15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted:
and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself.

16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down: and they shall perish at
the rebuke of thy countenance.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the
son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self.

18 And so will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we
shall call upon thy Name.

19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts: shew the light of thy
countenance, and we shall be whole.

PSALM 81. _Exultate Deo_.

Sing we merrily unto God our strength: make a cheerful noise
unto the God of Jacob.

2 Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret: the merry harp with
the lute.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon: even in the time appointed,
and upon our solemn feast-day.

4 For this was made a statute for Israel: and a law of the God of
Jacob.

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony: when he came out
of the land of Egypt, and had heard a strange language.

6 I eased his shoulder from the burden: and his hands were
delivered from making the pots.

7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee: and
heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee.

8 I proved thee also: at the waters of strife.

9 Hear, O my people, and I will assure thee, O Israel: if thou
wilt hearken unto me,

10 There shall no strange god be in thee: neither shalt thou
worship any other god.

11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of
Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it.

12 But my people would not hear my voice: and Israel would not
obey me.

13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts* lusts: and let them
follow their own imaginations.

14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me: for if Israel
had walked in my ways,

15 I should soon have put down their enemies: and turned my hand
against their adversaries.

16 The haters of the Lord should have been found liars: but their
time should have endured for ever.

17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour: and
with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee.

DAY 16 EVENING PRAYER

PSALM 82. _Deus stetit_.

God standeth in the congregation of princes: he is a Judge among
gods.

2 How long will ye give wrong judgement: and accept the persons
of the ungodly?

3 Defend the poor and fatherless: see that such as are in need
and necessity have right