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2. Thy Name also is' so nigh and that do thy' wondrous' works declare. 3. When I receive the' congregation: I shall judge ac'cording' unto right.

4. The earth is weak, and all the in'habiters thereof: I' bear up the' pillars of it.

5. I said unto the fools, Deal' not so madly and to the un'godly, Set not' up your horn.

6. Set not up your horn on high : and' speak not' with a stiff neck.

7. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west: nor' yet' from the south.

8. And why? God is the Judge: he

putteth down one, and' setteth' up another.

9. For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the' wine is red: it is full mixed, and he poureth' out of the

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bow the shield, the' sword, and the battle.

4. Thou art of more' honour and might than the' hills' of the robbers.

5. The proud are robbed, they have' slept their sleep: and all the men whose hands were' mighty have found nothing.

6. At thy rebuke, O' God of Jacob : both the chariot and' horse are fallen.

7. Thou, even' thou art to be feared: and who may stand in thy' sight when' thou art angry?

8. Thou didst cause thy judgement to be heard from heaven: the earth' trembled,' and was still,

9. When God a'rose to judgement: and to help all the meek upon earth.

10. The fierceness of man shall' turn to thy praise and the fierceness of them' shalt thou refrain.

11. Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are' round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

12. He shall refrain the' spirit of princes and is wonderful among the' kings' of the earth.

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with my voice, and' he shall' hearken

unto me.

2. In the time of my trouble I' sought the Lord my sore ran, and ceased not in the night season; my' soul re'fused comfort.

3. When I am in heaviness, I will' think upon God when my heart is' vexed, I' will complain.

4. Thou holdest mine' eyes waking: I am so' feeble, that I' cannot speak.

5. I have considered the' days of old and the' years' that are past.

6. I call to re'membrance my song: and in the night I commune with mine own' heart, and' search out my spirits.

7. Will the Lord absent him'self for ever and will he' be no more intreated?

8. Is his mercy clean' gone for ever: and is his promise come utterly to an' end for evermore?

9. Hath God forgotten to be gracious and will he shut up his lovingkindness' in displeasure?

10. And I said, It is mine' own infirmity but I will remember the years of the right' hand of' the most Highest. 11. I will remember the' works of the Lord and call to mind thy' wonders of' old time.

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12. I will think also of' all thy works : and my talking shall be of thy doings. 13. Thy way, O' God, is holy : who is so great a God as our God?

14. Thou art the God that' doeth wonders and hast declared thy' power a'mong the people.

15. Thou hast mightily de'livered thy people even the sons of' Jacob and Joseph.

16. The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and' were afraid : the' depths al'so were troubled.

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16. He clave the hard' rocks in the wilderness: and gave them drink thereof, as it had been' out of the' great depth.

17. He brought waters out of the' stony rock so that it' gushed' out like the rivers.

18. Yet for all this they sinned' more against him and provoked the most' Highest' in the wilderness.

19. They tempted' God in their hearts and required' meat' for their lust.

20. They spake against God also, saying: Shall God prepare a' table' in the wilderness?

21. He smote the stony rock indeed, that the water gushed out, and the streams' flowed withal: but can he give bread also, or pro'vide flesh' for his people?

22. When the Lord heard this, he was wroth so the fire was kindled in Jacob, and there came up heavy dis'pleasure against Israel;

23. Because they believed' not in

God and put not their trust' in his help.

24. So he commanded the clouds

above and' opened the' doors of hea

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25. He rained down manna also upon them' for to eat and gave them' food from heaven.

26. So man did eat' angels food : for he' sent them' meat enough.

27. He caused the east-wind to' blow under heaven: and through his power he brought' in the' south-west wind.

28. He rained flesh upon them as' thick as dust and feathered fowls' like as the' sand of the sea.

29. He let it fall a'mong their tents: even round a'bout their habitation.

30. So they did eat, and were well filled; for he gave them their own desire they were not disappointed' of their lust.

31. But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the' wealthiest of them yea, and smote down the chosen' men that' were in Israel.

32. But for all this they' sinned yet more and believed' not his' wondrous works.

33. Therefore their days did he con'sume in vanity and their' years

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43. They thought not' of his hand : and of the day when he delivered them' from the' hand of the enemy;

44. How he had wrought his' miracles in Egypt and his' wonders in the' field of Zoan.

45. He turned their' waters into blood so that they' might not' drink of the rivers.

46. He sent lice among them, and de'voured them up and' frogs' to destroy them.

47. He gave their fruit un'to the caterpillar : and their labour un'to the grasshopper.

48. He destroyed their' vines with hail-stones and their mulberry-trees' with the frost.

49. He smote their cattle' also with

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