Evening Prayer.

PSALM XII. Salvum me fac.

HELP me, Lord, for there is not one godly man left

For the faithful are minished from a-mong the children of

men.

2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour:

They do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their dou-ble heart.

3 The Lord shall root out all de-ceit-ful lips:

And the tongue that speaketh proud things;

4 Which have said, With our tongue will we pre-vail : We are they that ought to speak, who is lord over us? 5 Now for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy: And because of the deep sigh-ing of the poor,

6 I will up, saith the Lord:

And will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest.

7 The words of the Lord are pure words:

Even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.

8 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord:

Thou shalt preserve him from this gener-ation for ever.

9 The ungodly walk on eve-ry side:

When they are exalted, the children of men are put to re-buke.

PSALM XIII. Usque quo, Domine?

OW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever:

H How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart:

How long shall mine enemies tri-umph o-ver me?

3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God:

Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death.

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have pre-vailed a-gainst him: For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will re-joice at it.

5 But my trust is in thy mercy:

And my heart is joyful in thy sal-vation.

6 I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so loving-ly

with me:

Yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest.

PSALM XIV. Dixit insipiens.

HE fool hath said in his heart:

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There is no God.

2 They are corrupt, and become abominable in their doings : There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of

men:

To see if there were any that would understand, and seek

aft-er God.

4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether be-come a-bominable:

There is none that doeth good, no not one.

5 Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they de-ceived:

The poison of asps is under their lips.

6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness : Their feet are swift to shed blood.

7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known:

There is no fear of God be-fore their eyes.

8 Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of

mischief:

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Eating up my people as it were bread, and call not up-on

the Lord?

9 There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear

was:

For God is in the gener-a-tion of the righteous.

10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor : Because he putteth his trust in the Lord.

11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people :

Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Is-rael shall be glad.

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Morning Prayer.

PSALM XV. Domine, quis habitabit?

ORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle :

Or who shall rest up-on thy ho-ly hill?

2 Even he that leadeth an uncor-rupt life:

And doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to

his neighbour:

And hath not slandered his neighbour.

4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes: And maketh much of them that fear the Lord.

5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour and disap-pointeth him

not:

Though it were to his own hindrance.

6 He that hath not given his money up-on usury :
Nor taken re-ward a-gainst the innocent.
7 Whoso doeth these things:

Shall ne-ver fall.

PSALM XVI. Conserva me, Domine.

RESERVE me, O God:

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For thee have I put my trust.

2 O my soul, thou hast said un-to the Lord:

Thou art my God, my goods are no-thing un-to thee. 3 All my delight is upon the saints, that are in the earth: And upon such as ex-cel in virtue.

4 But they that run after an-o-ther god :

Shall have great trouble.

5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer:

Neither make mention of their names with-in my lips.

6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup:

Thou shalt main-tain my lot.

7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground: Yea, I have a good-ly heritage.

8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning :

My reins also chasten me in the night-season.

9 I have set God always be-foreme:

For he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall. 10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory re-joiced : My flesh also shall rest in hope.

11 For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell :

Neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see cor-ruption. 12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is the fulness of joy:

And at thy right hand there is pleasure for ev-er-more.

PSALM XVII. Exaudi, Domine.

the right, O Lord, consider my com-plaint:

HEAnd the right unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feign

ed lips.

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence :

And let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal.

3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night-season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wicked-ness in me: For I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not of-fend. 4 Because of men's works that are done against the words of thy lips :

I have kept me from the ways of the de-stroyer.

5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths:

That my foot-steps slip not.

6 I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me : Incline thine ear to me and hearken un-to my

words.

7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee:

From such as re-sist thy right-hand.

8 Keep me as the apple of an eye:

Hide me under the sha-dow of thy wings,

9 From the ungodly that trou-ble me :

Mine enemies compass me round about to take a-way my soul.

10 They are inclosed in their own fat:

And their mouth speak-eth proud things.

11 They lie waiting in our way on ev-ery side : Turning their eyes down to the ground;

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey:

And as it were a lion's whelp, lurking in se-cret places.

13 Up, Lord, disappoint him, and cast him down:

Deliver my soul from the ungodly, which is a sword of thine; 14 From the men of thy hand, O Lord, from the men, I say, and from the e-vil world:

Which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

15 They have children at their de-sire :

And leave the rest of their sub-stance for their babes.

16 But as for me, I will behold thy presence in righteousness : And when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satis-fied with it.

Evening Prayer.

PSALM XVIII. Diligam te, Domine.

WILL love thee, O Lord my strength; the Lord is my stony

I rock, and my de-fence:

My Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust; my buckler, the horn also of my sal-va-tion, and my refuge.

2 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be praised: So shall I be safe from mine enemies.

3 The sorrows of death compas-sed me:

And the overflowings of un-godli-ness made me afraid. 4 The pains of hell came a-bout me:

The snares of death o-ver-took、me.

5 In my trouble I will call up-on the Lord: And com-plain un-to my God.

6 So shall he hear my voice out of his ho-ly temple: And my complaint shall become before him, it shall enter even in-to his ears.

7 The earth trembled and quaked :

The very foundations also of the hills shook, and were removed, be-cause he was wroth.

8 There went a smoke out in his

presence:

And a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kin-dled at it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down : And it was dark under his feet.

10 He rode upon the cherubims, and did fly :

He came flying up-on the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his se-cret place :

His pavilion round about him with dark water, and thick clouds to co-ver him.

12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds re-moved : Hail-stones, and coals of fire.

13 The Lord also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder:

Hail-stones, and coals of fire.

14 He sent out his arrows, and scatter-ed them :

He cast forth lightnings, and de-stroy-ed them.

15 The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered, at thy chiding, O Lord:

At the blasting of the breath of thy dis-pleasure.

16 He shall send down from on high, to fetch me :

And shall take me out of ma-ny waters.

17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them

which hate me :

For they are too migh-ty for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble:

But the Lord was my up-holder.

19 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty :

He brought me forth, even because he had a favour

un-to-me.

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