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10 Shall the dust give thanks | un'to | thee or shall it' de clare' thy truth?

11 Hear, O Lord, and have | mercy' up on me : Lord, be thou' my helper.

13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise with'out | ceasing: O my God, I will give thanks | un'to thee' for | ever.

PSALM XXXI. In te, Domine, speravi.

IN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust: let me

never be put to confusion, delliver' me | in' thy | righteousness.

2 Bow down thine | ear' to | me : make | haste - | to' deliver me.

3 And be thou my strong rock, and house | of′ defence that thou | may'est | save me.

4 For thou art my strong rock, | and' my | castle : be thou also my guide, and lead' me for thy | Name's sake.

7 I have hated them that hold of super sti'tious | vanities and my trust | hath' been | in' the | Lord.

8 I will be glad, and rejoice | in' thy mercy : for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known | my' soul | in' adversities.

9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand | of' the enemy but hast set my feet' in | a large |

room.

11 For my life is waxen | old' with heaviness : and my years' with mourning.

12 My strength faileth me, because of mine' iniquity and my | bones | are' consumed.

13 I became a reproof among all mine enemies, but especially among my | neighbours and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me; and they that did see me without con|vey'ed | themselves | from me.

15 For I have heard the blasphemy | of the | multitude and fear is on every side, while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to | take' away' my life.

16 But my hope hath been in | thee,' O | Lord : I have said,' Thou | art' my God.

17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine | enemies and from | them' that | per'

se cute me.

18 Shew thy servant the light of thy | countenance and save me | for thy | mer'cy's sake.

19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee : let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to | si'lence | in' the | grave.

20 Let the lying lips be | put' to | silence : which

cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully, | speak' against' the righteous.

21 O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them' that | fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before' the | sons' of men!

22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking' of | all men: thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle | from' the strife' of tongues.

25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my | prayer when I cried | un'to | thee.

26 O love the Lord, all | ye' his | saints for the Lord preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously reward'eth | the' proud | doer.

27 Be strong, and he shall establish' your heart: all ye that put your trust | in' the Lord.

DAY 6.

BLESSED

Evening Prayer.

PSALM XXXII. Beati, quorum.

LESSED is he whose unrighteousness is' forgiven and whose | sin' is | covered.

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord im-| puteth' no sin and in whose | spirit' there | is' no | guile.

3 For while I held my

consumed away through' my

tongue : my bones

daily' complaining.

summer.

5 I will acknowledge my sin | un'to | thee: and mine unrighteousness' have | I' not | hid.

6 I said, I will confess my sins un to' the | Lord : and so thou forgavest the wickedness | of my | sin.

7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest' be | found: but in the great water-floods they shall not | come' nigh him.

8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt preserve me from | trouble: thou shalt compass me about with' songs of deliverance.

9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein | thou shalt | go and I will | guide' thee | with' mine eye.

10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no un'der standing whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, | lest' they | fall' upon thee.

11 Great plagues remain for | the' ungodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him' on every | side.

PSALM XXXIII. Exultate, justi.

EJOICE in the Lord, | O' ye | righteous for it becometh well' the | just to be ❘ thankful.

2 Praise the

Lord' with harp sing praises

unto him with the lute, and | instrument | of' ten | strings.

4 For the word of the his works' are | faithful.

Lord' is | true : and | all'

5 He loveth righteous |ness' and | judgement: the earth is full of the good'ness of the Lord.

6 By the word of the Lord were the | heavens | made and all the hosts of them | by' the | breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were up on' an | heap and layeth up the | deep,' as in a treasure-house.

8 Let all the earth | fear' the | Lord : stand in awe of him, all ye | that' dwell | in' the world.

9 For he spake, and it' was done : he commanded,' and it' stood | fast.

10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the | heathen' to nought and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and casteth | out' the | counsels' of princes.

11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure' for | ever and the thoughts of his heart from generation' to generation.

12 Blessed are the people, whose God is the | Lord' Jehovah and blessed are the folk, that he hath chosen to him to be | his' inheritance.

13 The Lord looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children' of | men : from the habitation

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