18 But when I said, My | foot · hath | slipt: thy mercy, O Lord, | held me up.

19 In the multitude of the sorrows that I had · in my heart: thy comforts | have re |freshed · my soul.

20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with the { stool of wickedness: which imagineth | mis chief as • a law?

21 They gather them together against the | soul. of the righteous: and condemn the | inno⚫ cent blood.

22 But the Lord is my | refuge and my God is the strength of my | confidence.

23 He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own | malice: yea, the | Lord our God shall destroy them.

DAY 19.]

MORNING PRAYER.

Psalm xcv. Venite exultemus.

Come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our · salvation.

2 Let us come before his presence with thanks giving: and shew ourselves | glad in | him with psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great | God: and a great | King above all | gods.

4 In his hand are all the | corners of the earth: and the strength of the | hills is his also.

5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands prepared | the dry land.

6 O come, let us worship and fall down: and kneel before the Lord our | Maker.

7 For he is the Lord our God: and we are

the people of his pasture, | and the sheep of his hand.

8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden | not. your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation | in the wilderness.

9 When your fathers | tempted | me: proved | me, and saw. my works.

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they | have not | known my | ways;

in my | wrath: that

11 Unto whom I sware they should not | enter in to my rest.

Psalm xcvi. Cantate Domino.

Sing unto the Lord an new song sing unto

the Lord, all the whole | earth.

2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise his | Name: be telling of his sal | vation from day to day. 3 Declare his honour un to the heathen: and his wonders | un to all | people.

4 For the Lord is great, and cannot | worthily · be praised: he is more to be feared | than all | gods.

5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they are. but | idols: but it is the Lord · that made the | heavens.

6 Glory and worship | are before him: power and honour are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people: ascribe unto the Lord worship and | power.

8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due un to. his Name: bring presents, and come in to. his | courts.

9 O worship the Lord in the | beauty of | holiness let the whole | earth stand in awe.

of him.

10 Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord · is | King: and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved; and how that he shall | judge the | peo · ple | righteously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth · be glad let the sea make a noise, and | all · that | there in is.

is | in

12 Let the field be joyful, and | all that it: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice be Ifore the Lord.

13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people | with his | truth.

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Psalm xcvii. Dominus regnavit. THE Lord is King, the earth may be glad · thereof: yea, the multitude of the | isles · may be glad there of.

2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgement are the habi | ta . tion | of his seat.

3 There shall go a | fire before him : and burn up his enemies on | every | side.

4 His lightnings gave shine un | to the | world: the earth | saw it, and was afraid.

5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the | Lord of the whole earth.

6 The heavens have declared • his | righteousness: and all the people have seen his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that de | light in · vain | gods: worship | him, all ye gods.

8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced: and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy | judgements, 0 | Lord.

9 For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in • the earth: thou art exalted | far above all gods. 10 O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the | thing which is | evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the un | godly.

11 There is sprung up a ous: and joyful gladness for hearted.

light · for the | righte| such as | are ·

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12 Rejoice in the | Lord, ye | righteous: and give thanks for a remem· brance

holiness.

of his |

DAY 19.]

EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm xcviii. Cantate Domino.

Sing unto the Lord a new. I song: for he | hath done marvellous things.

2 With his own right hand, and with his | holy arm: hath he gotten himself the | victory. 3 The Lord declared his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our | God. 5 Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye | lands: sing, rejoice, and | give | thanks. 6 Praise the Lord up on the harp: sing to the harp with a psalm of thanks | giving. 7 With trumpets also, and | shawms: Ŏ shew yourselves joyful before the | Lord the | King. 8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that there. in | is: the round world, and they that | dwell · therein.

9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord: for he is come to judge the earth.

10 With righteousness shall he | judge the | world: and the people with | equity.

Psalm xcix. Dominus regnavit.

HE Lord is King, be the people never | so

Tim patient: he sitteth between the cherubims,

be the earth | never so un | quiet.

2 The Lord is great in Sion: and high • above all people.

3 They shall give thanks un | to thy | Name: which is great, | wonderful, and holy.

4 The King's power loveth judgement; thou hast prepared equity: thou hast executed judgement and righteousness in | Jacob.

50 magnify the | Lord our God: and fall down before his | footstool, for he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among such as call up on his | Name: these called upon the | Lord, and he heard them. 7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy | pillar: for they kept his testimonies, and the | law that he gave them.

8 Thou heardest them, O Lord · our God: thou forgavest them, O God, and | punishedst · their own inventions.

9 O magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill: for the Lord our God is holy.

Psalm c. Jubilate Deo.

Be joyful in the Lord, | all ye | lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.

2 Be ye sure that the Lord | he is God: it is