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8 Thou hast loved righte-[Name from one generation to ousness, and hated iniquity; another; therefore shall the wherefore God, even thy God. people give thanks unto thee, hath anointed thee with the world without end.

oil of gladness above thy fellows.

9 All thy garments smell of

myrrh, aloes, and cassia; out

Psalm xlvi. Deus noster refugium.

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of the ivory palaces, whereby OD is our hope and they have made thee glad.

strength, a very present

10 Kings' daughters were help in trouble. among thy honourable women; 2 Therefore will we not upon thy right hand did stand fear, though the earth be movthe queen in a vesture of gold, ed, and though the hills be wrought about with divers co-carried into the midst of the lours.

sea.

11 Hearken, O daughter, 3 Though the waters there and consider; incline thine of rage and swell, and though ear; forget also thine own peo-the mountains shake at the ple, and thy father's house. tempest of the same.

12 So shall the King have 4 The rivers of the flood pleasure in thy beauty; for he thereof shall make glad the is thy Lord God, and worship city of God; the holy place shou him. of the tabernacle of the most Highest.

13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; 5 God is in the midst of her, like as the rich also among therefore shall she not be rethe people shall make their moved; God shall help her, supplication before thee. and that right early.

14 The King's daughter is 6 The heathen make much all glorious within; her clo-ado, and the kingdoms are thing is of wrought gold. moved; but God hath showed

15 She shall be brought unto his voice, and the earth shall the King in raiment of needle-melt away.

work; the virgins that be her 7 The Lord of hosts is with fellows shall bear her company, us; the God of Jacob is our and shall be brought unto thee. refuge.

16 With joy and gladness 8 O come hither, and beshall they be brought, and hold the works of the Lord, shall enter into the King's pa- what destruction he hath lace. brought upon the earth.

17 Instead of thy fathers 9 He maketh wars to cease thou shalt have children, whom in all the world; he breaketh thou mayest make princes in the bow, and knappeth the all lands. spear in sunder, and burneth 18 I will remember thy the chariots in the fire.

10 Be still then, and know] Psalm xlviii. Magnus Domithat I am God: I will be

exalted among the heathen, GR

and I will be exalted in the earth.

11 The Lord of hosts with us; the God of Jacob our refuge.

EVENING PRAYER.

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REAT is the Lord, and highly to be praised in the city of our God, even upon is his holy hill.

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2 The bill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth, upon the north side lieth the city of the great King: God is well known in

Psalm xlvii. Omnes gentes, her palaces as a sure refuge.

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3 For lo, the kings of the earth are gathered, and gone

CLAP your hands toge-by together. ther, all ye people: O 4 They marvelled to see sing unto God with the voice such things; they were astoof melody. nished and suddenly cast down. 2 For the Lord is high, and 5 Fear came there upon to be feared; he is the great them; and sorrow, as upon a King upon all the earth. woman in her travail.

3 He shall subdue the peo- 6 Thou shalt break the ships ple under us, and the nations of the sea through the east under our feet. wind.

4 He shall choose out an 7 Like as we have heard, heritage for us, even the wor-so have we seen in the city of ship of Jacob, whom he loved. the Lord of hosts, in the city

5 God is gone up with a of our God; God upholdeth merry noise, and the Lord the same for ever.

with the sound of the trump. 8 We wait for thy loving

6 O sing praises, sing kindness, O God, in the midst praises unto our God; O sing of thy temple.

praises, sing praises unto our 9 O God, according to thy King. Name, so is thy praise unto 7 For God is the king of all the world's end; thy right the earth sing ye praises hand is full of righteousness. with understanding. 10 Let the mount Sion re

8 God reigneth over the joice, and the daughter of Juheathen; God sitteth upon dah be glad, because of thy his holy seat. judgments.

9 The princes of the peo- 11 Walk about Sion, and ple are joined unto the people go round about her; and tell of the God of Abraham; for the towers thereof

God which is very high ex- 12 Mark well her bulwarks, alted, doth defend the earth as set up her houses, that ye may it were with a shield. tell them that come after.

13 For this God is our God

12 Nevertheless, man will

for ever and ever: He shall not abide in honour, seeing

be our guide unto death. Psalm xlix. Audite hæc,

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HEAR ye this, all ye

he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them.

13 This is their foolishness,

people; ponder it with and their posterity praise their your ears, all ye that dwell in saying. the world;

14 They lie in the hell like 2 High and low, rich and sheep; death gnaweth upon poor, one with another.

them, and the righteous shall

3 My mouth shall speak of have dominion over them in wisdom, and my heart shall the morning muse of understanding.

their beauty

shall consume in the sepulchre 4 I will incline mine ear to out of their dwelling. the parable, and show my dark 15 But God hath delivered speech upon the harp. my soul from the place of

5 Wherefore should I fear hell: for he shall receive me. in the days of wickedness, 16 Be not thou afraid, though. and when the wickedness of one be made rich, or if the glory my heels compasseth me of his house be increased; round about?

