8Thou haft fet our misdeeds before thee: and our fecret fins in the light or thy countenance. 9 For when thou art angry, all our days are gone we bring our years to an end, as it were a sale that is told. 10 The days of our age are threefcore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to foaricore years: yet is their strength then but labour and forrow; fo foon paffeth it away, and we are gone. 11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath thereafter as a man feareth, fo is thy difpleasure. for even 12 So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Turn thee again, O Lord, at the laft: and be gracious unto thy fervants. 14 O fatisfy us with thy mercy, and that foon: fo fhall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15 Comfort us again, now after the time that thou haft plagued us and for the years wherein we have fufered adverfity. 16 Shew thay fervants thy work and their children thy glory. 17 And the glorious majesty of the Lord our God be upon us : profper thou the work of our hands upon us, O profper thou our handy-work. Pfalm xci. Qui habitat. Hofo dwelleth under the defence of the moft High: fhall Wabide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will fay unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my strong hold my God, in him will I trust. 3 For he fhall deliver thee from the fnare of the hunter: and from the noisome peftilence. 4 He fhall defend thee under his wings, and thou fhalt be fafe under his feathers: his faithfulness and truth thall be thy fhield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night: nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 For the peftilence that walketh in darkness: nor for the ficknels that destroyeth in the noon-day. 7 A thousand fhall fall befide thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Yea, with thine eyes fhalt thou behold: and fee the reward of the ungodly. 9 For thou, Lord, art my hope: thou haft fet thine houfe of defence very high. 10 There thall no evil happen unto thee: neither fall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he thall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They fhall bear thee in their hands that thou hurt not thy foot against a tone. 13 Thou fhait go upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon fhalt thou tread under thy feet. 14 Because he hath fet his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him I will fet him up, because he hath known my Name. 15 He fhall call upon me, and I will hear him yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour. 16 With long life will I fatisfy him and fhew him my fulvation. Pfalm xcii. Bonum eft confiteri. T is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to fing It's a to Higheit; 2 To tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning and of thy truth in the night-feafon; 3 Upon an inftrument of ten ftrings, and upon the lute : upon a loud inftrument, and upon the harp. 4 For thou, Lord, haft made me glad through thy works: and I will rejoice in giving praife for the operations of thy hands. 5 O Lord, how glorious are thy works very deep! thy thoughts are : 6 An unwife man doth not well confider this and a fool doth not understand it. 7 When the ungodly are green as the grafs, and when all the workers of wickednets do flourish then fhall they be de#troyed for ever; but thou, Lord, art the most Higheft for evermore. The xviii. Day. 8 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies fhall perish and all the workers of wickedness shall be deftroyed. : 9 But mine horn thall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn: for I am anointed with freth oil. 10 Mine eye alfo fhall fee his luft of mine enemies and mine ear fhall hear his defire of the wicked that arife up against me. 11 The righteous thall flourish like a palm-tree and shall fpread abroad like a cedar in Libanus." 12 Such as are planted in the houfe of the Lord: fhall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. 13 They also fhall bring forth more fruit in their age and fhall be fat and well-liking; 14 That they may fhew how true the Lord my ftrength is: and that there is no unrighteoufnefs in him. T EVENING PRAYER. Pfalm xciii. Dominus regnavit. HE Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel: the Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himfelf with ftrength. 2 He hath made the round world fo fure that it cannot be moved. 3 Ever fince the world began, hath thy feat been prepared : thou art from everlafting. 4 The floods are rifen, O Lord, the floods have lift up their voice the floods lift up their waves. : 5 The waves of the fea are mighty, and rage horribly but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 6 Thy teftimonies, O Lord, are very fure: holiness becometh thine houfe for ever. Pfalm xciv. Deus ultionum. Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth: thou God, to whom vengeance belongeth, fhew thyfelf. : 2 Arife, thou Judge of the world and reward the proud after their deferving. 3 Lord, how long shall the ungodly: how long shall the ungodly triumph? 4 How long fhall all wicked doers fpeak fo difdainfully and make fuch proud boafting. 5 They imite down thy people, O Lord: and trouble thine heritage. 6 They murder the widow, and the franger: and put the fa therlefs to death. That thou mayeft give him patience in time of adverfity': until the pit be digged up for the ungodly. 14 For the Lord will not fail his people: neither will he forfake his inheritance; 15 Until righteouliefs turn again unto judgement: all fuch as are true in heart fhall follow it. 16 Who will rife up with me against the wicked: or who will take my part against the evil doers? 17 If the Lord had not helped me it had not failed but my foul had been put to filence. 