25 Help me,

O Lord my God:

O save me ac-cord-ing to thy mercy;

26 And they shall know, how that this is thy hand: And that thou, Lord, hast done it.

27 Though they curse, yet bless thou:

And let them be confounded that rise up against me; but let thy servant re-joice.

28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame:

And let them cover themselves with their own con-fusion, as with a cloke.

29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth:

And praise him a-mong the multitude;

30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor : To save his soul from un-right-eous judges.

DAY 23.]

Morning Prayer.

PSALM CX. Dixit Dominus.

HE Lord said un-to my Lord:

Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion: Be thou ruler, even in the midst a-mong thine enemies. 3 In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will offerings with an ho-ly worship:

The dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning.

4 The Lord sware, and will not re-pent:

Thou art a Priest for ever after the or-der of Mel-chisedech. 5 The Lord upon thy right hand:

Shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the places with the dead bodies:

And smite in sunder the heads o-ver di-vers countries. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way:

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Therefore shall he lift up his head.

PSALM CXI. Confitebor tibi.

WILL give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart:
Secretly among the faithful, and in the con-gre-gation.

2 The works of the Lord are great:

Sought out of all them that have pleasure there-in.

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3 His work is worthy to be praised, and had in honour : And his righteous-ness en-dureth for ever.

4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works:

That they ought to be had in re-membrance.

5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : He shall ever be mind-ful of his covenant.

6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works:
That he may give them the heri-tage of the heathen.
7 The works of his hands are verity and judgement:
All his com-mandments are true.

8 They stand fast for ever and ever :
And are done in truth and equity.
9 He sent redemption un-to his people:

He hath commanded his covenant for ever; holy and reve-rend is his Name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the be-ginning of wisdom:

A good understanding have all they that do thereafter; the praise of it en-dureth for ever.

PSALM CXII. Beatus vir.

LESSED is the man that feareth the Lord:

2 His seed shall be mighty up-on earth:

The generation of the faith-ful shall be blessed. 3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house : And his righteous-ness en-dureth for ever.

4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness : He is merci-ful, loving, and righteous.

5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth:

And will guide his words with dis-cretion.

6 For he shall never be moved:

And the righteous shall be had in e-ver-lasting re-membrance. 7 He will not be afraid of any e-vil tidings:

For his heart standeth fast, and be-liev-eth in the Lord.

8 His heart is established, and will not shrink :

Until he see his de-sire up-on his enemies.

9 He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor: And his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be ex-alted with honour.

10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him :

He shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away; the desire of the un-godly shall perish.

PSALM CXIII. Laudate, pueri.

RAISE the Lord, ye servants:

the of the Lord.

2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord: From this time forth for ev-er-more. 3 The Lord's Name is praised:

From the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same. 4 The Lord is high a-bove all heathen:

And his glory a-bove the heavens.

5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling so high:

And yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are
in heaven and earth?

6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust:
And lifteth the poor out of the mire ;
7 That he may set him with the princes:
Even with the prin-ces of his people.

8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house :
And to be a joy-ful mother of children.

Evening Prayer.

PSALM CXIV. In exitu Israel.

HEN Israel came out of Egypt:

W and the house of Jacob from among the strange people,

2 Judah was his sanctuary:

And Is-rael his do-minion.

3 The sea saw that, and fled: Jor-dan was dri-ven back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams:

And the little hills like young sheep.

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest:
And thou Jordan, that thou wast dri-ven back?
6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams:
And ye little hills, like young sheep?

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord:
At the presence of the God of Jacob;

8 Who turned the hard rock into a stand-ing water : And the flint-stone into a spring-ing well.

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PSALM CXV. Non nobis, Domine.

OT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the praise:

For thy loving mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

2 Wherefore shall the hea-then say : Where is now their God?

3 As for our God, he is in heaven:

He hath done whatso-ev-er pleas-ed him. 4 Their idols are silver and gold:

Even the work of men's hands.

5 They have mouths, and speak not: Eyes have they and see not.

6 They have ears and hear not :

Noses have they, and smell.not.

7 They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, and walk.not:

Neither speak they through their throat.

8 They that make them are like un-to-them :

And so are all such as put their trust in them.

9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord: He is their suc-cour and de-fence.

10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord : He is their help-er and de-fender.

11 Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust in the Lord: He is their help-er and de-fender.

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us : Even he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron.

13 He shall bless them that fear the Lord:

Both small and great.

14 The Lord shall increase you more and more:

You and

your children.

15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord:

Who made heaven and earth.

16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's:

The earth hath he given to the children of men.

17 The dead praise not thee, O Lord:

Neither all they that go down in-to silence.

18 But we will praise the Lord:

From this time forth for ever-more. Praise the Lord.

DAY 24.]

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Morning Prayer.

PSALM CXVI. Dilexi, quoniam.

AM well pleased:

That the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer ; 2 That he hath inclined his ear un-to me:

Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

3 The snares of death compassed me round a-bout: And the pains of hell gat hold up-on-me.

4 I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord :

O Lord, I beseech thee, de-liver my soul.

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: Yea, our God is mer-ci-ful.

6 The Lord pre-serveth the simple :

I was in misery, and he help-ed me.

7 Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul :

For the Lord hath re-ward-ed thee.

8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death : Mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

9 I will walk be-fore the Lord:

In the land of the living.

10 I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled:

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

11 What reward shall I give un-to the Lord:

For all the benefits that he hath done un-to-me?

12 I will receive the cup of sal-vation :

And call up-on the Name of the Lord.

13 I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people: Right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 14 Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant :

I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.

15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanks-giving : And will call up-on the Name of the Lord.

16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people:

In the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee,

PSALM CXVII. Laudate Dominum.

PRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen:
Praise him, all ye nations.

2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more to-wards us: And the truth of the Lord endureth for ev-er. Praise the Lord.

PSALM CXVIII. Confitemini Domino.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious:
Because his mercy en-dureth for ever.

2 Let Israel now confess, that he is gracious:
And that his mercy en-dureth for ever.