17 For he shall carry noput thing away with him when h and dieth. neither shall his pom

6 There be some that their trust in their goods, boast themselves in the multi-follow him. tude of their riches ;

18 For while he lived, h

7 But no man may deliver counted himself an happ his brother, nor make agree-man; and so long as thou do ment unto God for him : well unto thyself, men will

8 For it cost more to re-speak good of thee. deem their souls; so that he 19 He shall follow the gemust let them alone for ever;neration of his fathers, and 9 Yea, though he live long, shall never see light.

and see not the grave.

20 Man being in honour 10 For he seeth that wise hath no understanding, but is men also die and perish to-compared unto the beasts that gether, as well as the ignorant perish.

and foolish, and leave their riches for other.

11 And yet they think that their houses shall continue for ever, and that their dwelling places shall endure from one generation to another; and call the lands after their own

names.

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the rising up of the sun unto 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows un

the going down thereof

2 Out of Sion hath God ap- to the Most Highest,

peared in perfect beauty.

15 And call upon me in the 3 Our God shall come, and time of trouble; so will I hear shall not keep silence; there thee, and thou shalt praise me. shall go before him a consum- 16 But unto the ungodly ing fire, and a mighty tem- said God, Why dost thou pest shall be stirred up round preach my laws, and takest about him. my covenant in thy mouth;

4 He shall cal! the heaven 17 Whereas thou hatest to from above, and the earth, be reformed, and hast cast that he may judge his people. my words behind thee?

5 Gather my saints togeth- 18 When thou sawest a er unto me; those that have thief, thou consentedst unto made a covenant with me with him; and hast been partaker sacrifice. with the adulterers.

6 And the heavens shall de- 19 Thou hast let thy mouth clare his righteousness; for speak wickedness, and with God is judge himself. thy tongue thou hast set forth

7 Hear. O my people, and deceit I will speak; I myself wil 20 Thou sattest and spatestify against thee, O Israel;kest against thy brother; yea' for I am God, even thy God.land hast slandered thine own 8 I will not reprove thee mother s son.

because of thy sacrifices, or 21 These things hast thou for thy burnt-offerings; be-done, and I held my tongue,. cause they were not alway be-and thou thoughtest wickedly, fore me ; that I am even such a one as 9 I will take no bullock out thyself; but I will reprove of thine house, nor he-goat thee, and set before thee the out of thy folds ; things that thou hast done. 10 For all the beasts of the 22 consider this, ye that forest are mine, and so are the forget God lest I pluck you cattle upon a thousand hills. away, and there be none to 11 I know all the fowls up-deliver you.

on the mountains. and the 23 Whoso offereth me wild beasts of the field are in thanks and praise he honourmy sight.

12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee; for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein.

13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bull's flesh, and drink the blood of goats?

eth me; and to him that ordereth his conversation right, will show the salvation of God.

Psalm li. Miserere mei, Deus.

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multitude of thy mercies dojart the God of my health; away mine offences. and my tongue shall sing of

2 Wash me thoroughly thy righteousness. from my wickedness, and 15 Thou shalt open my lips, cleanse me from my sin; O Lord, and my mouth shall 3 For I acknowledge my show thy praise.

faults, and my sin is ever be- 16 For thou desirest no safore me. crifice, else would I give it 4 Against thee only have thee; but thou delightest not I sinned, and done this evil in in burnt-offerings.

thy sight, that thou mightest 17 The sacrifice of God is be justified in thy saying, and a troubled spirit: a broken clear when thou art judged. and contrite heart, O God,

5 Behold I was shapen in shalt thou not despise. wickedness, and in sin hath 18 O be favourable and gramy mother conceived me. cious unto Sion; build thou 6 But lo, thou requirest the walls of Jerusalem. truth in the inward parts, and 19 Then shalt thou be shalt make me to understand pleased with the sacrifice of wisdom secretly. righteousness, with the burnt

7 Thou shalt purge me offerings and oblations; then with hyssop, and I shall be shall they offer young bullocks clean; thou shalt wash me, and upon thine altar. I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Thou shalt make me hear

Psalm lii. Quid gloriaris ?

of joy and gladness, that the WHY boastest thou thy

bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

self, thou tyrant, that thou canst do mischief? 2 Whereas the goodness

9 Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my mis-of God endureth yet daily. deeds. 3 Thy tongue imagineth 10 Make me a clean heart, wickedness, and with lies thou O God, and renew a right cuttest like a sharp razor. spirit within me. 4 Thou hast loved unrigh 11 Cast me not away from teousness more than goodthy presence, and take not thy ness, and to talk of lies more Holy Spirit from me. than righteousness.

12 O give me the comfort 5 Thou hast loved to speak of thy help again, and stablish all words that may do hurt, me with thy free Spirit. O thou false tongue.

13 Then shall I teach thy 6 Therefore shall God deways unto the wicked, and stroy thee for ever; he shall sinners shall be converted un-take thee, and pluck thee out to thee. of thy dwelling, and root thee 14 Deliver me from blood-out of the land of the living. guiltiness, O God, thou that 7 The righteous also shall

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