18 But when I faid, My foot hath flipped: thy mercy, O Lord,, held me up. 19 In the multitude of the forrows that I had in my heart thy comforts have refreshed my foul. 20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with the ftool of wicked. nefs: which imagineth mifchief as a law? 21 They gather them together against the foul of the righte ous and condemn the innocent blood. : 7 For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pafture and the fheep of his hand. 8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; 9 When your fathers tempted me works. proved me, and faw my 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and faid: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways; 11 Unto whom I fware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. 2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name : be telling of his falvation from day to day. 3 Declare his honour unto the heathen: and his wonders unto all people. 4 For the Lord is great and cannot worthily be praised he is more to be feared than all gods. 5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols: but it is the Lord that made the heavens. 6 Glory and worship are before him in his fanctuary. power and honour are 7 Afcribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people: ascribe unto the Lord worship and power. 8 Afcribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name : bring prefents and come into his courts. 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth ftand in awe of him. 10 Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King: and that it is he who hath made the round world fo faft that it cannot be moved; and how that he fhall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad : let the fea make a noife, and all that therein is. 3 There fhall go a fire before him and burn up his enemies on every fide. 4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world: the earth faw it, and was afraid. 5 The hills melted like wax at the prefence of the Lord at the prefence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens have declared his righteousness : and all the people have feen his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain gods: worship him, all ye gods. 8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced and the daughters of Juda were glad, becaufe of thy judgements, O Lord. 9 For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 O ye that love the Lord, fee that ye hate the thing which is evil the lord preferveth the fouls of his faints; he hall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. : 8 The xix day. 11 There is fprung up a light for the righteous: and joyful gladness for fuch as are true-hearted. 12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous: and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. O EVENING PRAYER. Pfalm xcviii. Cantate Domino. Sing unto the Lord a new fong: for he hath done marvellous things. 2 With his own right hand, and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory. : 3 The Lord declared his falvation: his righteousness hath he openly thewed in the fight of the heathen. 4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Ifrael and ak the ends of the world have feen the falvation of our God. :: 5 Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands: fing, rejoice, and give thanks." 6 Praife the Lord upon the harp fing to the harp with a pfalm of thanksgiving. 7 With trumpets alfo and fhawms: O fhew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King. 8 Let the fea make a noife, and all that therein is : the round world, and they that dwell therein. 9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord : for he is come to judge the earth. 10 With righteousness shall he judge the world: and the people with equity. Pfalm xcix. Dominus regnavit. T HE Lord is King, be the people never fo impatient : he fitteth between the Cherubins, be the earth never fo unquiet. 2 The Lord is great in Sion: and high above all people. 3 They fhall give thanks unto thy name: which is great, wonderful, and holy. 4 The king's power loveth judgement; thou haft prepared equity: thou haft executed judgement and righteousness in Jacob. 50 magnify the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool, for he is holy. 6 Mofes and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among fuch as call upon his Name: these called upon the Lord, and he heard them. 7 He fpake unto them out of the cloudy pillar: for they kept his teftimonies, and the law that he gave them. 8 Thou heardeft them, O Lord our God: thou forgaveft them, O God, and punishedft their own inventions. O magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy. : Pfalm c. Jubilate Deo. Be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: ferve the Lord with gladnels, and come before his prefence with a fong. 2 Be ye fure 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 everlasting: and his truth endureth from generation to generation. Pfalm ci. Mifericordiam & judicium. MY fong thall be of mercy and judgement 2 O let me have understanding: in the way of godliness. 3 When wilt thou come unto me: I will walk in my houfe with a perfect heart. 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand; I hate the fins of unfaithfulness there fhall no fuch cleave unto me. : 5 A froward heart shall depart from me will not know a wicked perfon. 6 Whofo privily flandereth his neighbour: him will I deftroy. 7 Whofo hath also a proud look, and high ftomach: I will not fuffer him. 8 Mine eyes look upon fuch as are faithful in the land: that they may dwell with me. 9 Whofo leadeth a godly life: he fhall be my fervant. 10 There hall no deceitful perfon dwell in my houfe: he that telleth lies fhall not tarry in my fight. 3 For my days are confumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt up as it were a fire-brand. 