Part 78 (1/2)

9 Who will lead me into the strong city: who will bring me into Edom?

10 Hast not thou cast us out, O G.o.d: wilt not thou, O G.o.d, go out with our hosts?

11 O be thou our help in trouble: for vain is the help of man.

12 Through G.o.d will we do great acts: for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.

PSALM 61. _Exaudi, Deus_.

Hear my crying, O G.o.d: give ear unto my prayer.

2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee: when my heart is in heaviness.

3 O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I: for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against the enemy.

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings.

5 For thou, O Lord, hast heard my desires: and hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name.

6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life: that his years may endure throughout all generations.

7 He shall dwell before G.o.d for ever: O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him.

8 So will I always sing praise unto thy Name: that I may daily perform my vows.

DAY 12 MORNING PRAYER

PSALM 62. _Nonne Deo?_

My soul truly waiteth still upon G.o.d: for of him cometh my salvation.

2 He verily is my strength and my salvation: he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall.

3 How long will ye imagine mischief against every man: ye shall be slain all the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.

4 Their device is only how to put him out whom G.o.d will exalt: their delight is in lies; they give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart.

5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon G.o.d: for my hope is in him.

6 He truly is my strength and my salvation: he is my defence, so that I shall not fall.

7 In G.o.d is my health, and my glory: the rock of my might, and in G.o.d is my trust.

8 O put your trust in him alway, ye people: pour out your hearts before him, for G.o.d is our hope.

9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity: the children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.

10 O trust not in wrong and robbery, give not yourselves unto vanity: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

11 G.o.d spake once, and twice I have also heard the same: that power belongeth unto G.o.d;