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which I fuffer of them that hate me thou that lifteft me up from the gates of death.

14 That I may fhew all thy praifes within the ports of the daughter of Sion I will rejoice in thy falvation.

15 The heathen are funk down in the pit that they made: in the fame net which they hid privily is their foot taken.

16 The Lord is known to execute judgement: the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the people that forget God.

18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever.

19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand let the heathen be judged in thy fight. 20 Put them in fear, O Lord: that the heathen may know themfelves to be but men.

PSAL. 10. Ut quid, Domine? WH HY ftandeft thou fo far off, O Lord and hideft thy face in the needful time of

trouble?

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2 The ungodly for his own luft doth perfecute the poor: let them be taken in the crafty wilinefs that they have imagined.

3 For the ungodly hath made boaft of his own heart's defire: and speaketh good of the covetous, whom God abhorreth.

4 The ungodly is fo proud, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts.

5 His ways are always grievous thy judgements are far above out of his fight, and therefore defieth he all his enemies.

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II He falleth down and humbleth himself that the congre gation of the poor may fall mo the hands of his captains.

12 He hath faid in his heart, Tufh, God hath forgotten: he hideth away his face, and he will never fee it.

13 Arife, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand forget not the poor.

14 Wherefore fhould the wicked blafpheme God: while he doth fay in his heart, Tufh,

thou God careft not for it.

15 Surely thou haft feen it: for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong.

16 That thou mayeft take the matter into thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; for thou art the helper of

the friendless.

17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious: take away his ungodlinefs, and thou shalt find none.

18 The Lord is King for ever and ever and the heathen are perifhed out of the land.

19 Lord, thou haft heard the defire of the poor: thou prepareft their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto;

20 To help the fatherlefs and poor unto their right that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them.

PSAL. 11. In Domine confido. the Lord put I my trust: how fay ye then to my foul, that the fhould flee as a bird unto the hill?

2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver: that they may privily thoot at them which are true of heart. 3 For the foundations will be cast down : and what hath the righteous done?

4 The Lord is in his holy temple the Lord's feat is in heaven.

5 His eyes confider the poor: and his eye-lids try the children of men.

6 The Lord alloweth the

righteous: but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickednefs, doth his foul abhor.

Upon the ungodly he shall rain fnares, fire and brimstone, ftorm and tempeft this fhall be their portion to drink.

8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteoufnefs his countenance will behold the thing that is juft.

they that ought to fpeak; who is lord over us?

5 Now for the comfortless troubles fake of the needy: and becaufe of the deep fighing of the poor;

6 I will up, faith the Lord: and will help every one from him that fwelleth against him, and will fet him at reft.

7 The words of the Lord are Pure words: even as the filver which from the earth is tried, and purified feven times in the fire.

8 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord thou shalt preferve him from this generation for ever.

9 The ungodly walk on every fide when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.

PSAL. 13. Ufque quo, Domine?

H me, O Lord, for ever: how long wilt thou hide thy face

long wilt thou forget

from me?

2 How long fhall I feek counfel in my foul, and be fo vexed in my heart: how long fhall mine enemies triumph over me?

3 Confider and hear me, Lord my God lighten mine eyes, that I fleep not in death;

4 Left mine enemy fay, I have prevailed against him : for if I be caft down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. 5 But my truft is in thy merand my heart is joyful in thy falvation.

EVENING PRAYER. PSAL. 12. Salvum me fac. ELP me, Lord, for there is not one godly man left: cy for the faithful are minished from among the children of men.

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2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour: they do but flatter with their lips, and

diffemble in their double heart.

3 The Lord fhall root out all deceitful lips and the tongue that speaketh proud things; 4 Which have faid, With our tongue will we prevail: we are

6 I will fing of the Lord, because he hath dealt fo lovingly with me: yea, I will praife the Name of the Lord most Highest.

PSAL. 14. Dixit infipiens. Theart: There is no God.

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2 They are corrupt, and be come abominable in their doI

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5 Their throat is an open fepulchre; with their tongues have they deceived: the poifon of afps is under their lips.

6 Their mouth is full of curfing and bitterness: their feet are fwift to fhed blood.

7 Destruction and unhappinefs is in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known there is no fear of

God before their eyes.

8 Have they no knowledge, that they are all fuch workers of mifchief: eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the Lord ?

9 There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was for God is in the generation of the righteous.

10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counfel of the poor because he putteth his

truft in the Lord.

11 Who fhall give falvation anto Ifrael out of Sion? when the Lord turneth the captivity of his people then fhall Jacob rejoice, and Ifrael fhall be glad.

MORNING PRAYER. PSAL. 15. Domine, quis habitat? LORD who fall dwell in

thy tabernacle: or who fhall reft upon thy holy hill?

2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life and doeth the thing which is right, and fpeaketh the truth from his heart

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He that hath ufed nd ceit in his tongue, nor done e to his neighbour : and hatha flandered his neighbour.

4 He that fetteth not by h felf, but is lowly in his o eyes and maketh much them that fear the Lord.

5 He that fweareth unto neighbour, and difappointe him not though it were to own hindrance.

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6 He that hath not given h money upon ufury: nor takes reward against the innocent. 7 Whofo doeth these things fhall never fall.

