PSALM XCIX. Dominus regnavit.

HE Lord is King, be the people never so im-patient:

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He sitteth between the cherubims, be the earth ne-ver so un-quiet.

2 The Lord is great in Sion:

And high a-bove all people.

3 They shall give thanks un-to thy Name: Which is great, won-der-ful, and holy.

4 The King's power loveth judgement; thou hast pre-par-ed equity:

Thou hast executed judgement and right-eous-ness in Jacob. 5 O 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 cloud-y 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 in-ventions.

9 O magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his ho-ly 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 pres-ence with a song.

2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God:

It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise :

Be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is ev-er-lasting : And his truth endureth from gene-ration to ge-ne-ration.

PSALM CI. Misericordiam et judicium.

MY song shall be of mercy and judgement :

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Unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

2 O let me have un-der-standing: In the way of god-li-ness.

3 When wilt thou come un-to-me:

I will walk in my house with a per-fect heart.

4 I will take no wicked thing in hand; I hate the sins of un-faithfulness :

There shall no such cleave un-to-me.

5 A froward heart shall de-part from me : I will not know a wick-ed person.

6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour : Him will I de-stroy.

7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach : I will not suf-fer him.

8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land: That they may dwell with me.

9 Whoso leadeth a god-ly life:

He shall be my servant.

10 There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house : He that telleth lies shall not tar-ry in my sight.

11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land : That I may root out all wicked doers from the ci-ty of the Lord.

DAY 20.]

Morning Prayer.

PSALM CII. Domine, exaudi.

EAR my prayer, O Lord:

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And let my crying come un-to thee.

2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: Incline thine ear unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right soon.

3 For my days are consumed a-way like smoke:

And my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.

4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like So that I for-get to eat my bread.

5 For the voice of my groaning :

My bones will scarce cleave to my flesh.

6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness : And like an owl that is in the desert.

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7 I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow :

That sitteth a-lone up-on the housetop.

8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long:

And they that are mad upon me are sworn to-gether

a-gainst me.

9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread:

And mingled my drink with weeping;

10 And that because of thine indig-nation and wrath :
For thou hast taken me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are gone like a shadow:

And I am withered like grass.

12 But thou, O Lord, shalt en-dure for ever:

And thy remembrance through-out all ge-ne-rations.

13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy up-on Sion:

For it is time that thou have mercy upon her; yea, the time is come.

14 And why? thy servants think up-on her stones :

And it pitieth them to see her in the dust.

15 The heathen shall fear thy Name, O Lord: And all the kings of the earth thy Majesty ;

16 When the Lord shall build up Sion: And when his glo-ry shall ap-pear ;

17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the And des-piseth not their de-sire.

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18 This shall be written for those that come after :

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And the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord.

19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary :

Out of the heaven did the Lord be-hold the earth;

20 That he might hear the mournings of such as are in cap-tivity: And deliver the children ap-point-ed un-to death;

21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion: And his wor-ship at Je-rusalem;

22 When the people are gathered to-gether:

And the kingdoms also, to serve the Lord.

23 He brought down my strength in my journey :

And short-en-ed my days.

24 But I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of

mine age:

As for thy years, they endure through-out all ge-ne-rations. 25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth:

And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

26 They shall perish, but thou shalt en-dure :

They all shall wax old as doth a garment;

27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall

be changed:

But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

28 The children of thy servants shall con-tinue :

And their seed shall stand fast in thy sight.

PSALM CIII. Benedic, anima mea.

the Lord, O

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soul:

PRATS the to within us praise his ho-ly Name.

2 Praise the Lord, O my soul: And for-get not all his benefits; 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin:

And healeth all thine in-firmities; 4 Who saveth thy life from de-struction:

And crowneth thee with mercy and lov-ing-kindness; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things: Making thee young and lus-ty as an eagle. 6 The Lord executeth righteous-ness and judgement: For all them that are op-pressed with wrong. 7 He shewed his ways un-to Moses:

His works un-to the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is full of com-passion and mercy : Long-suffering, and of great goodness.

9 He will not alway be chiding:

Neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins:

Nor rewarded us ac-cord-ing to our wickednesses.

11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth:

So great is his mercy also toward them that fear him.

12 Look how wide also the east is from the west:

So far hath he set our sins from us.

13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children :

Even so is the Lord merciful un-to them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth whereof we are made:

He remembereth that we are but dust.

15 The days of man are but as grass:

For he flourisheth as a flow-er of the field.

16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone: And the place thereof shall know it no more.

17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him.

And his righteousness up-on child-ren's children;

18 Even upon such as keep his covenant:

And think upon his com-mandments to do them.

19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven:

And his kingdom ru-leth o-ver all.

20 O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that ex-cel in strength: Ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken un-to the voice of his words.

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21 O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts:

Ye servants of his that do his pleasure.

22 O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his do-minion:

Praise thou the Lord, O my soul.

Evening Prayer.

PSALM CIV. Benedic, anima mea.

RAISE the Lord, O my soul:

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O Lord my God, thou art become exceeding glorious; thou art clothed with Ma-jes-ty and honour.

2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a garment: And spreadest out the hea-vens like a curtain.

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: And maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh up-on the wings of the wind.

4 He maketh his an-gels spirits:

And his ministers a flam-ing fire.

5 He laid the foundations of the earth: That it never should move at a-ny time.

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a garment: The waters stand in the hills.

7 At thy re-buke they flee:

At the voice of thy thunder they are a-fraid.

8 They go up as high as the hills, and down to the valleys be-neath:

Even unto the place which thou hast ap-point-ed for them. 9 Thou hast set them their bounds which they shall not pass: Neither turn a-gain to cover the earth.

10 He sendeth the springs in-to the rivers: Which run a-mong the hills.

11 All beasts of the field drink there-of:

And the wild as-ses quench their thirst.

12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their ha-bi-tation: And sing a-mong the branches.

13 He watereth the hills from a-bove:

The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

14 He bringeth forth grass for the cattle:

And green herb for the service of men ;

15 That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man :

And oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen man's heart.