17 Thy righteousness, O God, is very high: and great things are they that thou hast done; O God, who is like' unto thee? 18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me! and yet didst thou turn | and' refresh me yea, and broughtest me from the deep | of' the earth' again. 19 Thou hast brought me | to' great | honour : and comforted me' on | eve'ry | side. 20 Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an | instrument' of | musick unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou | Holy | One' of | Israel. 21 My lips will be fain when I sing | un'to | thee and so will my soul | whom' thou | hast' de-| livered. 22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day | long for they are confounded and brought unto shame that | seek' to | do' me | evil. GIVE PSALM LXXII. Deus, judicium. : IVE the King thy | judgements,' O | God and thy righteousness | un'to | the' King's son. 2 Then shall he judge thy people according | un'to | right and | -' defend' the poor. 3 The mountains also | shall' bring | peace and the little hills | righteous'ness | unto the people. 4 He shall keep the simple folk | by' their | right: defend the children of the poor, and | pun'ish | the' wrong doer. 5 They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and | moon' endureth from one gene|ra'tion | to' an-| other. 6 He shall come down like the rain into a fleece' of wool even as the drops' that | water' the earth. 7 In his time shall the righteous | flourish : yea, and abundance of peace, so long as the | moon' endureth. 8 His dominion shall be also from the one sea | to the other and from the flood | un'to | the' world's end. : 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall | kneel' belfore him his | enemies' shall | lick' the | dust. : 10 The kings of Tharsis and of the isles | shall' give presents the kings of Arabia and | Sa'ba | shall' bring gifts. 11 All kings shall fall | down' before him : all | nations' shall | do' him | service. 12 For he shall deliver the poor when he | crieth the needy also, and | him' that | hath' no | helper. 13 He shall be favourable to the needy and shall preserve' the poor. simple' and souls' of the 14 He shall deliver their souls from | falsehood' and wrong and dear shall their | blood' be | in' his sight. 15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia : prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily' shall | he' be praised. I 16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high up on the hills: his fruit shall shake like Libanus, and shall be green in the city like | grass' uplon' the earth. 17 His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain under the sun among the posterities : which shall be blessed through him; and all the | hea'then shall' praise him. 18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the | God' of | Israel which only do'eth | won'drous things; 19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty' for ever and all the earth shall be filled with his | Majesty. | A'men, | Amen. DAY 14. TRULY Evening Prayer. PSALM LXXIII. Quam bonus Israel! TRULY God is loving | un'to | Israel: even unto such as are of | a' clean | heart. 2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone : my treadings' had | well-nigh | slipt. 3 And why? I was grieved at'. the wicked: I do also see the ungodly' in | such' prosperity. 4 For they are in no | peril' of | death : but | · are lusty' and strong. 5 They come in no misfortune like | o'ther | folk: neither are they | plagued' like | o'ther | men. : 6 And this is the cause that they are so | holden' with pride and | o'ver|whelmed' with cruelty. 7 Their eyes swell' with | fatness: and they do e'ven | what' they | lust. 8 They corrupt other, and speak of | wick'ed | blasphemy their talking | is a'gainst | the' most | High. : 9 For they stretch forth their mouth un to' the | heaven and their tongue | go'eth | through' the | world. 10 Therefore fall the people' unto them and thereout suck they' no | small' advantage. 11 Tush, say they, how should | God' perceive it is there knowledge' in the' most | High? : in 12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper the world, and these have riches | in' possession : and I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed' mine | hands' in | innocency. 13 All the day long have|I' been | punished : and chast'ened | ev'ery | morning. 14 Yea, and I had almost said | even' as they : but lo, then I should have condemned the gene ra'tion of thy children. 15 Then thought I to | un'derstand this : but | it' was too hard | for me, 16 Until I went into the then understood I the | end' of sanctuary' of | God: these - | men ; 17 Namely, how thou dost set them in | slippe'ry | places and castest them down, | and' destroy'est | them. : 18 Oh, how suddenly do ❘ they' con|sume : perish, and come to a | fear'ful | end! 19 Yea, even like as a dream when | one' a|waketh : so shalt thou make their image to vanish | out' of the city. : 20 Thus my heart' was grieved and it went | e'ven through' my reins. 21 So foolish was | I,' and | ignorant : even as it | were' a beast' before thee. 22 Nevertheless, I am | al'way | by thee for thou hast holden | me' by | my' right | hand. 23 Thou shalt guide me | with' thy | counsel : and after that' receive me' with glory. 24 Whom have I in | heaven' but | thee and there is none upon earth that I desire in com|pa'ri|son' of thee. 25 My flesh and | my heart | faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and' my portion' for ever. 26 For lo, they that forsake | thee' shall | perish : thou hast destroyed all them that commit fornica'tion against thee. 27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord | God and to speak of all thy works in the gates' of the | daughter' of | Sion. PSALM LXXIV. Ut quid, Deus? GOD, wherefore art thou absent | from us' so | long why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 O think upon thy | con'gregation whom thou hast purchased, | and' redeemed' of | old. 3 Think upon the tribe of | thine' inheritance : and mount Sion, | where'in | thou' hast | dwelt. 4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly de |