Lighten the troubles of my heart; O bring thou me out of my distresses.

Look upon mine affliction, and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ forever and ever. Amen.

The Fifth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM XXVI.

JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not fall.

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my thoughts and my heart.

For thy loving kindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

I do not sit with men of falsehood, neither do I go with dissemblers.

I hate the assembly of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I go to thine altar, O Lord;

That I may publish, with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honor dwelleth.

As for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

My foot walks in a straight path: in the congregation will I bless the Lord.

PSALM XXVII.

THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord continually, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle will he hide he shall set me upon a rock.

me;

Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice; have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

When my father and mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path.

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

The Fifth Day.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM XXVIII.

UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the grave.

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto

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thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy mercy

seat.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; which speak peace to their neighbors, while mischief is in their hearts.

Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusteth in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise him. The Lord is my strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up forever.

PSALM XXIX.

GIVE unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth; the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness.

The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King forever.

The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

The Sixth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM XXX.

I WILL extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up.

O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave; thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the tomb.

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

In his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

Lord, by thy favor thou hast made me to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.