Evening prayer. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy truft in him; and he fhall bring it to paffe. 6 He fhall make thy righteoufneffe as clear as the light and thy juft dealing as the noon day. 27 Let them be glad and rejoyce that favour my righteous dealing: yea, let them fay alway, Blefied be the Lord, which hath pleafure in the profperitie of his fervant. 28 And as for my tongue,it fhall be talking of thy righteoufneffe: and of thy praife all the day long. Dixit injuftu. PSAL. 36. Y heart fheweth me the wickedneffe of 7 Hold thee ftill in the Lord,and abide patiently upon him: but grieve not thy felf at him whose way doth profper, against the man that doth after evil counfels. 8 Leave off from wrath, and let go dif Mthe ungodly that there is no fear of pleasure: fret not thy felf, elfe fhalt thou be out. 3. The words of his mouth are unrighteous, and full of deceit: he hath left off to behave himself wifely, and to do good. 4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed,and hath fet himself in no good way: neither doth he abhorre any thing that is evil. 5 Thy mercy (OLord) reacheth unto the heavens: and thy faithfulneffe unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteoufneffe ftandeth like the ftrong mountains: thy judgements are like the great deep. 7 Thou Lord fhalt fave both man and beaft, how excellent is thy mercy, O God: and the children of men fhall put their truft under the fhadow of thy wings. 8 They fhall be fatisfied with the plenteoufnes of thy house: and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures, as out of the river. 9 For with thee is the well of life: and in thy light fhall we fee light. 10 O continue forth thy loving kindneffe unto them that know thee: and thy righteouf neffe unto them that are true of heart. 11 Olet not the foot of pride come against me: and let not the hand of the ungodly caft me down. 12 There are they fallen (all) that work wickedneffe: they are caft down and shall not be able to ftand. Noli æmulari. PSAL. 37. moved to do evil. 9 Wicked doers fhall be rooted out: and they that patiently abide the Lord, those shall inherit the land. 10 Yet a little while and the ungodly shall be clean gone: thou shalt look after his place, and he fhall be away. 11 But the meek fpirited fhall poffeffe the earth: and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace. 12 The ungodly feeketh counfel against the juft: and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord fhall laugh him to scorn: for he hath feen that his day is coming. : 14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow to caft down the poore and needy, and to flay fuch as be of a right converfation. 15 Their fword fhall go through their own heart: and their bow (hall be broken. 16 A fmall thing that the righteous hath : is better then great riches of the ungodly. 17 For the arms of the ungodly fhall be broken: and the Lord upholdeth the righ teous. 18 The Lord knoweth the dayes of the godly: and their inheritance fhall endure for ever. 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time and in the dayes of dearth they thall have enough. : 20 As for the ungodly, they fhall perish, and the enemies of the Lord fhill consume as the fat of lambes: yea, even as the smoke fhall they confume away.. 21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous is mercifull and liberall. 22 Such as be bleffed of God fhall poffeffe the land: and they that be cursed of him fhall be rooted out, 23 The Lord ordereth a good mans going: and maketh his way acceptable to himself. 24 Though he fall,he thill not be caft avvay: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old: and yet faw I never the righteous forfaken,nor his feed begging their bread. 26 The 26 The righteous is ever mercifull, and lendeth: and his feed is bleffed. 27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good: and dwell for evermore. 28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is right: he forfaketh not his that be godly, but they are preferved for ever. 29 The righteous fhall be punished: as for the feed of the ungodly,it fhall be rooted out. 30 The righteous fhall inherit the land: and dwell therein for ever. 31 The mouth of the righteous is exerçifed in wildome: and his tongue will be talking of judgement. 32 The law of his God is in his heart: and his goings fhall not flide. 33 The ungodly feeth the righteous and feeketh occafion to flay him. 34 The Lord will not leave him in his hand: nor condemne him when he is judged. 35 Hope thot in the Lord, and keep his way,and he thall promote thee,that thou shalt poffeffe the land when the ungodly fhall perish, thou fhalt fee it. 36 1my felf have feen the ungodly in great power: and flourishing like a green bay-tree. 37 And I went by, and lo he was gone: I fought him, but his place could no where be found. 