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10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and the honey-comb.

11 Moreover, by them is thy servant taught; and in keeping of them there is great reward.

12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.

13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me; so shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great offence.

14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, 15 O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.

Psalm 20. Exaudiat te Dominus. HE Lord hear thee in the TH day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee: 2 Send thee help from the Sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Sion:

3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt-sacrifice: 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire, and fulfil all thy mind.

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the name of the Lord our God: the Lord perform all thy petitions.

6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven, even with the wholesome strength of his right hand.

7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

8 They are brought down and

2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not denied him the request of his lips.

3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness, and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head.

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life, even for ever and ever.

5 His honour is great in thy salvation; glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him.

6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity, and make him glad with the joy of thy counte. nance.

7 And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord; and in the mercy of the most Highest, he shall not miscarry.

8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand; thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee.

9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath: the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.

10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

11 For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight, and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength; so will we sing and praise thy power.

EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 22. Deus, Deus meus. God, my God, look upon

fallen; but we are risen and Mme: why hast thou forsaken

stand upright.

9 Save, Lord; and hear us, O King of heaven, when we call upon thee.

Psalm 21. Domine, in virtute tua. THE King shall rejoice in thy

me, and art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint?

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in strength, O Lord; exceeding the night-season also I take no glad shall he be of thy salvation. Irest.

3 And thou continuest holy, O10 Lord; thou art my succour, thon worship of Israel. haste thee to help me.

4 Our fathers hoped in thee; they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them.

5 They called upon thee, and were holpen; they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man; avery scorn of men, and the outcast of the people.

7 All they that see me, laugh me to scorn; they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,

8 He trusted in God, that he would deliver him; let him deliver him, if he will have him.

9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb; thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts.

10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born; thou art my God even from my mother's womb.

11 0 go not from me; for trouble is hard at hand, and there is none to help me.

12 Many oxen are come about me; fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the pow. er of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth; thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns.

22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 O praise the Lord, ye that fear him; magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob; and fear him, all ye seed of Israel.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor; he hath not hid his face from him; but when he called unto him, he heard him.

25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation; my vows will perform in the sight of them that fear him.

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26 The poor shall eat, and be satisfied; they that seek after the Lord, shall praise him: your heart shall live for ever.

27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto the Lord; and all 13 They gape upon me with the kindreds of the nations shall their mouths, as it were a ramp-worship before him. ing and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax.

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he is the Governor among the people.

29 All such as be fat upon earth have eaten, and worshipped.

15 My strength is dried up like 30 All they that go down into a potsherd, and my tongue cleav-the dust shall kneel before him, eth to my gums, and thou shalt and no man hath quickened his bring me into the dust of death.

16 For many dogs are come about me, and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me.

17 They pierced my hands,and my feet: I may tell all my bones: they stand staring and looking upon me.

18 They part my garments

own soul.

31 My seed shall serve him; they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.

32 They shall come,and the heavens shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.

Psalm 23. Dominus regit me.
THE Lord is my shepherd;

among them, and cast lots upon therefore can I lack nothing

my vesture.

29 But be not thoufar from me,

2 He shall feed me in a gree

pasture, and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.

3 He shall convert my soul, and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff comfort me.

5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. 6 But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

The fifth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 24. Domini est terra. Tail that therein is; the comHE earth is the Lord's, and pass of the world, and they that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the floods.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall rise up in his holy place?

10 Who is the King of glory? even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.

Psalm 25. Ad te, Domine, levavi. UNTO thee, O Lord, will lift

up my soul; my God, I have put my trust in thee: O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me.

2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed; but such as transgress without a cause, shall be put to confusion.

3 Show me thy ways, O Lord, and teach me thy paths.

4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me; for thou art the God of my salvation: in thee hath been my hope all the day long.

5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies,and thy loving kindnesses, which have been ever of old.

6 O remember not the sins and offences of my youth; but according to thy mercy think thou upon me, O Lord, for thy goodness.

7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord; therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

8 Them that are meek shall be guide in judgment; and such as are 4 Even he that hath clean gentle,them shall he learn his way. hands, and a pure heart; and that 9 All the paths of the Lord are hath not lift up his mind unto va-mercy and truth, unto such as keep nity, nor sworn to deceive his his covenant and his testimonies. neighbour. 10 Forthy name's sake, O Lord be merciful unto my sin; for it great.

