with mine heart, the LORD will not dows; even GOD in his holy habita

6 He is the GOD that maketh men to be of one mind in a house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity; but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness.

7 O GOD, when thou wentest forth through the wilderness; before the people; when thou wentest

PSALM 67. Deus misereatur. GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us the light of 8 The earth shook, and the heahis countenance, and be merciful un-vens dropped at the presence of GOD; even as Sinai also was moved at the 2 That thy way may be known presence of GOD, who is the Gon of upon earth, thy saving health among Israel.

to us;

all nations.

9 Thou, O GOD, sentest a gra 3 Let the people praise thee, Ocious rain upon thine inheritance, and GOD; yea, let all the people praise refreshedst it when it was weary. thee. 4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad; for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

5 Let the people praise thee, O GOD; yea, let all the people praise thee.

6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and GOD, even our own GOD, shall give us his blessing. 7 Gop shall bless us; and all the ends of the world shall fear him.

THE THIRTEENTH DAY.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 68. Exurgat Deus, LET GOD arise, and let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him.

2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away; and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish at the presence of GOD.

3 But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before GOD; let them also be merry and joyful,

10. Thy congregation shall dwell therein; for thou, Q. GOD, hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor.

11 The LORD gave the word; great was the company of the preach

ers.

12 Kings with their armies did of the household divided the spoil. flee, and were discomfited, and they.

13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings. of a dove that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold.

14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake, then were they as white as snow in Salmon.

15 As the hill of Basan, so is GOD's hill; even a high hill, as the hill of Basan.

16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills ? this is GOD's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell; yea, the LORD will abide in it for ever.

17 The chariots of GOD are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels and the LORD is among them as in the holy place of Sinai.

18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, and re4 O sing unto GOD, and sing ceived gifts for men; yea, even for praises unto his name; magnify him thine enemies, that the LORD GOD that rideth upon the heavens, as it might dwell among them. were upon a horse; praise him in his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

5 He is a father of the fatherless, and defendetli the cause of the wi.

19 Praised be the LORD daily, even the GOD who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us.

20 He is our GOD, even the Gon

of whom cometh salvation: GOD is 35 O GOD, wonderful art thou in the LORD, by whom we escape death. thy holy places: even the GOD of 21 GOD shall wound the head of Israel, he will give strength and pow. his enemies, and the hairy scalp of er unto his people. Blessed be GOD. such a one as goeth on still in his

wickedness.

22 The LORD hath said, I will bring my people again, as I did from Basan, mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea.

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same.

24 It is well seen, O GOD, how thou goest; how thou, my GoD and King, goest in the sanctuary.

25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto GOD the LORD, in the congregations, from the ground of the heart. 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Juda their council; the princes of Zebulon, and

the princes of Nephtali.

28 Thy GOD hath sent forth strength for thee; stablish the thing, O GOD, that thou hast wrought in us, 29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem; so shall kings bring presents unto thee.

30 When the company of the spear-men, and multitude of the mighty, are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people, so that they bumbly bring pieces of silver; and when he hath scattered the people that delight in war;

31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt; the Morians' land shall soon stretch out her hands unto GOD..

32 Sing unto Gon, O ye king. doms of the earth; O sing praises unto the LORD,

33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all, from the beginning: Lo, he doth send out his voice; yea, and that a mighty voice.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 69. Salvum me fac.

SAVE me, O GOD; for the waters are come in even unto my soul. 2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me.

3 I am weary of crying, my throat is dry; my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty.

5 I paid them the things that I never took: GOD, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee.

6 Let not them that trust in thee, O LORD GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my cause; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O LORD GOD of Israel.

7 And why? for thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children.

9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen upon ine.

10 I wept, and chastened myself with fasting, and that was turned to my reproof.

11 I put on sackcloth also, and they jested upon me.

12 They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the drunkards make songs upon me.

13 But, LORD, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time. 14 Hear me, O GOD, in the mul

34 Ascribe ye the power to Goptitude of thy mercy, even in the truth over Israel; his worship and strength of thy salvation. is in the clouds.

15 Take me out of the mire, that

I sink not; O let me be delivered! 31 I will praise the name of Gor from them that hate me, and out of with a song, and magnify it with the deep waters. thanksgiving.

16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth

upon me.

