But I cried unto God: and The Lord faved me.

In the Evening and in the Morning, and at Noonday will I speak and utter forth : and He shall hear my voice.

He shall redeem my foul in peace from them that draw near against me : for there were many with me.

God shall hearken and shall humble them: Who is before the worlds.

For there is no change with

they have not feared God: He extendeth

his hand in recompence.

They have defiled his covenant: they are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near.

His words were smoother than oil: and yet be they swords.

O cast thy care upon The Lord, and He shall nourish thee: and shall not fuffer the righteous to waver for ever.

But Thou, O God, shalt bring them: into the pit of destruction.

The men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days: but I will trust in Thee, O Lord.

Glory be to The Father, and to The Son: and to The Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

captiv-i-ty of his people.

[O Lord, Who didst abide with Thy Holy Spirit for ever before the worlds; and Who, betrayed by thy evil disciple, didst break the bands of death, favourably regard the prayers of thy suppliants; and grant, that we who praise Thee in the evening, and in the morning, and at noontide, may be wor

Miserere mei, Deus quoniam.

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, for

man troded me down: all the day long hath he afflicted and fought against me.

Mine enemies have trodden on me all the day long: for there be many warring against me.

In the heighth of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in Thee.

In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

All the day long they cursed my words: against me for evil were all their thoughts.

They will dwell and hide themselves : they will watch at my heel.

As they have laid wait for my foul, in nothing shalt Thou save them: in wrath Thou shalt break in pieces the people.

O God, my life have I declared unto Thee: Thou hast put my tears in thy fight.

Let it be as in thy promise: then shall mine enemies be turned backward.

In what day foever I shall call upon Thee: behold, I know that Thou art my God.

In God I will praise his word, in The Lord I will praise his saying: in God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

With me, O God, are vows of thine : which I will repay, praisings unto Thee. For Thou hast delivered my foul from death, and my feet from falling: that I may be pleasing in the fight of God, in the light of the living.

[O Eternal God! our chief defence against our invisible foes; Who fuffereft not those who trust in Thee to be oppressed by their enemies, wipe, we befeech Thee, from our eyes the tears of fin; so that we may both vanquish the affaults of the flesh and be worthy of pleasing Thee in the light of the living, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.]

PSALM LVI. [PS. LVII. E. V.]

[To the end, Perish not. David in the inscription of title when he fled from the face of Saul into the cave. Pfalm for Prayer. Voice of the Church to Christ.]

Miferere mei, Deus, miferere. HAVE mercy upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my foul confideth in Thee.

And in the shadow of thy wings will I truft: until iniquity pass away.

I will cry unto The Most High God: The God that hath done good unto me.

He fent from Heaven, and delivered me: He hath given over to reproach them that trod me down.

God hath fent forth his mercy and truth: and He hath delivered my foul from the midst of the lions' whelps; I slept in my trouble.

The children of men, their teeth are spears and arrows: and their tongue a sharp sword.

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the Heavens: and thy Glory above all the

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UDGE ye just-ly. Oioueae.
Si vere utique.

IF in very deed ye speak righteousness: judge juftly, O ye fons of men!

For ye work wickedness in your heart upon earth: and your hands contrive unrighteousness.

Sinners are froward from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken lies.

Their fury is after the likeness of a ferpent: like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears;

Which will not hear the voice of the charmers: nor of the wizard who charmeth wisely.

God shall break their teeth in their mouths: The Lord shall break in pieces the great teeth of the lions.

They shall come to nothing, like running water: He bendeth his bow until they be enfeebled.

Like wax that melteth they shall be borne away: fire hath fallen upon them, and they have not seen the Sun.

Before your thorns could know the briar: so as it were alive in his wrath doth he swallow them up.

The righteous shall rejoice when he feeth the vengeance : he shall wash his hands in the blood of the finner.

And a man shall say, verily there is fruit for the righteous: doubtless there is a God that judgeth them that are on Earth.

[Almighty Lord, we praise thy excellency and mercies at the dawn, and we pray and beseech Thee, our strength, to defend us; so that, delivered from all shades of darkness, we may be gladdened with the light of the morning, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.]

PSALM LVIII. [PS. LIX. E. V.] [To the end, Despair not. David in the inscription of title when Saul sent for him, and watched his house to kill him. Voice of Chrift to The Father and to the Jews.]

Eripe me de inimicis.

DELIVER me from mine enemies,

O God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity: and save me from the men of blood. For lo! they have taken my foul: the mighty men have rushed in upon me.

Neither was it mine iniquity nor my fin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run and guided myself.

Arife Thou to meet me, and behold: even Thou, O Lord God of Hosts! Thou God of Ifrael!

Take heed to visit all the Gentiles: have no mercy on all that work iniquity.

They will return in the evening, and suffer hunger like dogs: and go round about the city.

Behold, they will speak with their mouths, and a sword is in their lips: for who hath heard ?

And Thou, O Lord, shalt have them in derision: and Thou shalt bring to naught all the Gentiles.

