ms people, and helpeth the meek-mighty, I have exaited one chosen hearted. out of the people. Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum. I will set his dominion in the sea Praise God in his holiness; and his right hand in the floods. praise him in the firmament of his power. And I will make him my first born, higher than the kings of the Praise him in his ncble acts; earth. praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him in the sound of the trumpet; praise him upon the lute and harp. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion; be thou Praise him in the cymbals and ruler, even in the midst among dances; praise him upon the thine enemies. strings and pipe. In the day of thy power shall Praise himi upon the well-tuned the people offer thee free-will cymbals; praise him upon the offerings with an holy worship: loud cymbals. the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Portions of Psalms, to be sung or said, The Lord sware, and will not at Morning Prayer, on certain Feasts repent, Thou art a priest for ever, and Fasts, instead of the Venite Exul-after the order of Melchizedech temus, when any of the foregoing Selections are to follow instead of the Psalms, as in the Table. CHRISTMAS-DAY. THY seat, O God, endureth for dom is a right sceptre. ASH WEDNESDAY. BLESSED is he whose unrigh- Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin, and in Thou hast loved righteousness, whose spirit there is no guile. and hated iniquity; wherefore Put me not to rebuke, O Lord, God, even thy God, hath anointed in thine anger; neither chasten thee with the oil of gladness above me in thy heavy displeasure: For thine arrows stick fast in thy fellows. My song shall be alway of the me, and thine hand presseth me foving-kindness of the Lord; with sore. my mouth will I ever be showing My wickedness are gone over thy truth, from one generation to my head, and are like a sore bur another. den, too heavy for me to bear. I will confess my wickedness, and be sorry for my sin. For I have said, Mercy shall be! set up for ever, thy truth shalt thou establish in the heavens. Haste thee to help me, O Lord God of my salvation. The Lord is our defence; the holy One of Israel is our king. Out of the deep have I called Thou spakest some time in vi-unto thee, O Lord Lord, hear sions unto thy saints, and saidst, I my voice. have laid help upon one that is Let thine ears be attentive t the voice of my supplications. In the volume of the book it If thou, Lord, shouldest be ex-is written of me, that I should treme to mark what is done amiss, fulfil thy will, O my God: I am O Lord, who shall stand? content to do it; yea, thy law is But there is forgiveness with within my heart. thee, that thou mayest be feared. GOOD FRIDAY. From Psalms 22, 69, 40. MY God, my God, look upon ASCENSION-DAY. LIFT up your heads, O ye gates; me: why hast thou forsakening doors, and the King of glory me? and art so far from my shall come in. health, and from the words of my Who is the King of glory? the complaint? But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle." Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory? even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. O clap your hands together, all people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. He trusted in God, that he would deliver him; let him deliv-lye er him, if he will have him. The counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me; they pierced my hands and my feet. They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my ves For the Lord most high is ter rible; he is a great King over all the earth. God is gone up with a shout; the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praisBut be not thou far from me, Oles; sing praises unto our King Lord: O my strength, haste thee sing praises. ture. to help me. God reigneth over the heathen. Thy rebuke hath broken my God sitteth upon the throne of heart; I am full of heaviness: Ihis holiness. looked for some to have pity on The princes of the people are me, but there was no man; nei gathered together, even the peother found I any to comfort me. ple of the God of Abraham; for They gave me gall to eat; and the shields of the earth belong un when I was thirsty, they gave me to God: He is greatly exalted. vinegar to drink. Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not; but mine ears hast thou opened. WHITSUNDAY. I Will declare the decree; too Burnt-offerings and sacrifice Lord hath said unto me, Thon for sin hast thou not required: art my Son, this day have be Then said I, Lo, I come; gotten thee Desire of me, and I shall give Thou hast ascended on high; thee the heathen for thine inbe-thou hast led captivity captive; ritance, and the utmost parts of thou hast received gifts for men the earth for thy possession. yea, for the rebellious also, that Be wise now, therefore, O ye the Lord God might dwell among kings; be instructed, ye judges of them. the earth. Blessed be the Lord, who daily Serve the Lord with fear, and loadeth us with benefits; even the rejoice with trembling. God of our salvation. Sing unto God, sing praises to Sing unto God, ye kingdoms bis name: extol him that rideth of the earth: O sing praises unto upon the heavens by his name the Lord; Jah, and rejoice before him. To him that rideth upon the Thou, O God, sentest a gra-heaven of heavens, which were cious rain upon thine inheritance, of old: Lo, he doth send out his and refreshedst it when it was voice, and that a mighty voice. weary. Ascribe the strength unto God; The Lord gave the word; great his excellency is over Israel, and was the company of those that his strength is in the clouds. published it. O God, thou art terrible out of Though ye have lain among the thy holy places; the God of Israel pots, yet shall ye be as the wings is he that giveth strength and of a dove, covered with silver power unto his people: Blessed and her feathers with yellow gold.