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12 Like as a lion that is greedy | of his | prey : and as it were a lion's whelp, | lurking' in | se'cret places.

13 Up, Lord, disappoint him, and | cast him | down : deliver my soul from the ungodly, which | is a | sword of | thine;

14 From the men of thy hand, O Lord, from the men, I say, and from the | evil | world : which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou | fillest' with | thy hid | treasure.

15 They have children at | their desire : and leave the rest of their | substance | for their | babes. 16 But as for me, I will behold thy | presence' in righteousness and when I awake up after thy likeness, I | shall be | satisfied | with it.

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DAY 3.

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Evening Prayer.

PSALM XVIII. Diligam te, Domine.

WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord

is my stony rock, and ❘ my' defence my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my sal|va'tion, | and' my | refuge.

2 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy | to' be | praised : so shall I | be safe | from mine | enemies.

3 The sorrows of death | compassed | me : and the overflowings of un|godliness | made me | afraid .

4 The pains of hell | came about me: the snares

of death | o'ver took me.

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5 In my trouble I will call up on' the Lord and complain' un to' my God.

6 So shall he hear my voice out of his | holy | temple and my complaint shall come before him, it shall enter | even' in to' his | ears.

7 The earth trembled' and | quaked: the very foundations also of the hills shook, and were removed, be'cause he' was wroth.

8 There went a smoke out | in' his presence: and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that | coals' were kind'led at it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, | and' came | down : and it was | dark' un|der' his | feet.

10 He rode upon the cherubims, and' did | fly : he came flying upon the' wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his | se'cret | place pavilion round about him with dark water, thick clouds' to cover him.

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12 At the brightness of his presence his | clouds' removed hail-stones,' and | coals' of fire.

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13 The Lord also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave' his thunder: hail- stones,' and | coals' of fire.

14 He sent out his arrows, and scat'tered them: he cast forth light'nings, | and' destroyed them.

15 The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered, at thy | chiding,' O Lord at the blasting of the of thy' dis pleasure.

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16 He shall send down from on | high' to | fetch me and shall take me | out' of | ma'ny | waters.

17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them' which | hate me : for they are too | migh'ty for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord' was my' up holder,

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19 He brought me forth also into a | place' of | liberty he brought me forth, even because he had a | fa'vour un'to me.

20 The Lord shall reward me after my righ'teous dealing according to the cleanness of my hands | shall' he | re'com pense me.

21 Because I have kept the ways | of the | Lord : | and have not forsaken my God, as' the wick'ed | doth.

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22 For I have an eye unto | all' his | laws and will not cast out | his' commandments | from me. 23 I was also uncorrupt before him

chew'ed | mine' own | wickedness.

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24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my | righ'teous | dealing and according unto the cleanness of my hands' in | his' eye-sight.

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

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26 With the clean thou shalt' be clean and with the froward' thou shalt' learn | frowardness.

27 For thou shalt save the people that are | in' ad/versity and shalt bring down the high' looks | of the proud.

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28 Thou also shalt | light' my | candle : the

Lord my God shall make my | dark'ness | to be | light.

29 For in thee I shall discomfit an | host' of | men and with the help of my God I shall | leap' over' the wall.

30 The way of God is an unde fil'ed | way : the word of the Lord also 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 | strength' of | war and mak'eth | my' way | perfect.

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33 He maketh my feet | like' harts' | feet and setteth' me up' on | high.

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

35 Thou hast given me the defence of | thy' salvation: thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction' shall make me | great.

36 Thou shalt make room enough under me | for' to go that my | foot'steps | shall' not slide. 37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and | o'ver-| take them neither will I turn again | till' I | have' destroyed them.

38 I will smite them, that they shall not be able to stand: but | fall' under' my | feet.

39 Thou hast girded me with strength un to' the | battle thou shalt throw | down' mine | ene'mies | under me.

40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn

their backs' up on me and I shall | de'stroy them'

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41 They shall cry, but there shall be | none' to help them yea, even unto the Lord shall they cry, but' he shall not | hear them.

42 I will beat them as small as the dust before' the wind I will cast them out as | the' clay | in' the

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43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of′ the people and thou shalt make me | the' head | of' the

heathen.

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44 A people whom I have' not | known shall | serve - |- - | me.

45 As soon as they hear of me, they | shall' obey me but the strange children | shall' dis sem'ble | with me.

46 The strange | children' shall fail and be afraid' out of their prisons.

47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my strong | helper and praised be the | God' of my salvation. 48 Even the God that seeth that I | be' avenged:

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and subdueth the | people | un'to me.

49 It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above' mine | adversaries: thou shalt rid me | from' the | wick'ed | man.

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50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles and sing praises' unto' thy Name.

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51 Great prosperity giveth he un to' his | King: and sheweth loving-kindness unto David his Anointed, and unto his seed' for | e'ver|more.

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