MORNING PRAYER. Psalm lxxix Deus, venerunt. GOD, the heathen are come into | thine in | heritance: thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an | heap of stones. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls. of the air: and the flesh of thy saints un to the | beasts of the | land. 3 Their blood have they shed like water on every | side of Jerusalem: and there was no | man • to bury them. them that · 4 We are become an open | shame to our | enemies: a very scorn and derision unto are round about us. 5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry: shall thy jealousy burn like | fire for | ever? 6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called up on thy | Name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob: and laid waste his dwelling place. 8 O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon: for we are come. to great misery. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name: O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy | Name's sake. 10 Wherefore do the | hea then | say: Where | is | now their God? 11 O let the vengeance of thy servants' | blood. that is shed: be openly shewed upon the hea · then in our sight 12 O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners | come before thee: according to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou | those that are ap pointed to die. 13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neigh. bours have blasphemed thee: reward thou them, O Lord, sevenfold in to their | bosom. 14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee | thanks for ever: and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from gener| ation to generation. Psalm 1xxx. Qui regis Israel. EAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that H leadest Joseph like a sheep, shew thyself also, thou that sittest up on the cherubims. 2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, | and Manasses: stir up thy strength. and come, and | help us. 3 Turn us again, O God: shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 4 O Lord God of hosts: how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that | prayeth? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears: and givest them | plenteousness of tears to | drink. 6 Thou hast made us a very strife | unto our | neighbours and our ene. mies | laugh us to scorn. 7 Turn us again, thou | God of hosts: shew the light of thy countenance, and we | shall be | whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine | out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. 9 Thou madest | room for | it: and when it had taken root it | filled the | land. 10 The hills were covered with the | shadow | of it: and the boughs thereof were like the good · lyce dar trees. 11 She stretched out her branches | un sea and her boughs un | to the river. her 12 Why hast thou then broken down hedge: that all they that go by· pluck | off · her grapes? 13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up and the wild beasts of the field de | vour it. 14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look | down from heaven: behold, and | visit · this \vine; 15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right | hand hath | planted: and the branch that thou | madest so strong for thyself. 16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down: and they shall perish at the re buke of thy | coun tenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of | thy right hand and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. 18 And so will not we go back · from | thee: O let us live, and we shall | call upon thy Name. 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts: shew the light of thy countenance, | and we | shall be whole. 2 Take the psalm, bring | hither the | tabret: the merry harp with the lute. 3 Blow up the trumpet | in the even in the time appointed, and up on · our solemn feast day. 4 For this was made a | statute for Israel: and a law of the | God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a | testimony: when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had | heard a strange | language. 6 I eased his shoulder | from the | burden: and his hands were delivered from making the Ipots. 7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and | Ide livered thee: and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee. 8 I proved thee also: at the | waters of | strife. 9 Hear, O my people, and I will assure thee, ·O | Israel: if thou wilt hearken unto me. 10 There shall no strange | God be in thee: neither shalt thou worship any other | god. 11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth | wide, and I shall | fill it. 12 But my people would not hear my voice: and Israel would not obey me. 13 So I gave them up unto their own. heart's lusts: and let them follow their | own · imagin ations. 14 O that my people would have hearkened un to me for if Israel had | walked | in my ways, 15 I should soon have put mies and turned my hand adversaries. down their | eneagainst their | should have been 16 The haters of the Lord found liars: but their time should have en | dured for ever. 17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat flour and with honey out of the stony rock should | I· have | satisfied | thee. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm lxxxii. Deus stetit. OD standeth in the congregation of | princes: J he is a Judge among | gods. . 2 How long will ye | give wrong | judgement: and accept the persons of the· un | godly? 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: see that such as are in need and necess⚫ i | ty · have | right. 4 Deliver the out | cast and poor: save them from the hand of the ungodly. 5 They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said, | Yeare | gods: and ye are all the children of the most | Highest. T 7 But ye shall die like men: and fall like | one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, and judge | thou⚫ the | earth : for thou shalt take all heathen to | thine in | heritance. Psalm lxxxiii. Deus, quis similis ? H'silence, refrain, not thyself, O God. OLD not thy tongue, O God, keep | not still | 2 For lo, thine enemies | make a murmuring: and they that hate | thee have | lift up their | head. 3 They have imagined craftily against thy | people: and taken counsel against thy | secret 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 | |