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bour they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble | in' their | double | heart.

3 The Lord shall root out all deceitful | lips : and the tongue' that | speaketh' proud | things;

4 Which have said, With our tongue will we' prevail we are they that ought to speak, who is' lord | o'ver | us?

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5 Now for the comfortless troubles' sake | of the | needy and because of the deep | sigh'ing | of the | poor, 6 I will up, saith the Lord and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, | and' will set him' at | rest.

7 The words of the Lord | are' pure | words: even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times | in' the | fire.

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8 Thou shalt keep | them,' O | Lord thou shalt preserve him from | this' generation' for | ever.

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9 The ungodly walk on every side when they are exalted, the children of | men' are | put to' re buke.

PSALM XIII. Usque quo, Domine ?

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Hever: how long wilt thou' hide | thy' face

OW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord,' for |

from me?

2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in' my heart: how long shall mine enemies triumph | o'ver | me?

3 Consider, and hear me, O Lord' my | God : lighten mine eyes, that | I' sleep | not' in | death.

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed' against

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him for if I be cast down, they that trouble me | will' rejoice at it.

5 But my trust is in' thy | mercy and my heart is joyful' in thy' salvation.

6 I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me : yea, I will praise the Name | of the Lord' most | Highest.

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PSALM XIV. Dixit insipiens.

HE fool hath said | in' his | heart: There is -| no - | God.

2 They are corrupt, and become abominable | in' their doings: there is none that | doeth' good, | no ́

not one.

3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the | children' of men to see if there were any that would understand, | and' seek | af'ter | God.

4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether be come' albominable: there is none that doeth' good, no' not | one.

5 Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they' deceived: the poison of asps | is' under' their lips.

6 Their mouth is full of cursing' and | bitterness : their feet are swift | to' shed | blood.

7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and the way of peace have ❘ they' not | known: there is no fear of God' before' their eyes.

8 Have they no knowledge, that they are all such | workers' of mischief: eating up my people as it were bread, and call | not' up on' the | Lord?

9 There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was for God is in the gene ra'tion | of the righteous.

10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor : because he putteth | his' trust | in' the Lord.

11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turneth the captivity | of his | people then shall Jacob rejoice, and | Israel | shall' be glad.

DAY 3.

Morning Prayer.

PSALM XV. Domine, quis habitabit?

LORD, who shall dwell in' thy | tabernacle : or

who shall rest upon' thy | holy | hill?

2 Even he, that leadeth an uncorrupt | life: and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh | the truth | from' his | heart.

3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour and hath' not | slandered' his neighbour.

4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in | his' own eyes and maketh much of them' that | fear' the Lord.

5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth' him though it were' to his'

own | hindrance.

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6 He that hath not given his money | up'on | usury: nor taken reward' against' the | innocent.

fall.

7 Whoso | doeth these | things : shall | ne - |ver - |

PSALM XVI. Conserva me, Domine.

PRESERVE | me,' O | God : for in thee | have I |

put my | trust.

2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord : Thou art my God, my goods are | nothing | un'to | thee.

3 All my delight is upon the saints, that are | in' the | earth : and upon such | as' excel in | virtue.

4 But they that run after an|other | god : shall | have - | great - | trouble.

5 Their drink-offerings of blood will | I' not | offer : neither make mention of their | names' with|in' my | lips.

6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and | of my | cup : thou | shalt maintain' my | lot.

7 The lot is fallen unto me | in a' fair | ground : yea, I | have' a | goodly | heritage.

8 I will thank the Lord for giving' me | warning: my reins also chasten | me' in | the night | season.

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9 I have set God always' before me : for he is on my right hand, there fore' I | shall' not | fall.

10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my | glory' rejoiced: my flesh al so' shall | rest' in | hope.

11 For why? thou shalt not leave my | soul' in | hell : neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy | One' to | see' corruption.

12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is the | fulness' of | joy : and at thy right hand there is | pleasure' for | e'ver more.

HEA

PSALM XVII. Exaudi, Domine.

EAR the right, O Lord, consider | my com-| plaint and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not | out' of | feign'ed | lips.

2 Let my sentence come forth | from' thy | presence : and let thine eyes look upon the | thing' that | is - equal.

3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night-season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no | wickedness in me : for I am utterly purposed that my mouth' shall not offend.

4 Because of men's works, that are done against the words of thy lips: I have kept me from the ways' of the' destroyer.

5 O hold thou up my goings | in' thy | paths : that my foot steps' slip | not.

6 I have called upon thee, O God, for | thou' shalt hear me : incline thine ear to me, and | hearken' un to' my words.

7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their | trust' in | thee from such as resist | thy' right | hand.

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8 Keep me as the apple of an | eye : hide me under the shadow of thy | wings,

9 From the ungodly' that | trouble me mine enemies compass me round about to take away' my soul.

10 They are inclosed in their own | fat and their mouth' speak|eth' proud | things.

11 They lie waiting in our way on every side: turning their eyes' down | to' the ground;

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