38 Keep innocencie, and take heed unto the thing that is right: for that shall bring a man peace at the laft. 39 As for the tranfgreffours, they fhall perih together: and the end of the ungodly is, They half be rooted out at the last. 40 But the falvation of the righteous co. meth of the Lord:which is also their ftrength in the time of trouble. 41 And the Lord fhall ftand by them and fave them: he thall deliver them from the ungodly, and fhall fave them, because they put their truft in him. and miferie: that I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loyns are filled with a fore dif éafe: and there is no whole part in my body. 8 I am feeble and fore fmitten: I have roared for the very difquietneffe of my heart. 9 Lord, thou knoweft all my defire and my groning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my ftrength hath failed me: and the fight of mine eyes is gone from me. 12 They alfo that fought after my life,laid fnares for me: and they that went about to do me evil, talked of wickedneffe, and imagined deceit all the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not: and as one that is dumbe, which doth not open his mouth. 14 I became even as a man that heareth not: and in whofe mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord,have I put my truft: thoufhalt anfwer for me, O Lord my God. 16 I have required that they (even mine enemies) fhould not triumph over me: for when my foot flipt, they rejoyced greatly against me. 17 And I truly am fet in the plague: and. my heavineffe is ever in my fight. 18 For I will confeffe my wickedneffe: and be forie for my finne. 19 But mine enemies live and are mighty:" and they that hate me wrongfully,are many in number. 20 They also that reward evil for good, are against me:because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forfake me not, O Lord my God: be. not thou farre from me. 22 Hafte thee to help me: O Lord God my falvation. as nothing in refpe&t of thee, and verily every man living is altogether vanitie. 7 For man walketh in a vain fhadow, and difquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who fhall gather them. 8 And now Lord, what is my hope: truly my hope is even in thee. 9 Deliver me from all mine offences: and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 10 I became dumbe, and opened not my mouth: for it was thy doing. II Take thy plague away from me: I am even confumed by the means of thy heavie hand. 12 When thou with rebukes doft chaften man for finne,thou makest his beautie to confume away like as it were a moth fretting a garment: every man therefore is but vanitie. 13 Heare my prayer, O Lord, and with thine eares confider my calling: hold not thy peace at my teares. 14 For I am a ftranger with thee, and a fojourner: as all my fathers were. 15 O fpare me a little, that I may recover my ftrength: before I go hence, and be no more feen. Expectans expectavi. PSAL. 40. Waited patiently for the Lord: and he enIclined unto me, and heard my calling. 2 He brought me alfo out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay and fet my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. 3 And he hath put a new fong in my mouth: even a thanksgiving unto our God. 4 Many fhall fee it, and fear: and shall put their truft in the Lord. 5 Bleffed is the man that hath fet his hope in the Lord: and turned not unto the proud, and to fuch as go about with lies. 6 O Lord my God,great are thy wondrous works which thou haft doné : like as be alfo thy thoughts which are to us-ward, and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. 7 If I would declare them and fpeak of them: they should be moe then I am able to expreffe. 8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldeft not have: but mine eares haft thou opened. Burnt offerings and facrifice for finne haft thou not required: then faid I, Lo, I come. 9 10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfill thy will, O my God: I am content to do it, yea, thy law is within my heart. 11 I have declared thy righteoufneffe in the great congregation: lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, and that thou knoweft. 12 I have not hid thy righteoufneffe with in my heart my talking hath been of thy truth, and of thy falvation. 13 I have not kept back thy loving mercie and truth:from the great congregation. 14 Withdraw not thou thy mercie from me, O Lord: let thy loving kindneffe and thy truth alway preferve me. 15 For innumerable troubles ar ecome about me, my finnes have taken such hold up. on me, that I am not able to look up: yea, they are moe in number then the haires of mine head, and my heart hath failed me. 16 O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me: make hafte (O Lord) to help me. 17 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my foul to destroy it: let them be driven backward and put to rebuke that with me evil. 18 Let them be defolate and rewarded with fhame, that fay unto me: Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. 