17 Hear me, O LORD, for thy loving kindness is comfortable; turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies :

18 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: O haste thee, and hear me.

19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it; O deliver me, because of mine enemies.

20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and my dishonor: mine adversaries are all in thy.sight.

21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me.

22 They gave me gall to eat; and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth, be unto them an occasion of falling.

24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and ever bow thou down their backs.

25 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them.

26 Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents.

27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.

28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another, and not come into thy righteousness.

29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous.

32 This also shall please the LORD, better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad: seek ye after GOD, and your soul shall live.

34 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 35 Let heaven and earth praise him: the sea, and all that moveth therein.

36 For GOD will save Sion, and build the cities of Juda, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession.

37 The posterity also of his serv ants shall inherit it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

PSALM 70. Deus, in adjutorium.

HASTE thee, O GOD, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. 2 Let them he ashamed and confounded, that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and put to confusion, that wish me evil.

3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame, that cry over me, There, there.

4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee: and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway, The LORD be praised.

5 As for me, I am poor and in misery: haste thee unto me, O GOD. 6 Thou art my helper, and my Redeemer: O LORD, make no long tarrying.

THE FOURTEENTH DAY.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 71. In te, Domine, speravi.

IN thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confu sion, but rid me, and deliver me in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness, thy help, O GOD, shall 2 Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may always resort: thou hast

lift me up:

promised to help me, for thou art my very high, and great things are they house of defence, and my castle. that thou hast done: O GOD, who is like unto thee!

3 Deliver me, O my GOD, out of the hand of the ungodly, out of the nand of the unrighteous and cruel

11 Let them be confounded and 3 The mountains also shall bring perish, that are against my soul; let peace, and the little hills righteousthem be covered with shame and dis-ness unto the people. honor, that seek to do me evil.

6 He shall come down like the 14 I will go forth in the strength rain into a fleece of wool, even as of the LORD GOD, and will make the drops that water the earth. mention of thy righteousness only. 7 In his time shall the righteous 15 Thou, O GOD, hast taught me flourish; yea, and abundance of from my youth up until now; there-peace, so long as the moon endureth. fore will I tell of thy wondrous 8 His dominion shall be also from works. the one sea to the other, and from the flood unto the world's end.

kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring | gifts.

11 All kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall do him service. 12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth; the needy also, and him that hath no helper.

13 He shall be favorable to the simple and needy, and shall preserve the souls of the poor.

14 He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and wrong; and dear shall their blood be in his sight.

15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia; prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall he be praised.

16 There shall be a heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills; his fruit shall shake like Libanus, and shall be green in the city like grass upon the earth.

17 His name shall endure for ever; his name shall remain under the sun amongst the posterities, which shall be blessed through him; and all the heathen shall praise him.

18 Blessed be the LORD GOD, even the God of Israel, which only doeth wondrous things;

19 And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: And all the earth shall be filled with his majesty. Amen, Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 73. Quam bonus Israel! TRULY GOD is loving unto Israel; even unto such as are of a clean heart.

2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone, my treadings had well nigh slipt.

3 And why? I was grieved at the wicked: I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity.

4 For they are in no peril of death; but are lusty and strong.

5 They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued

like other men.

7 Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.

8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy; their talking is against the Most High.

9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world.

10 Therefore fall the people unto them, and thereout suck they no small advantage.

11 Tush, say they, how should GOD perceive it? is there knowledge in the Most High?

12 Lo, these are the ungodly': these prosper in the world; and these have riches in possession: and I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed mine hands in innocency.

13 All the day long have I been pun. ished, and chastened every morning.

14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they; but lo, then I should have condemned the generation of thy children.

15 Then thought I to understand this; but it was too hard for me,

16 Until I went into tie sanctuary of GOD: then understood I the end of these men ;

17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places, and castest them down and destroyest them.

18 O how suddenly do they con. sume, perish, and come to a fearful end!

19 Ye, even like as a dream when one awaketh; so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city.

20 Thus my heart was grieved, and it went even through my reins.

21 So foolish was I, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before thee.

22 Nevertheless, I am alway by thee; for thou hast holden me by my right hand.

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and after that receive me with glory.

24 Whom have I in heaven but

6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with pride, and over-thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee.

whelmed with cruelty.