PSALM LXXVIII.

HEAR my law, O my people; incline your ears

unto the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter sayings of old time;

Which we have heard and known, and such as our fathers have told us;

That we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come, but show the honor of the Lord, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done.

He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children;

That their posterity might know it, and the children who were yet unborn;

To the intent that when they came up, they might show their children the same;

That they might put their trust in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his command

ments.

Now unto the King eternal, etc.

Be honor and glory, etc.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM XLIV.

E have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what thou hast done in their time of old.

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy

hand, and planted them in; how thou didst destroy the nations, and cast them out.

For they gat not the land in possession through their own sword, neither was it their own arm that helped them;

But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst favor unto them.

Thou art my King, O God; send help unto Jacob.

For I will not trust in my bow; it is not my sword that shall help me.

But it is thou who savest us from our enemies, and puttest them to confusion who hate us.

We make our boast of God all day long, and will praise thy name forever.

PSALM CV.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his name; tell the people what things he hath done.

O let your songs be of him, and praise him; and let your talking be of all his wondrous works.

Rejoice in his holy name; let the heart of those rejoice who seek the Lord.

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his face

evermore.

Remember the marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

ye

seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the world.

He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and promise that he made to a thousand generations; Even the covenant that he made with Abraham, and the oath that he sware unto Isaac ;

And appointed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament;

Saying, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance."

When there were yet but a few of them, and they strangers in the land ;

What time as they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

He suffered no man to do them wrong, but reproved even kings for their sakes.

"Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm."

And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness;

And gave them the lands of the heathen; and they took the labors of the people in possession; That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws.

Now unto the King eternal, etc.
Be honor and glory, etc.

The Minister may use the common Service for Morning or Evening Prayer, till he comes to the Psalms for the Day of the Month; instead of which, the following Psalms are to be said.

PSALM XLVII.

CLAP your hands together all ye people; O sing unto God with the voice of melody. For the Lord is high, and to be feared; he is the great King over all the earth.

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

He shall choose out an heritage for us, even the excellency of Jacob whom he loved.

God is gone up with a shout, and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet.

O sing praises, sing praises unto our God; O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.

For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises with understanding.

God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon his holy throne.

The princes of the heathen are joined unto the people of the God of Abraham; for God, who is high exalted, doth defend the earth as it were with a shield.

PSALM CXLVII.

PRAISE ye the Lord: for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful.

The Lord doth build up Jerusalem and gather together the outcasts of Israel.

He healeth those who are broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

He telleth the number of the stars; and calleth them all by their names.

Great is our Lord, and great is his power; yea, and his wisdom is infinite.

The Lord lifteth up the meek; and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground.

O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises upon the harp unto our God;

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains;

Who giveth to the beast his food, and feedeth the young ravens that cry.

He hath no pleasure in the strength of the horse; neither delighteth he in the force of man.

But the Lord's delight is in those who fear him, and put their trust in his mercy.