EVENING PRayer.

PSALM 71.

IN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion, but rescue me, and deliver me in thy righteousness; inline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Be thou my strong strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort; thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence and my castle.

Deliver me, O God, out of the hand of the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel

man.

For thou art my hope, O Lord God; thou art my hope, even from my youth.

Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born; my praise shall be always of thee.

I am become a wonder unto many; but my sure trust is in thee.

O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, that I may sing of thy glory and honor all the day long.

Cast me not away in the time of age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me.

For mine enemies speak against me, and they who lay wait for my soul, take their counsel together, saying, God hath forsaken him; persecute him, and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

Go not far from me, O God; my God, haste thee to help me.

As for me, I will patiently abide alway, and will praise thee more and more.

My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation; for I know no end thereof.

I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God, and will make mention of thy righteousness only.

Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray headed, until I have shown thy strength unto this generation, and

thy power to all those who are yet to come.

Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are those which thou hast done; O God, who is like unto thee!

O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shown me! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me, yea, and broughtest me from the depths of the earth again.

Thon hast brought me to great honor, and comforted me on every side.

Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument of music; unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and so will my soul, which thou hast delivered.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; for they are confounded and brought unto shame, who seek to do me evil. Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory,

&c.

The Twelfth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 72.

GIVE the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

Then shall he judge thy people according unto right, and defend the poor.

The mountains also shall bring peace, and the hills righteousness unto the people.

He shall judge the poor of the people, defend the children of the needy, and punish the wrong doer.

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, from one generation to another.

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, even as the drops that water the earth.

In his time shall the righteous flourish, yea, and abundance of peace,

so long as the moon endureth.

His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the other, and from the river unto the world's end.

They who dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him; his enemies shall lick the dust.

The kings of Tharsis and of the Isles shall give presents; the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts.

All kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall do him service.

For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, the needy also, and him who hath no helper.

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

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

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

There shall be abun

dance of corn in the earth; its fruit shall wave like Lebanon ; and they of the city shall flourish like the grass of the earth.

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

Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel, who only doth wondrous things;

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

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 73.

TRULY God is good unto Israel, even unto such as are of a clean heart.

Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone; my

ped.

For I was envious at the wicked, when I saw the ungodly in such prosperity.

For they are in no distress; but are firm and strong.

They come in no misfortune like other men; neither are they afflicted like other men.

And this is the cause that they are so lifted up with pride, and filled with cruelty.

They are corrupt, and speak of wicked blasphemy ; their talking is against the Most High. For they set their mouth against the heaven, and their tongue goeth through the world.

Therefore his people fall into their hands, and water in full measure is wrung out of them.

For they say, How should God perceive it? Is there knowledge in the Most High?

Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, and these have riches in possession; and

cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

For all the day long have I been smitten, and chastened every morning.

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

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

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I the end of these men.

Truly thou dost set them in slippery places, and casteth them down, and destroyest them.

O, how suddenly do they consume, perish, and come to a fearful end!

Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh, so shalt thou destroy their splendor in thy wrath.

Thus my heart was grieved, and my thoughts were troubled.

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

Nevertheless, I am al

way with thee; for thou hast holden me by my right hand.

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

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee.

My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

For lo, they who forsake thee shall perish; thou hast destroyed all those who follow after other gods.

But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord God, and to speak of all thy glorious works.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

The Thirteenth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 75.

UNTO thee, O Gol, do

we give thanks; yea unto thee do we give thanks.

For that thy name is nigh, do thy wondrous works declare.

When the promised time cometh, I shall judge according unto right.

The land is weak, and all the inhabitants thereof; I will bear up the pillars of it.

I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly; and to the ungodly, Boast not of your strength.

Boast not of your strength, and speak not with a stiff neck.

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south.

And why? God is the Judge; he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same.

As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly of the earth shall wring them out and drink them.

But I will magnify the