The booke of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.

Confitemini Domino. Psal. 107.

O Giue thankes vnto the Lorde, * 1.1 for he is gracious: and his mercie en∣dureth for euer.

Let them giue thankes whom the Lord hath redeemed: & deliue∣red from the hand of the enemie.

And gathered them out of the lands, from the East and from the West: from the North and from the South.

They went astray in the wilder∣nesse out of the way: and found no citie to dwell in.

Hungry and thirstie: their soule fainted in them.

So they cried vnto the Lord in their trouble: and he deli∣uered them from their distresse.

He led them foorth by the right way: that they might go to the citie where they dwelt.

O that men would therfore praise y^e Lord for his goodnes: and declare the wonders that he doth for the children of men.

For hee satisfieth the emptie soule: and filleth the hungrie soule with goodnesse.

Such as sit in darknesse and in the shadow of death: being fast bound in miserie and yron.

Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord: and lightly regarded the counsaile of the most high.

Hee also brought downe their heart through heauinesse: they fell downe, and there was none to helpe them vp.

So when they cried vnto the Lorde in their trouble: hee deliuered them out of their distresse.

For he brought them out of darkenesse, and out of the sha∣dow of death: and brake their bonds in sunder.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his good∣nesse: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men.

For he hath broken the gates of brasse: & smitten the barres of yron in sunder.

Foolish men are plagued for their offence: and because of their wickednesse.

Their soule abhorreth all maner of meate: and they were euen hard at deaths doore.

So when they cryed vnto the Lord in their trouble: he de∣liuered them out of their distresse

He sent his worde and healed them: and they were saued from their destruction.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his good∣nesse: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men.

That they would offer vnto him the sacrifice of thankesgi∣uing: and tell out his workes with gladnesse.

They that goe downe to the sea in ships: and occupie their businesse in great waters.

These men see the workes of the Lord: and his wonders in the deepe.

For at his word the stormie winde ariseth: which lifteth vp the waues thereof.

They are caried vp to the heauen, and downe againe to the deepe: their soule melteth away because of the trouble.

They reele to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man: and are at their wits end.

So when they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble: he deli∣ue••th them out of their distresse

For he maketh the storme to cease: so that the waues there∣of are still.

Then are they glad, because they be at rest: and so he brin∣geth them vnto the hauen where they would be.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his good∣nesse: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men.

Th•••• they would exa•• him also in the Congregation of

the people: and prayse him in the seate of the elders.

Which turneth the floods into a wildernesse: and drieth vp the water springs.

A fruitfull land maketh hee barren: for the wickednesse of them that dwell therein.

Againe he maketh the wildernesse a standing water: and water springs of a drie ground.

And there he setteth the hungry: that they may build them a citie to dwell in.

That they may sowe their land, and plant vineyardes: to yeeld them fruits of increase.

He blesseth them, so that that they multiplie exceedingly: & suffereth not their cattell to decrease.

And againe, when they are minished and brought lowe: through oppression, through any plague or trouble.

Though hee suffer them to bee euill entreated through ty∣rants: and let them wander out of the way in the wildernes.

Yet helpeth hee the poore out of miserie: and maketh him housholds like a flocke of sheepe.

The righteous will consider this, & reioyce: and the mouth of all wickednesse shalbe stopped.

Who so is wise, will ponder these things: and they shall vn∣derstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.

Paratum cormeum. Psal. 108.

O God, * 1.2 my heart is ready (my heart is ready:) I will sing & giue prayse with the best mem∣ber that I haue.

Awake thou Lute and Harpe: I my 〈◊〉〈◊〉 will awake right early.

I will giue thankes vnto thee O Lord, among the people: I will sing prayses vnto thee among the nations.

For thy mercie is greater then the hea••••ns: and thy trueth reacheth vnto the cloudes.

Set vp thy selfe (O God) aboue the heauens: and thy glory aboue all the earth.

That thy beloued may bee deliuered: let thy right hand

saue them, and heare thou me.

God hath spoken in his holinesse: I will reioyce therefore and diuide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Sucoth.

Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine: Ephraim also is the strength of my head.

Iuda is my lawgiuer, Moab is my washpot: ouer Edom will I cast out my shoe, vpon the Philistims will I triumph.

Who will leade me into the strong citie: and who will bring me into Edom?

Hast not thou forsaken vs, O God: and wilt not thou God goe forth with our hostes?

O helpe vs against y^e enemie: for vaine is the helpe of man.

Through God we shall doe great actes: and it is hee that shall tread downe our enemies.

Deus laudem. psal. 109.

HOld not thy tongue, O God of my praise: for the mouth of the vngodly, yea, and the mouth of the deceitfull is ope∣ned vpon me.

And they haue spoken against me with false tongues: they compassed me about also with wordes of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

For the loue that I had vnto them, loe, they take now my contrary part: but I giue my selfe vnto prayer.

Thus haue they rewarded me euill for good: and hatred for my good will.

Set thou an vngodly man to bee ruler ouer him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

When sentence is giuen vpon him, let him be condemned: and let his prayer be turned into sinne.

Let his dayes be fewe: and let another take his office.

Let his children be fatherlesse: and his wife a widow.

Let his children bee vagabonds, and beg their bread: let them seeke it also out of desolate places.

Let the extortioner consume all that hee hath: and let the stranger spoile his labour.

Let there bee no man to pitie him: nor to haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children.

Let his posteritie be destroyed: and in the next generation

let his name be cleane put out.

Let the wickednesse of his fathers be hab in remembrance in the sight of the Lord: and let not the sinne of his mother be done away.

Let them alway be before the Lord: that he may roote out the memoriall of them from of the earth.

And that because his minde was not to doe good: but per∣secuted the poore helpelesse man, that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart.

His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen vnto him: he loued not blessing, therefore shall it be farre from him.

Hee clothed himselfe with cursing like as with a rayment: and it shall come into his bowels like water, and like oyle in∣to his bones.

Let it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath vpon him: and as the girdle that he is alway girded withall.

Let it thus happen from the Lorde vnto mine enemies: and to those that speake euill agaist my soule.

But deale thou with me, O Lord God, according vnto thy Name: for sweete is thy mercie.

O deliuer me, for I am helpelesse and poore: and my heart is wounded within me.

I go hence like the shadow that departeth: and am driuen away as the grashopper.

My knees are weake through fasting: my flesh is dried vp for want of fatnesse.

I became also a rebuke vnto them: they that looked vpon me, shaked their heads.

Helpe me, O Lorde my God: oh saue me according to thy mercie.

And they shall know how that this is thy hand: and that thou Lord hast done it.

Though they curse, yet blesse thou: and let them bee con∣founded that rise vp against me, but let thy seruant reioyce.

Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame: and let them couer themselues with their owne confusion, as with a cloke.

As for me, I will giue great thankes vnto the Lord with my mouth: and prayse him among the multitude.

For he shal stand at the right hand of the poore: to saue his soule from vnrighteous Iudges.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Morning prayer
• * 1.2

  Euening prayer