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As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, God upholdeth the same for ever. We wait for thy loving kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

O God, according to thy name, so is thy praise unto the world's end; thy right hand is full of right

eousness.

Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

For this God is our God for ever and ever; he shall be our guide unto death. Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

The Ninth Day. MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 50.

THE Lord even the most mighty God, hath spoken, and called the world, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Out of Sion hath God appeared, in perfect beauty.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence;

there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.

He shall call the heavens from above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.

Gather my servants together unto me, those who have made a covenant with me with sacrifice.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God is judge himself.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; I myself will testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy God.

I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt offerings, because they were not alway before me.

I will take no bullock out of thine house nor hegoat out of thy folds.

For all the beasts of the orest are mine, and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills.

I know all the fowls upon the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.

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

Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the Most High.

And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me.

But unto the ungodly said God, Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth; Whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee? When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto him, and hast been partaker with the adulterers.

Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness, and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit.

Thou didst sit, and speak against thy brother; yea, and hast slandered thine own mother's son.

These things hast thou done, and because I was silent thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.

O consider this, ye who forget God; lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you.

Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he hon

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Be honour and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 51. HAVE mercy upon me, God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness; and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me.

Against thee especially have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be justified in thy sentence, and be clear when thou judgest.

Thou requirest truth in the inward parts, and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.

Thou shalt purge me as with hyssop, and I shall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Thou shalt make me Mine enemies would

hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins, and blot out my misdeeds.

Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me.

O give me the comfort of thy help again, and establish me with thy free Spirit.

Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall show thy praise.

For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee; but thou delightest not in burnt offerings.

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.

PSALM 56.

BE merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth about to devour me: he is daily fighting and troubling

me.

daily swallow me up; for they be many who fight against me, O thou Most High.

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Nevertheless, though I some time afraid, yet I my trust in thee. I will praise God because of his word; I have put my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

They daily pervert my words; all that they imagine is to do me evil.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.

Shall they escape by their wickedness? thou, Ŏ God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down.

Thou tellest my offences; put my tears before thee; are not these things noted in thy book?

Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight; this I know, for God is on my side.

In God's word will I rejoice; in the Lord's word will I comfort me.

Yea, in God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid of what man can do

unto me.

Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows; unto thee will I give thanks.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living. Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

The Tenth Day. MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 57.

BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee; and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this calamity be overpast.

I will call unto the most high God, even unto the God who will perform all things for me.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him who would swallow me up.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let thy glory be above all the earth.

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing, and give praise.

Awake up, my glory: awake, lute and harp; I myself will awake right early.

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people, and I will sing unto thee among the nations.

For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let thy glory be above all the earth.

PSALM 61.

HEAR my crying, O God; give ear unto my prayer.

From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee, when my heart is in heaviness.

O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I ; for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against the enemy.

I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever, and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings.

For thou, O Lord, hast heard my desires and hast given an heritage unto those who fear thy name.

Thou shalt grant the king a long life, that his

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He truly is my strength and my salvation; he is my defence, so that I shall not fall.

In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my might, and in God is my trust.

O put your trust in him alway, ye people; pour out your hearts before him; for God is our hope.

As for the men of low degree, they are but vanity; the men of high degree are deceit; laid in the balance, they are al

together lighter than vanity itself.

O trust not in wrong and robbery; give not yourselves unto vanity; if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same, that power belongeth unto God;

And that thou, Lord, art merciful; for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

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My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land, where no water is;

That I might behold thy power and glory, as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

Because thy loving kindness is better than life itself, my lips shall praise thee.

Thus will I magnify thee as long as I live, and

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