yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the | earth again.

19 Thou hast brought me to great | honour and comforted me on every side.

20 Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument of | musick : unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O Thou Holy One of Isra | el. 21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered.

22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness | all the day long for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to | do me | e | vil.

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PSALM 72. Deus, judicium.

IVE the King thy judgments, | O| God and thy Jrighteousness | unto the King's | son.

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2 Then shall he judge thy people according | unto | right and defend the poor.

3 The mountains also shall bring peace and the little hills righteousness | unto the people.

4 He shall keep the simple folk | by their | right : defend the children of the poor, and | punish the | wrong | doer.

5 They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon en | dureth from one generation | to an | o | ther: 6 He shall come down like the rain into a | fleece of | wool even as the | drops that | water the | earth.

7 In his time shall the righteous | flourish : yea, and abundance of peace, so long as the moon en | dur | eth. 8 His dominion shall be also from the one sea | to the | other and from the flood | unto the world's end.

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall | kneel be| fore him his enemies | shall | lick the | dust.

10 The kings of Tharsis and of the isles | shall give | presents the kings of Arabia and Saba | shall bring gifts.

II All kings shall fall down be | fore | him all nations shall | do him | ser | vice.

12 For he shall deliver the poor | when he | crieth the needy also, and him that | hath no | help | er.

13 He shall be favourable to the | simple and | needy : and shall preserve the souls of the poor.

14 He shall deliver their souls from | falsehood and | wrong and dear shall their | blood be | in his | sight.

15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia prayer shall be made ever unto him, and | daily shall he be | praised.

16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high up | on the hills: his fruit shall shake like Libanus, and shall be green in the city like | grass up | on the earth.

17 His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain under the sun among the pos | teri | ties which shall be blessed through him; and all the heathen shall | praise him.

18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of | Isra | el : which only | doeth | wondrous | things;

19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for | ev | er and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. | Amen | Amen.

PSALM 73. Quam bonus Israel!

RULY God is loving unto | Isra | el: even unto such as are of a clean | heart.

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2 Nevertheless, my feet were

treadings had well-nigh | slipt.

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3 And why? I was grieved at the wicked: I do also see the ungodly in | such prosperity.

4 For they are in no | peril of | death but are | lusty | and strong.

5 They come in no misfortune like | other | folk: neither are they | plagued like | other | men.

6 And this is the cause that they are so | holden with | pride and overwhelmed with | cruelty.

7 Their eyes swell with | fatness and they do | even | what they lust.

8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked | blasphemy their talking is a | gainst the | most | High.

9 For they stretch forth their mouth | unto the | heaven : and their tongue goeth | through the world.

10 Therefore fall the people | unto them and thereout suck they no small ad | vant | age.

II Tush, say they, how should| God per | ceive it is there knowledge | in the | most | High?

12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, and these have riches | in pos | session and I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed mine | hands in innocency.

13 All the day long have I been | punish | ed and chastened every morning.

14 Yea, and I had almost said | even as | they but lo, then I should have condemned the generation | of thy | children.

15 Then thought I to under | stand | this but it | was too hard for

me.

16 Until I went into the sanctuary of | God: then understood I the end of these men;

17 Namely, how thou dost set them in | slippery | places : and castest them down, and destroyest them.

18 Oh, how suddenly do they consume perish, and | come to a fearful | end!

19 Yea, even like as a dream when shalt thou make their image to vanish 20 Thus my heart was | grieved through my reins.

21 So foolish was I, and | ignorant

a beast before thee.

one a | waketh : so out of the | ci | ty. and it went | even |

even as it were

alway | by thee

for thou hast

22 Nevertheless, I am holden me by | my right | hand.

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy | counsel that receive me with | glo | ry.

and after

24 Whom have I in heaven but | thee and there is none upon earth that I desire in com | pari | son of | thee. 25 My flesh and my heart | faileth but God is the strength of my heart, and my | portion for | ev | er.

26 For lo, they that forsake hast destroyed all them that gainst thee.

thee shall | perish thou commit fornication a

27 But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord God and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of | Si | on. PSALM 74.

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Ut quid, Deus?

GOD, wherefore art thou absent from | us so long: why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy | pasture?

2 O think upon thy | congregation whom thou hast purchased, and re deemed of old. I

3 Think upon the tribe of thine in | heri | tance mount Sion, wherein | thou hast | dwelt.

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4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every | enemy which hath done evil | in thy | sanctuary.

5 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy | congre | gations and set up their | banners for tokens.

6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees: was known to bring it to an excellent | work.

7 But now they break down all the carved | work there of with | axes and | ham | mers.

8 They have set fire upon thy | holy | places: and have defiled the dwelling-place of thy Name | even un | to the | ground.

9 Yea, they said in their hearts, Let us make havock of them altogether: thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land.

io We see not our tokens, there is not one | prophet more no, not one is there among us, that under standeth any more.

II O God, how long shall the adversary do this dis | honour how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy | Name, for ever?

12 Why withdrawest | thou thy | hand why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy?

13 For God is my | King of | old the help that is done upon earth he | doeth | it him | self.

14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy | power: thou brakest the heads of the dragons | in the | waters.

15 Thou smotest the heads of Le | viathan in | pieces : and gavest him to be meat for the people | in the wilder | 1

ness.

16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks thou driedst up | mighty | wa | ters.

17 The day is thine, and the night is | thine : thou hast prepared the | light | and the | sun.

18 Thou hast set all the borders | of the | earth : thou hast made | summer and | win | ter.

19 Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy | hath re buked and how the foolish people | hath_blas | phemed thy Name.

20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the | enemies and forget not the congregation of the poor for | ev | er.

21 Look upon the covenant for all the earth is full of darkness, and cruel habitations.

22 O let not the simple go away a | shamed: but let the poor and needy give | praise un to thy | Name.

23 Arise, O God, maintain thine own cause remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee | dai | ly.

24 Forget not the voice of thine | ene | mies: the presumption of them that hate thee increaseth | ever | more and more.

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THE FIFTEENTH DAY.

Morning Prayer.

PSALM 75. Confitebimur tibi.

NTO thee, O God, do we | give thee | do we give | thanks. 2 Thy Name also is so nigh wondrous works de

clare.

thanks: yea, unto

and that do thy |

3 When I receive the congregation I shall judge according unto | right.

4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters | there | of: I bear up the pillars of it.

5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so | mad | ly and to the ungodly, | Set not | up your horn.