9 For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel to | gether, saying: God hath forsaken him; persecute him, and take him, for | there is none to deliver him.

10 Go not far from me, O God: my God,· haste thee to help me.

11 Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul: let them be covered with shame and dishonour that | seek to do me | evil. 12 As for me I will patiently a bide | alway: and will praise thee | more and more.

13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation: for I know no | end · there of.

14 I will go forth in the strength of the | Lord | God: and will make mention | of thy | righteous • ness only.

15 Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth | up until now: therefore will I tell of thy | wondrous works.

16 Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray | headed: until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are | yet for to come.

17 Thy righteousness, O God, is | very | high: and great things are they that thou hast done; O God, who is like unto thee?

18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me! and yet didst thou | turn · and refresh me: 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 |

music: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou | Holy One of Israel.

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 | evil.

GIVE the King thy | judgements Of God:

son.

and thy righteousness | un · to the | King's |

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 endureth from one generation | to. another.

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 endureth.

8 His dominion shall be also from the one | sea. to the other and from the flood | un · to the | world's end.

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall | kneel before him his | enemies. shall | lick'· the |

dust.

10 The kings of Tharsis and of the isles shail give presents: the kings of Arabia and | Sa ba | shall bring gifts.

11 All kings shall fall

down before him: all nations shall | do· him | service.

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

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13 He shall be favourable to the | simple and | needy and shall pre | serve 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 a | mong the posterities which shall be blessed through him; and | all the heathen shall praise him.

18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the | God of Israel: which | only doeth | wondrous things: 19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty forever: and all the earth shall be filled with his | Majesty. Amen. · Amen.

DAY 14.]

EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm lxxiii. Quam bonus Israel!
RULY God is loving | unto | Israel: even
God is loving can heart.

TRUE

2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost | gone: my treadings had well nigh | slipt.

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.

like | other ther

5 They come in no misfortune folk: neither are they plagued like | o

men.

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

verwhelmed with |

with | fatness: and they

lust.

7 Their eyes swell do even what they 8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy: their | talking is against the most High.

9 For they stretch forth their mouth | un. to the heaven and their tongue | go eth | through the world.

10 Therefore fall the people | unto | them : and thereout suck they no small advantage. 11 Tush, say they, how should | God perceive it: is there knowledge in the most | High? 12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, and these have riches in possession: 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 | punished: and chastened every morning.

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

15 Then thought I to | under · stand | this: but it was too hard for me,

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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 one a| waketh: so shalt thou make their image to ish out of the city.

van · 20 Thus my heart was | grieved: and it went | even through · my | reins.

21 So foolish was | I, and ignorant: even as it I were a beast before thee.

22 Nevertheless, I am | al. way by thee: for thou hast holden me by my right hand.

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy | counsel: and after that receive me with | glory.

24 Whom have I in heaven but thee: and there is none upon earth that I de | sire in com | parison of thee.

25 My flesh and my heart | faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion • forever.

26 For lo, they that forsake

thee, shall perish thou hast destroyed all them that com mit fornication against 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 Sion.

Psalm lxxiv. 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 redeemed of | old.