My strength will I keep for Thee: for Thou art God, my upholder: my God, his mercy shall prevent me.

God shall let me see over mine enemies; flay them not: left my people forget it. Scatter them in thy strength: and put them down, O Lord, my protector.

For the fin of their mouth, and for the words of their lips: they shall be taken in their pride.

And for their curfing and lies: they shall be published abroad in their confuming.

In the wrath of thy confuming, and they shall not be and they shall know that God will rule in Jacob, and unto the

confines of the Earth.

They will return in the evening, and suffer hunger like dogs: and go round about the city.

They will be scattered abroad for meat : and grudge if they be not fatisfied.

But I will fing thy power: and will extol thy mercy betimes in the morning.

For Thou hast become my upholder: and my refuge in the day of my tribulation.

My helper! unto Thee will I fing psalms: for God is my upholder; my God! my mercy!

Glory be to The Father.
As it was in the beginning.

Antiphon.

UDGE ye juft-ly, O ye

PSALM LIX. [PS. LX. E. V.]

[To the end, for those that are changed. In the inscription of title to David in doctrine, when he vanquished Mefopotamia, Syria, and Sobal, and slaughtered, of Edom, in the valley of Salt, twelve thousand. A Pfalm for Prayer. Voice of Martyrs.]

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RANT us, O Lord. Oioueae.
Deus, repulifti nos.

O GOD, Thou haft caft us off,

and destroyed us: Thou hast been angry, and Thou haft pitied us.

Thou hast moved the land, and difturbed it: heal the forrows thereof, for it is shaken.

Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: Thou hast given us to drink of the wine of sadness.

Thou hast given a token to fuch as fear Thee: that they may flee from the face of the bow.

That thy beloved may be delivered: fave me with thy right hand, and hearken

unto me.

God hath spoken in his Sanctuary, I will rejoice and divide Sichima: and mete out the valley of tabernacles.

Gilead is mine, and mine is Manasses : Ephraim also is the strength of my head. Judah is my King: Moab is the vessel of my hope.

Over Idumæa will I cast out my shoe: the aliens are fubdued unto me.

Who will lead me into the fenced city : who will bring me even unto Idumæa?

Is it not Thou, O God, Who haft caft us off: and Thou, O God, Who wilt not go forth with our hofts ?

Grant us, O Lord, help from tribulation: for vain is the salvation of man.

In God will we do valiantly: and He will bring to nothing them that trouble us.

[Moft Merciful Lord! save thy people, who call upon Thee, by the help of thy right hand; so that, whilft exercised in tribulations for the fruit of good works, they may ever be comforted by Thee, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.]

PSALM LX. [LXI. E. V.]

[To the end, in Hymns, David. A Pfalm for Prayer. Voice of the Church.]

Exaudi, Deus deprecationem.

HEAR, O God, my supplication: give

ear unto my prayer.

From the ends of the Earth have I cried unto Thee, when my heart was in heaviness: Thou hast set me up upon a rock.

Thou hast guided me, for Thou didst become my hope: a tower of strength from the face of the enemy.

I will dwell in thy tabernacle for evermore: I shall be protected by the covert of thy wings.

For Thou, O my God, haft heard my prayer: and haft given an heritage unto those that fear Thy Name.

Thou shalt add days upon days to the King: his years even from generation to generation.

He abideth for ever in the fight of God: His mercy and truth who shall search

out?

So will I fing a psalm to Thy Name for ever and ever: that day by day I may perform my vows.

Glory be to The Father.
As it was in the beginning.

Antiphon.

RANT us, O Lord, help

from tri-bu-la-tion.

[O God! most merciful Comforter of our troubles! protect thy family from the face of the enemy; so that, in the tower of thy strength, we may be worthy to inhabit thy eternal tabernacles, through Christ our Lord. Amen.]

Trust in Him, all ye the congregation of the people: pour out your hearts before Him; for God is our helper for ever. But vain are the children of men; the children of men are deceitful upon the balances: that by vanity they may deceive in the fame.

O trust not in iniquity, and covet not rapine: riches, if they increase, set not your heart upon them.

God spake once, and twice have I heard the fame; that power is of God, and with Thee, O Lord, is mercy : for Thou shalt recompense every man according to his works.

[O Lord, fubdue our souls to Thyself, Who art our ftrength; so that, renouncing the luft of riches, and despifing the vanities of this world, we may be worthy to obtain thy Very Self alone, through Christ our Lord. Amen.]

PSALM LXII.

Deus, Deus meus.

GOD, my God.

This Pfalm is not faid at Nocturns. [See Lauds for Monday.]

PSALM LXIII. [PS. LXIV. E. V.]

[To the end, a Pfalm of David. A Pfalm for Prayer. Voice of The Holy Spirit concerning the Jews.]

Exaudi Deus orationem meam.

HEAR, O God, my prayer, when I entreat Thee: from fear of the enemy deliver my foul.

Thou hast protected me from the gathering together of the froward: from the multitude of them that work iniquity.

For they have whet their tongues like a sword: they have bent their bow in bitterness, that they may privily shoot at the

undefiled.