18 Oh, how suddenly

do they con-sume:

perish, and come to a fear-ful end!

19 Yea, even like as a dream, when one a-wak-eth: so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city. {

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20 Thus my heart was griev-ed: and it went { e-ven through my reins.

21 So foolish { was I, and igno-rant: even as

it were a { beast be-fore thee.

22 Nevertheless, I am

alway by thee: for

thou hast holden me by my right hand.

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy coun-sel: and after that re- { ceive me with glo-ry.

24 Whom have I in heaven but thee: and there is none upon earth that I desire* in com- { par-i-son of thee.

25 My flesh and my heart fail-eth: but God is the strength of my heart,* and my { portion for ev-er.

26 For lo, they that forsake thee shall per-ish : thou hast destroyed all them* that commit forni- cation a-gainst thee.

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 lxxiv. Ut quid, Deus?

Tone 1. D. p. 2.

O GOD, wherefore art thou absent from { us long: why is thy wrath so hot* against the { sheep of thy pas-ture?

2 O think upon thy con-gre-ga-tion: whom thou hast purchased,* and re- { deemed of old.

3 Think upon the tribe of thine in-heritance and mount Sion, where- in thou hast dwelt.

4 Lift up thy feet,* that thou mayest utterly destroy { eve-ry ene-my: which hath done evil { in thy sanctua-ry.

5 Thine adversaries roar* in the midst of thycon-gre-ga-tions: and set up their { banners for to-kens.

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 ho-ly pla-ces: and have defiled the dwelling-place of thy Name,* even unto the ground.

9 Yea, they said in their hearts,* Let us make

havock of them

al-to-geth-er: thus have they

burnt up all the houses of God in the land.

10 We see not our tokens,* there is not one {

pro-phet more: no, not one is there among us,* that under-standeth any more.

11 O God,* how long shall the adversary do { this dis-hon-our: how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name, for ev-er?

12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand: why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom* to con- { sume the ene-my?

13 For God is my King of old: the help that is done upon earth* he doethit him-self.

14 Thou didst divide the sea* { through thy pow-er: thou brakest the heads of the dragons* {

in the wa-ters.

15 Thou smotest the heads of Le- { via-than in pie-ces and gavest him to be meat for the people in the wilder-ness.

16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters* out of the hard rocks: thou driedst up { migh-ty wa-ters.

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

S

Tone 1. D. p. 2.

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-buk-ed and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.

20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove* unto the multitude of the ene-mies: and forget not the congregation of the poor for ev-er.

21 Look up- on the cove-nant: for all the earth is full of darkness,* and cruel { hab-i

ta-tions.

22 O let not the simple go a- { way a-sham-ed: but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy Name.

23 Arise, O God, main- { tain thine own cause: remember how the foolish man blas- } phemeth thee dai-ly.

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

Morning Prayer.

PSALM 1XXV. Confitebimur tibi.

Tone 8. B. (1.) p. 14.

† (2.) p. 14.

UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks: yea, unto thee do { we give thanks.

2 Thy Name also is so nigh: and that do thy } wondrous works de-clare.

3 When I receive the congre- gá-tion: I shall judge ac- cording unto right.

4 The earth is weak,* and all the inhabiters there- of: I bear up the { pil-lars of it. 5 I said unto the fools,* Deal not so { mad-ly: up your horn.

and to the ungodly,* Set not 6 Set not up your horn on not { with a stiff neck.

7 For promotion cometh east,* nor from the west: south.

high: and speak

neither from the

nor yet from the

8 And why? God is the Judge: he putteth

*

down one, and setteth up an-o-ther.

9+ For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup,*