7 And why? because the King putteth his | trust in the Lord: and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not mis | carry.

8 All thine enemies shall feel thy | hand: thy right hand shall | find out | them that | hate thee.

9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath: the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the | fire | shall consume them.

10 Their fruit shalt thou root | out of the | earth and their seed from among the children of men.

11 For they intended mischief against thee and imagined such a device as they are not | able to perform.

12 Therefore shalt thou | put · them to | flight: and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make | ready · against the face of them.

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13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine strength: so will we sing and praise thy | power.

DAY 4.]

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EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm xxii. Deus, Deus meus.

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Y God, my God, look upon me; why hast | thou forsaken me: and art so far from my health, and from the words of my.com | plaint?

2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, | but thou hearest not: and in the night-season also. I

take no rest.

3 And thou continu est | holy: 0 |· thou | worship of Israel.

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4 Our fathers | hoped in | thee: they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They called upon | thee, and were reholpen : they put their trust in thee, and were not. confounded.

6 But as for me, I am a | worm, · and | no man : a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the | people.

7 All they that see me | laugh me to | scorn: they shoot out their lips, and | shake their | heads, saying,

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8 He trusted in God, that he would deliver him: let him de¦ liver - him, if he will have him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: thou wast my hope, when hanged yet up on my mother's breasts. 10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was | born: thou art my God | even from my mother's womb.

11 O go not from me, for trouble is hard at | hand: and there is none to help me. 12 Many oxen are come. about me: fat bulls of Basan close me in on | every side. 13 They gape upon me with their mouths: as it were a ramping and a | roar · ing lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and ali my bones are out of joint: my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting | wax.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums: and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.

16 For many dogs are | come about me: and the council of the layeth | siege a|

gainst me.

wicked

17 They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones: they stand | staring and \

looking up on me.

18 They part my garments among them: and cast | lots up on my vesture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O | Lord: thou art my succour, | haste | thee to | help me. 20 eliver my soul from the sword: my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's | mouth: thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the | unicorns.

22 I will declare thy Name un to my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will · I praise thee.

23 O praise the Lord, ye that fear him: magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob, and fear him, all ye seed of Israel.

24 For he hath not despised, nor abhorred, the low estate of the poor: he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called · unto | him · he I heard him.

25 My praise is of thee in the great congre | gation my vows will I perform in the | sight of | them that fear him.

26 The poor shall eat, and be | satisfied: they that seek after the Lord shall praise him; your heart shall live for | ever.

27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations· shail | worship · before him.

28 For the kingdom is the | Lord's: and he is the Governor among the people.

29 All such as be fat up on earth: have || eaten, and worshipped.

30 All they that go down into the dust shall ¦ kneel before him: and no man hath | quickened his own | soul.

31 My seed shall | serve him: they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation. 32 They shall come, and the heavens shall de clare his righteousness: unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.

Psalm xxiii. TI. lack nothing. HE Lord is my

Dominus regit me. shepherd: therefore | can |

2 He shall feed me in a green pasture: and lead me forth be side the waters of comfort. 3 He shall convert my soul: and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for Name's sake.

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4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy | staff | comfort |

me.

5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against | them that trouble me: thou hast anointed my head with oil and my cup shall be full.

6 But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for | ever.

DAY 5.]

MORNING PRAYER.

Psalm xxiv. Domine est terra.

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HE earth is the Lord's, and all that there in

compass world,

dwell there | in.

2 For he hath founded it up on the seas: and prepared it up on the floods.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord: or who shall rise up in his holy place?

4 Even he that hath clean hands and a pure | heart and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor | sworn to deceive his | neighbour. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the | Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that | seek him: even of them that | seek Jacob.

thy face, 0 |

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye ever lasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in.

8 Who is the King of glory: it is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord | mighty in | battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye ever lasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in.

10 Who is the | King Lord of hosts, he is the

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Psalm xxv. Ad te, Domine. levavi.

NTO thee, O Lord, will I lift up my soul; my God, I have put my trust in thee: 0 let me not be confounded, neither let mine | ene · mies triumph | over me.

2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be a shamed: but such as transgress without a | cause shall be | put to confusion.

3 Shew me thy | ways. O Lord: and | teach | me. •thy | paths.

4 Lead me forth in thy | truth, and | learn me : for thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long.

5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy ten der mercies and thy loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old.