[be God. THE PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID. The First Day. MORNING PRAYER. BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and bath not sat in the seat of the scornful: 5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. 6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judg ment; neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 2 But his delight is in the law 7 But the Lord knoweth the of the Lord, and in his law will he way of the righteous; and the way exercise himself day and night.of the ungodly shall perish. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, that will bring forth his fruit in due season: WHY do the heathen so fu4 His leaf also shall not wither; riously rage together? and and look, whatsoever he doeth, why do the people imagine a vain it shall prosper Psalm 2. Quare fremuerunt gentes? Ithing? 2 The kings of the earth stand my voice, and he heard me out of up, and the rulers take counsel his holy hill. together against the Lord, and 5 I laid me down and slept, against his Anointed: and rose up again; for the Lord 3 Let us break their bonds sustained me. asunder, and cast away their 6 I will not be afraid for ten cords from us. thousands of the people, that have 4 He that dwelleth in heaven set themselves against me round shall laugh them to scorn: the about. Lord shall have them in derision. 7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my 5 Then shall he speak unto God; for thou smitest all mine them in his wrath, and vex them enemies upon the cheek bone in his sore displeasure. thou hast broken the teeth of the 6 Yet have I set my King upon ungodly. my holy hill of Sion. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the 7 I will preach the law, where- Lord; and thy blessing is upon of the Lord hath said unto me, thy people. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Psalm 4. Cum invocarem. HEAR me, when I call, O God 8 Desire of me, and I shall give of my righteousness: thou thee the heathen for thine inhe-hast set me at liberty, when I was ritance, and the utmost parts of in trouble; have mercy upon me, the earth for thy possession. and hearken unto my prayer. 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be learned, ye that are judges of the earth. 20 ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour, and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after falsehood? 3 Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man 11 Serve the Lord-in fear, and that is godly: when I call upon rejoice unto him with reve-the Lord he will hear me. 4 Stand in awe, rence. and sin not 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be an-commune with your own heart, gry, and so ye perish from the and in your chamber, and be still. right way: if his wrath be kin5 Offer the sacrifice of righdled, yea but a little, blessed are all teousness, and put your trust in they that put their trust in him. the Lord. Psalm S. Domine, quid multiplicati? LORD, how are they increased that trouble me? many are they that rise against me. 2 Many one there be that say of my soul, There is no help for him in his God. 6 There be many that say Who will show us any good? 7 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, since the time that their corn, and wine, and oil increased. 9 I will lay me down in peace. 3 But thou, O Lord, art my defender; thou art my worship, and take my rest; for it is thou Lord only that makest me dwell and the lifter up of my head. 41 did call upon the Lord with in safety Psalm 5. Verta mea auribus. 13 For thou, Lord, wilt give PONDER my words, O Lord, thy blessing unto the righteous, consider my meditation. and with thy favourable kindness 20 bearken thou unto the wilt thou defend him, as with a voice of my calling, my King, and shield. my God: for unto thee will I make my prayer. 3 My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord; early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art the God that hast) EVENING PRAYER. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine me in thy displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord, no pleasure in wickedness; nei-heal me, for my bones are vexed. ther shall any evil dwell with thee. 5 Such as be foolish, shall not stand in thy sight; for thou hatest all them that work vanity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies The Lord will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon the multitude of thy mercy, and in thy fear will worship toward thy holy temple. 3 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine] enemies; make thy way plain! before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in his mouth; their inward parts are very wickedness. 10 Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 3 My soul also is sore troubled. but, Lord, how long wilt thou punish me? 4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul; O save me, for thy mercies' sake: 5 For in death no man remembereth thee; and who will give thee thanks in the pit? 6 I am weary of my groaning: every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears trouble, and worn away because 7 My beauty is gone for very of all mine enemies. 8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Lord hath heard my petition; the Lord will receive my prayer. 10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed, they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly. 11 Destroy thou them, O God let them perish through their own imaginations; cast them out in the multitude of their ungodlifor they have rebelled O ness against thee. Psalm 7. Domine, Deus meus Lord, my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from 12 And let all them that put all them that persecute me, and their trust in thee rejoice: they deliver me; shall ever be giving of thanks, 2 Lest he devour my soul like because thou defendest them;a lion, and tear it in pieces, while they that love thy name shall be there is none to help. joyful in thee; 30 Lord my God, if I have |