20 The Lord shall reward me after my right-eous dealing According to the cleanness of my hands shall he re-com pense me. 21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord : And have not forsaken my God, as the wick-ed doth. 22 For I have an eye unto all his laws: And will not cast out his com-mand-ments from me. 23 I was also uncor-rupt be-fore him: And eschewed mine own wick-ed-ness. 24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my right-eous dealing: And according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight. 25 With the holy thou shalt be holy : And with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. 26 With the clean thou shalt be clean: And with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness. 27 For thou shalt save the people that are in ad-versity : And shall bring down the high looks of the proud. 28 Thou also shalt light my candle: The Lord my God shall make my dark-ness to be light. 29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men: And with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall. 30 The way of God is an unde-fi-led way: The word of the Lord also is tried in the fire; he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. 31 For who is God, but the Lord: Or who hath any strength ex-cept our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength of war : And mak-eth my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like harts' feet: And setteth me up on high. 34 He teacheth mine hands to fight: And mine arms shall break even a bow of steel. 35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy sal-vation : Thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction shall make me great. 36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go: That my foot-steps shall not slide. 37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and o-ver-take them : Neither will I turn again till I have de-stroyed them. 38 I will smite them, that they shall not be able to stand : But fall un-der my feet. 39 Thou hast girded me with strength un-to the battle: Thou shalt throw down mine ene-mies un-der me. 40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs up-on-me: And I shall de-stroy them that hate me. 41 They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them : Yea, even unto the Lord shall they cry, but he shall not hear them. 42 I will beat them as small as the dust be-fore the wind : I will cast them out as the clay in the streets. 43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people : And thou shalt make me the head of the heathen. 44 A people whom I have not known : Shall serve me. 45 As soon as they hear of me, they shall o-bey-me : But the strange children shall dis-sem-ble with me. 46 The strange children shall fail: And be a-fraid out of their prisons. 47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my strong helper: And praised be the God of my sal-vation. 48 Even the God that seeth that I be a-venged: And sub-dueth the people un-to-me. 49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine ad-ver-saries : Thou shalt rid me from the wick-ed man. 50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, a-mong the Gentiles: And sing praises un-to thy Name. 51 Great prosperity giveth he un-to his King : And sheweth loving-kindness unto David his Anointed, and unto his seed for e-ver-more. DAY 4.] Morning Prayer. PSALM XIX. Cæli enarrant. HE heavens declare the glory of God: THE And the firmament sheweth his hand-y-work. 2 One day telleth an-other: And one night cer-ti-fieth an-other. 3 There is neither speech nor language: But their voices are heard a-mong them. 4 Their sound is gone out in-to all lands: And their words in-to the ends of the world. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : Which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course. 6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it a-gain : And there is nothing hid from the heat there-of. 7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law, con-verting the soul: The testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom un-to the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and re-joice the heart: The commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light un-to the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and en-dureth for ever: The judgements of the Lord are true, and right-eous al-to-gether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: Sweeter also than honey, and the ho-ney-comb. 11 Moreover, by them is thy ser-vant taught: And in keeping of them there is great re-ward. 12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth : O cleanse thou me from my se-cret faults. 13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the do-min-ion over me: So shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great of-fence. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart : Be alway ac-cepta-ble in thy sight, 15 O Lord: My strength, and my re-deemer. PSALM XX. Exaudiat te Dominus. HE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble: TH 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary: And strengthen thee out of Sion; 3 Remember all thy offerings: And ac-cept thy burnt-sacrifice; 4 Grant thee thy heart's de-sire : And ful-fil all thy mind. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God: The Lord per-form all thy pe-titions. 6 Now know I, that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and will hear him from his ho-ly heaven: Even with the wholesome strength of his right hand. 7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses: But we will remember the Name of the Lord our God. 8 They are brought down, and fallen : THE PSALM XXI. Domine, in virtute tua. HE King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord : 2 Thou hast given him his heart's de-sire: And hast not denied him the re-quest of his lips. 3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness: And shalt set a crown of pure gold up-on his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life: Even for ev-er and ever. 5 His honour is great in thy sal-vation : Glory and great worship shalt thou lay up-on him. 6 For thou shalt give him ever-lasting fe-licity: And make him glad with the joy of thy countenance. 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 tiine of thy wrath: The Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire sha ll con-sume them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth: And their seed from a-mong the children of men. 11 For they intended mischief a-gainst thee: And imagined such a device as they are not a-ble to per-form. 12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight: And the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready a-gainst the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength : So will we sing, and praise thy power. Evening Prayer. PSALM XXII. Deus, Deus meus. Y God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou for MY Gaken-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 hear-est not : And in the night-season also I take no rest. 3 And thou con-tinu-est holy : O thou worship of Israel. 4 Our fathers hoped in thee: They trusted in thee, and thou didst de-liver them. 5 They called upon thee, and were holpen : They put their trust in thee, and were not con-founded. 6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man : A very scorn of men, and the out-cast of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying, 8 He trusted in God, that he would de-liver him : Let him deliver him, if he will have him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of my mo-ther's womb : Thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet up-on my mo-ther'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 a-bout me: Fat bulls of Basan close me in on ev-ery 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 all my bones are out of joint: My heart also in the midst of my body is even like melt-ing wax. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums: And thou shalt bring me in-to the dust of death. 16 For many dogs are come a-bout me: And the council of the wicked lay-eth siege a-gainst me. 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 a-mong 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 Deliver my soul from the sword: My darling from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the li-on's mouth: Thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the u-ni corns. 22 I will declare thy Name un-to my brethren: |