38 Incline Thine ear to me, O Lord; make haste to deliver me; O save me for Thy mercies' sake. Amen! 39 Isaiah lv: 6, 7. Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. 40 O Lord, most merciful! we adore Thee; hear our prayer! O Lord of Hosts, in Thy great mercy towards us draw nigh! Hide Thy face from our sins; blot out all our iniquities; Grant us mercy; give us Thy peace forever! Hear, we implore Thee, and save us; in Thy great mercy towards us draw nigh and hear us! 41 The heavens are telling the glory of God; the wonder of His work displays the firmament. Day speaks to day, night giveth knowledge to the following night. In all the lands resounds the word, never unperceived, ever understood. 42 EVENING PRAYER. Here as the night is falling, Raise we an evening prayer. Only on Thee relying, Make us this night Thy care. While all unconscious sleeping, Have us, O have us in Thy keeping! Kindly our strength renew. O Lord, prepare us, Thy will to do. As pants the hart for cooling streams Ps. xlii. Tr. Tate and Brady. 115 60 Anon. Come, let us sound her praise abroad David T. K. Drummond. 148 Felicia Hemans. 137 63 Sol. Ibn Gabirol (11th Cent.). Tr. Gustav Gottheil. Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round John W. Chadwick. Evening and morning Paul Gerhard. Tr. Richard Massey. Father, again to Thy dear name we raise John Ellerton. Father, now the day is over E. B. Father, Thou has taught the way James K. Gutheim. Father, to Thee we look in all our sorrow F. L. Hosmer. Forget thine anguish 131 Sol. Ibn Gabirol. Tr. Emma Lazarus. God is enough! Thou who in hope and fear. 37 |