6 In the morning it is green, and grow eth | up: but in the evening it is cut | down, dried | up, and withered.

7 For we consume away in thy dis | pleasure: and are afraid at thy | wrathful in dig | nation. 8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee: and our secret sins in the light of thy coun

tenance.

9 For when thou art angry all our | days are | gone: we bring our years to an end, as it ❘ were · a tale that is told.

10 The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to four score years: yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it a way · and we are gone.

11 But who regardeth the power of thy | wrath: for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy · displeasure.

12 O teach us to | number our | days: that we may apply our | hearts unto | wisdom.

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13 Turn thee again, O Lord, | at the | last: and be gracious unto thy | servants.

14 O satisfy us with thy mercy, | and that | soon so shall we rejoice and be glad | all the | days of our life.

15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us: and for the years where | in we have suffered adversity.

16 Shew thy servants thy work: and • their children thy glory.

17 And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be up on us: prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, O prosper | thou· our | han dy

work.

Psalm xci. Qui habitat.

WHOSO dwelleth under the defence of the

most | High: shall abide under the | shadow

• of the Almighty.

2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my stronghold: my God. in him will I trust.

3 For he shall deliver thee from the | snare · of the | hunter: and from the | noi · some pestilence. 4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under · his | feathers: his faithfulness and truth shall | be thy | shield · and | buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by \ night: nor for the | arrow that | flieth by | day; 6 For the pestilence that | walketh · in | darkness; nor for the sickness that destroyeth · in the noon | day.

7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right | hand: but | it shall | not. come nigh thee.

8 Yea with thine eyes shalt thou behold: and see the reward | of the ungodly.

9 For thou, Lord, | art my hope thou hast set thine house of defence | very high. 10 There shall no evil happen un to thee: neither shall any | plague · come | nigh ·thy | dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels | charge | over thee: to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee | in their hands: that thou hurt not thy | foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt go upon the lion · and | adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou|tread | under thy feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him up be cause he hath known my | Name.

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15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him: yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.

16 With long life will I | satisfy | him: and | shew him my · salvation.

Psalm xcii. Bonum est confiteri.

I Lord; and to sing praises unto thy Name,.

is a good thing to give thanks un to the

Omost Highest.

2 To tell of thy loving kindness | early in the | morning: and of thy | truth in the night | season; 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and up on the lute upon a loud instrument, and up on the harp.

4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad | through · thy works and I will rejoice in giving praise for the opera tions of thy hands.

5 O Lord, how glorious | are thy | works: thy | thoughts are | ve· •ry deep.

6 An unwise man doth not well consider | this and a fool doth not | un • der | stand it. 7 When the ungodly are green as the grass, and when all the workers of | wickedness do |flourish: then shall they be destroyed for ever; but thou, Lord, art the most | Highest for ever | more.

8 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine! enemies shall | perish: and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed.

9 But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn · of an unicorn: for I am an | ointed with fresh oil. 10 Mine eye also shall see his | lust of mine | enemies and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise | up against me.

11 The righteous shall flourish | like a palmtree and shall spread a broad like a cedar in | Libanus.

12 Such as are planted in the house of the | Lord: shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

13 They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age and shall be | fat | and· well | liking. 14 That they may shew how true the Lord my | strength is: and that there is no un right. eousness in him.

DAY 18.]

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EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm xciii. Dominus regnavit.

HE Lord is King, and hath put on glorious: apparel: the Lord hath put on his apparel and girded himself with | strength.

2 He hath made the round world · so | sure: that it cannot be moved.

3 Ever since the world began hath thy seat | been prepared: thou art from | ever | lasting.

4 The floods are risen, lift up their voice: the

waves.

O Lord, the floods have floods lift up their |

5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and | rage | horribly but yet the Lord, who | uwelleth on high, is mightier.

6 Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very | sure: holiness becometh thine | house for ever.

Psalm xciv. Deus ultionum.

Lord God, to whom | vengeance · be | longeth: thou, God, to whom vengeance be long eth, shew thyself.

2 Arise thou | Judge of the world: and reward the proud after their de | serving.

3 Lord, how long | shall the ungodly: how long shall the ungodly | triumph?

4 How long shall all wicked doers speak | so · disdainfully and | make such | proud | boasting?

5 They smite down thy people, · 0 | Lord : and trouble thine | heritage.

6 They murder the widow and the stranger: and put the father | less to death.

7 And yet they say, Tush, the Lord | shall not see: neither shall the God of | Jacob · re | gard it.

8 Take heed, ye unwise among the people : O ye fools, when | will⋅ ye | un · der | stand?

9 He that planted the ear, shall | he not | hear: or he that made the | eye, shall | he not see? 10 Or he that | nurtureth the heathen: it is he that teacheth man | knowledge, | shall not • he punish?

11 The Lord knoweth the | thoughts of | man: that they are but vain.

12 Blessed is the man whom thou | chastenest, · O Lord and teachest him | in thy | law; 13 That thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity: until the pit be digged | up · for | the ungodly.

14 For the Lord will not fail his | people: neither will he for | sake his inheritance; 15 Until righteousness turn again unto | judgement: all such as are true in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up with me against wicked or who will take my part against • vildoers?

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17 If the Lord | had not | helped me: it had not failed but my silence.

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