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my desires, and hast given an heri-,ity: if riches increase, set not your tage unto those that fear thy name. heart upon them.

6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life, that his years may endure throughout all generations.

7 He shall dwell before God for ever: O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him.

8 So will I always sing praise unto thy name, that 1 may daily perform my vows.

The two fih Day.
MORNING PRAYER.
Psalm 62. Nonne Deo?

My soul truly waiteth still upon
God; for of him cometh my
salvation.

11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same, that pow. er belongeth untʊ God;

12 And that thou, Lord, art mer. ciful; for thou rewardest eyery man according to his work.

Psalm 63. Deus, Deus meus. God, thou art my God; early 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 thec in

holiness, that I might behold thy power and glory;

4 For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself: my lips

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

5 As long as I live will I magnify 3 How long will ye imagine mis-thee in this manner, and lift up ruy chief against every man? ye shall hands in thy name. be slain all the sort of you; yea,

6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as a tottering wall shall ye be, and as it were with marrow and fatness, like a broken hedge. when my mouth praiseth thee with

4 Their device only how to joyful lips. put him out whom God will exalt; 7 Have I not remembered thee their delight is in lies; they give in my bed, and thought upon thee good words with their mouth, but when I was waking? curse with their heart.

8 Because thou hast been my 5 Nevertheless, my soul wait helper; therefore under the shathou still upon God; for my hope dow of thy wings will I rejoice. is in him.

6 He truly is my strength, and my salvation; he is my defence, so that I shall not fall.

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

80 put your trust in him alway, ye people; pour out your hearts before him; for God is our hope.

9 My soul hangeth upon thee; thy right hand hath upholden me. 10 These also that seek the hurt ot my soul, they shall go under the earth.

11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword, that they may be a portion for foxes.

12 But the King shall rejoice in God; all they also that swear by 9 As for the children of nien, him shall be commended; for the they are but vanity; the children mouth of them that speak lies shail of men are deceitful upon the be stopped. weights; they are altogether light-| er than vanity itself.

Psalm 64.

HE

Exaudi, Deus.

[EAR my voice, O God, in my 10 O trust not in wrong and rob- prayer; preserve my life from bury; give not yourselves unto van-fear of the enemy.

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, 4 That they may privily shoot at 8 They also that dwell in the uthim that perfect: suddenly do termost parts of the earth shall be they hit him, and fear not. afraid at thy tokens, thou that ma5 They encourage themselves in kest the out-goings of the morning mischief,andcommune amongthem-and evening to praise thee. selves, how they may lay snares; and 9 Thou visitest the earth, and say, that no man shall see them. blessest it; thou makest it very plenteous.

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.

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

7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow, that they shall be wounded.

10 The river of God is full of water: thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth.

11 Thou waterest her furrows; thou sendest rain into the little vallies thereof; thou makest it soft with 8 Yea, their own tongues shall the drops of rain, and blessest the make them fall; insomuch that increase of it.

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

to scorn.

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

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:

him; and all they that are true of the vallies also shall stand so thick heart shall be glad.

EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 65. Te decet hymnus.

TOU, O God, art praised in

Sion; and unto thee shail the Vow be performed in Jerusalem. 2 Thou that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come,

with corn, that they shall laugh and sing.

Psalm 66. Jubilate Deo.

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

2 Say unto God, O how wonder. ful art thou in thy works; through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thec.

3 My misdeeds prevail against me: O be thou merciful unto our sins. 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee: he shall dwell in thy court, and 3 For all the world shall worship shall be satisfied with the pleasures thee, sing of thee, and praise thy of thy house,even of thy holy temple. naine.

5 Thou shalt show us wonderful 4 O come hither, and behold things in thy righteousness, O God the works of God, how wonderful of our salvation; thou that art the he is in his doing toward the chil hope of all the ends of the earth, dren of men. and of them that remain in the broad sea

5 He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went through the

water on foot; there did we rejoice 3 Let the people praise thee, O thereof. God; yea, let all the people praise

6 He ruleth with his power for thee. ever; his eyes behold the people : 4 Olet the nations rejoice and be and such as will not believe, shall glad; for thou shalt judge the folk not be able to exalt themselves. righteously, and govern the nations 70 praise our God, ye people, upon earth. 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 Juins.

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; and thee my vows, which I promised like as wax melteth at the fire, so with my lips, and spake with my let the ungodly perish at the premouth, when I was in trouble. sence of God.

13 I will offer unto thee fat 3 But let the righteous be glad, burnt-sacrifices, with the incense of and rejoice before God; let them rams; I will offer bullocks and goats. also be merry and joyful. 14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. 15 I called unto him with my mouth, and gave him praises with my tongue.

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

40 sing unto God,and sing praises unto his name; and magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise him in his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

5 He is a father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the widows; even God in his holy habitation. 6 He is the God that maketh 17 But God hath heard me, and men to be of one mind in an house, considered the voice of my prayer. and bringeth the prisoners out of 18 Praised be God, who hath captivity; but letteth the runagates not cast out my prayer, nor turn-continue in scarceness.

ed his mercy from me.

Psalm 67. Deus misereatur.

