14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it: for mercy endureth for ever. 15 But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 16 Who led his people through the wilderness : for his mercy endureth for ever. 19 Selion king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever; 20 And Og the king of Basan for his mercy endureth for ever; 21 And gave away their land for an heritage for his mercy endureth for ever; 22 Even for an heritage unto Israel his servant : for his mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us when we were in trouble for his mercy endureth for ever; 24 And hath delivered us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh for his mercy endureth for ever. 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. 27 O give thanks unto the 4 How shall we sing the Lord's song: in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth: yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth. 7 Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. 8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery: yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children; and throweth them against the stones. PSALM 138. Confitebor tibi. O Lord, with my whole heart even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy Name, because of thy lovingkindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name, and thy Word, above all things. 3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me: and enduedst my soul with much strength. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord; for they have heard the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord; that great is the glory of the Lord. 6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off. : 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8 The Lord shall make good his loving-kindness toward me: yea, thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; despise not then the works of thine own hands. hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me. 10 If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me: then shall my night be turned to day. 11 Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day: the darkness and light to thee are both alike. 12 For my reins are thine : thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. 14 My bones are not hid from thee: though I be made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth. MORNING PRAYER. PSALM 139. Domine, probasti. Lord, thou hast searched me out, and known me : thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising; thou under-fashioned standest my thoughts long be- was none of them. fore. 15 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect : and in thy book were all my members written; 2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed and spiest out all my ways. 3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether. 4 Thou hast fashioned me be. hind and before: and laid thine hand upon me. 5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me: I cannot attain unto it. 6. Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit or whither shall I go then from thy presence? 7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there if I go down to hell, thou art there also. 8 If I take the wings of the morning: aud remain in the ut termost parts of the sea; 9 Even there also shall 16 Which day by day were when as yet there 17 How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God : 0 how great is the sum of them! 18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand: when I wake up I am present with thee. 19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God: depart from me, ye blood-thirsty men; 20 For they speak unrighteously against thee: and thine enemies take thy Name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, Lord, that hate thee: and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 2 22 Yea, I hate them right sore: even as though they were mine enemies. 23 Try nie, O God, and seek the ground of my heart: prove thyme, and examine my thoughts. 24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me and lead me in the way everlasting. PSALM 140. Eripe me, Domine. DELIV ELIVER me, O Lord, from the evil man; and preserve me from the wicked man. 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts and stir up strife all the day long. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adder's poison is under their lips. 4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the ungodly preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords: yea, and set traps in my way. "I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God hear the voice of my prayers, O Lord. 7O Lord God, thou strength of my health: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, O Lord: let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. 9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about. 10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them let them be cast into the fire, and into the pit, that they never rise up again. 11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth : evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow him. 12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poor and maintain the cause of the helpless. 13 The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy Name : and the just shall continue in thy sight. PSALM 141. Domine, clamavi. ORD, I call upon thee, haste thee unto me: and consider my voice when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense: and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth and keep the door of my lips. 4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them. 5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly and reprove 3 When my spirit was in hea- | hide not thy face from me, lest viness thou knewest my path I be like unto them that go in the way wherein I walked down into the pit. have they privily laid a snare for me.* 4 I looked also upon my right hand and saw there was no man that would know me. 5 I had no place to flee unto: and no man cared for my soul. 6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land of the living. 7 Consider my complaint: for I am brought very low. 8 O let me hear thy lovingkindness betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust: shew thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: for I flee unto thee to hide me. : 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of 8 O deliver me from my per-righteousness. secutors: for they are too strong for me. 9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto thy Name: which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous resort unto my company. PSALM 143. Domine, exaudi. HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and consider my desire: hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness' sake. 2 And enter not into judgement with thy servant for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground he hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me and my heart within me is desolate. 5 Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all thy works: yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy hands. 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. 7 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint: 7 11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Name's sake and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant. MORNING PRAYER. PSALM 144. Benedictus Dominus. LESSED be the Lord my strength who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight; 2 My hope and my fortress, my castle and deliverer, my defender in whom I trust: who subdueth my people that is under me. 3 Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him; or the son of man, that thou so regardest him? 4 Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 6 Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them: shoot out thine arrows, and consume them. 7 Send down thine hand from above: deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, from the band of strange children; 8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness. 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God and sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute. 10 Thou hast given victory muto kings and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword. 11 Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. 6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts: and I will also tell of thy greatness. 7 The memorial of thine a bundant kindness shall be shewed: and men shall sing of thy righteousness. 8 The Lord is gracious, and merciful: long-suffering, and of great goodness. 9 The Lord is loving unto every man and his mercy is over all his works. 10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord and thy saints give thanks unto thee. 11 They shew the glory of thy 12 That our sons may grow kingdom: and talk of thy power; ap as the young plants and 12 That thy power, thy glory, that our daughters may be as the and mightiness of thy kingdom: polished corners of the temple.might be known unto men. 13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all man-lasting kingdom: and thy dominer of store that our sheep nion endureth throughout all may bring forth thousands and ages. ten thousands in our streets. 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no decay: no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets. 15 Happy are the people that are in such a case: yea, blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God. PSALM 145. Exaltabo te, Deres. I Will magnify thee, O God, my King and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee and praise thy Name for ever and ever, 3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous, worthy to be praised: there is no end of his greatness. 4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another and declare thy power. 5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous works; 13 Thy kingdom is an ever 14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall and lifteth up all those that are down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand : and fillest all things living with plenteousness. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways: and holy in all bis works. 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: yea, all such as call upon him faithfully. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will help them. 20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all Hesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever. |