FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

in his doing toward the children of

men.

He turned the sea into dry land: so that they went through the wa­ter on foot; there did we rejoice thereof.

He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves.

O praise our God, ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

Who holdeth our soul in life: and suffereth not our feet to slip.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou also hast tried us, like as silver

is tried.

Thou broughtest us into the snare: and laidest trouble upon our loins.

Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads: we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

I will go into thine house with burnt- offerings and will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble.

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They went astray in the wilder­ness out of the way and found no city to dwell in;

I will offer unto thee fat burnt­sacrifices, with the incense of rams: 1 will offer bullocks and goats.

O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God: and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul.

I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue.

If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart: the Lord will not hear

me.

Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.

So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them from their distress.

But God hath heard me: and con­sidered the voice of my prayer.

Praised be God who hath not cast out my prayer: nor turned his mercy from me.

He led them forth by the right way that they might go to the city where they dwelt.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: and de­clare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

For he satisfieth the empty soul: and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: being fast bound in misery and iron;

Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest;

He also brought down their heart through heaviness: they fell down, and there was none to help them.

So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their distress.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

Confitemini Domino.

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Psalm cvii. GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever.

Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed: and delivered from the hand of the enemy;

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west: from the north, and from the

south.

For he brought them out of dark­ness, and out of the shadow of death: and brake their bonds in sunder.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and de­clare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

For he hath broken the gates of brass and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wick­edness.

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat and they were even hard at death's door.

So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their distress.

He sent his word, and healed them and they were saved from their destruction.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and de­clare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness!

They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters;