20 The Lord shall reward me after my right-eous dealing According to the cleanness of my hands shall he re-com

pense me.

21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord :

And have not forsaken my God, as the wick-ed doth.

22 For I have an eye unto all his laws:

And will not cast out his com-mand-ments from me.

23 I was also uncor-rupt be-fore him:

And eschewed mine own wick-ed-ness.

24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my right-eous dealing:

And according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight. 25 With the holy thou shalt be holy :

And with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect.

26 With the clean thou shalt be clean:

And with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness. 27 For thou shalt save the people that are in ad-versity : And shall bring down the high looks of the proud.

28 Thou also shalt light my candle:

The Lord my God shall make my dark-ness to be light. 29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men:

And with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall. 30 The way of God is an unde-fi-led way:

The word of the Lord also is tried in the fire; he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him.

31 For who is God, but the Lord:

Or who hath any strength ex-cept our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength of war : And mak-eth my way perfect.

33 He maketh my feet like harts' feet:

And setteth me up on high.

34 He teacheth mine hands to fight:

And mine arms shall break even a bow of steel.

35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy sal-vation :

Thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction shall make me great.

36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go: That my foot-steps shall not slide.

37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and o-ver-take them : Neither will I turn again till I have de-stroyed them. 38 I will smite them, that they shall not be able to stand : But fall un-der my feet.

39 Thou hast girded me with strength un-to the battle: Thou shalt throw down mine ene-mies un-der me.

40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs

up-on-me:

And I shall de-stroy them that hate me.

41 They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them :

Yea, even unto the Lord shall they cry, but he shall not hear them.

42 I will beat them as small as the dust be-fore the wind : I will cast them out as the clay in the streets.

43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people : And thou shalt make me the head of the heathen.

44 A people whom I have not known :

Shall serve me.

45 As soon as they hear of me, they shall o-bey-me : But the strange children shall dis-sem-ble with me. 46 The strange children shall fail:

And be a-fraid out of their prisons.

47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my strong helper: And praised be the God of my sal-vation.

48 Even the God that seeth that I be a-venged:

And sub-dueth the people un-to-me.

49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine ad-ver-saries :

Thou shalt rid me from the wick-ed man.

50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, a-mong the Gentiles:

And sing praises un-to thy Name.

51 Great prosperity giveth he un-to his King :

And sheweth loving-kindness unto David his Anointed, and unto his seed for e-ver-more.

DAY 4.]

Morning Prayer.

PSALM XIX. Cæli enarrant.

HE heavens declare the glory of God:

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And the firmament sheweth his hand-y-work.

2 One day telleth an-other:

And one night cer-ti-fieth an-other.

3 There is neither speech nor language: But their voices are heard a-mong them.

4 Their sound is gone out in-to all lands:

And their words in-to the ends of the world.

5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun :

Which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.

6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it a-gain :

And there is nothing hid from the heat there-of.

7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law, con-verting the soul: The testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom un-to the simple.

8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and re-joice the heart: The commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light un-to the eyes.

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and en-dureth for ever:

The judgements of the Lord are true, and right-eous al-to-gether.

10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:

Sweeter also than honey, and the ho-ney-comb.

11 Moreover, by them is thy ser-vant taught:

And in keeping of them there is great re-ward.

12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth :

O cleanse thou me from my se-cret faults.

13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the do-min-ion over me:

So shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great of-fence. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart : Be alway ac-cepta-ble in thy sight,

15 O Lord:

My strength, and my re-deemer.

PSALM XX. Exaudiat te Dominus.

HE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble:
The Name of the God of Jacob de-fend thee;

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2 Send thee help from the sanctuary:

And strengthen thee out of Sion; 3 Remember all thy offerings: And ac-cept thy burnt-sacrifice; 4 Grant thee thy heart's de-sire : And ful-fil all thy mind.

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God:

The Lord per-form all thy pe-titions.

6 Now know I, that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and will hear him from his ho-ly heaven:

Even with the wholesome strength of his right hand. 7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses: But we will remember the Name of the Lord our God.

8 They are brought down, and fallen :
But we are risen, and stand upright.
9 Save, Lord, and hear us, O King of heaven:
When we call up-on-thee.

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PSALM XXI. Domine, in virtute tua.

HE King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord :
Exceeding glad shall he be of thy sal-vation.

2 Thou hast given him his heart's de-sire:

And hast not denied him the re-quest of his lips.

3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness: And shalt set a crown of pure gold up-on his head.

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life: Even for ev-er and ever.

5 His honour is great in thy sal-vation :

Glory and great worship shalt thou lay up-on him. 6 For thou shalt give him ever-lasting fe-licity:

And make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.

7 And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord: And in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not mis-carry. 8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand :

Thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee.

9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in tiine of thy wrath: The Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire sha ll con-sume them.

10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth:

And their seed from a-mong the children of men.

11 For they intended mischief a-gainst thee:

And imagined such a device as they are not a-ble to per-form. 12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight:

And the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready a-gainst the face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength : So will we sing, and praise thy power.

Evening Prayer.

PSALM XXII. Deus, Deus meus.

Y God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou for

MY Gaken-me:

And art so far from my health, and from the words of my com-plaint?

2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hear-est not : And in the night-season also I take no rest.

3 And thou con-tinu-est holy : O thou worship of Israel.

4 Our fathers hoped in thee:

They trusted in thee, and thou didst de-liver them. 5 They called upon thee, and were holpen :

They put their trust in thee, and were not con-founded.

6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man :

A very scorn of men, and the out-cast of the people.

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn:

They shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying, 8 He trusted in God, that he would de-liver him :

Let him deliver him, if he will have him.

9 But thou art he that took me out of my mo-ther's womb : Thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet up-on my mo-ther's breasts.

10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born: Thou art my God even from my mother's womb. 11 O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand: And there is none to help me.

12 Many oxen are come a-bout me:

Fat bulls of Basan close me in on ev-ery side.

13 They gape upon me with their mouths:

As it were a ramping and a roar-ing lion.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: My heart also in the midst of my body is even like melt-ing

wax.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums:

And thou shalt bring me in-to the dust of death.

16 For many dogs are come a-bout me:

And the council of the wicked lay-eth siege a-gainst me. 17 They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my

bones:

They stand staring and looking up-on-me.

18 They part my garments a-mong them :

And cast lots up-on my vesture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord:

Thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword:

My darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the li-on's mouth:

Thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the u-ni

corns.

22 I will declare thy Name un-to my brethren: