Day 27.-Morning Prayer.

PSALM 120. Ad Dominum.

1 When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord and he heard me.

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue : even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.

4 Wo is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar.

5 My soul hath long dwelt among them that are enemies unto peace.

6 I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof they make them ready to battle.

PSALM 121. Levavi oculos.

1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.

2 My help cometh even from the Lord who hath made heaven and earth.

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor 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.

PSALM 122. Lætatus sum.

1 I 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.

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.

7 Peace be within thy walls and plenteousness within thy palaces.

8 For my brethren and companions' sakes: I will wish thee prosperity.

9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek to do thee good.

PSALM 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos.

1 Unto 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.

PSALM 124. Nisi quia Dominus.

1 If the Lord himself had not been on our side,

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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.

4 The deep waters of the proud : had gone even over our soul.

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.

PSALM 125. Qui confidunt.

1 They 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 stande h 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.

Evening Prayer.

PSALM 126. In convertendo.

1 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion then were we like unto them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter : and our tongue with joy.

3 Then said they among the heathen: The Lord hath done great things for them.

4 Yea, the Lord hath done great 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 in joy.

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.

PSALM 127. Nisi Dominus.

1 Except 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 an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord.

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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.

PSALM 128. Beati omnes.

1 Blessed are all they that fear the Lord and walk in his ways.

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2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.

3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thine house.

4 Thy children like the olive-branches : round about thy table.

5 Lo, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy long life.

7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children and peace upon Israel.

PSALM 129. Sæpe expugnaverunt.

1 Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up may Israel now say. 2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up but they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back and made long furrows.

4 But the righteous Lord hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.

5 Let them be confounded and turned backward as many as have evil will at Sion.

6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house-tops which withereth afore it be plucked up;

7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand : neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom. 8 So that they who go by say not so much as, The Lord prosper you: we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord.

PSALM 130. De profundis.

1 Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord Lord, hear my voice.