4 My heart is fmitten down, and withered like grafs : fo that I forget to eat my bread. 5 For the voice of my groning: my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh. 6 Í am become like a pelican in the wilderness and like an owl that is in the defert. 7 I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow : that fitteth alone upon the house-top. 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long: and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me. 9 For I have eaten afhes as it were bread : and mingled my drink with weeping; 10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath : for thou haft taken me up, and caft me down. 11 My days are gone like a shadow: and I am withered like grafs. 12 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever: and thy remembrance throughout all generations. 13 Thou shalt arife, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea, the time is come. 14 And why? thy fervants think upon her ftones : and it pitieth them to see her in the duft. 15 The heathen shall fear thy name, O Lord: and all the kings of the earth thy Majefty. 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion: and when his glory fhall appear; 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor deftitute : and despiseth not his defire; 18 This fhall be written for thofe that come after and the people which fhall be born shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his fanctuary: out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 20 That he might hear the mournings of fuch as are in captivity and deliver the children appointed unto death; 21 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion : and his worship at Jerusalem; 22 When the people are gathered together: and the kingdoms also to serve the Lord. 23 He brought down my strength in my journey and shortened my days. 24 But I faid, O my God, take me not away in the midst of mine age: as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations. 25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning haft laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They hall perish, but thou shalt endure : 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 fame, and thy years fhall not fail. 18 The children of thy fervants fhall continue: and their feed hall ftand fast in thy fight. Pfalm ciii. Benedic, anima mea. Phis holy Name. 2 Praife the Lord, O my foul: and forget not all his benefits; 3 Who forgiveth all thy fin; and healeth all thine infirmities; 4 Who faveth thy life from deftruction and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness; 5 Who fatisfeth thy mouth with good things: making thee young and lufty as an eagle. 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgement: for all them that are oppreffed with wrong. 7 He fhewed his ways unto Mofes : his works unto the children of Ifrael. The xx. Day. 8 The Lord is full of compaffion and mercy: long-fuffering 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 fins : nor rewarded us according to our wickedneffes. 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth: fo great is his mercy alfo toward them that fear him! 12 Look how wide alfo the eaft is from the weft so far hath he fet our fins from us! 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. : even fo is 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made: he remembereth that we are but duft. 15 The days of man are but as grafs for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. 16 For as foon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone : and the place thereof thall 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 upon childrens children; 18 Even upon fuch as keep his covenant: and think upon his commandments to do them. 19 The Lord hath prepared his feat in heaven and his kingdom ruleth over all. 20 O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in ftrength: ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his words. 21 O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts: ye fervants of his that do his pleasure. 22 O fpeak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion: praife thou the Lord, O my foul. EVENING PRAYER. Pfalm civ. Benedic, anima mea. Raife the Lord, O my foul: O Lord my God, thou art become exceeding glorious, thou art clothed with majesty and honour. PR 2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a garment : and spreadeft out the heavens like a curtain. 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind. 4 Hemaketh his angels fpirits: and his minifters a flaming fire. 5 He laid the foundations of the earth : that it never should move at any time. 6 Thou coveredft it with the deep like as with a garment: the waters ftand in the hills. 7 At thy rebuke they flee at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid. 8 They go up as high as the hills, and down to the vallies beneath even unto the place which thou hast appointed for them. : 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. 16 The trees of the Lord alfo are full of fap even the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted. 17 Wherein the birds make their nefts: and the fir-trees are a dwelling for the ftork. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats and fo are the ftony rocks for the conies. 19 He appointed the moon for certain feafons: and the fun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makelt darkness, that it may be night : wherein all the beasts of the foreit do move. F 21 The 21 The lions roring after their prey do feek their meat from God. 22 The fun arifeth, and they get them away together : and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour : until the evening. 