Day 29 Evening Prayer Psalm 142 Voce mea ad Dominum I CRIED unto the Lord with my voice : yea, even unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 2. I poured out my complaints before him : and shewed him of my trouble. 3. When my spirit was in heaviness thou knewest my path : in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. 4. I looked also upon my right hand : and saw there was no man that would know me. 5. I had no place to flee unto : and no man cared for my soul. 6. I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said : Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land of the living. 7. Consider my complaint : for I am brought very low. 8. O deliver me from my persecutors : for they are too strong for me. 9. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto thy Name : which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous resort unto my company. Psalm 143 Domine, exaudi HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and consider my desire : hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness' sake. 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 long dead. 4. Therefore is my spirit vexed within me : and my heart within me is desolate. 5. Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all thy works : yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy hands. 6. I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. 7. Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8. O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust : shew thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : for I flee unto thee to hide me. 10. Teach me to do a thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God : let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness. 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 enemies : and destroy all them that vex my soul ; for I am thy servant.