25 So is the great and wide sea also: wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships, and there is that leviathan: whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein.
27 These wait all upon thee: that thou mayest give them meat in due season.
28 When thou givest it them they gather it: and when thou openest thy hand they are filled with good.
29 When thou hidest thy face they are troubled: when thou takest away their breath they die, and are turned again to their dust.
30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth they shall be made: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
31 The glorious majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him: if he do but touch the hills, they shall smoke.
33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will praise my G.o.d while I have my being.
34 And so shall my words please him: my joy shall be in the Lord.
35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the unG.o.dly shall come to an end: praise thou the Lord, O my soul, praise the Lord.
DAY 21 MORNING PRAYER
PSALM 105. _Confitemini Domino_.
O give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his Name: tell the people what things he hath done.
2 O let your songs be of him, and praise him: and let your talking be of all his wondrous works.
3 Rejoice in his holy Name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
4 Seek the Lord and his strength: seek his face evermore.
5 Remember the marvellous works that he hath done: his wonders, and the judgements of his mouth,
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant: ye children of Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the Lord our G.o.d: his judgements are in all the world.
8 He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and promise: that he made to a thousand generations;
9 Even the covenant that he made with Abraham: and the oath that he sware unto Isaac;
10 And appointed the same unto Jacob for a law: and to Israel for an everlasting testament;
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan: the lot of your inheritance;
12 When there were yet but a few of them: and they strangers in the land;
13 What time as they went from one nation to another: from one kingdom to another people;
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: but reproved even kings for their sakes;
15 Touch not mine Anointed: and do my prophets no harm.
16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon the land: and destroyed all the provision of bread.
17 But he had sent a man before them: even Joseph, who was sold to be a bond-servant;
18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks: the iron entered into his soul;
19 Until the time came that his cause was known: the word of the Lord tried him.
20 The king sent, and delivered him: the prince of the people let him go free.
21 He made him lord also of his house: and ruler of all his substance;
22 That he might inform his princes after his will: and teach his senators wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt: and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people exceedingly: and made them stronger than their enemies;
25 Whose heart turned, so that they hated his people: and dealt untruly with his servants.
26 Then sent he Moses his servant: and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 And these shewed his tokens among them: and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and it was dark: and they were not obedient unto his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood: and slew their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs: yea, even in their kings chambers.
31 He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies: and lice in all their quarters.
32 He gave them hail-stones for rain: and flames of fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and fig-trees: and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts.
34 He spake the word, and the gra.s.shoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable: and did eat up all the gra.s.s in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
35 He smote all the first-born in their land: even the chief of all their strength.
36 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
37 Egypt was glad at their departing: for they were afraid of them.