6 THE SEVENTEENTH DAY. Morning Prayer. Psalm lxxxvi. Inclina, Domine. BOW down thine ear, O LORD, and 23hear 'me : for I am poor, and 3in 'mis- 5er- "y. 2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy my God, save thy servant that putteth his 23 trust 45 in thee. 6 4 3 Be merciful unto me, 23 O Lord: for I will call 2dai-3ly up-45 on thee. 4 Comfort the soul thee, O Lord, 2 do I 3lift 5 For thou, Lord, art of great mercy unto all of thy servant for unto up my soul. thee. 2 5 3 and good and gracious 3 4 5 6 Give ear, LORD, un- 2 to 3 my prayer and ponder the voice of 3my humble 5 de- "sires. 2 7 In the time of my trouble I will call up-'on thee for 23 thou hear-5 est me. 15 thou 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, 30 Lord there is not one that can do 3as 45 6 doest. : 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, O Lord and shall glo-3ri-'fy 5thy Name. 10 For thou art great, and doest 2won-3drous *things thou art 23 God 45a-lone. 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD,* and I will walk 2in 3thy 'truth: O knit my heart unto thee, that I 3may fear 5thy Name. 4 12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all 3my heart and will praise thy Name for ev-erR more. 13 For great is thy mercy to-23 ward 'me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the nether5 most hell. 14 O God, the proud are risen 3a-'gainst me : and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul,* and have not set thee 3be-4fore their ⚫ eyes. 15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and 23 mer-1cy long-suffering, plenteous in 23 good4ness 5 and 6 truth. 23 4 16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy up- on me give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the 23 son of thine handmaid. 5 17 Show some token upon me for good;* that they who hate me may see it, and be 3a-shamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and 23 com- *fort5ed me. 6 HE Psalm lxxxvii. Fundamenta ejus. ER foundations are upon the ho- 3ly hills: the 3 the dwellings of Jacob. 4 2 2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee : thou 23 cit-'y of God. 3 I will think upon Rahab and 2Bab-3ywith them 3 that 45 know me. 4 Behold ye the Philistines 23 al- 4 so of Tyre, with the Morians;* lo, 23 there 6 born. 3 -3y-1lon : and they was he 5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was 2born in her and the Most High shall stab5 lish her. 6 The LORD shall rehearse it, when he writeth 2up the people that he was 45 born there. 7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he re: 'hearse All my fresh springs shall be in thee. 3 6 3 Psalm lxxxviii. Domine, Deus. LORD God of LORD God of my salvation,* I have cried day and night be-23 fore thee: O let my prayer enter into thy presence,* incline thine ear 3un-1 to 5 my calling: 6 3 4 : 3 2 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draweth 23 nigh 'un-5 to "hell. 3 I am counted as one of them that go down in-2 to the pit and I have been even as a 2man 3 that hath no strength. 5 4 4 Free among the dead,* like unto them that are wounded, and lie in the grave who are out of remembrance, and are cut a-23 way 'from 5thy hand. 5 Thou hast laid me in the low-3est pit in a place of darkness, 23 and in 5the 'deep. 23 : 6 Thine indignation lieth "hard 3up-1on me and thou hast vexed me with 23 all 45 thy storms. 6 6 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far 3 from me and made me to be 3ab-4hor-5 red "of them. 4 8 I am so fast in prison that I 23can-'not 5 get "forth. 9 My sight faileth for 2ver-3y trouble LORD, I have called daily upon thee,* I have stretched forth my 23 hands un-5 to thee. 10 Dost thou show wonders a-2mong 3 the dead: or shall the dead rise up 3a-gain, 5 and 6 praise thee? 11 Shall thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave or thy faithfulness 2in 3de-45 struc- tion? 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark and thy righteousness in the land where all 3 things are for-gotten? 5 13 Unto thee have I cried, 23 O LORD: and early shall my 23 prayer come "be- "fore thee. 4 14 LORD, why abhorrest thou 3my 'soul and hidest thou 3thy face 5 from me? 15 I am in misery,* and like unto him that is at the point to 'die even from my youth up thy terrors have I suffered with 3 a 4 trou- 5 bled mind. 2 16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth 20-3 ver 'me : and the fear of thee 2hath 3un-45 done me. 6 17 They came round about me daily 23 like 'water and compassed me to-2gether on 'eve-5 ry 6 side. 18 My lovers and friends hast thou put a-way 3 from me and hid mine ac- quaint-3ance out of 5 my sight. Evening Prayer. Psalm lxxxix. Misericordias Domini. 3 MY song shall be alway of the loving-kindness 2 of the LORD with my mouth will I ever be showing thy truth from one gener-2a-3tion to 5 an-other. 2 2 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for 4ever thy truth shalt thou stab-3lish in the 6 heavens. 3 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen : I have sworn unto 23 Da-vid 5my servant: 4 Thy seed will I stablish for 23 ev-1er and set up thy throne from one gener-2a-3 tion to 5an6 other. 4 5 O LORD, the very heavens shall praise thy won3drous works and thy truth in the congre- 2ga3tion of the saints. 3 6 For who is he a-mong the clouds that shall be com-2pared 3un-* to 5the LORD? 3 7 And what is he a-2mong the 'gods that shall be like 3 un-4 to 5 the LORD! 8 God is very greatly to be feared* in the council 2 of 3 the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are 2 round 3a-45bout him. 9 O LORD God of hosts, who is like 2un-3 to thee thy truth, most mighty LORD, 2is 3on 1eve5ry side. 6 2 10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waves thereof 23 when they 5a- rise. 2 11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and de-2stroy-3ed 4it thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with 3thy might-5 y 6arm. 4 12 The heavens are thine, the earth also 3is 4thine thou hast laid the foundation of the round world,* and all that there- 5in is. 2 13 Thou hast made the north and the south : Tabor and Hermon shall re- 23joice in 5thy Name. 14 Thou hast a might-3y arm strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation 2 of thy seat mercy and truth shall go 3be-fore 5thy face. 16 Blessed is the people, O LORD, that can rejoice in thee they shall walk in the light 2 of 3thy coun-te-nance. 2 17 Their delight shall be daily in 3thy Name : and in thy righteousness shall 3they make their 6 boast. 3 5 18 For thou art the glory of their strength : and in thy loving-kindness thou shalt 23 lift up our 6 horns. 2 19 For the LORD is our 3de-fence the Holy One of Is-3rael is 5our King. 2 3 20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy 2 saints, and saidst : I have laid help upon One that is mighty, I have exalted One chosen 23 out of 5 the people. * 21 I have found David my 23 ser- vant with my holy oil have 2I 3a-noint-5ed him. |