A cry for mercy in the judgement, and for grace now.

p. HEAR my prayer O Lord, and consider mỹ dësíre : Hearken unto me for Thy truth and righteousness' sâke -. 2 And enter not into judgement with Thy servant : For in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been lóng dèad.

4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me : And my heartwithin-me ïs dês-olate.

5 cr. Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all Thy wórks: Yea, I exercise myself in the works of Thý hands.

6 I stretch forth my hands untö Thée : My soul gaspeth unto Thee as a thirst-y-land.

A cry for grace to resist temptation.

7 p. Hear me O Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth fáint: Hide not Thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the *pît -.

[*'grave.]

8 O let me hear Thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning, for in Thee is mÿ trúst: Shew thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul untö Thêe ---.

9 Deliver me O Lord, from mine enemies: For I flee unto Thee to híde mè.

10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth Thee, for Thou art mỹ Gód: Let Thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land öf right-eousness.

11 Quicken me O Lord, for Thy Name's sake : And for Thy righteousness' sake. bring my soul out of trouble.

12 And of Thy goodness. slay mine én emies: And destroy all them that vex my soul; (sl.) for I am Thy sêrvant.

Yea, no longer a bondservant, but a son in Christ Jesus.

THE 'MISERERE' (Psalm li.)

ON ASH WEDNESDAY, IN THE COMMINATION,
AND IN ANY PENITENTIAL SEASON.

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The fourth Penitential Psalm.

The cry of one who feels that he has grievously fallen from grace.

pp. HÄVE | mercy upon me O God, after Thỷ great good-ness: According to the multitude of Thy mercies. do away mine öffences.

2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness: And cleanse me fröm mỹ sîn -.

3 For I acknowledge my faults: And my sin is ėvėr bëfôre me.

4 Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this evil ïn Thy sight: That Thou mightest be justified in Thy saying, and clear *when Thou art judged.

[*in Thy judging.]

5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: And in sin hath my mother cönceived-me.

6 But lo, Thou requirest truth in the inward parts: And shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.

7 cr. Thou shalt *purge me with hyssop, and I shall be cléan : Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow -.

[* purify with the Blood of Sprinkling."]

8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness: That the bones, which Thou hast broken, måy rėjôice -.

9 p. Turn Thy face away from my síns : And put out äll mỹ misdeeds -.

10 Make me a clean heart, Ö Gód ; And renew a right spirit withîn me.

11 Cast me not away from Thy présence: And take-not Thy holy Spirit from me.

12 O give me the comfort of Thy help again : And stablish me with Thy frëe Spîrit.

13 + cr. Then shall I teach Thy wäys unto (the-wicked: And sinners shall be converted intỏ Thêe -.

14 dim. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness O God, Thou that art the God of my *health : And my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness.

[*salvation.]

15 cr. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord : And my mouth shäll shew Thỷ praise -.

16 For Thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it Thée: But Thou delightest not in bürnt-of-ferings.

17 The sacrifice of God is å troubled spírit ; A broken and contrite heart O God, shalt Thou not despîse -.

Major with Chant III. only.

18 O be favourable, and gracious, unto Síon : Build Thou the wålls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and oblations: Then shall they offer young (sl.) bullocks upon Thïne altar.

+ Glory be to the Father; and to the Son; and to (theHoly Ghost: As it was in the beginning; is now; and ever shall be, (sl.) world without end -. || A-mēn.

We are standing to-day on Calvary with the Crucified before our eyes, and repeating to ourselves His dying words.

The darkness and desolation. Thus crieth Jesus from His Cross

pp. sl. 'MỸ | God, My God, look upon Me; why hast Thōu försák-en-Me': And art so far *from My health, and from the words of My complaint ?

[*from saving me.]

2 'O My God, I cry in the day-time, but Thou hearëst nót : And in the night-season-also. I täke nó rèst.

3 cr. 'And Thou continuëst holy : Ō Thou Worship öf Îs-rael.