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

Exaltabo te Domine. Psal.xxx.

I waill magnifie thee, * 1.1 O Lord, for thou hast set me vp: and not made my foes to triumph ouer me.

O Lord my God, I cried vnto thee: and thou hast healed me.

Thou Lorde hast brought my soule out of hell:thou hast kept my life from them that goe downe to the pit.

Sing praises vnto the Lord (O ye faints of his:) and giue thankes to him for a remebrance of his holinesse.

For his wrath endureth but the twinckliong of an eye, and in his pleasure is life: heauinesse may endure for a night, but ioy commeth in the morning.

And in my prosperitie I sayd, I shall neuer be remooued: thou Lod of thy goodnesse hadst made my hill so strong.

Thou didst turne thy fare (fro me:) and I mas troubled.

Then cried I vnto thee, O Lord: and gate mee vnto my Lord right humbly.

What profit is thee in my blood: whē I go downe to y^e pit:

Shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee: or shall it declare thy trueth

Heare, O Lord, and haue mercie vpon me: Lord be thou my helper.

Thou hast turned ny heauinesse into ioy: thou hast put off my sackecloth, and girded me with gladnesse.

Therefore sball euery good man sing of thy praise without reasing: O my god, I will giue thanks vnto thee for euer.

In te domine speraui. Psal. xxxj.

IN thee, O Lord, haue I put my trust: let me neuer bee put to confusiou, deliuer me in thy righteousnesse.

Bow downe thine eare to me: make haste to deliuer me. And bee thou my strong rocke, and the house of defence: that thou mayest saue me.

For thou art my strong rocke and my castell: bee thou also my game, and leade me for thy Names sake.

Draw me out of the net that they haue laid priuily for me: for thou art my strength.

Into thy hands I commend my spitrit: for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of trueth.

I haue hated them that holde of superstitious vanities: and my trust hath been in the Lord.

I will be glad, and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast knowen my soule in aduersities.

Thou hast not shut me vp into the hand of the enemie: but hast set my feete in a large roume.

Haue mercie vpon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: & mine eye is consumed for very heauinesse, yea, my soule & my body.

For my soule is waxen old with heauinesse: and my yeres with mourning.

My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquitie: and my bones are consumed.

I became a reproofe among all mine enemies, but speciaily among my neighbours: and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me, and they that did see me without conueyed themselues from me.

I am cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde: I am become like a broken vessel.

For I haue heard the blasphemie of the multitude: and feare is on euery side, while they conspire together against me, and take their counsell to take away my life.

But my hope hath beene in thee, O Lord: I haue sayde, Thou art my God.

My time is in thy hand, deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies: and from them that persecute me.

Shew thy seruant the light of thy countenance: and saue me for thy mercies sake.

Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I haue called vpon thee: let the vngodly be put to tonfusion, and bee put to silence in the graue.

Let the lying lips be put to silence: which cruelly, disdainfully, and despightfully speake against the righteous.

O how plentifull is thy goodnesse which thou hast laid vp for them that feare thee: & that thou hast prepared for them

that put their trust in thee, euen before the sonnes of men!

Thou shall hide them priuly by thine owne presence, from the prouoking of al men: thou shalt keepe them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

Thankes be to the Lord: for he hath shewed me marueilous great kindnesse in a strong citie.

And when I made haste, I sayd: I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes.

Neuerthelesse thou heardedest the voice of prayer: when I cryed vnto thee.

O loue y^e Lord all ye his saints: for y^e Lord preserueth them that are faithful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.

Be strong, and hee shall stablish your heart: all ye that put your trust in the Lord.

Beati quorum. Psal.xxxij.

BLessed is hee whose vnrighteousnesse is forgiuen: and whose sine is couered. * 1.2

Blessed is the man vnto whom the Lord imputeth no sinne: and in whose spirit there is no guile.

For while I helde my tongue: my bones cōsumed away through my dayly complaining.

For thy hand is heauy vpon me day and might: and my moisture is like the drought in Summer.

I will knowledge my sinne vnto thee: and mine vnrighteousnesse haue I not hid.