5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek him; even of them that seek thy face, O Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

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11 What man is he that fear the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

12 His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the land.

13 The secret of the Lord is among them that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.

8 Who is the King of glory? it 14 Mine eyes are ever looking is the Lord strong and mighty, unto the Lord; for he shall pluck even the Lord mighty in battle. my feet out of the net. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye 15 Turn thee unto me, and gates; and be ye lift up, ye ever-have mercy upon me; for I am Tasting doors; and the King of desolate, and in misery.

glory shall come in.

16 The scrrows of my heart

are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my troubles.

17 Look upon my adversity and misery, and forgive me all my sin. 18 Consider mine enemies how many they are; and they bear a tyrannous hate against me.

19 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be confounded, for I have put my trust

thee.

EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm 27. Dominus illuminatio. THE Lord is my light and my salvation, whom then shall fear? the Lord is the strength of my life, of whom then shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon 20 Let perfectness and righte-me to eat up my flesh, they stumous dealing wait upon me; for my bled and fell. hope hath been in thee. 21 Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

3 Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid; and though there put my trust in thee. rose up war against me, yet will

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Psalm 26. Judica me, Domine. Bhave walked innocently: my the thou my judge, Lord, for

trust hath been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall.

2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try out my reins and my heart.

3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes; and I will walk in the truth.

Lord, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple.

4 One thing have I desired of

6 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; yea, in the secret place of his 4 I have not dwelt with vain dwelling shall he hide me, and persons; neither will I have fel-set me up upon a rock of stone. lowship with the deceitful.

6 And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round

5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked; and will not sit about me. among the ungodly.

7 Therefore will I offer in his

6 I will wash my hands in inno-dwelling an oblation, with great cency, O Lord; and so will I go to thine altar.

7 That I may show the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners, nor my life with the blood-thirsty;

10 In whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of gifts.

11 But as for me, I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

12 My foot standeth right: I will praise the Lord in the congregations.

gladness: I will sing and speak praises unto the Lord.

8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee; have mercy upon me, and hear me.

9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face: thy face, Lord, will I seek.

10 O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure.

11 Thou hast been my succour; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

12 When my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord tak eth me up.

13 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies,

14 Deliver me not over into the ance: feed them, and set them up will of mine adversaries: for there for ever. are false witnesses risen up!

against me, and such as speak BRIN

wrong.

15 I should utterly have fainted, but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

16 O tarry thou the Lord's leisure; be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord.

Psalm 28. Ad te, Domine.

UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord, my strength: think no scorn of me; lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee; when I hold up my hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy temple.

Psalm 29. Afferte Domino. RING unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lord; ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength.

2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his name; worship the Lord with holy worship.

3 It is the Lord that commandeth the waters; it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder.

4 It is the Lord that ruleth the

sea; the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation; the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice.

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar trees; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus.

6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Libanus also and Sirion like a young unicorn.

7 The voice of the Lord divid 30 pluck me not away, neither eth the flames of fire; the voice destroy me with the ungodly and of the Lord shaketh the wilderwicked doers,which speak friend-ness; yea, the Lord shaketh the ly to their neighbours, but ima- wilderness of Cades. gine mischief in their hearts.

4 Reward them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their own inventions.

5 Recompense them after the work of their hands; pay them that they have deserved.

6 For they regard not in their] mind the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands; therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up.

7 Praised be the Lord; for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions.

8 The Lord is my strength, and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him. 9 The Lord is my strength, and he is the wholesome defence of his Anointed.

10 O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine inherit

8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes: in his temple doth every man speak of his honour.

9 The Lord sitteth above the water flood, and the Lord remaineth a King for ever.

10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people; the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.

The sixth Day.

MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 30. Exaltabo te, Domine. for thou hast set me up, and not WILL magnify thee, O Lord; made my foes to triumph over me. 2 O Lord, my God,I cried unto thee; and thou hast healed me.

3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell: thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit.

4 Sing praises unto the Lord,

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