PSALM lvii. Miserere mei, Deus.

Tone 6. (1.) p. 11.

BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me,* for my soul { trusteth in thee: and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge,* until this tyran-ny be o-ver-past.

2 I will call unto the most high God: even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand.

3 He shall send from hea-ven: and save me from the reproof of { him that would eat me up. 4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth: soul is a- mong i-ons. {

my

5 And I lie even among the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are spears and ,* and their { tongue a sharp sword.

arrows,

6 (f) Set up thyself, O God, a- { bove the hea-vens: and thy glory above all the earth.

7 They have laid a net for my feet,* and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me,* and are fallen into the midst of it them

selves.

8 (f) My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fix-ed: I will sing, and give praise.

9 (f) Awake up, my glory;* awake, } lute and harp: I myself will a- } wake right ear-ly.

10 (f) I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord,* a- {mong the peo-ple and I will sing unto thee a- {mong the na-tions.

11 (f) For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth } unto the hea-vens: and thy { truth unto the clouds.

12 (f) Set up thyself, O God, a- { bove the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.

PSALM CXi. Confitebor tibi.

Tone 5. A. (1.) p. 7.

I WILL give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart: secretly among the faithful,* and in the con-gre-ga-tion.

2 The works of the Lord are great: sought out of all { them that have pleasure there-in.

3 His work is worthy to be praised, and had in { ho-nour and his righteousness en- dureth for

ev-er.

4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works: that they ought to be { had in re-mem-brance.

Tone 5. A. (1.) p. 7.

5 He hath given meat unto them that } fear him he shall ever be mindful of his co-ve-nant. 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his { works that he may give them the heritage the hea-then.

of

7 The works of his hands are verity and { judge-ment: all his com- mand-ments are true. "ev-er:

8 They stand fast for ever and { ev-er: and are done in truth and e-qui-ty. }

9 (f) He sent redemption unto his { peo-ple: he hath commanded his covenant for ever;* holy and reve-rend is his Name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of { wis-dom: a good understanding have all they that do thereafter;* the praise of it en- { dureth for

ev-er.

Evening Prayer.

[cxiii, cxiv, exviii.]

PSALM CXiii. Laudate, pueri.

Tone 5. A. (2.) p. 8.

PRAISE the Lord, ye ser-vants: 0 praise

the {Name of the Lord.

2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord: from

this time forth for ev-er-more.

3 (f) The Lord's Name is { prais-ed: from the rising up of the sun unto the go-ing down of the

same.

4 (f) The Lord is high above all { hea-then: and his glory a-bove the heavens.

5 Who is like unto the Lord our God,* that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth. 6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust: and lifteth the poor out of the mire;

7 That he may set him with the prin-ces: even with the princes of his peo-ple.

8 He maketh the barren woman to keep { house: and to be a joyful { mother of chil-dren.

PSALM CXIV. In exitu Israel.

Tone 5. A. (2.) p. 8.

WHEN Israel came out of { É-gypt: and the house of Jacob from among the strange peo-ple. 2 Judah was his sanc-tuary: and Israel { his do-mi-ni-on.

3 The sea saw that, and { fled: Jor- § dan was

driv-en back.

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4 The mountains skipped like { rams: and the little hills like young sheep. {

5 (f) What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou {

:

fled-dest and thou Jordan, that thou wast driv-en back?

6 (f) Ye mountains, that ye skipped like { rams: and ye little hills, like young sheep?

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the { Lord at the presence of the God of Ta-cob;

8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing { wa-ter and the flint-stone into a spring-ing well.

PSALM CXviii. Confitemini Domino.

O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is { gracious because his mercy en- dureth for ev-er. {