18 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: O haste thee, and hear me.
19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it: O deliver me, because of mine enemies.
20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all in thy sight.
21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me.
22 They gave me gall to eat: and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.
23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal: and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling.
24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not: and ever bow thou down their backs.
25 Pour out thine indignation upon them: and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them.
26 Let their habitation be void: and no man to dwell in their tents.
27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten: and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.
28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another: and riot come into thy righteousness.
29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living: and not be written among the righteous.
30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness: thy help, O G.o.d, shall lift me up.
31 I will praise the Name of G.o.d with a song: and magnify it with thanksgiving.
32 This also shall please the Lord: better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad: seek ye after G.o.d, and your soul shall live.
34 For the Lord heareth the poor: and despiseth not his prisoners.
35 Let heaven and earth praise him: the sea, and all that moveth therein.
36 For G.o.d will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah: that men may dwell there, and have it in possession.
37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his Name shall dwell therein.
PSALM 70. _Deus, in adjutorium_.
Haste thee, O G.o.d, to deliver me: make haste to help me, O Lord.
2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned back ward and put to confusion that wish me evil.
3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame: that cry over me, There, there.
4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee: and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised.
5 As for me, I am poor and in misery: haste thee unto me, O G.o.d.
6 Thou art my helper and my redeemer: O Lord, make no long tarrying.
DAY 14 MORNING PRAYER
PSALM 71. _In te, Domine, speravi_.
In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, let me never be put to confusion: but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness, incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
2 Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence and my castle.
3 Deliver me, O my G.o.d, out of the hand of the unG.o.dly: out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
4 For thou, O Lord G.o.d, art the thing that I long for: thou art my hope, even from my youth.
5 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: thou art he that took me out of my mother"s womb; my praise shall be always of thee.
6 I am become as it were a monster unto many: but my sure trust is in thee.
7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praise: that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.
8 Cast me not away in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth me.
9 For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying: G.o.d hath forsaken him; persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
10 Go not far from me, O G.o.d: my G.o.d, haste thee to help me.
11 Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul: let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil.
12 As for me, I will patiently abide alway: and will praise thee more and more.
13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation: for I know no end thereof.
14 I will go forth in the strength of the Lord G.o.d: and will make mention of thy righteousness only.
15 Thou, O G.o.d, hast taught me from my youth up until now: therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.
16 Forsake me not, O G.o.d, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed: until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.
17 Thy righteousness, O G.o.d, is very high: and great things are they that thou hast done; O G.o.d, who is like unto thee?
18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me, and yet didst thou turn and refresh me: yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.
19 Thou hast brought me to great honour: and comforted me on every side.
20 Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulness, O G.o.d, playing upon an instrument of music: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee: and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered.