteous and cruel man: 4 For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long for: thou art my hope, even from my youth, 5 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be always of thee. 6 I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my sure trust is in thee. 70 let my mouth be filled with thy praise, that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long. ration, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. 17 Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto thee! 18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me; yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again. 19 Thou hast brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every side 20 Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulnere 6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty. 7 Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust. 8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy; their talking is against the Most High. 9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world. 10 Therefore fall the people unto them, and thereout suck they no small advantage. 21 So foolish was 1, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before thee. 22 Nevertheless, I am alway by thee; for thou hast holden me by my right hand. 23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and after that receive me with glory.. 24 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee. 25 My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 26 For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; thou hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee. 11 Tush,say they, how should God perceive it? is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Lo, these are the ungodly: these prosper in the world; and these have riches in possession: and I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed mine hands in in-gates of the daughter of Sion. nocency. All the day long have been punished, and chastened every morning. 14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they; but lo, then I should have condemned the generation of thy children. 15 Then thought I to understand this; but it was too hard for me, 16 Until I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I the end of these men; 17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places, and castest them down and destroyest them. 18 O how suddenly do they consume, perish, and come to a fearful end! 19 Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh; so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city. 20 Thus my heart was grieved, and it went even through my reins. 27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord God, and to speak of all thy works in the Psalm 74. Ut quid, Deus? agent from us so long? GOD, wherefore art thou why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture? 20 think upon thy congregation, whom thou hast purchased, and redeemed of old. 3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance, and mount Sion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy, which hath done evil in thy sanctuary. 5 Thine adversarios roar in the midst of thy congregations, and set up their banners for tokens. 6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees, was known to bring it to an excellent work; 7 But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers. 8 They have set fire upon thy holy places, and have de |