19 Let all thofe that feek thee, be joyfull and glad in thee: and let fuch as love thy fal vation, fay alway, The Lord be praised. 20 As for me, I am poore and needie: bur the Lord careth for me, 21 Thou art my helper and redeemer: make no longtarrying, O my God. Beatus qui intelligit. PsAL. 41. B Leffed is he that confi- Evening 2 The Lord preserve him and keep him alive, that he may be bleffed upon earth: and deliver not thou him into the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord comfort him when he lieth fick upon his bed: make thou all his bed in his sicknesse. 4 I faid, Lord, be mercifull unto me: heal my foul, for I have finned against thee. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me: when fhall he die, and his name perish? 6 And if he come to fee me, he fpeaketh vanitie: and his heart conceiveth falfhood within himself, and when he cometh forth,he telleth it. 7 All mine enemies whisper together against me: even against me do they imagine this evil. 8 Let the fentence of guiltineffe proceed against him and now that he lieth, let him rife up no more. 9 Yea, even mine own familiar friend whom I trufted: which did alfo eat of my bread, hath laid great wait for me. 10 But be thou mercifull unto me, O Lord: raife thou me up again,& I fhall reward them. 11 By 11 By this I know thou favoureft me: that mine enemie doth not triumph against me. 12 And when I am in my health, thou upholdeft me: and fhalt fet me before thy face for ever. 13 Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael: world without end. Amen. Quemadmodum. PSAL. 42. Ike as the hart defireth the water brooks: Lfo longeth my foul after thee, O God. 3 My teares have been my meat day and night: while they daily fay unto me, Where is now thy God? 4 Now when I think thereupon, I poure out my heart by my felf: for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the houfe of God. 5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving: among fuch as keep holy day. 6 Why art thou fo full of heavineffe (O my foul:) and why art thou fo difquieted within me? 9 One deep calleth another, because of the noife of the water-pipes: all thy waves and forms are gone over me. 10 The Lord hath granted his loving kindneffe on the day time: and in the night feafon did I fing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life. Iwill fay unto the God of my strength, Why haft thou forgotten me: why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppreffeth me? 12 My bones are fmitten afunder as with a fword: while mine enemies (that trouble me) caft me in the teeth. 13 Namely,while they say daily unto me: Where is now thy God? 14 Why art thou fo vexed,O my foul: and why art thou fo difquieted within me? 15 O put thy truft in God: for I will yet thank him which is the help of my counte mance, and my God. Judica me Deus. PSA L. 43. G Ive fentence with me, O God, and de fend my caufe against the ungodly people: Odeliver me from the deceitfull and wicked man. I fo heavily, while the enemy oppreffeth me? 3 Ofend out thy light and thy truth, that they may leade me: and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. 4 And that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladneffe: and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God my God. Why art thou fo heavy, O my foul and why art thou fo difquieted within me? 6 O put thy truft in God: for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God. Deus auribus. PSAL. 44. W E have heard with our Morning eares, O God,our fathers 2 How thou haft driven 3 For they gat not the land in poffeffion through their own fword: neither was it their own arm that helped them. 4 But thy right hand and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou hadft a favour unto them. 5 Thou art my King (O God:) send help unto Jacob. 6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies: and in thy name will we tread them under that rife up against us. 7 For I will not truft in my bow: it is not my fword that shall help me. 8 But it is thou that faveft us from our enemies and putteft them to confufion that hate us. 9 We make our boaft of God all day long: and will praise thy name for ever. 10 But now thou art farre off, and putteft us to confufion: and goeft not forth with our armies. II Thou makeft us to turn out backs upon our enemies: fo that they which hate us spoil our goods. 12 Thou letteft us to be eaten up like sheep: and haft fcattered us among the heathen. 