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Psalm cxxvii. Nisi Dominus.

EXCEPT the LORD build the house, their

labour is but lost that build it.

2 Except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness; for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

4 Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb, are an heritage and gift that cometh of the LORD.

5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children.

6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

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Psalm cxxviii. Beati omnes.

BLESSED are all they that fear the LORD, and walk in his ways.

2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be!

3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine house.

4 Thy children like the olive-branches round about thy table.

5 Lo, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

6 The LORD from out of Sion shall so bless

thee, that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long.

7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.

Psalm cxxix. Sæpe expugnaverunt.

MANY a time have they fought against me from my youth up, may Israel now say: 2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back, and made long furrows.

4 But the righteous LORD hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.

5 Let them be confounded and turned backward, as many as have evil will at Sion.

6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house-tops, which withereth afore it be plucked up;

7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.

8 So that they who go by say not so much as, The LORD prosper you; we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord.

Psalm cxxx. De profundis.

OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD; Lord, hear my voice.

2 O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint.

3 If thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it? 4 For there is mercy with thee; therefore shalt thou be feared.

5 I look for the LORD; my soul doth wait for him; in his word is my trust.

6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch; I say, before the morning

watch.

7 O Israel, trust in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.

Psalm cxxxi. Domine, non est.

LORD, I am not high-minded; I have no proud looks.

2 I do not exercise myself in great matters which are too high for me.

3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother: yea, my soul is even as a weaned child.

4 O Israel, trust in the LORD from this time forth for evermore.

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY.

Morning Prayer.

Psalm cxxxii. Memento, Domine.

LORD, remember David, and all his trou

ble:

2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob;

3 I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house, nor climb up unto my bed;

4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber; neither the temples of my head to take any rest;

5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the LORD; an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata, and found it in the wood.

7 We will go into his tabernacle, and fall low on our knees before his footstool.

8 Arise, O LORD, into thy resting-place; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteous ness; and let thy saints sing with joyfulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the presence of thine Anointed.

11 The LORD hath made a faithful oath unto David, and he shall not shrink from it;

12 Of the fruit of thy body shall I set upon thy seat.

13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimonies that I shall learn them; their children also shall sit upon thy seat for

evermore.

14 For the LORD hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself; he hath longed for her.

15 This shall be my rest for ever: here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

16 I will bless her victuals with increase, and will satisfy her poor with bread.

17 I will deck her priests with health, and her saints shall rejoice and sing.

18 There shall I make the horn of David to flourish: I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed.

19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Psalm cxxxiii. Ecce, quam bonum ! BEHOLD, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity!

2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard, even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing.

3 Like as the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Sion.

4 For there the LORD promised his blessing, and life for evermore.

Psalm cxxxiv. Ecce nunc.

BEHOLD now, praise the LORD, all ye ser

vants of the LORD;

2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the LORD, even in the courts of the house of our God.

3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the LORD.

4 The LORD, that made heaven and earth, give thee blessing out of Sion.

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