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displeasure, shalt cast them down. 9 Awake up, my glory; awake, 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: lute and harp: I myself will awake put my tears into thy bottle: are right early.

not these things noted in thy book? 10 I will give thanks unto thee, 9 Whensoever I call upon thee, O Lord, among the people; and then shall mine enemies be put to I will sing unto thee among the flight: this I know; for God is on nations. my side.

11 For the greatness of thy 10 In God's word will I rejoice; mercy reacheth unto the heavens, in the Lord's word will I comfort and thy truth unto the clouds. 12 Set up thyself, O God, above 11 Yea, in God have I put my the heavens, and thy glory above trust; I will not be afraid what all the earth.

me.

man can do unto me.

Psalm 58. Si vere utique.

12 Unto thee, O God, will I ARE your minds set upon righpay my vows; unto thee will I teousness, Oye congregation? give thanks. and do ye judge the thing that is 13 For thou hast delivered my right, O ye sons of men? soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living. Psalm 57. Miserere mei, Deus.

BE merciful unto me, O God,

be merciful unto me; for my soul trusteth in thee; and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be overpast.

2 I will call unto the most high God, even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand.

3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me up.

2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the earth, and your hands deal with wickedness.

3 The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb; as soon as they are born, they go astray and speak lies.

4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears;

5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths; smite the jaw-bones of the lions, O Lord: let them fall 4 God shall send forth his mercy away like water that runneth and truth: my soul is among lions. apace; and when they shoot their 5 And I lie even among the chil-arrows, let them be rooted out. dren of men, that are set on fire, 7 Let them consume away like whose teeth are spears and arrows, a snail, and be like the untimely and their tongue a sharp sword. fruit of a woman; and let them 6 Set up thyself, O God, above not see the sun. the heavens, and thy glory above 8 Or ever your pots be made all the earth. hot with thorns, so let indignation 7 They have laid a net for my vex him, even as a thing that is feet, and pressed down my soul; they have digged a pit before me, 9 The righteous shall rejoice, and are fallen into the midst of it when he seeth the vengeance; he themselves. shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the ungodly.

8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing, and give praise.

raw.

10 So that a man shall say, Verily, there is a reward for the

righteous; doubtless there is a God return, grin like a dog, and will go that judgeth the earth. about the city.

EVENING PRAYER. 15 They will run here and there Psalm 59. Eripe me de inimicis. for meat, and grudge if they be

DELIVER me from mine not satisfied.

enemies, O God; defend me 16 As for me, I will sing of thy from them that rise up against me. power, and will praise thy mercy 20 deliver me from the wick-betimes in the morning; for thou ed doers, and save me from the hast been my defence and refuge blood-thirsty men. in the day of my trouble. 3 For lo, they lie waiting for my 17 Unto thee, O my strength, soul; the mighty men are gathered will I sing; for thou, O God, art against me, without any offence or my refuge, and my merciful God. fault of me, O Lord. Psalm 60. Deus, repulisti nos. 4 They run and prepare them- GOD, thou hast cast us out, selves without my fault; arise thou and scattered us abroad; thou therefore to help me, and behold. hast also been displeased: O turn 5 Stand up, O Lord God of thee unto us again.

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hosts, thou God of Israel, to visit 2 Thou hast moved the land, all the heathen, and be not merci- and divided it: heal the sores ful unto them that offend of ma- thereof, for it shaketh.

licious wickedness.

about through the city.

3 Thou hast showed thy people

6 They go to and fro in the even-heavy things; thou hast given us a ing, they grin like a dog, and run drink of deadly wine. 4 Thou hast given a token for 7 Behold, they speak with their such as fear thee, that they may mouth, and swords are in their triumph because of the truth. lips; for who doth hear? 5 Therefore were thy beloved

8 But thou, O Lord, shalt have delivered: help me with thy right them in derision, and thou shalt hand, and hear me.

laugh all the heathen to scorn. 6 God hath spoken in his ho9 My strength will I ascribe liness, I will rejoice and divide unto thee; for thou art the God Sichem, and mete out the valley of of my refuge. Succoth.

10 God showeth me his goodness 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasses plenteously: and God shall let me is mine; Ephraim also is the see my desire upon mine enemies. strength of my head; Judah is my 11 Slay them not, lest my people law-giver; forget it; but scatter them abroad among the people, and put them down, O Lord, our defence.

12 For the sin of their mouth, and for the words of their lips, they shall be taken in their pride: and why? their preaching is of cursing and lies.

13 Consume them in thy wrath; consume them, that they may perish, and know that it is God that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world.

14 And in the evening they will

8 Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; Philistia, be thou glad of me.

9 Who will lead me into the strong city? who will bring me into Edom?

10 Hast not thou cast us out, O God? wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts?

11 O be thou our help in trouble; for vain is the help of man.

12 Through God will we do great acts; for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.

Psalm 61. Exaudi, Deus.

H

EAR my crying, O God, give

ear unto my prayer.

7 In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my might; and in God is my trust.

2 From the ends of the earth 8 O put your trust in him alway, will I call upon thee, when my ye people; pour out your hearts heart is in heaviness. before him; for God is our hope.

30 set me up upon the rock 9 As for the children of men, that is higher than I; for thou hast they are but vanity; the children been my hope, and a strong tower of men are deceitful upon the for me against the enemy. weights; they are altogether light

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle er than vanity itself. for ever, and my trust shall be un- 100 trust not in wrong and robder the covering of thy wings. bery; give not yourselves unto

5 For thou, O Lord, hast heard vanity: if riches increase, set not my desires, and hast given an heri-your heart upon them. tage unto those that fear thy name. 11 God spake once, and twice I 6 Thou shalt grant the King a have also heard the same, that long life, that his years may endure power belongeth unto God; throughout all generations. 12 And that thou, Lord, art 7 He shall dwell before God for merciful; for thou rewardest eveever: O prepare thy loving mercy ry man according to his work. and faithfulness, that they may Psalm 63. Deus, Deus meus. preserve him.

