15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted: and the branch that thou madeft fo ftrong for thyfelf. 3 Turn us again, O God: [ heaven : behold, and visit this fhew the light of thy counte-vine; nance, and we fhall be whole. 4 O Lord God of hofts: how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth? 5 Thou feedeft them with the bread of tears: and giveft them plenteousness of tears to drink. 6 Thou haft made us a very ftrife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh us to fcorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts: fhew the light of thy countenance, and we fhall be whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou haft caft out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou madeft room for it: and when it had taken root, it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it: and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees. II She ftretched out her branches unto the fea and her boughs unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge: that all they that go by, pluck off her grapes ? 13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up: and the wild beafts of the field devourit. 14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from 16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down and they shall perifh at the rebuke of thy coun tenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the fon of man, whom thou madeft so strong for thine own self. 18 And fo will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name. 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hofts: fhew the light of thy countenance, and we fhall be whole. Pfalm 81. Exultate Deo. Sing Ing we merrily unto God our ftrength: make a cheerful noife unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take the pfalm, bring hither the tabret: the merry harp with the lute. 3 Blow up the trumpet in even in the time appointed, and upon our folemn feaft-day. the new-moon: 4 For this was made a ftatute for Ifrael: and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This T 4 5 This he ordained in Jofeph for a teftimony: when he came out of the land of Egypt,and had heard a ftrange language. 6 I eafed his fhoulder from the burden and his hands were delivered from making the pots. 7 Thou calledft upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee: and heard thee what time as the ftorm fell upon thee. 8 I proved thee alfo: at the waters of ftrife. 9 Hear, O my people, and I will affure thee, O Ifrael: if thou wilt hearken unto me, 10 There fhall no strange god be in thee: neither fhalt thou worship any other god. 11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I fhall fill it. 12 But my people would not hear my voice: and Ifrael would not obey me. 13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts lufts: and let them follow their own imaginations. 14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me: for if Ifrael had walked in my ways, 15 I fhould foon have put down their enemies: and turned my hand against their adverfaries. 16 The haters of the Lord fhould have been found liars: but their time fhould have endured for ever. 17 He should have fed them alfo with the finest wheatflour and with hony out of the ftony rock should I have fatisfied thee. EVENING PRAYER. Pfalm 82. Deus ftetit. NOD ftandeth in the congregation of princes: he is a judge among gods. G 2 How long will ye give wrong judgment: and accept the perfons of the ungodly? 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: fee that fuch as are in need and neceffity have right. 4 Deliver the out-caft and poor: fave them from the hand of the ungodly. 5 They will not be learned nor understand, but walk onftill in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have faid, Ye are gods: and ye are all the children of the most Highest. 7 But ye shall die like men: and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arife, O God, and judge thou the earth: for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance. Pfalm 83. Deus, quis fimilis? Old not thy tongue, O H God, keep not still fi lence: lence: refrain not thyself, O God. 2 Forlo, thine enemies make a murmuring: and they that hate thee have lift up their head. 3 They have imagined craftily against thy people: and taken counsel against thy fe cret ones. 4 They have faid, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no more a people: and that the name of Ifrael may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have caft their heads together with one confent: and are confederate against thee; 6 The tabernacles of the Edomites and the Ifmaelites: the Moabites and Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalech: the Philistines, with them that dwell at Tyre. 13 O my God, make them like unto a wheel: and as the ftubble before the wind; 14 Like as the fire that burneth up the wood: and as the flame that confumeth the mountains. 15 Perfecute them even fo with thy tempeft: and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Make their faces afhamed, O Lord: that they may feek thy Name. 17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more: let them be put to fhame, and perish. 18 And they shall know that thou whofe name is Jehovah : art only the most Highest over all the earth. Pfalm 84. Quam dileɛta! 8 Affur alfo is joined with O them and have holpen the children of Lot. 9 But do thou to them as unto the Madianites: unto Sifera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kifon; 10 Who perished at Endor: and became as the dung of the earth. II Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb: yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana; 12 Who fay, Let us take to ourselves: the houfes of God in poffeffion. How amiable are thy dwellings thou Lord of hofts! 2 My foul hath a defire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the fparrow hath found her an houfe, and the fwallow a neft, where she may lay her young: even thy altars, O Lord of hofts, my King and my God. 4 Bleffed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be alway praifing thee. 5 Bleffed is the man whose strength ftrength is in thee: in whose heart are thy ways. 6 Who going through the vale of mifery, ufe it for a well: and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from ftrength to strength: and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 O Lord God of hofts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob. 9 Behold, O God our defender and look upon the face of thine anointed. 3 Thou haft taken away all thy displeasure and turned thyfelf from thy wrathful indignation. 4 Turn us then, O God our Saviour: and let thine anger ceafe from us. 5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever: and wilt thou ftretch out thy wrath from one generation to another? 6 Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us: that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord: and grant us thy falvation. 8 I will hearken what the 10 For one day in thy courts: is better than a thousand. ..III had rather be a door-Lord God will fay concernkeeper in the house of my God: than to dwell in the tents of ungodlinefs. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence: the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing fhall he withhold from them that live a godly life. 13 O Lord God of hofts: bleffed is the man that putteth his truft in thee. Pfalm 85. Benedixifti, Domine. ing me: for he hall speak peace unto his people, and to his faints, that they turn not again. 9. For his falvation is nigh them that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kiffed each other. II Truth fhall flourish out of the earth and righteoufnefs hath looked down from heaven. 12 Yea, the Lord fhall fhew loving kindness: and our land fhall give her increase. 13 Righteoufnefs fhall go before him: and he fhall direct his going in the way. MORN MORNING PRAYER. Pfalm 86. Inclina, Domine. OW down thine ear, O thee, that I may fear thy Name. 12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my B Lord, and hear me:' for heart: and will praife thy I am poor and in misery. 2 Preferve thou my foul, for I am holy my God, fave thy fervant that putteth his truft in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I will call daily upon thee. 4 Comfort the foul of thy fervant for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my foul. 5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 6 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer: and ponder the voice of my humble defires. 7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou hearest me. 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord: there is not one that can do as thou doeft. 9 All nations whom thou haft made fhall come and worship thee, O Lord: and fhall glorify thy Name. 10 For thou art great, and doeft wonderous things: thou art God alone. 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth: O knit my heart unto Name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou haft delivered my foul from the nethermoft hell. 14 O God, the proud are rifen against me: and the congregations of naughty men have fought after my foul, and have not fet thee before their eyes. 15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compaffion and mercy: long-fuffering, plenteous in goodness and truth. 16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me: give thy ftrength unto thy fervant, and help the fon of thine handmaid. 17 Shew fome token upon me for good, that they who hate me may fee it, and be afhamed: because thou, Lord, haft holpen me, and comfort'ed me. H' Pfalm 87. Fundamenta ejus. ERfoundations are upon the holy hills: the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 2 Very excellent things are fpoken of thee: thou city of God. 3 I will think upon Rahab and |