DAY 3 EVENING PRAYER
PSALM 18. Diligam te, Domine.
I will love thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my stony rock, and my defence: my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge.
2 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be praised: so shall I be safe from mine enemies.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me: and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid.
4 The pains of hell came about me: the snares of death overtook me.
5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord: and complain unto my God.
6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple: and my complaint shall come before him, it shall enter even into his ears.
7 The earth trembled and quaked: the very foundations also of the hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth.
8 There went a smoke out in his presence: and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it.