8. So will I always sing praise GOD, thou art my God; early

unto thy name, that I may daily
perform my vows.

The twelfth Day.
MORNING PRAYER.
Psalm 62. Nonne Deo?
Y soul truly waiteth still upon
God; for of him cometh my
salvation.

MY

2 He verily is my strength and my salvation; he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall.

3 How long will ye imagine mischief against every man? ye

will I seek thee.

2 My soul thirsteth for thee; my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.

3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness, that I might behold the power and glory;

4 For thy loving kindness is better than the life itself: my lips shall praise thee.

5 As long as I live will I magnify thee in this manner, and lift up my hands in thy name.

6 My soul shall be satisfied, even shall be slain all the sort of you; as it were with marrow and fatness, yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, when my mouth praiseth thee with and like a broken hedge. joyful lips.

7 Have I not remembered thee in my bed, and thought upon thee when I was waking?

4 Their device is only how to put him out whom God will exalt; their delight is in lies; they give good words with their mouth, but 8 Because thou hast been my curse with their heart. helper; therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

5 Nevertheless, my soul wait thou still upon God; for my hope is in him.

9 My soul hangeth upon thee; thy right hand hath upholden me. 6 He truly is my strength, and 10 These also that seck the hurt my salvation; he is my defence, of my soul, they shall go under the

so that I shall not fall.

earth.

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11 Let them fall upon the edge me: O be thou merciful unto our of the sword, that they may be a sins.

portion for foxes.

4 Blessed is the man whom thou

12 But the King shall rejoice in choosest, and receivest unto thee: God; all they also that swear by he shall dwell in thy court, and shall him shall be commended; for the be satisfied with the pleasures of mouth of them that speak lies shall thy house, even of thy holy temple. be stopped. 5 Thou shalt show us wonderPsalm 64. Exaudi, Deus. ful things in thy righteousness, O EAR my voice, O God, in God of our salvation; thou that my prayer; preserve my life art the hope of all the ends of the from fear of the enemy. earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.

2 Hide me from the gathering together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers;

3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words,

6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, and is girded about with power.

7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people.

4 That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect: suddenly do 8 They also that dwell in the they hit him, and fear not. uttermost parts of the earth shall 5 They encourage themselves be afraid at thy tokens, thou that in mischief, and commune among makest the out-goings of the mornthemselves, how they may lay ing and evening to praise thee. snares; and say, that no man shall 9 Thou visitest the earth, and see them. blessest it; thou makest it very

6 They imagine wickedness, plenteous. and practise it; that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart.

10 The river of God is full of water: thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth. 7 But God shall suddenly shoot 11 Thou waterest her furrows; at them with a swift arrow, that thou sendest rain into the little they shall be wounded. valleys thereof; thou makest it soft 8 Yea, their own tongues shall with the drops of rain, and blessmake them fall; insomuch that est the increase of it.

whoso seeth them, shall laugh 12 Thou crownest the year with them to scorn. thy goodness; and thy clouds drop fatness.

9 And all men that see it shall say, This hath God done; for they shall perceive that it is his work.

10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in him; and all they that are true of heart shall be glad.

EVENING PRAYER.
Psalm 65. Te decet hymnus.
TH
HOU, O God, art praised in
Sion; and unto thee shall the

vow be performed in Jerusalem.
2 Thou that hearest the prayer,
unto thee shall all flesh come.

3 My misdeeds prevail against

13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness; and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.

14 The folds shall be full of sheep: the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing.

Psalm 66. Jubilate Deo.

OBE joyful in God, all ye lands; praises unto the honour of his name; make his praise to be glorious.

2 Say unto God, O how won

derful art thou in thy works ;|considered the voice of my prayer. through the greatness of thy pow- 18 Praised be God, who hath

er shall thine enemies be found not cast out my prayer, nor turnliars unto thee. ed his mercy from me.

3 For all the world shall wor- Psalm 67. Deus misereatur. ship thee, sing of thee, and praise GOD be merciful unto us, and

thy name..

bless us, and show us the 4 O come hither, and behold light of his countenance, and be the works of God, how wonder-merciful unto us;

ful he is in his doing toward the 2 That thy way may be known children of men. upon earth, thy saving health

5 He turned the sea into dry among all nations. land, so that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof.

3 Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the people praise thee.

6 He ruleth with his power for 4 O let the nations rejoice and ever; his eyes behold the people: be glad; for thou shalt judge the and such as will not believe, shall folk righteously, and govern the not be able to exalt themselves. nations upon earth.

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

8 Who holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to slip. 9 For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried.

10 Thou broughtest us into the snare, and laidst trouble upon our loins.

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

5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.

7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the world shall fear him.

The thirteenth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 68. Exurgat Deus. ET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him. 12 I will go into thine house 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, with burnt-offerings, and will pay so shalt thou drive them away; thee my vows, which I promised and like as wax melteth at the fire, with my lips, and spake with my so let the ungodly perish at the mouth, when I was in trouble. presence of God.

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

3 But let the righteous be glad, and rejoice before God; let them also be merry and joyful.

14 O come hither, and hearken, 4 O sing unto God, and sing all ye that fear God, and I will tell praises unto his name; magyou what he hath done for my soul. nify him that rideth upon the hea15 I called unto him with my vens, as it were upon an horse; mouth, and gave him praises with praise him in his name JAH, and my tongue. rejoice before him.

16 II incline unto wickedness with mine heart, the Lord will not hear me.

5 He is a father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the widows; even God in his holy

17 But God hath heard me, and habitation.

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