I sayd, I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde: and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne.

For this shall euery one that is godly, make his prayer vntothee in a time when thou mayest be found: but in the great mater floods they shall not come nigh him.

Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shall preserue me from trouble: thou shalt cōpasse me about w^t songs of deliuerance.

I will enforme thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shall go: and I will guide thee with mine eye.

Be ye not like to horie and mule, which haue no vnderstanding: whole mouthes must be holden with bit and bridle, lest they fall vpon thee.

Great plagues remaine for the vngodly: but who so putleth his trust in y^e Lord, mercie imbraceth him on euery side.

Be glad, O ye righteous, and reioyce in the Lord: and bee idyfull all ye that are true of heart.

Exultate iusti. Psal.xxxiij.

REidice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for it becommeth wel the iust to be thankefull.

Praise the Lord with harpe: sing Psalmes vnto hin with the Lute and instrument of ten strings.

Sing vnto the Lord a new song: sing praises lustily (vnto him) with a good courage.

For the word of the Lord is true: and all his workes are faithfull.

He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement: The earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord.

By the word of the Lord were the heauens made: and all the hostes of them by the dreath of his mouth.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were vpon an heape: and layeth vp the deepe as in a treasure house.

Let all the earth leare the Lord: stand in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world.

For he spake, & it was done: he commanded, & it stood fast.

The Lord bringeth the counsell of the hearthen to nought: and maketh the deulses of the people to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of Peinces.

The counsell of the Lorde shall endure for euer: and the though is of his heart from generation to generation.

Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord Iehoua: and blessed are the folke that hee hath chosen to him to be his inheritance.

The Lord looked downe from heauen, and beheld all the children of men: from the habitation of his dwelling he considereth all them that dwell in the earth.

He fashioneth all the hearts of them: and vnderstandeth all their works.

There is no king that can be saued by thy multitude of an host: neither is any mighty man deliuered by much strength.

A horse is counted but a vaine thing to saue a man: neither shall he deliuer any man by his great strength.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is vpon them that feare him: and vpon them that put their trust in his mercie.

Lo deliuer their soules from desath: and to feede them in the time of death.

our sounle hath patiently faried for Lord: for he is our helpe, and our shield.

For our heart shall reioyce in him: because we haue hoped in his holy Name.

Let the mercifull kindnesse (O Lord) be vpon vs: like as we doe put our trust in thee.

Benedicam Domino, Pslxxxiiij.

I will alway giue thankes vnto the Lord: his praise shall euer be in my mounth.

My sonle shall make her boast of the Lord: the humble sall heare there of, and be glad.

O praise the Lord with me: and let vs magnifie his Name together.

I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he deliuered me out of all my feare.

They had an eye vnto him, and were lightend: and their faces were not ashamed.

Loe, the poore crieth, and the Lord heareth him: yea, and saueth him out of all his troubles.

The Angle of the Lorde tarieth round about them that feare him: and deliuereth them.

O taste and see howe gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

O feare the Lord ye that be his saints: for they that feare him, lacke nothing.

The Lons doe lacke, and suffer hunger: but they which seeke the Lord, shall want no maner of thing that is good.

Come ye children, and hearken vnto me: I will teach you the feare of the Lord.

what man is hee that lusteh to liue, and would faine see good dayes: keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips that they speake no guile.

Esche we euil and doe good: seeke peace, and ensue it.

The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous: and his eares are open vpon vnto them praiers.

The countenance of the Lorde is against them that doe cuill: to roote out the remembrance of them from the earth.

The righteous cry, and the Lord heaeth them: and deliuereth them out of all their troubles.

The Lord is nigh vnto them that are of a contrite heart: and will saue such as be of an humble spirit.

Great are the troubles of the rightcous: but the Lord deliuereth him out of all.

He keepeth all his bones: so that not one of them is broken.

But misfortune shall slay the vngodly: and they that hate the righteous, shalbe desolate.

The Lord deliuereth the soules of his seruants: and all they that put their trust in him, shall not be destitute.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Morning prayer.
• * 1.2

  Euening prayer