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8 We wait for thy loving-kind-falso die and perish together, as ness, O God, in the midst of thy well as the ignorant and foolish, temple. and leave their riches for other. 9 O God, according to thy 11 And yet they think that their name, so is thy praise unto the houses shall continue for ever, world's end; thy right hand is and that their dwelling places full of righteousness. shall endure from one generation 10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, to another; and call the lands and the daughter of Judah belafter their own names. glad, because of thy judgments. 12 Nevertheless, man will not 11 Walk about Sion, and go abide in honour, seeing he may be round about her; and tell the be compared unto the beasts that towers thereof. perish; this is the way of them. 13 This is their foolishness, and their posterity praise their saying.

12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, that ye may tell them that come after.

13 For this God is our God for ever and ever: He shall be our guide unto death.

Psalm 19. Audite hæc, omnes.

Hear ye this, all ye people; ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world;

2 High and low, rich and poor, one with another.

14 They lie in the hell like sheep; death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have minion over them in the morning: their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre out of their dwelling.

15 But God hath delivered i soul from the place of hell: for he shall receive me.

16 Be not thou afraid, though 3 My mouth shall speak of wis-one be made rich, or if the glory dom, and my heart shall muse of of his house be increased; understanding. 17 For he shall carry nothing

4 I will incline mine ear to away with him when he diet, the parable, and show my dark neither shall his pomp follow speech upon the harp.

him.

5 Wherefore should I fear in 18 For while he lived, he coul the days of wickedness, and when ed himself an happy man; and s the wickedness of my heels com-long as thou doest well unto thy passeth me round about? self, men will speak good of the 19 He shall follow the genera

6 There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast tion of his fathers, and shall never themselves in the multitude of see light.

their riches;

20 Man being in honour bath 7 But no man may deliver his no understanding, but is compar brother, nor make agreement un-led unto the beast that perish.

to God for him:

8 For it cost more to redeem their souls; so that he must let that alone for ever;

9 Yea, though he live long, and see not the grave.

10 For he seeth that wise men

The tenth Day. MORNING PRAYER Psalm 50. Deus deorum. THE Lord, even the

mighty God, hath spoken and called the world, from the

prising up of the sun unto the go-God, Why dost thou preach my ing down thereof. laws, and takest my covenant în

eless

2 Out of Sion hath God ap-lthy mouth; peared in perfect beauty.

17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; there shall go behind thee? before him a consuming fire, and

18 When thou sawest a thief,

a mighty tempest shall be stirred thou consentedst unto him; and hast been partaker with the adul

up round about him.

4 He shall call the heaven from terers, above, and the earth, that he 19 Thou hast let thy mouth may judge his people. speak wickedness, and with thy 5 Gather my saints together tongue thou hast set forth deceit, unto me; those that have made a 20 Thou sattest and spakest covenant with me with sacrifice. against thy brother; yea, and hast 6 And the heavens shall declare slandered thine own mother's bis righteousness; for God is son.

judge himself.

21 These things hast thou done, 7 Hear, O my people, and I and I held my tongue, and thou will speak; I myself will testify thoughtest wickedly, that I am of the against thee, O Israel; for I am even such a one as thyself: but I God, even thy God. will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.

place!

bou

8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt-offering; because they were not alway before me.

9 I will take no bullock out of thine house, nor he-goat out of thy folds;

10 For all the beasts of the forests are mine, and so are the Seattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.

12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee; for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein.

13 Thinkest thou that I would eat bull's flesh, and drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the Most Highest,

22 O consider this, ye that forget God, lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you.

23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me; and to him that ordereth his conversation right, will I show the salvation of God;

Psalm. 51. Miserere mei, Deus.

HAVE mercy upon me, O God,

after thy great goodness, according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness; and cleanse me from my sin;

3 For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy 15 And call upon me in the sight, that thou mightest be justime of trouble; so will I hear tified in thy saying, and clear thee, and thou shalt praise me, when thou art judged.Jort ss2 19 But unto the ungodly said 5 Behold, I was shapen in wick

edness; and in sin hath my mo- tions; then shall they offer young

ther conceived me.

6 But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts, and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.

7 Thou shalt purge me with| hyssop, and I shall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

bullocks upon thine altar.

WH

Psalm 52. Quid gloriaris? THY boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant, that thou canst do mischief?

2 Whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily.

3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies thou cuttest

8 Thou shalt make me hear of like a sharp razor,

joy and gladness, that the bones 4 Thou hast loved unrighteouswhich thou hast broken may re-ness more than goodness, and to joice. talk of lies more than righteous

9 Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds.

ness.

5 Thou hast loved to speak all 10 Make me a clean heart, O words that may do hurt, O thou God, and renew a right spirit false tongue.

within me.

6 Therefore shall God destroy 11 Cast me not away from thy thee for ever; he shall take thee, presence, and take not thy Holy and pluck thee out of thy dwell Spirit from me. ing, and root thee out of the land 120 give me the comfort of thy of the living. help again, and stablish me with 7 The righteous also shall see thy free Spirit. this, and fear, and shall laugh him

13 Then shall I teach thy ways to scorn: unto the wicked, and sinners shall 8 Lo, this is the man that took be converted unto thee. not God for his strength; but 14 Deliver me from blood-guil-trusted unto the multitude of his tiness, O God, thou that art the riches, and strengthened himself God of my health'; and my tongue in his wickedness. shall sing of thy righteousness.

