4 They run and prepare themselves with-out my fault: Arise thou therefore to help me and be-hold.

5 Stand up, O Lord God of hosts, thou God of Israel, to visit all the heathen:

And be not merciful unto them that offend of ma-li-cious wickedness.

6 They go to and fro in the evening:

They grin like a dog, and run、a-bout through the city.

7 Behold, they speak with their mouth, and swords are in their lips:

For who doth hear?

8 But thou, O Lord, shalt have them in de-rision :

And thou shalt laugh all the heathen to scorn.

9 My strength will I ascribe un-to thee:

For thou art the God of my refuge.

10 God sheweth me his good-ness plenteously:

And God shall let me see my de-sire up-on mine enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people for-getit:

But scatter them abroad among the people, and put them down, O Lord, our de-fence.

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 un-to the ends of the world.

14 And in the evening they will re-turn :

Grin like a dog, and will go a-bout the city.

15 They will run here and there for meat:

And grudge if they be not satisfied.

16 As for me, I will sing of thy power, and will praise thy mercy betimes in the morning:

For thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing:

For thou, O God, art my refuge, and my merci-ful God.

PSALM LX. Deus, repulisti nos.

GOD, thou hast cast us out, and scattered us a-broad:

Thou hast also been displeased; O turn thee un-to us a-gain.

2 Thou hast moved the land, and di-vided it:

Heal the sores there-of, for it shaketh.

3 Thou hast shewed thy people hea-vy things:
Thou hast given us a drink of dead-ly wine.
4 Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee:
That they may triumph be-cause of the truth.
5 Therefore were thy be-loved de-livered:

Help me with thy right hand, and hear me.

6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will rejoice, and di-vide Sichem :

And mete out the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Ma-nasses is mine :

Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Ju-dah is my lawgiver;

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 in-to Edom?

10 Hast thou not 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 LXI. Exaudi, Deus.

H Give ear un-to my prayer.

EAR my crying, O God:

2 From the ends of the earth will I call up-on-thee : When my heart is in heaviness.

3 O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I: For thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me a-gainst the enemy.

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever:

And my trust shall be under the cover-ing of thy wings. 5 For thou, O Lord, hast heard my de-sires:

And hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name.

6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life:

That his years may endure through-out all gen-er-ations. 7 He shall dwell before God for ever:

O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may pre-serve him.

8 So will I alway sing praise un-to thy Name: That I may daily per-form my vows.

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Morning Prayer.

PSALM LXII. Nonne Deo ?

For of him cometh my sal-vation.

2 He verily is my strength and my sal-vation:

He is my defence, so that I shall not great-ly fall. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against eve-ry man: Ye shall be slain all the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a bro-ken hedge.

4 Their device is only to put him out whom God will ex-alt: Their delight is in lies; they give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart.

5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still up-on God: For my hope is in him.

6 He truly is my strength and my sal-vation : 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.

8 O put your trust in him alway, ye people:

Pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope.

9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity:

The children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether lighter than vanity it-self.

10 O trust not in wrong and robbery, give not yourselves un-to vanity:

If riches increase, set not your heart up-on them.

11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same: That power be-long-eth un-to God;

12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful:

For thou rewardest every man ac-cord-ing to his work.

PSALM LXIII. Deus, Deus meus.

GOD, thou art my God:

Early will I seek thee.

2 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth af-ter thee: In a barren and dry land where no wa-ter is.

3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness:

That I might be-hold thy power and glory.

4 For thy loving-kindness is better than the life it-self: My lips shall praise thee.

5 As long as I live will I magnify thee on this manner : And lift up my hands in thy Name.

6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow

and fatness:

When my mouth praiseth thee with joy-ful lips.

7 Have I not remembered thee in my bed:

And thought upon thee when I was waking?

8 Because thou hast been my helper:

Therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I re-joice.

9 My soul hangeth up-on thee:

Thy right hand hath up-hold-en me.

10 These also that seek the hurt of 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 him shall be com-mended:

For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

PSALM LXIV. Exaudi, Deus.

EAR my voice, O God, in my prayer:

H Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the gathering together of the froward: And from the insur-rection of wick-ed doers;

3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword:

And shoot out their arrows, ev-en bit-ter words ; 4 That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect: Suddenly do they hit him, and fear not.

5 They encourage them-selves in mischief:

And commune among themselves how they may lay snares, and say, that no man shall see them.

6 They imagine wickedness, and prac-tise 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.

8 Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall:

Insomuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them 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 him:

And all they that are true of heart shall be glad.

Evening Prayer.

PSALM LXV. Te decet hymnus.

praised in Sion:

THOU, O God, art praise vow be per-form-ed in Je-rusalem.

2 Thou that hearest the prayer: Unto thee shall all flesh come.

3 My misdeeds pre-vail a-gainst me:

O be thou merci-ful unto our sins.

4 Blessed is the man, whom thou choosest, and receivest un-to thee:

He shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy ho-ly temple.

5 Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our sal-vation:

Thou art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that re-main in the broad sea.

6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains : And is girded a-bout with power.

7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea:

And the noise of his waves, and the mad-ness of the people.

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens:

Thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to praise thee.

9 Thou visitest the earth, and bless-est it:

Thou makest it very plenteous.

10 The river of God is full of water:

Thou preparest their corn, for so thou pro-vi-dest for the earth.

11 Thou waterest her furrows, thou sendest rain into the little valleys there-of:

Thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the in-crease of it.

12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness:

And thy clouds drop fatness.

13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness : And the little hills shall re-joice 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.