sleep. 5. The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand; 6. So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither the moon by night. 7. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 8. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in from this time forth for evermore. + be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Glory the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. I PSALM 122. Lætatus sum. WAS glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord. 2. Our feet shall stand in thy gates: O Jerusalem. 3. Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity in itself. : 4. For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. 业 5. For there is the seat of judgement even the seat of the house of David. 6. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee. within thy walls and plenteousness within thy palaces. brethren and companions' sakes: I will wish thee prosperity. 7. Peace be 8. For my 9. Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek to do thee good. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall + be world without end. Amen. U PSALM 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos. NTO thee lift I up mine eyes: O thou that dwellest in the heavens. + 2. Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. 3. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us for we are utterly despised. 4. Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy and with the despitefulness of the proud. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. F PSALM 124. Nisi quia Dominus. + the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; 2. They had swallowed us up quick : when they were so wrathfully displeased at us. 3. Yea, the waters had drowned us and the stream had gone over our soul. R soul. + 4. The deep waters of the proud : had gone even over our 5. But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. 6. Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler the snare is broken, and we are delivered. 7. Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord who hath made heaven and earth. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. PSALM 125. Qui confidunt. T HEY that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion : which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever. 2. The hills stand about Jerusalem even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from !! this time forth for evermore. 3. For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous: lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. 4. Do well, O Lord unto those that are good and true of heart. 5. As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness: the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil-doers; but peace shall be upon Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. EVENING PRAYER. PSALM 126. In convertendo. 8TH TONE. (2ND ENDING.) W HEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion: then were we like things for us already: whereof we rejoice. 5. Turn our captivity, O Lord as the rivers in the south. 6. They that sow in tears shall reap 7. He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it + was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. PSALM 127. Nisi Dominus. E XCEPT the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it. 2. Except the Lord keep the city the watchman waketh but in vain. + 3. It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 4. Lo, children and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. 5. Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant even so are the young children. 6. Happy is ་ the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Glory be to the As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. PSALM 128. Beati omnes. LESSED are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his ways. 2. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. of thine house. 3. Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls 4. Thy children like the olive bran nes: round about |