EVENING PRayer.

PSALM 96.

O SING unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

Sing unto the Lord, and praise his name; be telling of his salvation from day to day.

Declare his honor unto the heathen, and his wonders unto all the people.

For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised; he is more to be feared than all gods.

As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols; but it is the Lord who made the heavens.

Glory and worship are before him; power and honor are in his sanctuary.

Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye families of the people, ascribe unto the Lord worship and power.

Ascribe unto the Lord the honor due unto his name; bring offerings, and come into his courts.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness;

let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King; that it is he who hath made the world so fast that it cannot be moved; and that he shall judge the people righteously.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad ; let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is.

Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it; let all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord.

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth.

PSALM 97.

THE Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof; yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

There shall go a fire before him, and burn up his enemies on every side.

His lightnings shone through the world; the earth saw, and was afraid. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

The heavens have declared his righteousness; and all the people have seen his glory..

Confounded be all they who worship carved images, and who delight in vain gods; worship him, all ye gods.

Sion heard of it, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Lord.

For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth; thou art exalted far above all gods.

O ye who love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil; the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.

There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and joyful gladness for such as are true of heart.

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

The Seventeenth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 99.

THE Lord is King, let the nations tremble; he sitteth between the cherubim, let the earth be moved.

The Lord is great in Sion, and high above all the people.

Let them praise thy great and wonderful name; for it is holy.

The king's power loveth justice; thou hast prepared equity; thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

O magnify the Lord our God, and fall down before his footstool; for he is holy.

Moses and Aaron, the chief among his ministers, and Samuel among such

as call upon his name, these called upon the Lord, and he heard them.

He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar; for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them.

Thou heardest them, O Lord our God; thou forgavest them, O God, though thou punishedst their iniquities.

O magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

PSALM 102.

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee.

Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble; incline thine ears unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right

soon.

For my days are consumed away like smoke; and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.

I am become like a pelican in the wilderness, and like an owl that is in the desert.

I have watched, and am even as it were a bird of the night, that sitteth alone upon the house top.

My days are gone like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever, and thy remembrance throughout all generations.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion; for it is time that thou have mercy upon her; yea, the time is come.

For thy servants love the very stones thereof, and it pitieth them to see her in the dust.

So the heathen shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy majesty.

When the Lord shall build up Sion, he shall appear in his glory.

He will regard the prayer of the poor destitute, and will not despise their desire.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward those who fear him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children; even so the Lord pitieth those who fear him.

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are but dust.

The days of man are but as grass; he flourisheth as a flower of the field.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon those who fear him, and his righteousness upon children's children;

Even upon such as keep his covenant, and think upon his commandments to do them..

The Lord hath prepar

ed his throne in heaven; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye who excel in strength, ye who fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his words.

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts, ye servants of his who do his pleasure.

O praise the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion; praise thou the Lord, O my soul.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

The Eighteenth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 104.

PRAISE the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, thou art exceeding glorious; thou art clothed with majesty and honor.

Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a garment; and spreadest