2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand and plánted | them I in: how thou hast destroyed the I nations. and I cast them I out. 3 For they gat not the land in possession through their own sword: neither was it their own I arm that I helped them;

4 But thy right hand and thine arm and the light! of thy countenance: because thou hadst al favour unto them.

5 Thou art my | King O | God: send | help | untol Jacob.

6 Through thee will we over- I -throw our I enemies and in thy Name will we tread them under that I rise I up a- I -gainst us.

7 For I will not trust in my I bow: it is not my l sword that shall help me;

8 But it is thou that savest us from our

enemies:

and púttest them I to con- I-fusion. that I hate

us.

9 We make our boast of God | all day | long: ánd will praise thy | Name for ever.

10 But now thou art far off* and púttest us to con- I fusion and goest not forth with our armies.

II Thou makest us to turn our backs up- I -on our enemies so that they which I hate us spoil our goods.

12 Thou lettest us be éaten I up like I sheep: and hast scattered I us a- I-mong the I heathen. 13 Thou séllest thy people. for I nought: and I takest. no money I for them.

14 Thou makest us to be rebúked I of our I neighbours: to be laughed to scorn and had in derision of them I that are I round a- I -bout us. 15 Thou makest us to be a bý-word a- I -mong the I heathen and that the people I shake their I heads at us.

16 My confusion is I daily. be- I -fore me and the sháme of my I face hath I covered I me.

17 For the voice of the slánderer

and blas- I

yét do

phemer for the I enemy I and a- I -venger. 18 And though all this be come upon us * we not for- I -get thee: nor beháve ourselves frowardly | in thy | covenant.

19 Our heart is not I turned I back: neither our l steps gone out of thy way;

20 No, not when thou hast smitten us
place of dragons and covered us
shadow of I death.

into the I with the I

21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God * and holden up our hands to any I strange I god:

shall not God search it out for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart.

22 For thy sake also are we killed I all the day! long: and are counted as shéep ap- | -pointed I

to be slain.

mf 23 Up, Lórd, why I sleepest I thou: awake, and be not absent from us for

ever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy I face: and forgéttest our mise- I -ry and I trouble?

25 For our soul is brought lów even unto the I dust: our belly I cleaveth I unto the ground. 26 Arise and I help us: and deliver us | for thy I mercy's sake.

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PSALM XlV.-Eructavit cor meum.

Y heart is indíting of a good I matter: I speak of the things which I' have I made I unto the King.

2 My tongue I is the pen : óf I

4 Gird thee with thy sword

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a I ready I

children of I men: because Gód hath I

upon thy thigh 01

thou most Mighty: accórding to thy I worship and re- I -nown.

5 Good luck have thou I with thine I honour: ride

on, because of the word of truth of meekness and righteousness and thy right hánd shall | teach thee terrible I things.

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6 Thy arrows are very sharp and the people shall be subdued unto thee: even in the midst a- I -mong the | King's I enemies.

7 Thy seat, Ŏ Gód en- I -dureth . for ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom | is a right I sceptre. 8 Thou hast loved righteousness and I hated. in- I iquity wherefore God, even thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of I gladness. a- I bove thy fellows.

9 All thy garments smell of myrrh | aloes. and I cassia: out of the ivory palaces whereby I they have made thee I glad.

10 Kings' daughters were among thy honour- I able women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold wrought a- I bout with I divers I colours.

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II Hearken, O daughter, and consider in- |-cline thine ear: forget also thine own people I and thy father's house.

12 So shall the King have pleasure I in thy beauty: for he is thy Lord God, and I worship I thou

him.

13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there I with a l gift: like as the rich also among the people shall make their suppli- I -cation. be- I -fore thee. 14 The King's daughter is all glóri- -ous with- I in her clothing | is of I wrought gold. 15 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment. of I needlework: the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company and shall be I brought unto thee.

16 With joy and gládness shall I they be

brought: and shall enter I into. the King's palace. shalt have children whom thou mayest make | princes. in I all lands.

17 Instead of thy fathers thou

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18 I will remember thy Name from one generátion | to an--other: therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee I world with- I -out I end.

PSALM xlvi.-Deus noster refugium.

ÓD is our I hope and I strength: a véry | present help in I trouble.

2 Therefore will we not fear, though the I earth be I moved and though the hills be carried into the midst I of the I sea.

3 Though the waters thereóf I rage and I swell: and though the mountains shake at the I tempest of the same.

4 The rivers of the flood thereof, shall make glád the city of God: the holy place of the tabernacle of the I most Highest.

5 God is in the midst of her

therefore shall she

nót be re- I -moved: Gód shall I help her. and I that right I early.

6 The heathen make much adó and the kingdoms are I moved: but God hath shewed his voice and the I earth shall I melt a- I-way.

7

The Lord of hosts is I with us: the God of!
Jacob is our refuge.

8 O come hither, and behold the works I of the I
Lord what destruction he hath I brought
up- I -on the I earth.

9 He maketh wars to cease in | all the | world: he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder and búrneth the I chariots I in the l fire.

10 Be still then, and knów that | I am | God : I will
be exalted among the heathen * and I' will be
ex-I-alted I in the I earth.

II The Lord of hosts is I with us: the God of I
Jacob is our | refuge.

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DAY 9.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM xlvii.-Omnes gentes, plaudite.

CLAP your
O sing unto God I with the

hands together I all ye I people:

melody.

voice of I

F. 2 For the Lord is hígh and I to be I feared: he is the great King up- I -on I all the

3 He shall subdue the people I under
nations under our feet.

earth.

us: ánd the I

4 He shall choose out an I heritage I for us: even
the worship of Jacob I whom he I loved.
5 God is gone úp with a I merry | noise: and the
Lord with the I sound of the trump.

6 O sing praises, sing práises I unto

our God: O sing praises sing I praises I unto. our | King. 7 For God is the King of all the I earth: síng ye praises with I under- I -standing. 8 God reigneth I over. the | heathen: God sítteth up--on his holy seat. The princes of the people people of the God of which is very high exalted earth as it I were I with a shield.

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are joined unto the Abraham for God doth defend the

PSALM xlviii.-Magnus Dominus.

REAT is the Lord, and highly to be ! praised in the city of our God * éven up- I on his holy hill.

2 The hill 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 her palaces I as a I sure I refuge.

3 For lo, the kings | of the | earth: are gathered and I gone by to- | -gether.

4 They marvelled to I see such I things: they were astonished and I suddenly I cast I down.