PSALM LXXVII. Voce mea ad Dominum.

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WILL cry unto God with | my - voice even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken -- un to -'- me.

2 In the time of my trouble I sought | the Lord my sore ran, and ceased not in the nightseason; my soul refu--sed | com--fort.

3 When I am in heaviness, I will think up God when my heart is vexed, I -- will plain.

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4 Thou holdest mine eyes | wak--ing: I am so feeble, that I -- can not -

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

the years

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6 I call to remembrance | my

song and in

the night I commune with mine own heart, and

search out my spirits.

7 Will the Lord absent himself for | e--ver and will he be no more -'- in treat--ed?

8 Is his mercy clean gone for | e--ver; and is his promise come utterly to an end { for more?

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9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious will he shut up his loving-kindness in dis- | plea- -sure?

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10 And I said, It is mine own in | firmi--ty I will remember the years of the right the most High--est.

11 I will remember the works of the Lord :

and call to mind thy wonders 12 I will think also of all my talking shall be of-- thy

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13 Thy way, O God, is ho--ly who is so great a God -- as our God?

14 Thou art the God that doeth | won--ders and hast declared thy power among the people. 15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy peo--ple: even the sons of Jacob -- and | Jo--seph.

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were | a--fraid the depths also -- were | trou--bled.

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17 The clouds poured out water, the air thun- | der--ed and thine arrows -- went | a--broad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was heard round | a--bout the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was moved, and shook with--al. 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great wa--ters and thy footsteps -- are not -'known.

20 Thou leddest thy people like -- sheep by the hand of Moses -- and A--aron.

GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, AND TO THE -AND TO THE -- Ho LY

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AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW, AND EVER -*SHALL BE WORLD WITH OUT -- END. | A--MEN.

DAY XV. Evening Prayer.

PSALM LXXVIII. Attendite, popule.

HEAR my law, O my peo--ple incline your

ears unto the words of

my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a pa | ra--ble; I will

declare hard sentences

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of old;

3 Which we have heard and -'- known and such as our fathers have told us;

4 That we should not hide them from the children of the generations to -- come but to shew the honour of the Lord, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done.

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5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israela -- law which he commanded our forefathers to teach their -'- children ;

6 That their posterity might | know it and the children which were yet -- unborn;

7 To the intent that when they came up : they might shew their children -- the same; 8 That they might put their trust | in -- God: and not to forget the works of God, but to keep his { com--mandments;

9 And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn gene | ra--tion: a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit cleaveth not steadfastly un--to God;

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10 Like as the children of Ephra--im being harnessed, and carrying bows, turned themselves back in the day of -- bat | tle.

11 They kept not the covenant of would not walk { in his law;

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12 But forgat what he had done wonderful works that he had shew {ed

13 Marvellous things did he in the forefathers, in the land of | E--gypt field of Zo | an.

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14 He divided the sea, and let them through he made the waters to stand on -- an | heap.

15 In the day-time also he led them with | a -

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cloud and all the night through with a light -of fire.

16 He clave the hard rocks in the wil | der--ness: and gave them drink thereof, as it had been out of thegreat depth.

17 He brought waters out of the stony so that it gushed out like the

rivers.

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18 Yet for all this they sinned more against him and provoked the most Highest in the § wild-

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

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20 They spake against God also, | say--ing: Shall God prepare a table in the wild--erness? 21 He smote the stony rock indeed, that the water gushed out, and the streams flowed with-al: but can he give bread also, or provide 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 displeasure against Is--ra | el;

23 Because they believed not in put not their trust in -- his | help.

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24 So he commanded the clouds | a--bove and opened the doors of -- heaven.

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.

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27 He caused the east-wind to blow under | hea-ven 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.

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29 He let it fall among their -- tents even round about their habi-·-ta | tion.

30 So they did eat, and were well filled; for he gave them their own | de--sire; they were not disappointed of their lust.

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31 But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the wealthiest of I them : yea, and smote down the chosen men that were in Is--ra | el. 32 But for all this they sinned | yet and believed not his won--drous works. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vani--ty and their years in -- trouble. 34 When he slew them, they sought and turned them early, and enquired God.

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35 And they remembered that God was their strength and that the high God was their § re-deemer.

36 Nevertheless they did but flatter him with | their -'- mouth and dissembled with him § in --their tongue.

37 For their heart was not whole | neither continued they stedfast in his

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co--ve | nant. 38 But he was so merciful, that he forgave their | mis--deeds and destroyed -- them |

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39 Yea, many a time turned he his wrath | a-way and would not suffer his whole displeasure to -- arise.

40 For he considered that they were but -flesh and that they were even a wind that passeth away, and cometh not

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41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wilder--ness and grieved him in the desert.

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