36 He shall stand fast for evermore I as the I moon: and as the faithful witness. in heaven. 37 But thou hast abhorred and forsáken I thine A-l nointed and art dis- I -pleased I at him. 38 Thou hast broken the covenant I of thy I servant and cast his crown I to the I ground. 39 Thou hast overthrówn | all his | hedges : ánd | broken down his I strongholds.

40 All they that go I by I spoil him: and he is becóme a re- |-proach I to his neighbours.

41 Thou hast set up the right hand I of his enemies and made all his adversaries | to re-l joice.

42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword: and givest him nót | victory I in the I battle. 43 Thou hast put out his glory and cast his throne I down to the I ground.

44 The days of his youth I hast thou I shortened: ánd covered. him I with dis- I -honour.

45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thy- I -self for ever and sháll thy I wrath I burn like I fire? 46 O remember how short my I time I is: wherefore hast thou made all I men for I nought?

47 What man is he that liveth and shall not see I death and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell?

48 Lord, where are thy old loving- I -kindnesses : which thou swárest unto I David I in thy I

truth?

49 Remember Lord, the rebúke that thy | servants | have and how I do bear in my bósom the re- I -bukes of many people;

50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee* and slandered the footsteps of thine A-1 nointed: Praised be the Lord for evermore / A men and | A- | -men.

DAY 18.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM XC.-Domine, refugium.

ÞÓRD thou hast I been our I refuge : from one

gener--ation I to an- I

2 Before the mountains were brought forth or ever the earth and the world were made: thou art God from everlásting and I world with- I out end.

3 Thou turnest mán I to de- I -struction: again thou sayest, Cóme a- I -gain ye children. of I

men.

4 For a thousand years in thý sight | are but . as I yesterday: seeing that is pást as a I watch I in the night.

5 As soon as thou scatterest them * they are éven í as a sleep and fáde away I suddenly I like the grass.

6 In the morning it is gréen and groweth | up: but in the evening it is cut down I dried | up and withered.

7 For we consume away in I thy dis- I -pleasure: and are afráid at thy I wrathful indig-l-nation. 8 Thou hast sét our mis- I -deeds be- I -fore thee: and our secret síns in the light of thy |

countenance.

9 For when thou art angry, áll our days are | gone: we bring our years to an end as it wére a tale I that is I told.

10 The days of our age are three-score years and ten and though men be so strong that they cóme to four-score years yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow so soon pásseth it a- I -way and I we are I gone.

II But who regardeth the power | of thy | wrath : for even thereafter as a man feåreth I so is I thy dis--pleasure.

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12 So teách us to I number. our days

that we

may apply our hearts | unto I wisdom. 13 Turn thee again, O Lord at the I last and be gracious unto thy I servants.

14 O satisfy us with thy mércy and I that soon: so shall we rejoice and be glád all the I days I of our life.

15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued I us: and for the years wherein I we have suffered. ad- I -versity.

16 Shéw thy servants. thy I work

children thy glory.

and their I

17 And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God I be up--on us: prosper thou the work of our hands upon us * O prósper I thou our | handy- I

work.

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PSALM XCI.-Qui habitat.

HOSO dwelleth under the defence of the I 'most High: shall abide under the I shadow. of the Al- I -mighty.

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2 I will say unto the Lord Thou art my hope I and my stronghold my Gód, in I him I will I

trust.

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3 For he shall deliver thee from the snáre I of the hunter and from the I noisome I pestilence. 4 He shall defend thee under his wings and thou shalt be safe I under. his feathers: his faithfulness and trúth shall be thy | shield and I buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any I terror. by I night nor for the arrow. that I flieth. by I

day;

6 For the pestilence that I walketh. in | darkness: nor for the sickness that de- I -stroyeth | in the noonday.

7 A thousand shall fall beside thee* and ten thoúsand at thy right hand: bút it shall I not come nigh thee.

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8 Yea, with thine eyes. shalt thou be- I -hold: and see the re- I -ward of I the un- I -godly.

9 For thou, Lord art my I hope thou hast set thine house of de- I -fence I very high.

10 There shall no evil happen unto thee: neither shall ány | plague come I nigh thy | dwelling. II For he shall give his angels charge over I thee: to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee in their

hands

that thou hurt not thy I foot a- I -gainst a stone. 13 Thou shalt go upon the I lion and I adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou I tread I under. thy feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me* therefore will I' de--liver him: I will set him up be cause he hath I known my Name.

15 He shall call upon mé, and II will I hear him : yea, I am with him in trouble I will deliver him and I bring I him to honour.

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16 With long life will I satisfy him and I shew him my sal- I -vation.

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PSALM Xcii.-Bonum est confiteri.

T is a good thing to give thanks I unto the I
Lord: and to sing praises unto thy | Name I
O most Highest;

2 To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the I morning and of thy trúth in the I night- I

season;

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings and up- I -on the I lute upon a loud instrument I and up- I on the harp.

4 For thou Lord, hast made me glád I through thy works: and I will rejoice in giving praise, for the óper--ations I of thy I hands.

5 O Lord, how glórious are thy

thoughts are very deep.

works: thý I

6 An unwise man doth not well con- I -sider I this:

and a fool I doth not I under- I -stand it.

7 When the ungodly are green as the grass

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when all the workers of wicked- I -ness do flourish then shall they be destroyed for ever but thou Lord, árt the most | Highest. forever- -more.

8 For lo, thine enemies O Lord lo, thine éne- I mies shall perish and all the workers of wicked- I -ness shall I be de- I -stroyed.

9 But mine horn shall be exalted like the hórn | of
an unicorn: for I am a- I -nointed. with I
fresh oil.

10 Mine eye also shall see his lúst of mine I ene-
mies and mine ear shall hear his desire of
the wicked that a- I-rise up a- I -gainst me.
II The righteous shall flourish I like a palm-tree :
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and shall spread abroad | like a | cedar. in |

Libanus.

12 Such as are planted in the house I of the | Lord:
shall flourish in the courts of the I house of!
our God.

13 They also shall bring forth more fruit | in their I
age and shall be fat and I well- I -liking.
14 That they may shew how true the Lord my l
strength is: and that there is nó un- I -right-
eous--ness in him.

DAY 18.

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THE

PSALM XCiii.-Dominus regnavit.

HE Lord is King * and hath put on glóri- I ous apparel: the Lord hath put on his apparel and girded him- I -self with I strength.

F. 2 He hath made the round I world so I sure that it I cannot I be I moved.

3 Ever since the world began hath thy séat I been pre--pared: thou art from I ever- I-lasting.