13 Thou felleft thy people for nought:and takeft no money for them. 14 Thou makeft us to be rebuked of our neighbours: to be laughed to fcorn, and had in derifion of them that are round about us. 15 Thou makeft us to be a byword among the heathen and that the people thake their heads at us. 2 For thou art the God of my ftrength, 16 My confufion is daily before me : and why haft thou put me from thee: and why go the shame of my face hath covered me. F 2 17 For prayer. 17 For the voice of the flanderer and blafphemer: for the enemy and avenger, 18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee: nor behave our felves frowardly in thy covenant. 19 Or heart is not turned back: neither our fteps gone out of thy way. 20 No not when thou haft fmitten us into the place of dragons: and covered us with the thadow of death. 21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and holden up our hands to any ftrange god: fhall not God fearch it out for he knoweth the very fecrets of the heart. 22 For thy fake also are we killed all the day long and are counted as theep appointed to be flain. 23 Up Lord, why flee peft thou: avvake, and be not abfent from us for ever. 24 Wherefore hideft thou thy face; and forgetteft our miferie and trouble? 25 For our foul is brought low even unto the duft: our belly cleaveth unto the ground. 26 Arife and help us; and deliver us for thy mercies fake. Eructavit cor meum. P s A L. 45• fpeak of the things which I have made unto the king. 2. My tongue is the pen: of a ready writer. 3 Thou art fairer then the children of men: full of grace are thy lips, because God hath bleffed thee for ever. 4 Gird thee with thy fword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty: according to thy worship and renown. 5 Good luck have thou with thine honour: ride on,because of the word of truth,of meekneffe and righteousneffe, and thy right hand fhall teach thee terrible things. 6 Thy arrows are very harp, and the peo ple fhall be fubdued unto thee: even in the middeft among the kings enemies. 7 Thy feat (OGod) endureth for ever: the fcepter of thy kingdome is a right scepter. 8 Thou haft loved righteousneffe,and ha, ted iniquitie; wherefore God (even thy God) hath anointed thee with the oyl of gladneffe above thy fellows, 19. All thy garments (mell of myrrhe, aloes, and caffia: out of the ivorie palaces, whereby they have made thee glad... 10. Kings daughters were among thy hom nourable women: upon thy right hand did ftand the queen in a vefture of gold (wrought about with divers colours.) 11 Hearken (O daughter) and confider, encline thine eare: forget alfo thine own people, and thy fathers houfe.. 12 So fhall the king have pleasure in thy beauty; for he is thy Lord (God) and worship thou him, 13 And the daughter of Tyre fhall be there with a gift: like as the rich also among the people hall make their fupplication before thee. 14 The kings daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold, 15 She fhall be brought unto the king in raiment of needle-work: the virgins that be her fellows fhall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee, 16 With joy and gladneffe shall they be brought: and fhall enter into the kings palace. 17 In ftead of thy fathers thou shalt have children: whom thou mayeft make princes in all lands, 18 I will remember thy name from one ge neration unto another; therefore fhall the people give thanks unto thee world without end. Deus nofter refugium, P sa L. 46. Od is our hope and ftrength; a very pre- 2 Therefore will we not fear though the earth be moved: and though the hills be carried into the midst of the fea. 3 Though the waters thereof rage and (well: and though the mountains shake at the tempeft of the fame. 4The rivers of the floud thereof shall make glad the city of God: the holy place of the tabernacle of the most highest. s God is in the midst of her,therefore fhall the not be removed: God shall help her, and that right early. 6 The heathen make much adoe, and the kingdomes are moved: but God hath fhevved his voice, and the earth fhall melt away. 7 The Lord of hofts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 8 O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord: what deftruction he hath brought upon the earth 9 He maketh warres, to cease in all the world he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the fpear in funder, and burneth the chariots in the fire. 10 Befill then,and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth, 11 The Lord of hofts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge. Omnes gentes plaudite. PsAL. 47. ace Clap your hands together, (all Evening ye people:) O fing unto God prayer. with the voice of melodie. 2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared: he is the great King upon all the earth. 3 He |