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answer for me, O Lord, my 5 Lord, let me know my end, God and the number of my days, 16 I have required that they, that I may be certified how even mine enemies, should not long I have to live. triumph over me; for when 6 Behold, thou hast made my foot slipt, they rejoiced my days as it were a span long, greatly against me. and mine age is even as no17 And I truly am set in the thing in respect of thee; and plague, and my heaviness is e-verily every man living is alver in my sight: together vanity :

18 For I will confess my 7 For man walketh in a vain wickedness, and be sorry for shadow, and disquieteth him-my sin. self in vain; he heapeth up

19 But mine enemies live, riches, and

cannot tell who

and are mighty; and they that shall gather them

in number..

hate me wrongfully are many 8 And now, Lord, what is my hope? truly my hope is 20 They also that reward even in thee.. evil for good are against me; 9 Deliver me from all mine because I follow the thing that offences, and make me not a good is. rebuke unto the foolish.

21 Forsake me not, O Lord, my God; be not thou far from

me.

10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy doing..

11 Take thy plague away

22 Haste thee to help me, O Lord, God of my salva- from me; I am even consumed by the means of thy heavy hand..

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12. When thou with rebukes. dost chasten man for sin, thou SAID, I will take heed to makest his beauty to consume my ways, that I offend not away, like as it were a moth in my tongue. fretting a garment: every man 2 I will keep my mouth as therefore is but vanity. it were with a bridle, while 13 Hear my prayer, O Lord,. the ungodly, is in my sight. and with thine ears consider 3 I held my tongue, and my calling; hold not thy peace spake nothing: I kept silence, at my tears; yea, even from good words; 14 For I am a stranger with but it was pain and grief to thee, and a sojourner, as all: my fathers were.

me.

4 My heart was hot within 15 O spare me a little, that me and while I was thus I may recover my strength,. musing the fire kindled, and before I go hence, and be no at the last I spake with my more seen.

tongue:

B. b. 2.

Psalm xl. Expectans expecteousness in the great congre

tavi.

I WAITED

WAITED patiently for the

me, and heard my calling.

2 He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay, and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.

gation: Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, and that thou knowest.

12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation.

13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth from the great congregation.

14 Withdraw not thou thy

3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even a mercy from me, O Lord; let thanksgiving unto our God. thy loving kindness and thy 4 Many shall see it, and truth always preserve me. fear, and shall put their trust 15 For innumerable troubles in the Lord. are come about me; my sins. 5 Blessed is the man that have taken such hold upon me, hath set his hope in the Lord, that I am not able to look up; and turned not unto the proud, yea, they are more in number and to such as go about with than the hairs of my head, and lies. my heart hath failed me. 6 O Lord, my God, great 16 O Lord, let it be thy are the wondrous works which pleasure to deliver me; make thou hast done; like as be haste, O Lord, to help me. also thy thoughts, which are 17 Let them be ashamed, to us-ward; and yet there is and confounded together, that no nan that ordereth them seek after my soul to destroy unto thee. it; let them be driven back7 If I should declare them, ward, and put to rebuke, that and speak of them, they should wish me evil. be more than I am able to ex- 18 Let them be desolate, press. and rewarded with shame, 8 Sacrifice and meat-offer-that say unto me, Fie upon ing thou wouldest not, but mine thee, fie upon thee.

ears hast thou opened.

19 Let all those that seek 9 Burnt-offerings and sacri- thee, be joyful and glad in thee; fice for sin hast thou not re- and let such as love thy salvaquired; then said I, Lo, Ition, say alway, The Lord be

come.

praised.

10 In the volume of the book 20 As for me, I am poor it is written of me, that I should and needy; but the Lord cafulfil thy will. O my God: Ireth for me.

am content to do it; yea, thy 21 Thou art my helper and law is within my heart. redeemer; make no long tar

1 I have declared thy righ-rying, O my God.

EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm xli. Beatus qui intelligit.

vourest me, that mine enemy doth not triumph against me.

12 And when I am in my health, thou upholdest me, and shalt set me before thy

LESSED is he that consi-face for ever.

BLESSE

dereth the poor and nee- 13 Blessed be the Lord God dy; the Lord shall deliver of Israel, world without end. him in the time of trouble.

2 The Lord preserve him, and keep him alive, that he may be blessed upon earth;

Amen.

Psalm xlii. Quemadmodum.

and deliver not thou him into LIKE as the hart desireth

the will of his enemies.

3 The Lord comfort him when he lieth sick upon his bed, make thou all his bed in his sickness.

4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

the water-brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul is athirst for G yea, even for the living God: When shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, where is now thy God?

