If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart: the Lord will not
hear me.
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.
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_. Psalm cvii.
O 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.
They went astray in the wilderness out of the way: and found no
city to dwell in;
Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.
So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: and he delivered
them from their distress.
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 up.
So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered
them out of their distress.
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;
These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep.
For at his word the stormy wind ariseth: which lifteth up the
waves thereof.
They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep:
their soul melteth away because of the trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man: and are at
their wits end.
So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivereth
them out of their distress.
For he maketh the storm to cease: so that the waves thereof are
still.
Then are they glad, because they are at rest: and so he bringeth
them unto the haven where they would be.
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 exalt him also in the congregation of the people:
and praise him in the seat of the elders!
Who turneth the floods into a wilderness: and drieth up the
water-springs.
A fruitful land maketh he barren: for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein.
Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water: and water-springs
of a dry ground.
And there he setteth the hungry: that they may build them a city
to dwell in;
That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards: to yield them
fruits of increase.
He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly: and suffereth
not their cattle to decrease.
And again, when they are minished and brought low: through
oppression, through any plague or trouble;
Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants: and
let them wander out of the way in the wilderness;
Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery: and maketh him households
like a flock of sheep.
The righteous will consider this, and rejoice: and the mouth of
all wickedness shall be stopped.
Whoso is wise will ponder these things: and they shall understand
the loving-kindness of the Lord.
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.
_Collects of Thanksgiving_.
O most blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite goodness
and mercy: We thy poor creatures, whom thou hast made and preserved,
holding our souls in life, and now rescuing us out of the jaws of
death, humbly present ourselves again before thy Divine Majesty,
to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for that thou
heardest us when we called in our trouble, and didst not cast out
our prayer, which we made before thee in our great distress: Even
when we gave all for lost, our ship, our goods, our lives, then
didst thou mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully command a
deliverance; for which we, now being in safety, do give all praise
and glory to thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_.
_Or this:_
O most mighty and gracious good God, thy mercy is over all thy
works, but in special manner hath been extended toward us, whom
thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou hast shewed
us terrible things, and wonders in the deep, that we might see how
powerful and gracious a God thou art; how able and ready to help
them that trust in thee. Thou hast shewed us how both winds and
seas obey thy command; that we may learn, even from them, hereafter
to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. We therefore bless and
glorify thy Name, for this thy mercy in saving us, when we were
ready to perish. And, we beseech thee, make us as truly sensible
now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger: and give us hearts
always ready to express our thankfulness, not only by words, but
also by our lives, in being more obedient to thy holy commandments.
Continue, we beseech thee, this thy goodness to us; that we, whom
thou hast saved, may serve thee in holiness and righteousness all
the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
_Amen_.
_A Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous Tempest_.
O come, let us give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and
his mercy endureth for ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; let the redeemed of
the Lord say so: whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of
the sea.
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion: slow to anger, and of
great mercy.
He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: neither rewarded
us according to our iniquities.
But as the heaven is high above the earth: so great hath been his
mercy towards us.
We found trouble and heaviness: we were even at death's door.
The waters of the sea had well-nigh covered us: the proud waters
had well-nigh gone over our soul.
The sea roared: and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof.
We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into
the deep: our soul melted within us, because of trouble;
Then cried we unto thee, O Lord: and thou didst deliver us out of
our distress.
Blessed be thy Name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy
servants: but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us.
Thou didst send forth thy commandment: and the windy storm ceased,
and was turned into a calm.
O let us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: and declare
the wonders that he hath done, and still doeth, for the children
of men.
Praised be the Lord daily: even the Lord that helpeth us, and
poureth his benefits upon us.
He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: God is the
Lord by whom we have escaped death.
Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands:
and we will triumph in thy praise.
Blessed be the Lord God: even the Lord God, who only doeth wondrous
things;
And blessed be the Name of his majesty for ever: and let every one
of us say, Amen, Amen.
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.