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18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we | not forget thee : nor behave ourselves | frowardly | in' thy | covenant.

19 Our heart is not | turned | back : neither our steps | gone' out | of thy | way;

20 No, not when thou hast smitten us into the | place of | dragons : and covered us | with the | shadow of | death.

21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and holden up our hands to | any strange | god : shall not God search it out? for he knoweth the very | secrets | of the | heart.

22 For thy sake also are we killed | all the' day | long : and are counted as sheep appointed | to be |

slain.

23 Up, Lord, why | sleep'est | thou : awake, and be not | absent | from us' for | ever.

24 Wherefore hidest | thou thy | face : and for- | gettest' our | misery and | trouble ?

25 For our soul is brought low, even un to' the | dust : our belly | cleaveth' un|to the | ground.

26 Arise, and | help us : and deliver us | for' thy | mercy's | sake.

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King.

PSALM XLV. Eructavit cor meum.

Y heart is inditing | of a' good | matter: I speak of the things which I have | made' un to' the |

2 My tongue | is the | pen : of | -' a | rea'dy |

writer.

3 Thou art fairer than the | children' of | men :

full of grace are thy lips, because God hath | bless'ed | thee' for ever.

4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O | thou' most | Mighty according to thy | wor'ship | and' renown.

5 Good luck have thou | with' thine | honour : ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall | teach' thee | terrible things.

6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be subdued | un'to | thee: even in the midst | a'mong | the King's enemies.

7 Thy seat, O God, endureth' for | ever the sceptre of thy | king'dom | is a' right | sceptre.

8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated' in iquity wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness' above' thy | fellows.

9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, | aloes,' and cassia out of the ivory palaces, whereby they' have made thee | glad.

10 Kings' daughters were among thy | honour'able women upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, wrought about' with | di'vers | colours.

11 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, in cline' thine | ear forget also thine own people, | and' thy | fa'ther's house.

12 So shall the King have pleasure | in' thy beauty for he is thy Lord God, and' worship' thou | him.

13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there | with' a gift like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplica'tion | before thee.

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14 The King's daughter is all | glorious' with in: her clothing is of wrought | gold.

15 She shall be brought unto the King in | raiment' of needlework: the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought' unto thee.

16 With joy and gladness shall they' be brought: and shall enter | in'to | the' King's | palace.

17 Instead of thy fathers thou | shalť have children whom thou mayest make | prin'ces | in' all lands.

18 I will remember thy Name from one generation to another therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee,' world | with'out | end.

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PSALM XLVI. Deus noster refugium.

OD is our hope' and | strength a very | pre'sent | help' in | trouble.

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2 Therefore will we not fear, though the | earth' be moved and though the hills be carried into the' midst of the sea.

3 Though the waters thereof rage' and | swell : and though the mountains shake at the | tem'pest | of' the

same.

4 The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city' of God: the holy place of the tabernacle | of the most | Highest.

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5 God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she

not | be removed : God shall help | her,' and ❘ that' right early.

6 The heathen make much ado, and the | kingdoms' are moved but God hath shewed his voice, and the earth' shall | melt' away.

7 The Lord of hosts' is | with us: the God of | Jacob | is our | refuge.

8 O come hither, and behold the works | of the | Lord what destruction he hath | brought' up on' the | earth.

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9 He maketh wars to cease in | all' the world: he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the | chari'ots | in' the | fire. I

10 Be still then, and know that | I' am | God : I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be earth.

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11 The Lord of | hosts' is | with us the God of Jacob | is our refuge.

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Evening Prayer.

PSALM XLVII. Omnes gentes, plaudite.
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CLAP your hands together, all' ye | people: O sing unto God | with' the | voice' of | melody. 2 For the Lord is high, and | to' be | feared is the great King | up'on | all' the earth. |

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3 He shall subdue the | people | under us and

the na'tions | under' our | feet.

4 He shall choose out an | heritage | for us: even the worship of | Ja'cob, | whom' he | loved.

5 God is gone up with a | mer'ry | noise and the Lord with the | sound' of the | trump.

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6 O sing praises, sing praises | unto our | God: O sing praises, sing praises | un'to | our | King. 7 For God is the King of | all' the | earth : sing | ye | praises' with | un'der standing.

8 God reigneth | over the | heathen: God sitteth uplon' his holy | seat.

9 The princes of the people are joined unto the people of the | God' of | Abraham for God, which is very high exalted, doth defend the earth, as | it' were with a

shield.

PSALM XLVIII. Magnus Dominus.

REAT is the Lord, and highly ❘ to' be | praised: in the city of our God, even up on' his | holy | hill. 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the' whole earth: upon the north-side lieth the city of the great King; God is well known in her palaces | as a sure - | refuge.

3 For lo, the Kings of the earth are gathered, and' gone | by' together.

4 They marvelled to see' such things they were astonished, and | suddenly' cast | down.

5 Fear came there up on them,' and | sorrow: as upon a wo'man | in' her | travail.

6 Thou shalt break the ships | of the sea : through | the east wind.

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7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our | God: God up holdeth' the same' for ever.

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