The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue uttereth that which is right.

The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace.

But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; he is their strength in the time of trouble.

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

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

The Eighth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM XXXIX.

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee; verily every man at his best state is only a vapor.

Surely every man walketh as a shadow; surely he is

disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

And now, Lord, what is my hope? truly my hope is in thee.

Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the wicked.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

PSALM XL.

I WAITED patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor the deceitful.

Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, many are thy gracious thoughts toward us: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Therefore, said I, Lo, I come to do what thy law commands.

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have

not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up: they are more than the hairs of mine head; therefore my heart faileth me.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, the Lord be magnified.

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

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

The Eighth Day.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM XLII.

As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so pant

eth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him; him, my deliverer, and my God.

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over

me.

Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him; him, my deliverer and my God.

PSALM XLIII.

O SEND out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, I will praise thee, O God, my God.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him; him, my deliverer, and my God.

PSALM XLVI.

GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling-place of the Most High.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Be still, and know that I am God: I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted throughout the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

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

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

Ninth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM XLVII.

O CLAP your hands, all ye people, shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

For the Lord Most High is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.