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7 All sheep' and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the

field;

8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes | of the | sea and whatsoever walketh | through' the | paths' of the

seas.

9 O Lord' our Governour: how excellent is thy | Name' in all' the world!

DAY 2.

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Morning Prayer.

PSALM IX. Confitebor tibi.

WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with | my' whole heart I will speak of | all' thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice' in | thee: yea, my songs will I make of thy | Name,' O | thou' most Highest.

3 While mine enemies are | driv'en | back: they shall fall and | pe'rish | at' thy | presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my right | and' my | cause: thou art set in the throne' that | judg'est | I right.

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed | the' un godly thou hast put out their | name' for | ever' and ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a per pe'tual | end : even as the cities which thou hast destroyed; their memorial' is | pe'rished | with them.

7 But the Lord shall endure' for | ever he hath also prepared his | seat for | judgement.

8 For he shall judge the world' in | righteousness : and minister true | judgement' un to the people.

9 The Lord also will be a defence for | the' oppressed even a refuge | in' due | time' of trouble. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their | trust' in thee for thou, Lord, hast never | fail'ed | them' that | seek thee.

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11 O praise the Lord which | dwelleth' in | Sion : shew the people | of' his | doings.

12 For, when he maketh inquisition for blood, he re mem'bereth | them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

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13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider the trouble which I suffer of them' that | hate me : thou that liftest me up | from' the | gates' of | death.

14 That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter' of | Sion: I will rejoice' in | thy' salvation.

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit | that' they made in the same net which they hid | privily,' is their' foot | taken.

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

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17 The wicked shall be turned | in'to | hell: and all the people that' for get | God.

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18 For the poor shall not alway | be' for gotten : the patient abiding of the meek | shall not | perish' for ever.

19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the | up'per | hand let the heathen be judg'ed | in' thy | sight.

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20 Put them in | fear,' O | Lord : that the heathen may know them selves' to | be' but | men.

WHY

PSALM X. Ut quid, Domine?

HY standest thou so far | off, O | Lord and hidest thy face in the | need'ful | time' of |

trouble?

2 The ungodly for his own lust doth perse cute' the poor : let them be taken in the crafty wiliness | that' they have imagined.

3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own | heart's' desire and speaketh good of the covetous,' whom God' ab horreth.

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4 The ungodly is so proud, that he careth | not' for God neither is | God' in | all' his | thoughts. 5 His ways are | al'way | grievous: thy judgements are far above out of his sight, and therefore de fieth' he all' his enemies.

6 For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast | down there shall no harm | hap'pen | un'to me.

7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit,' and | fraud under his tongue is ungodliness' and vanity.

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8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners ❘ of the streets and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor.

9 For he lieth waiting secretly, even as a lion

lurketh he | in' his | den: that | he' may | ravish' the |

poor.

10 He doth | ravish' the | poor : when he | getteth' him into his | net.

11 He falleth down, and humbleth' himself: that the congregation of the poor may fall into the ¦ hands' of his | captains.

12 He hath said in his heart, Tush, God hath' for|gotten : he hideth away his face, and | he' will | never see it.

13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift up' thine | hand: for get not the poor.

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14 Wherefore should the wicked | blaspheme | God while he doth say in his heart, Tush, | thou' God carest' not | for it.

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15 Surely thou hast | seen it for thou beholdest un godliness' and | wrong.

16 That thou mayest take the matter | into' thine | hand the poor committeth himself unto thee; for thou art the help'er | of' the | friendless.

17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and' ma alicious: take away his ungodliness, | and' thou | shalt' find | none.

18 The Lord is King for the heathen are | perished' out

ever' and | ever and of the | land.

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19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire | of the | poor thou preparest their heart, and thine ear heark'en eth there to;

20 To help the fatherless and poor un to' their | right that the man of the earth be no more' exalted' against them.

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PSALM XI. In Domino confido.

N the Lord put | I' my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a | bird' un to' the hill?

2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows with in' the quiver: that they may privily shoot at them | which' are | true' of heart.

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3 For the foundations will | be' cast | down and what hath' the | righ'teous | done?

4 The Lord is in his | ho'ly | temple: the | Lord's' seat is' in heaven.

5 His eyes consider the | poor and his eyelids | try' the children' of | men.

6 The Lord alloweth' the | righteous but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness | doth' his soul' ab hor.

7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, | storm' and tempest: this shall | be' their portion' to | drink.

8 For the righteous Lord | lov'eth | righteousness: his countenance will behold | the' thing | that' is just.

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PSALM XII. Salvum me fac.

ELP me, Lord, for there is not one | godly' man |

He left, for the faithful are minished from a mong

the children' of | men.

2 They talk of vanity every one with' his | neigh

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