bones are out of joint: my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melt-ing wax.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,* and my tongue cleaveth to my gums: and thou } shalt bring me into the dust of death.

16 For many dogs are come a-bout me: and the council of the wicked layeth { siege against me.

17 They pierced my hands and my feet;* I may tell all my bones: they stand staring and { looking up-on me.

18 They part my gar-ments among them: { and cast lots up- { on my ves-ture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: thou art my succour,* haste { thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul { from the sword: my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the {li-on's mouth: thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the

u-ni-corns.

Tone 3. B. (1.) p. 4.

22 (f) I will declare thy name {unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Tone 3. B. (1.) p. 4.

23 (f) O praise the Lord, ye that fear him: magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob,* and fear him, all ye seed of Is-ra-el.

24 For he hath not despised,* nor abhorred, the low es- {tate of the poor: he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called unto him he heard him.

25 My praise is of thee in the great { con-grega-tion: my vows will I perform in the sight of { them that fear him.

26 The poor shall eat { and be satis-fied: they that seek after the Lord shall praise him ;* your heart shall live for ev-er.

27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves,* and be turned unto the Lord: and 3 all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him.

}

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the Governour among the peo-ple.

29 All such as be fat up-on earth: have { eaten, and wor-ship-ped.

30 All they that go down into the dust shall { kneel be-fore him: and no man hath { quickened his own soul.

31 My seed shall serve him: they shall be counted unto the Lord for a gen-e-ra-tion.

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32 They shall come, and the heavens shall de- {clare his righteous-ness: unto a people that shall be born,* { whom the Lord hath made.

PSALM xl. Expectans expectavi.

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I WAITED patiently for the { Lord: and he inclined unto 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.

3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth: even a thanksgiving unto our God.

4 Many shall see it, and { fear: and shall put their trust in the Lord.

5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord and turned not unto the proud,* and to such as go a- {bout with lies.

6 O Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done,* like as be also thy

thoughts which are to

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us-ward: and yet there

is no man that ordereth them { un-to thee.

7 If I should declare them, and { speak of them they should be more than I am able { to ex-press.

8 Sacrifice and meat-offering, thou wouldest not: but mine ears hast thou { o-pen-ed.

9 Burnt-offerings, and sacrifice for sin, hast thou not re- quir-ed: then said I, { Lo, I

come.

10 In the volume of the book it is written of me,* that I should fulfil thy will, O my { God: I am content to do it; yea, thy law is with- { in my heart.

11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great congre-ga-tion: lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord,* and that thou { know-est.

12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart: my talk hath been of thy truth,* and of thy sal-va-tion.

13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth: from the great congre- ga-tion.

14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me,

O Lord: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway pre-serve me.

15 For innumerable troubles are come about me,* my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up: yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head,* and my heart hath fail-ed me.

16 † O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to de- { liver me: make haste, O Lord, to { help me.

17 Let them be ashamed and confounded together,* that seek after my soul to de- { stroy it : let them be driven backward, and put to rebuke,* that wish me {e - vil.

18+ Let them be desolate, and rewarded with { shame that say unto me,* Fie upon thee, fie up- { on thee.

19 Let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let such as love thy salva{ tion say alway,* The Lord be { prais-ed.

20 As for me, I am poor and { nee-dy: but the Lord careth for me.

21 Thou art my helper and re- deem-er: make no long tarrying, O my God.