PSALM CXiii. Laudate, pueri.

(EASTER DAY. EVEN.)

TONE 5.

PRAISE the Lord, ye servants : O praise the Name of the Lord.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord: from this time forth for évermore.

The Lord's Name is praised from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the samẹ.

The Lord is high above all heathen: and his glory ǎbove the heavens.

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 heavěn and eárth?

He taketh up the simple out of the dust and lifteth the poor out of thě mire ;

That he may set him with the princes: even with the prínces of his people.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house; and to be a joyful móther of children.

Ebening Prayer.

PSALM CXIV. In exitu Israel.

(EASTER DAY. EVEN.)

MIXED TONE.

WHEN Israel came out of Egypt and the house of Jacob from among the strange people,

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MIXED TONE.

Júdah was his sánctuary: and Ísrael his domínion. The sea saw that, and fled : Jórdan was driven back.

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

What aileth thee, O thoŭ sea, that thou fléddest : and thou Jórdan that thou wast driven back?

Ye mountains, that yě skipped like rams: and ye little hills, like young sheep?

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord : at the présence of the God of Jácob;

Who turned the hard rock into a stánding water : and the flint-stone into ă sprínging well.

PSALM CXV. Non nobis, Domine.

NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us*, but unto thy Name give the praise for thy loving mércy, and för thy trúth's sake.

Wherefore shall the heathen say: Whére is nów their God?

As for oúr God, he is in heaven he hath done whatsoévěr pleased him.

Their idols ǎre sílver and gold : even the work ŏf mén's hands.

They have mouths, and speak not: éyes have they, and seé not.

They have ears, and hear not : nóses have they, and smell not.

(MIXED TONE.)

They have hands, and handle not*; feét have they, and walk not: neither speák they through their throát.

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They that make them are like unto them and so are all such as pút their trúst in them.

But thou, house of Israel, trust thoŭ in the Lord : hé is their súccour and děfence.

Ye house of Aáron, put your trúst in the Lord : he is their hélper and děfénder.

Ye that fear the Lord, put your trúst in the Lord : he is their helper and děfénder.

The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us even he shall bless the house of Ísrael *, he shall bless the house of Aáron.

He shall bless them that fear the Lord : both small and great.

The Lord shall increase you more and more: yoú and children.

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Ye are the blessed of the Lord: who made heavěn and earth.

All the whole heavens are the Lord's: the earth hath he given to the children of mén.

The dead praise not thee, O Lord: neither all they that go dówn into sílence.

But we will praise the Lord: from this time forth for évermore. Praise the Lord.

THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY.

Morning Prayer.

PSALM CXVI. Dilexi, quoniam.

(CHURCHING OF WOMEN.)

TONE 7.

I am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer;

That he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore will I call upon him as long as I líve.

The snares of death cómpassed mě round about : and the pains of hell gat hold upon me.

I shall find trouble and heaviness*, and I will cáll upon the Name of the Lord : O Lord, I beseéch thee, děliver my soúl.

Grácious is the Lord, and righteous: yea our Gód

is mérciful.

The Lord presérveth thě símple: I was in mísery, and he helped me.

Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul: for the Lord hath rěwárded thee.

And why? thou hast delivered my soúl from death : mine éyes from tears, and my feet from fállíng.

I will walk before the Lord in the land of the líving.

I believed, and therefore will I speak*; but I wăs sóre troubled : I said in my haste, Áll men are líars.

TONE 7.

What reward shall I give unto the Lord: for all the bénefits that he hath done unto me?

I will receive the cúp of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows now in the présence of all his people right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saínts.

Behold, O Lord, how that I ăm thy sérvant : I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid*; thou hast bróken my bonds in súnder.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving: and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people in the courts of the Lord's house*, even in the midst of theé, O Jerusalem*.

Lord.

PSALM CXVii. Laudate Dominum.

Praise thě

TONE 8.

O PRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen: praise him, all ye nátions.

For his merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us and the truth of the Lord endureth for évěr. Praise the Lord.