12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the whole world is mine, and all that | is there | in. 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bull's | flesh: and | drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving: and pay thy vows unto the most | Highest.

15 And call upon me in the | time · of | trouble: so will I hear thee, and thou shalt | praise me. 16 But unto the ungodly dost thou preach my laws, and ant in thy mouth;

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and hast cast my | words behind thee? 18 When thou sawest a thief, thou con | sentedst · un to him and hast been par | ta · ker | with · the adulterers.

19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak | wickedness and with thy | tongue- thou hast | set forth deceit.

20 Thou satest, and spakest against thy | brother: yea, and hast slandered thine | own | mo ther's son.

21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one | as thy | self: but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that | thou· hast done.

22 O consider this, ye that for | get | God: lest I pluck you away, and there | be | none to deliver you. 23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he | honoureth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation right, will I | shew the sal | vation of \ God.

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Psalm li. Miserere mei, Deus. AVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy. great goodness: according to the multitude of thy mercies do away | mine offences.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my | wickedness: and cleanse me | from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my faults: and my| sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy | sight: that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and | clear when thou· art | judged.

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5 Behold, I was | shapen in | wickedness: and sin hath my mother conceived me.

6 But lo, thou requirest truth in the | inward | parts and shalt make me to under | stand | wis dom secretly.

7 Thou shalt purge me with hysop, and | I shall be clean: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be | whiter than snow.

8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy · and · gladness that the bones which thou hast | broken | rejoice.

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9 Turn thy face from my | sins: and put | out ・all | my misdeeds.

10 Make me a clean | heart, O| God: and re new a. .right | spirit · with | in me.

11 Cast me not away from thy | presence: and take not thy holy Spirit from me.

12 O give me the comfort of thy help again: and stablish me | with thy | free | Spirit.

13 Then shall I teach thy ways | unto the wicked: and sinners shall be converted | un to thee. 14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health: and my tongue shall sing of thy | righteousness.

15 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall | shew thy praise.

16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee: but thou delightest | not · in | burnt offerings.

17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled | spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, · shalt thou | not despise.

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18 O be favourable and gracious | un to | Sion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings | and. oblations: then shall they offer young | bullocks · upon thine | altar.

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Psalm lii. Cuid gloriaris?

HY boastest thou thyself, thou | tyrant : that thou canst | do | mischief;

2 Whereas the goodness of | God: en du. reth yet daily?

3 Thy tongue imagineth | wicked | ness: and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp | razor.

4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness | more than goodness and to talk of lies | more than | right.

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5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt: 0 thou | false | tongue.

6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever: he shall take thee. and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. 7 The righteous also shall see | this, and fear: and shall laugh him to | scorn;

8 Lo. this is the man that took not | God for his strength: but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and strengthened him | self | in ⋅ his | wickedness.

9 As for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever · and | ever.

10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done: and I will hope in thy | Name,. for thy saints like it well.

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EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm liii. Dixit insipiens.

HE foolish body hath | said in his | heart : there is no God.

2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable | in their wickedness: there is none that do eth | good.

3 God looked down from heaven upon the | children of men: to see if there were any, that would understand, and | seek after | God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become. abominable: there is also none that doeth | good, | no• not one.

5 Are not they without understanding that | work | wickedness: eating up my people as if they would eat bread? they have not | called upon | God.

6 They were afraid where | no fear was: for God hath broken the bones of him that besiegeth thee; thou hast put them to confusion, because | God hath | despised them.

7 Oh, that the salvation were given unto Israel | out of Sion: Oh, that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity!

8 Then should | Jacob rejoice: and | Israel. should be right | glad.

Psalm liv. Deus, in nomine.
AVE me, O God, for thy | Name's

Salvenge me in thy I strength.

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2 Hear my prayer, O God: and hearken un to the words of my mouth.

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3 For strangers are risen up against me : and tyrants, which have not God before their | eyes, ·seek | after my | soul.

4 Behold, God is my | helper: the Lord is with them that up | hold my soul.

5 He shall reward evil | unto mine | enemies: destroy thou them | in thy | truth.

6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name, O Lord: because it | is • so comfortable.

7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire up on mine | enemies.

Psalm lv. Exaudi, Deus.

EAR my prayer · O| God: and hide not thy

Hself from my petition.

2 Take heed unto me, and I hear me: how I mourn in my prayer | and am | vexed.

3 The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh | on so fast: for they are minded to do me some mischief; so maliciously | are they | set a |gainst

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4 My heart is dis | quieted with | in me: and the fear of death is fallen up | on me. Į 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come up on me: and an horrible dread hath | overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove for then would I flee away, and be⚫at

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7 Lo, then would I get me a | way · far | off: and remain in the wilder | ness.

8 I would make | haste to escape: because of the stormy wind and | tempest.

9 Destroy their tongues, O Lord, and divide them: for I have spied unrighteousness and strife | in the city.

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10 Day and night they go about within the | walls there of: mischief also and sorrow in the midst of it.

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