42 Many a time did he deliver them: but they rebelled against him with then* own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness.
43 Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity: he heard their complaint.
44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them according unto the mult.i.tude of his mercies: yea, he made all those that led them away captive to pity them.
45 Deliver us, O Lord our G.o.d, and gather us from among the heathen: that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boast of thy praise.
46 Blessed be the Lord G.o.d of Israel from everlasting and world without end: And let all the people say, Amen.
DAY 22 MORNING PRAYER
PSALM 107. _Confitemini Domino_.
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed: and delivered from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west: from the north and from the south.
4 They went astray in the wilderness out of the way: and found no city to dwell in;
5 Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.
6 So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them forth by the right way: that they might go to the city where they dwelt.
8 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the empty soul: and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: being fast bound in misery and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord: and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest;
12 He also brought down their heart through heaviness: they fell down, and there was none to help them.
13 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their distress.
14 For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death: and brake their bonds in sunder.
15 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men.
16 For he hath broken the gates of bra.s.s: and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence: and because of their wickedness.
18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they were even hard at death"s door.
19 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their distress.
20 He sent his word, and healed them: and they were saved from their destruction.
21 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving: and tell out his works with gladness!
23 They that go down to the sea in ships: and occupy their business in great waters;
24 These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep.
25 For at his word the stormy wind ariseth: which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep: their soul melteth away because of the trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man: and are at their wit"s end.
28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivereth them out of their distress.
29 For he maketh the storm to cease: so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest: and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.
31 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!
32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people: and praise him in the seat of the elders!
33 Who turneth the floods into a wilderness: and drieth up the water-springs.
34 A fruitful land maketh he barren: for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water: and water-springs of a dry ground
36 And there he setteth the hungry: that they may build them a city to dwell in;
37 That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards: to yield them fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly: and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 And again, when they are minished and brought low: through oppression, through any plague or trouble;
40 Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants: and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness;
41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery: and maketh him households like a flock of sheep.
42 The righteous will consider this, and rejoice: and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.
43 Whoso is wise will ponder these things: and they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord.