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thou shewed me!* and yet didst thou

turn

and re-fresh me: yea, and broughtest me* from the deep of the earth a-gain.

19 Thou hast brought me to great ho-nour: and comforted me on every side.

20 Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulness, O God,* playing upon an instru- } ment of mu-sick: unto thee will I sing upon the harp,* O thou Holy One of Is-ra-el.

21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto thee: and so will my soul* whom thou hast de-liv-er-ed. { 22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are con}

founded and brought unto shame* that seek to { do me e-vil.

PSALM lxxii. Deus, judicium.

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GIVE the King thy judgements, O { God: and

thy righteousness unto the King's son. }

2 Then shall he judge thy people according unto right: and de- fend the poor.

3 The mountains also shall bring peace: and the little hills righteousness unto the peo-ple.

4 He shall keep the simple folk by their { right: defend the children of the poor,* and punish the wrong do-er.

5 They shall fear thee,* as long as the sun and moon en- { dur-eth from one generation { to an-o-ther.

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 flour-ish : yea, and abundance of peace,* so long as the { moon en-dur-eth.

8 His dominion shall be also from the one sea* to the o-ther and from the flood unto 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* shall give pres-ents: the kings of Arabia and { Saba shall bring gifts.

11 All kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall { do him ser-vice.

12 For he shall deliver the poor when he {

cri-eth the needy also,* and him that { hath no help-er.

13 He shall be favourable to the simple and { née-dy: and shall preserve 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 A-ra-bia: prayer shall be made ever unto him,* and daily } shall he be prais-ed.

16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth,* high upon 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 among the pos- {terities which shall be blessed through him ;* and all the heathen shall praise him.

18 Blessed be the Lord God,* even the God of { Is-rael: which only doeth { won-drous things.

19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for { ev-er and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. A-men, A-men.

Evening Prayer.

PSALM lxxiii. Quam bonus Israel!

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TRULY God is loving { un-to Is-rael: even unto such as are of a clean heart.

2 Nevertheless, my feet were {al-most gone: my treadings had well-nigh slipt.

3 And why?* I was grieved at the wick-ed: I do also see the ungodly in such pros-per-i-ty. { 4 For they are in no peril of death: but are lus-ty and strong.

5 They come in no misfortune like o-ther folk: neither are they { plagued like o-ther men.

6 And this is the cause that they are so { holden with pride: and over-whelmed with cru-el-ty.

7 Their eyes swell with fat-ness: and they do e-ven what they lust.

8 They corrupt other,* and speak of {wick-ed blasphe-my: their talking is a-gainst the most High.

9 For they stretch forth their mouth { unto

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the heav-en and their tongue go-eth through the

world.

10 Therefore fall the people un-to them: and thereout suck they no small ad-van-tage. 11 Tush, say they,* how should { God per-ceive it: is there knowledge { in the most High?

12 Lo, these are the ungodly,* these prosper in the world,* and these have riches { in posses-sion and I said,* Then have I cleansed my heart in vain,* and washed mine { hands in inno-cen-cy.

13 All the day long §_have I been punish-ed : and chastened eve-ry morn-ing.

14 Yea, and I had almost said { even as they: but lo, then I should have condemned the generation of thy chil-dren.

15 Then thought I to } un-der-stand this: but it was too hard for me,

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 { slippe

ry pla-ces and castest them down, and do

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