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works in wifdom haft thou made them all, the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is the great and wide fea alfo: wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beafts. 26 There go the thips, and there is that Leviathan : whom thou haft made to take his paftime therein. 27 These wait all upon thee: that thou mayeft give them meat in due leafon. 28 When thou giveft it them, they gather it and when thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. 29 When thou hideff thy face, they are troubled : when thou rakelt away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their daft. 30 When thouletteft thy breath go forth, they fhall be made: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 31 The glorious Majesty of the Lord fhall endure for ever: the Lord fhall rejoice in his works. : 32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him if he do but touch the hills, they shall immoke. 33 I will fing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will praise my God while I have my being. 34 And fo fhall my words please him my joy fhall be in the Lord. 35 As for finners, they shall be confumed out of the earth, and the ungodly fhall come to an end praise thou the Lord, O my foul, praife the Lord. MORNING PRAYER. Pfalm cv. Confitemini Domino. Give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his Name: tell the people what things he hath done. 2 O let your fongs be of him, and praife him : and let your talking be of all his wonderous works. 3 Rejoice in his holy Name: let the heart of them rejoice that feek the Lord. 4 Seek the Lord and his firength : feek his face evermore. 5 Remember the marvellous works that he hath done: his wonders, and the judgements of his mouth; 6 O ye feed of Abrahan his fervant: ye children of Jacob his chofen. 7 He is the Lord our God: his judgements are in all the world. 8 He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and promife: that he made to a thousand generations; 9 Even the covenant that he made with Abraham : and the oath that he fware unto Ifaac ; 10 And appointed the fame unto Jacob for a law and to Ifrael for an everlasting testament, 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan: the lot of your inheritance. 12 When there were yet but a few of them and they ftrangers in the land; 13 What time as they went from one nation to another: from one kingdom to another people ; 14 He fuffered no man to do thein wrong: but reproved even kings for their fakes. 15 Touch not mine Anointed: and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover he called for a dearth upon the land and defroyed all the provifion of bread. 17 But he had fent a man before them even Jofeph, who was fold to be a bond-fervant; 18 Whofe feet they hurt in the stocks: the iron entered into his foul; 19 Until the time came that his caufe was known : the word of the Lord tried him. 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Day. 23 Ifrael alfo came into Egypt and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Hain. 24 And he increafed his people exceedingly them ftronger than their enemies; and made 25 Whole heart turned fo, that they hated his people and dealt untruly with his fervants. 26 Then fent he Mofes his fervant and Aaron whom he had chofen. 27 And these fhewed his tokens among them: and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He fent darkness, and it was dark and they were not obedient unto his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood and flew their fifh. 30 Their land brought forth frogs: yea, even in their kings chambers. 31 He spake the word, and there came all manner of flics : and lice in all their quarters. 32 He gave them hail-ftones for rain: and flames of fire in their land. : 38 He fpread out a cloud to be a covering and fire to give light in the night-feafon. 39 At their defire he brought quails: and he filled them with the bread of heaven. 40 He opened the rock of ftone, and the waters flowed out : fo that rivers ran in the dry places. 41 For why? he remembered his holy promife: and Abraham his fervant. 42 And he brought forth his people with joy and his chofen with gladness; 43 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they took the labours of the people in poffeffion; 44 That they might keep his ftatutes: and obferve his laws. EVENING PRAYER. 6 We have finned with our fathers: we have done amifs, and dealt wickedly. 7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodness in remembrance: but were difobedient at the fea, even at the Red fea. 8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name's fake: that he might make his power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red fea alfo, and it was dried up fo he led them through the deep, as through a wildernes. 10 And he faved them from the adverfary's hand : and delivered them from the hand of the enemy. 1: As for thofe that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them there was not one of them left. : : 12 Then believed they his words and fang praife unto him. 13 But within a while they forgat his works: and would not abide his counfel. 14 But luit came upon them in the wilderness; and they tempt ed God in the defert. : 15 And he gave them their defire and fent leannefs withral into their foul. 16 They 16 They angered Mofes alfo in the tents: and Aaron the faint of the Lord. 17 So the earth opened, and fwallowed up Dathan and covered the congregation of Abiram. 18 And the fire was kindled in their company: the flame burnt up the ungodly. 