9 As for me, I am like a green

15 Thou shalt open my lips, O olive-tree in the house of God; Lord, and my mouth shall show my trust is in the tender mercy thy praise. of God for ever and ever. 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, 10 I will always give thanks else would I give it thee; but thou unto thee for that thou hast done; delightest not in burnt-offerings. and I will hope in thy name, for 17 The sacrifice of God is a thy saints like it well. troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.

18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

EVENING PRAYER.
Psalm 59. Dixit insipiens.

THE foolish body hath said in

his heart, There is no God. 2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their wick19 Then shalt thou be pleased edness; there is none that doeth with the sacrifice of righteousness, good.

with the burnt-offerings and obla- 3 God looked down from hea

Psalm 55. Exaudi, Deus.

ven upon the children of men, to

see if there were any that would HEAR my prayer, O God, and understand, and seek after God. hide not thyself from my

4 But they are all gone out petition. of the way, they are altogether 2 Take heed unto me, and become abominable; there is also hear me, how I mourn in my none that doeth good, no not one. prayer, and am vexed.

5 Are they riot without under- 3 The enemy crieth so, and standing that work wickedness, the ungodly cometh on so fast; eating up my people as if they for they are minded to do me would eat bread? they have not some mischief, so maliciously are called upon God. they set against me.

4 My heart is disquieted with. in me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

6 They were afraid, where no fear was; for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee; thou hast put them to confusion, 5 Fearfulness and trembling are because God hath despised them. come upon me, and an horrible 7 Oh that the salvation were dread hath overwhelmed me. given unto Israel out of Sion! Oh that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity!

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8 Then should Jacob rejoice, and Israel should be right glad.

Psalm 54. Deus, in Nomine.

SAVE me, O God, for thy name's sake, and avenge me in thy strength.

6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove; for then would I fee away, and be at rest.

7 Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness.

& I would make haste to escape, because of the stormy wind and tempest.

2 Hear my prayer, O God, and 9 Destroy their tongues, O hearken unto the words of my Lord, and divide them; for I have mouth : spied unrighteousness and strife in the city.

3 For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul.

4 Behold. God is my helper; the Lord is with them that uphold my soul..

5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth:

10 Day and night they go about within the walls thereof; mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is therein; deceit and guile go not out of their streets.

12 For it is not an open onemy that hath done me this dis6 An offering of a free heart honour; for then I could have will I give thee, and praise thy borne it:

name, O Lord; because it is so 13 Neither was it mine advercomfortable. sary that did magnify himself 7 For he hath delivered me against me; for then peradvenout of all my trouble; and mine ture I would have hid myself eye hath seen his desire upon from him: mine enemies.

14 But it was even thou, my

companion, my guide, and minejvour me; he is daily fighting and own familiar friend. troubling me.

15 We took sweet counsel to- 2 Mine enemies are daily in gether, and walked in the house hand to swallow me up; for they of God as friends. be many that fight against me, 16 Let death come hastily upon O thou Most Highest. them, and let them go down 3 Nevertheless, though I am quick into hell; for wickedness sometimes afraid, yet put I my is in their dwellings, and among trust in thee.

them.

4 I Will praise God because of 17 As for me, I will call upon his word: I have put my trust in God, and the Lord shall save me. God, and will not fear what flesh 18 In the evening, and morn-can do unto me. ing, and at noon-day, will I pray, 5 They daily mistake my words; and that instantly; and he shall all that they imagine is to do me hear my voice. evil.

19 It is he that hath delivered 6 They hold all together, and my soul in peace, from the battle keep themselves close, and mark that was against me; for there my steps, when they lay wait for were many with me.

my soul.

20 Yea, even God that endur- 7 Shall they escape for their eth for ever, shall bear me, and wickedness? thou, O God, in thy bring them down; for they will displeasure, shalt cast them down, not turn, nor fear God. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put my tears into thy bottle: are not these things noted in thy book?

21 He laid his hands upon such as be at peace with him, and he

brake his covenant.

9 Whensoever I call upon thee, 22 The words of his mouth then shall mine enemies be put to were softer than butter, having flight: this I know; for God is war in his heart; his words were on my side. smoother than oil, and yet they be very swords.

23 0 cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall nourish thee, and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever.

10 In God's word will I rejoice; in the Lord's word will. I comfort me.

11 Yea, in God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

24 And as for them, thou, O 12 Unto thee, O God, will I God, shall bring them into the pay my vows; unto thee will ! pit of destruction. give thanks.

25 The blood-thirsty and de- 13 For thou hast delivered my ceitful men shall not live out half soul from death, and my feet from their days: nevertheless, my trust falling, that I may walk before shall be in thee, O Lord. God in the light of the living.

The eleventh Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

Psalm 56. Miserere mei, Deus.

Psalm 57. Miserere mei, Deus.

BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my

BE merciful unto me, O God, soul trusteth in thee; and under for man goeth about to de- the shadow of thy wings shall be

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