The Lord will perform all things for me: thy mercy O Lord, endureth forever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

The Twenty-Eighth Day.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM CXXXIX.

O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

For, before the word is on my tongue, lo! O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I go from thy presence?

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in the grave, behold, thou art there.

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

PSALM CXLI.

LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

The Twenty-Ninth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM CXLII.

I CRIED unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.

Refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

Attend unto my cry; for I am very low.

Bring my soul out of darkness that I may praise thy

name.

The righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

PSALM CXLIII.

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

And enter not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

I remember the days of old, I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land.

Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me.

Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor, and glory, through Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

The Twenty-Ninth Day.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM CXLIV.

BLESSED be the Lord, my strength, my goodness,

and

my fortress: : my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust.

Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

I will sing a new song unto thee, O God.

That our sons may be as plants, grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as polished columns, for the corner of a palace.

That our garners may be full, affording all manner of

store:

That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no decay, nor leading into captivity; that there be no complaining in our streets.

Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

PSALM CXLV.

I WILL extol thee, my God, O king: and I will bless thy name forever and ever.

Every day will I bless thee: and I will praise thy name forever and ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

And men shall speak of the might of thy wonderful acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.