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me; When shall he die, 4 Now when I think there and his name perish? upon, I pour out my heart by 6 And if he come to see me, myself; for 1 went with the he speaketh vanity, and his multitude, and brought them heart conceiveth falsehood forth into the house of God; within himself; and when he 5 In the voice of prage and cometh forth, he telleth it. thanksgiving, among such as 7 All mine enemies whis-keep holy-day.

per together against me, even

6 Why art thou so' full of against me do they imagine heaviness, O my soul? and this evil. why art thou so disquieted

8 Let the sentence of guil-within me? tiness proceed against him, 7 Put thy trust in God; for and now that he lieth, let him I will yet give him thanks for rise up no more. the help of his countenance.

9 Yea, even mine own fa- 8 My God, my soul is vexmiliar friend whom I trusted, ed within me; therefore will who did also eat of my bread, I remember thee concerning hath laid great wait for me. the land of Jordan, and the 10 But be thou merciful little hill of Hermon. unto me, O Lord; raise thou 9 One deep calleth another, me up again, and I shall re- because of the noise of the ward them. water pipes; all thy wave

11 By this I know thou fa-and storms are gone over

10 The Lord hath granted 5 Why art thou so heavy, his loving-kindness in the day-O my soul? and why art thou time, and in the night-season so disquieted within me? did I sing of him, and made 6 O put thy trust in God; my prayer unto the God of for I will yet give him thanks, my life. which is the help of my coun11 I will say unto the God tenance, and my God. of my strength, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?

12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while

The Ninth day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm xliv. Deus auribus. WE have heard with our

mine enemies that trouble ears, O God, our fame cast me in the teeth; thers have told us what thou 13 Namely, while they say hast done in their time of old. daily unto me, Where is now 2 How thou hast driven out thy God? the heathen with thy hand,

14 Why art thou so vexed, and planted them in; how O my soul? and why art thou thou hast destroyed the naso disquieted within me? tions and cast them out.

15 O put thy trust in God; 3 For they gat not the land for I will yet thank him, in possession through their which is the help of my coun-own sword, neither was it their tenance, and my God. own arm that helped them; Psalm xliii. Judica me, Deus. 4 But thy right hand, and GIVE IVE sentence with me, thine arm, and the light of thy O God, and defend my countenance; because thou cause against the ungodly hadst a favour unto them. people; O deliver me from 5 Thou art my King, O the deceitful and wicked man; God; send help unto Jacob.

2 For thou art the God of 6 Through thee will we my strength: why hast thou overthrow our enemies, and put me from thee? and why in thy Name will we tread go I so heavily, while the ene-them under that rise up amy oppresseth me? gainst us.

30 send out thy light and 7 For I will not trust in my thy truth, that they may lead bow; it is not my sword that me, and bring me unto thy shall help me.

holy hill, and to thy dwelling. 8 But it is thou that savest

4 And that I may go unto us from our enemies, and putthe altar of God, even unto test them to confusion that the God of my joy and glad-hate us.

ness; and upon the harp will 9 We make our boast of I give thanks unto thee, O God all day long, and will God, my God. praise thy Name for ever.

10 But now thou art far off, 22 For thy sake also are we and puttest us to confusion; killed all the day long, and and goest not forth with our are counted as sheep appointarmies. ed to be slain.

11 Thou makest us to turn 23 Up, Lord, why sleepest our backs upon our enemies, thou? awake, and be not abso that they which hate us sent from us for ever.

spoil our goods.

24 Wherefore hidest thou 12 Thou lettest us be eaten thy face, and forgettest our up like sheep, and hast scat-misery and trouble? tered us among the heathen. 25 For our soul is brought 13 Thou sellest thy people low, even unto the dust; our for nought, and takest no mo-belly cleaveth unto the ground. ney for them. 26 Arise, and help us, and 14 Thou makest us to be deliver us, for thy mercies' rebuked of our neighbours, to sake.

be laughed to scorn, and had

in derision of them that are round about us.

Psalm xlv. Eructavit cor

meum.

Y 15 Thou makest us to be a My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak by-word among the heathen, of the things which I have and that the people shake made unto the King.

their heads at us.

16 My confusion is daily be-a fore me, and the shame of my face hath covered me ;

2 My tongue is the pen of ready writer.

3 Thou art fairer than the children of men ; full of grace 17 For the voice of the are thy lips, because God hath slanderer and blasphemer, for blessed thee for ever.

the enemy and avenger.

4 Gird thee with thy sword

18 And though all this be upon thy thigh, O thou most come upon us, yet do we not mighty, according to thy worforget thee, nor behave our-ship and renown.

selves frowardly in thy covenant 5 Good luck have thou with

19 Our heart is not turned thine honour: ride on, because back, neither our steps gone of the word of truth, of meekout of thy way; ness and righteousness, and 20 No, not when thou hast thy right hand shall teach smitten us into the place of thee terrible things. dragons, and covered us with 6 Thy arrows are very the shadow of death. sharp, and the people shall

21 If we have forgotten the be subdued unto thee even Name of our God, and holden in the midst among the King's up our hands to any strange enemies.

god, shall not God search it 7 Thy seat, O God, endurout? for he knoweth the very eth for ever; the sceptre of thy secrets of the heart. kingdom is a right sceptre.

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