7 O God, when thou wenteet forth before the people; when thou

GOD be merciful unto us, and wentest through the wilderness,

bless us, and show us the light

of his countenance, and be mercitul

unto us;

8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God; even as Sinai also was moved

2 That thy way may be known at the presence of God, who is the upon earth, thy saving health a-God of Israel. mong all nations.

9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracioux

rain upon thine inheritance, and re- that the tongne of the dogs may be freshedst it when it was weary. red through the same.

10 'Thy congregation shall dwell 24 It is well seen, O God, how therein ; tor trou, o God, hast of thou goest ; how thou, my God thy goxiness prepared for the poor and king, goest in the sanctuary:

11 The Lord gare the word; great 25 The singers go before, the was the company of the preachers. minstrels follow after, in the midlse

12 Kings with their armies did are the danısels playing with the Alec, and were discomfited, and they limbrels. of the household divided the spoil. 26 Give thanks, O Israel, anto

13 Though ye have lain among God the Lorul, in the congregations, the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings tiom the ground of the heart. of a dove that is covered with silver 27 There is little Benjamin their wings, and her feathers like gold. ruler, and the princes of Juda their

14 When the Almiglity scattered council; the princes of Zebulun, kings for their sake, then were and the princes of Naphtali. they as white as snow in Salmon. 28 Thy God hath sent forth

15 As the bill of Basan, so is strength: for thee; stablish the thing, Gurl's hill; even an high hill, as O God, that thou hast wrought in us, the bill of Basan.

29 F3r thy temple's sake at Je16 Why bop ye so, ye liigh hills ? rusalem ; 50 shall kings bring prethis is God's hill, in the which it sents unto thee. pleaseth him to dwell; yea, the 30 When the company of the Lord will abide in it for ever. spear-men, and multitude of the

17 The chariots of God are mighty,are scattered abroal anong twenty thousanı, even thousands of the beasts of the people, so that Angels; and the Lord is among they humbly bring pieces of silver'; them as in the holy place of Sinai. jand when he hath scattered the

18 Thou art gone up on high, people that delight in war ; thou hast led captivity captive, and zi Then shall the princes come received gifts for men; yea, even ont of Egypt; the Morians' land for thinc eneniics, that the Loru shall soon stretch out hier hands uuGol inight dwell among them. to God.

19 Praiserl be the Lord daily, 32 Sing unto God, O ve king. even the God who helpeth us, and doms of the earth; O sing praises po ireth his benefits upon us. unto the lonil,

20 He is our Gou, even the Grad 33 Whu sitteth in the heavens of whom cometh salvation : Gol over all, from the beginning: Lo, is the Lord, by whom we escape he doth send out his voice ; yea, death.

and that a mighty voice. 21 God shall wound the head of 34 Ascribe ye the power to Gol his enemies, and the hairy scalp of over Israel ;' his worship and such a one as goeth un still in lois strength is in the clouds. wickelness.

3.5 0 Gorl, wonderfill art thon in 22 The Lord hath said, I will thy holy places: even the God if Isbring my people again, as I did rael, he will give strength and power from Basari, naive own will I bring unto his people. Blesserl Ive Got again, as I did sometime from the EVENING PRAYER. deep of sea.

Psalm 69. Sulmum ine fuc.

AVE me, u the blood of wine enemies, and

** That thy font may be dipped Saare.cone in evei unto my soul

2 I stick fast in the deep mire, me up; and let not the pit shut her where no ground is; I am come mouth upon me.

run over me.

into deep waters, so that the floods 17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable; turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies:

3 I am weary of crying, my throat is dry; my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my God.

18 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: haste thee, and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and my head; they that are mine ene-save it; O deliver me, because of mies, and would destroy me guilt-mine enemies.

4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of

less, are mighty.

20 Thou hast known my reproof,

5 I paid them the things that I my shame, and my dishonour: mine never took: God, thou knowest my adversaries are all in thy sight. simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee.

21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me.

6 Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause; let not those that seek thee be confounded through 22 They gave me gall to eat; me, O Lord God of Israel. and when I was thirsty, they gave 7 And why? for thy sake have Ime vinegar to drink. suffered reproof; shaine hath covered my face.

8 Í am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien tunto my mother's children.

9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen upon me.

23 'Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth, be unto them an occasion of falling.

24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and ever bow thou down their backs.

25 Pour out thine indignation 10 I wept, and chastened myself upon them, and let thy wrathful with fasting, and that was turned displeasure take hold of them. to my reproof. 26 Let their habitation be void, 11 I put on sackcloth also, and and no man to dwell in their they jested upon me.

tents.

12 They that sit in the gate speak 27 For they persecute him whom against me, and the drunkards make thou hast smitten; and they talk Songs upon me. how they may vex them whom

13 But, Lord, I make my prayer thou hast wounded.

unto thee in an acceptable time. 28 Let them fall from one wick. 14 Hear me, O God, in the mul-edness to another, and not come titude of thy mercy, even in the into thy righteousness. truth of thy salvation.

15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not; O let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow

29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous.

30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness, thy help, O God, shall lift me up.

S1 I will praise the name of God

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