19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they turned their glory: into the fimilitude of a calf that eateth hay. 21 And they forgat God their Saviour: who had done fo great things in Egypt; 22 Wonderous works in the land of Ham: and fearful things by the Red fea. 23 So he faid he would have deftroyed them, had not Mofes his chofen ftood before him in the gap: to turn away his wrathful indignation, left he should deftroy them. 24 Yea, they thought fcorn of that pleasant land and gave no credence unto his word; 25 But murmured in their tents: and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. : 26 Then lift be up his hand against them to overthrow them in the wilderness; 27 To caft out their feed among the nations and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves unto Baal-peor; and ate the offerings of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own inventions and the plague was great among them. 30 Then ftood up Phinees, and prayed and fo the plague ceased. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness: among all pofterities for evermore. 32 They angered him alfo at the waters of ftrife: fo that he punished Mofes for their fakes; 33 Because they provoked his fpirit: fo that he spake unadvis edly with his lips. 34 Neither destroyed they the heathen as the Lord commanded them; 35 But were mingled among the heathen and learned their works. 36 Infomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own decay yea, they offered their fons and their daughters unto devils; 37 And thed innocent blood, even the blood of their fons and of their daughters: whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood. : 38 Thus were they ftained with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions. 39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people: infomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 40 And he gave them over into the hand of the heathen: and they that hated them werlords over them. 41 Their enemies oppreffed them and had them in subjection. 42 Many a time did he deliver them: but they rebelled against him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness. 43 Nevertheless, when he faw their adversity: he heard their complaint. 44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them, according unto the multitude of his mercies: yea, he made all those that led them away captive to pity them. 45 Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boat of thy praife. 46 Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael from everlasting, and warld without end: and let all the people say, Amen. 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Day. 4 They went aftray in the wilderness out of the way and found no city to dwell in ; 5 Hungry and thirty their foul fainted in them. : 6 So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: and he delivered them from their diftre's. 7 He led them forth by the right way that they might go to the city where they dwelt. 8 O that men would therefore praife the Lord for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! 9 For he fatisficth the empty foul: and filleth the hungry foul with goodness; 10 Such as fit in darkness, and in the fhadow of death: being falt bound in mifery and iron. 11 Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord and lightly regarded the counfel of the most Highest; 12 He alfo brought down their heart through heaviness: they fell down, and there was none to help them. 13 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble he delivered them out of their diftrefs. 14 For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the fadow of death and brake their bonds in funder. 15 Othat men would therefore praife the Lord for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass : and smitten the bars of iron in funder. 17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wickedness. : 18 Their foul abhorred all manner of meat and they were even hard at death's door. 19 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he de livered them out of their diftrefs. 20 He fent his word, and healed them and they were faved from their destruction. 21 Othat men would therefore praife the Lord for his goodness i and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! 22 That they would offer unto him the facrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness! 23 They that go down to the fea in fhips bufinefs in great waters, 24 These men fee the works of the Lord the deep. : and occupy their and his wonders in : 25 For at his word the ftormy wind arifeth which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep : their foul melteth away because of the trouble, 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man : and are at their wits end. 28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivereth them out of their diftrefs. 29 For he maketh the storm to cease: fo that the waves thereof are itill. and fo he 30 Then are they glad, because they are at reft bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. 310 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! 32 That they would exalt him alfo in the congregation of the people and praife him in the feat of the elders! 33 Who turneth the floods into a wilderness and drieth up the water fprings. 34 A fruitful land maketh he barren: for the wickedness of then that dwell therein. : 35 Again he maketh the wilderness a standing water and water-fprings of a dry ground. 36 And there he fetteth the hungry that they may build them a city to dwell in; 37 That they may fow their land, and plant vineyards to yield them fruits of increase. 38 He blefleth them, fo that they multiply exceedingly : and fuffereth not their cattle to decrease. 39 And again, when they are minished and brought low : through oppreffion, through any plague or trouble; 40 Though he feffer them to be evil-entreated through tyrants and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness; 41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of mifery and maketh him houfholds like a flock of fheep. 42 The righteous will confider this, and rejoice and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped, F 2 43 Whofo |