20 He sent his | word, and healed them: and they were saved from their destruction.

21 O that men would therefore praise the Lord •for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the | children of | men!

22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice | of thanksgiving: and | tell · out his | works · with gladness.

23 They that go down to the | sea in | ships: and occupy their business | in great | waters; 24 These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders | in the deep.

25 For at his word the stormy | wind a | riseth: which lifteth | up the waves there | of.

26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep: their soul melteth away be | cause of the trouble.

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunk en man: and | are • at their

end.

wit's

28 So when they cry unto the Lord | in their | trouble: he delivereth them out of their distress. 29 For he maketh the storm to cease: so that the waves thereof are still.

30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest: and so he bringeth them unto the | ha ven where they would be.

31 O that men would therefore praise the Lord ・for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the | children of men!

32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people: and praise him | in. the seat of the elders!

33 Who turneth the floods in | to a wilderness: and dri eth up the water-springs.

34 A fruitful land | maketh he | barren: for the wickedness of them that dwell there | in.

35 Again, he maketh the wilderness a stand. ing water: and water | springs of a dry ground. 36 And there he setteth the hungry: that they may build them a city to dwell in;

37 That they may sow their land, and | plant | vineyards: to yield them | fruits of increase. 38 He blessed them, so that they | multiply ex ceedingly: and suffereth not their | cattle to de

crease.

39 And again, when they are minished, and brought

plague, •or | trouble;

sion,

any

40 Though he suffer them to be evil in | treated · through | tyrants: and let them wander out of the | way in the wilderness;

like a

of misery: flock of |

41 Yet helped he the poor out and maketh him¦ households sheep.

42 The righteous will consider this, and re | joice: and the mouth of all | wickedness | shall· be stopped.

43 Whoso is wise will ponder these things: and they shall understand the loving | kindness | of the Lord.

DAY 22.]

EVENING PRAYER.

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Psalm cviii. Paratum cor meum. God, my heart is ready, my heart ready: I will sing and give praise with the best member | that I have.

2 Awake, thou | lute, and harp: I myself. will awake right | early.

3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord among

the people: I will sing praises unto thee a mong

4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens: and thy truth | reacheth · un | to the | clouds. 5 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.

6 That thy beloved may be delivered: let thy right hand | save them, and hear thou Ime.

7 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice therefore, and divide Sichem, and | mete · out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine, and Manasses · is mine: Ephraim also is the strength of my head.

Judah is my law-giver, | Moab · is my | washpot: over Edom will I cast out my shoe; upon Philistia | will. I | triumph.

10 Who will lead me into the strong | city: and who will bring me | into | Edom?

11 Hast thou not forsaken | us, O | God: and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with hosts?

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12 O help us against the enemy: for | vain .is the help of man.

13 Through God we shall do great | acts: and it is he that | shall tread | down

enemies.

Psalm cix. Deus laudum.

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HOLD not thy tongue, O God 1 of my praise

for the mouth of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened up on me.

2 And they have spoken against me with false | tongues: they compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought a |gainst me with out · a a | cause.

3 For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take now my contrary | part: but I give my self unto prayer.

4 Thus have they rewarded me | evil for good: and hatred for my good will.

5 Set thou an ungodly man to be | ru· ler | over him and let Satan | stand at his right | hand. 6 When sentence is given upon him, let him | be • condemned: and let his prayer be turned in to sin.

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7 Let his days be few: and let an | other | take his office.

8 Let his children be fatherless and |· his wife a widow.

9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread: let them seek it also out of | desolate | places.

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10 Let the extortioner consume | all that he | hath and let the stranger | spoil his | labour. 11 Let there be no man · to pity him: nor to have compassion upon · his father less |

children.

12 Let his posterity | be destroyed: and in the next generation let his name be clean put out. 13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sin of his mother be done away. 14 Let them alway be before the Lord: that he may root out the memorial of | them · from | off the earth;

man, that

15 And that, because his mind was not to do | good: but persecuted the poor helpless he might slay him that was | vex ·

heart.

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16 His delight was in cursing, and it shall | happen unto him: he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from | him.

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17 He clothed himself with cursing, like as | with a raiment: and it shall come into his bowels like water, and like | oil in to. his | bones.

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18 Let it be unto him as the cloke that he | hath upon him and as the girdle that he is | al · way | girded with | al.

19 Let it thus happen from the Lord un to. mine | enemies and to those that speak | evil ·a | gainst my soul.

20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according unto thy | Name: for | sweet | is thy |

mercy.

21 O deliver me for I am | helpless and | poor : and my heart is | wounded with | in me. 22 I go hence like the shadow | that del parteth and am driven a way as the grasshopper.

23 My knees are weakthrough | fasting: my flesh is dried up for want. of fatness.

24 I became also a reproach unto them: they that looked up on me shaked their | heads. 25 Help me, O Lord my | God: O save me according to thy | mercy;

26 And they shall know, how that this is thy | hand: and that thou, | Lord, hast done it.

27 Though they curse, yet bless | thou: and let them be confounded that rise up against me; but I let thy servant rejoice.

28 Let mine adversaries be | clothed with | shame and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloke.

29 As for me I will give great thanks unto the | Lord with my mouth: and | praise him a | mong the multitude.

30 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor: to save his | soul from unrighteous | judges.