16 The trees of the Lord also are full of sap :

Even the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted; 17 Wherein the birds make their nests:

And the fir-trees are a dwell-ing for the stork. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats: And so are the stony rocks for the conies. 19 He appointed the moon for cer-tain seasons : And the sun knoweth his go-ing down. 20 Thou makest darkness that it may be night: Wherein all the beasts of the forest do move. 21 The lions roaring after their prey:

Do seek their meat from God.

22 The sun ariseth, and they get them a-way to-gether: And lay them down in their dens.

23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour : Un-til the evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works:

In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.

25 So is the great and wide sea also:

Wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

26 There go the ships, and there is that Le-viathan : Whom thou hast made to take his pastime there-in. 27 These wait all up-on thee:

That thou mayest give them meat in due season. 28 When thou givest it them they gather it:

And when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good. 29 When thou hidest thy face they are troubled:

When thou takest away their breath they die, and are turned a-gain to their dust.

30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth they shall be made : And thou shalt re-new the face of the earth.

31 The glorious Majesty of the Lord shall en-dure for ever : The Lord shall rejoice in his works.

32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him :
If he do but touch the hills, they shall smoke.
33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live :
I will praise my God while I have my being.

34 And so shall my words please him :

My joy shall be in the Lord.

35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end:

Praise thou the Lord, O my soul, praise the Lord.

2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring:

And they that hate thee have lift up their head. 3 They have imagined craftily a-gainst thy people: And taken counsel a-gainst thy se-cret ones.

4 They have said, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no more a people :

And that the name of Israel may be no more in re-membrance. 5 For they have cast their heads together with one con-sent: And are con-federate a-gainst thee;

6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ismaelites:

The Moab-ites, and Ha-ga-rens ;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek :

The Philistines, with them that dwell at Tyre.

8 Assur also is join-ed with them :

And have holpen the children of Lot.

9 But do thou to them as un-to the Madianites: Unto Sisera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison; 10 Who perished at Endor:

And became as the dung of the earth.

11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb: Yea, make all their princes like as Ze-ba and Sal-mana ; 12 Who say, Let us take to our-selves :

The houses of God in pos-session.

13 O my God, make them like un-to a wheel: And as the stubble be-fore the wind;

14 Like as the fire that burneth up the wood:

And as the flame that con-sumeth the mountains.

15 Persecute them even so with thy tempest : And make them afraid with thy storm.

16 Make their faces a-shamed, O Lord:

That they may seek thy Name.

17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more: Let them be put to shame, and perish.

18 And they shall know that thou, whose Name is Je-hovah : Art only the most Highest o-ver all the earth.

PSALM LXXXIV. Quam dilecta !

HOW amiable are thy dwellings :

Thou Lord of hosts!

2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord:

My heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young:

Even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:

They will be al-way prais-ing thee.

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee:

In whose heart are thy ways.

6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well: And the pools are filled with water.

7 They will go from strength to strength:

And unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer :

Hearken, O God of Jacob.

9 Behold, O God our de-fender :

And look upon the face of thine An-ointed.

10 For one day in thy courts:

Is bet-ter than a thousand.

11 I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God: Than to dwell in the tents of un-godliness.

12 For the Lord God is a light and de-fence:

The Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a god-ly life.

13 O Lord God of hosts:

Blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

PSALM LXXXV. Benedixisti, Domine.

LORD, thou art become gracious unto thy landi
Thou hast turned away the cap-ti-vi-ty of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people :
And cover-ed all their sins.

3 Thou hast taken away all thy dis-pleasure:

And turned thyself from thy wrath-ful in-dig-nation.

4 Turn us, then, O God our Saviour:

And let thine an-ger cease from us.

5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever:

And wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one gene-ra-tion

to an-other?

6 Wilt thou not turn a-gain, and quicken us:

That thy people may re-joice in thee?

7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord:

And grant us thy sal-vation.

8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say con-cern-ing me: For he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints,

that they turn not a-gain.

9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him :

That glory may dwell in our land.

10 Mercy and truth are met to-gether :

Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth:

And righteousness hath look-ed down from heaven.
12 Yea, the Lord shall shew lov-ing-kindness:
And our land shall give her in-crease.

13 Righteousness shall go be-fore him:
And he shall direct his go-ing in the way.

DAY 17.]

Morning Prayer.

PSALM LXXXVI. Inclina, Domine.

OW down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me: •

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For I am poor, and in misery.

2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy:

My God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee.

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord:

For I will call daily up-on-thee.

4 Comfort the soul of thy servant :

For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious:

And of great mercy unto all them that call up-on-thee.

6 Give ear, Lord, un-to my prayer :

And ponder the voice of my humble de-sires.

7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee: For thou hear-est me.

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord:

There is not one that can do as thou doest.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, O Lord:

And shall glo-ri-fy thy Name.

10 For thou art great, and doest won-drous things:

Thou art God a-lone.

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth: O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name. 12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: And will praise thy Name for ev-er-more.

13 For great is thy mercy to-ward me :

And thou hast delivered my soul from the nether-most hell. 14 O God, the proud are risen a-gainst me :

And the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee be-fore their eyes. 15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of com-passion and mercy: Long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and truth.

16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy up-on-me:

Give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.

17 Shew some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it, and be a-shamed:

Because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comfort-ed me.

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PSALM LXXXVII. Fundamenta ejus.

ER foundations are upon the ho-ly hills:

The Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee:

Thou ci-ty of God.

3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon:

With them that know me.

4 Behold ye the Philis-tines also :

And they of Tyre, with the Morians; lo, there was he born. 5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her : And the most High shall stab-lish her.

6 The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth up the people: That he was born there.

7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he re-hearse: All my fresh springs shall be in thee.

PSALM LXXXVIII. Domine Deus.

LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night

O be-fore thee:

O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear un-to my calling.

2 For my soul is full of trouble:

And my life draweth nigh un-to hell.

3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit: And I have been even as a man that hath no strength.

4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, and lie in the grave :

Who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand. 5 Thou hast laid me in the low-est pit:

In a place of darkness, and in the deep.

6 Thine indignation lieth hard up-on-me:

And thou hast vexed me with all thy storms.

7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me : And made me to be ab-horred of them.

8 I am so fast in prison :

That I can-not get forth.