PSAL. 16. Conferva me, Domine. PReferve me, O God for in thee have I put my truft.

2 O my foul, thou haft faid unto the Lord: Thou art my God; my goods are nothing unto thee.

3 All my delight is upon the faints that are in the earth and upon fuch as excel in virtue.

4 But they that run after another god fhall have great trouble.

5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer: neither make mention of their names within my lips.

6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup thou shalt maintain my lot.

7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground: yea, I have a goodly heritage.

8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning: my reins alfo chaften me in the nightfeafon.

9 I have fet God always be fore me : for he is on my right hand, therefore I fhall not fall.

10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced: my flesh alfo fhall reft in hope,

11 For why? thou shalt not

leave my foul in hell neither halt thou fuffer thy Holy One to fee corruption.

12 Thou shalt fhew me the path of life; in thy prefence is the fulness of joy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for

evermore.

PSAL. 17. Exaudi, Domine.
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HEAR and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

2 Let my fentence come forth from thy prefence and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal.

3 Thou haft proved and vifited mine heart in the nightfeafon; thou haft tried me, and fhalt find no wickedness in me: for I am utterly purpofed that my mouth shall not offend.

4 Because of men's works that are done against the words of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the deftroyer.

50 hold thou up my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps flip not.

6 I have called upon thee, O God, for thou fhalt hear me : incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words.

7 Shew thy marvellous loving kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their truft in thee: from fuch as refift thy right hand.

8 Keep me as the apple of an eye: hide me under the thadow of thy wings,

9 From the ungodly that trouble me: mine enemies com

pafs me round about to take away my foul.

10 They are inclofed in their own fat: and their mouth Tpeaketh proud things.

II They lie waiting in our way on every fide: turning their eyes down to the ground;

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey and as it were a lion's whelp lurking in fecret places.

13 Up, Lord, disappoint him, and caft him down deliver my foul from the ungodly, which is a fword of thine;

14 From the men of thy fay, and from the evil world! hand, O Lord, from the men I which have their portion in this life, whofe bellies thou filleft with thy hid treasure.

15 They have children at their defire and leave the reft of their fubftance for their babes.

16 But as for me, I will behold thy prefence in righteoufnefs : and when I awake up after thy likeness, I fhall be fatisfied with it.

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EVENING PRAYER. PSAL. 18. Diligam te, Domine. Will love thee, O Lord, my ftrength; the Lord is my ftony rock, and my defence: Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will truft ; my buckler, the horn alfo of my falvation, and my refuge.

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2 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be praised: fo fhall I be fafe from mine enemies.

3 The forrows of death compaffed me and the overflowings of ungodlinefs made me afraid.

4 The pains of hell came a bout me: the fnares of death overtook me.

5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord and complain unto my God.

6 So fhall he hear my voice out of his holy temple: and my complaint fhall come before him; it thall enter even into his ears.

7 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations I 2

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alfo of the hills fhook, and were removed, because he was wroth.

8 There went a fmoke out

in his prefence and a confuming fire out of his mouth, fo that coals were kindled at it.

9 He bowed the heavens alfo, and came down and it was dark under his feet.

10 He rode upon the cherubims, and did fly: he came flying upon the wings of the wind. II He made darkness his fecret place his pavilion round about him with dark water,

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and thick clouds to cover him.

12 At the brightness of his prefence his clouds removed: hail-ftones, and coals of fire.

13 The Lord alfo thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder: hail-ftones,

and coals of fire.

14 He fent out his arrows, and fcattered them he caft forth lightnings, and deftroyed them.

15 The fprings of waters were feen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered at thy chiding, O Lord at the blafting of the breath of thy displeasure.

16 He hall fend down from on high to fetch me and fhall take me out of many waters.

17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me : for they are too mighty for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord was my upholder. 19 He brought me forth alfo into a place of liberty he brought me forth, even because he had a favour unto me.

20 The Lord fhall reward me after my righteous dealing: according to the cleannefs of my hands fhall he recompenfe me;

21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord and have

not forfaken my God, as the wicked doth.

22 For I have an eye unto all his laws and will not cast out his commandments from me.

23 I was alfo uncorrupt before him and efchewed mine own wickedness.

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24 Therefore fhall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing and according untc the cleannefs of my hands in his eye-fight.

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25 With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou fhalt be perfect.

26 With the clean thou shalt

be clean and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness.

27 For thou shalt fave the people that are, in adverfity: and fhalt bring down the high looks of the proud.

28 Thou alfo fhalt light my candle the Lord my God fhall make my darkness to be light.

29 For in thee I fhall difcomfit an hoft of men and with the help of my God I fhall leap over the wall.

30 The way of God is an undefiled way the word of the Lord alfo is tried in the fire; he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him..

31 For who is God, but the Lord or who hath any strength except our God?

32 It is God that girdeth me with ftrength of war: and maketh my way perfect.

33 He maketh my feet like harts feet and fetteth me up on high.

34 He teacheth mine hands to fight and mine arms fhall break even a bow of steel.

35 Thou haft given me the defence of thy falvation: thy right hand alfe fhall hold me up, and thy loving correction fhall make me great. 36 Thou

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