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 every enemy: which hath done | e vil | in thy sanctuary.

5 Thine adversaries roar congregations: and set

for tokens.

in the midst of thy |

up their | banners ·

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

7 But now they break down all the carved | work thereof: with || axes and | hammers.

8 They have set fire upon thy | ho· ly | places : 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 | alto | gether: 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 dishonour: how long shall the enemy blas pheme thy Name, for ever?

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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 breakest the heads of the drag ons in the waters.

15 Thou smotest the heads of Le | viathan pieces and gavest him to be meat for the ple in the wilderness.

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16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters

out of the hard | rocks: thou | driedst up migh· ty waters.

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 winter.

19 Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy | hath rebuked: and how the foolish people hath blasphemed 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 ever.

21 Look up on the covenant: for all the earth is full of darkness, and | cruel | habitations. 22 O let not the simple go a way 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 daily.

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

DAY 15.]

MORNING PRAYER.

Psalm lxxv. Confitebimur tibi.

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 con· gregation: I shall judge according | un to 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 | madly: and to the ungodly, | Set not | up your horn. 6 Set not up your horn on high: and speak • not with a. stiff neck.

7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, | nor・ from the | west: nor | yet | from south.

the

8 And why? God is the Judge: he putteth down one, and set teth | up another.

9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixed, and he pour eth out of the same.

10 As for the dregs there | of: all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them |

out.

11 But I will talk of the God of

| praise him for | ever.

Jacob: and

12 All the horns of the ungodly also | will. I \ break and the horns of the righteous shall | be exalted.

Psalm lxxvi. Notus in Judæa.

N Jewry is God | known: his | Name is |

Igreat in Israel.

2 At Salem is his | tabernacle: and his | dwelling in Sion.

3 There brake he the arrows of the bow: the shield, the sword, and the battle.

4 Thou art of more honour and might: than |· the hills of the | robbers.

5 The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.

6 At thy rebuke, O | God of | Jacob: both the | chariot and horse are fallen.

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7 Thou, even thou art to be feared: and who may stand in thy | sight when thou art | angry.

8 Thou didst cause thy judgement to be heard from heaven: the earth trembled | and was |

still.

9 When God a | rose to judgement: and to help all the meek upon | earth.

to thy

Io The fierceness of man shall turn praise: and the fierceness of | them shalt | thou refrain.

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il Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are ¦ roundabout him: bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes: and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.

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Psalm lxxvii. Voce mea ad Dominum.

WILL cry unto God with my voice: even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he. shall | hearken unto me.

2 In the time of my trouble I | sought the | Lord: my sore ran, and ceased not in the night season; my soul refused | comfort.

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3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God: when my heart is vexed, I will com | plain.

4 Thou holdest mine | eyes | waking: I am so | feeble, that I can. not speak.

5 I have considered the days of | old: and| the years that are | past.

6 I call to remembrance · my song: and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and | search out my | spirits.

7 Will the Lord absent him | self for | ever : and will he be no | more · en | treated. ?

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8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever: and is his promise come utterly to an end ・ for | ev · er | more?

9 Hath God forgotten to be

gracious: and

will he shut up his loving | kind · ness | in · dis | pleasure?

10 And I said, it is mine | own in | firmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand · of the most | Highest. il I will remember the and call to mind thy | won 12 I will think also of my talking shall be of 13 Thy way, O God, great a God as our God?

works of the Lord: ders | of· old | time. all thy | works: and doings.

thy

is holy who is so

14 Thou art the God that doeth | wonders: and hast declared thy | power people.

among the |

15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy people : even the sons. of Jacob and Joseph.

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid: the depths | al so | were troubled.

17 The clouds poured out water, the air | thundered: and thine arrows went a broad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was heard | round | about: the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was moved, and shook with | al. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters: and thy | foot steps | are · known.

20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep: by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

DAY 15.]

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Psalm lxxviii. Attendite, popule.

EAR my law, | O.my | people: incline your ears unto the words of my | mouth.