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8 We wait for thy loving kindness,' O | God: in the midst of thy | temple.

9 O God, according to thy name, so is thy praise unto the world's | end thy right | hand' is | full' of righteousness.

10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Judah' be glad because of thy - | judge

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11 Walk about Sion, and go | round' about her : and tell' the towers' there of.

12 Mark well her bulwarks, set | up' her | houses: that ye may tell' them that' come | after.

13 For this God is our God for | ever' and | ever : he shall be our' guide | un'to | death.

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PSALM XLIX. Audite hæc, omnes.

HEAR ye this, | all' ye | people: ponder it with your ears, all ye | that' dwell | in' the | world;

2 High and low, | rich' and | poor : one | with' an other.

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3 My mouth shall speak' of wisdom and my heart shall muse' of un'der standing.

4 I will incline mine ear | to the | parable and shew my dark | speech' up on' the harp.

5 Wherefore should I fear in the | days' of | wickedness and when the wickedness of my heels compass eth' me round' about?

6 There be some that put their trust | in' their | goods and boast themselves in the | multi'tude | of their riches.

7 But no man may deliver his brother: nor make agreement | un'to | God' for | him;

8 For it cost more to redeem' their souls: so that he must let | that' alone' for | ever;

9 Yea, though he' live | long : and | see - | not' the grave.

10 For he seeth that wise men also die, and | perish' together as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave' their | riches' for | other.

11 And yet they think that their houses shall continue' for | ever : and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to another; and call the lands | after their' own | names.

12 Nevertheless, man will not a|bide' in | honour : seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is' the | way' of them. |

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13 This is their | foolishness and their posteri'ty praise' their | saying.

14 They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have domination over them | in' the morning their beauty shall consume in the | sepulchre | out of their | dwelling.

15 But God hath delivered my soul from the | place' of hell: for he | shall' receive me.

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16 Be not thou afraid, though one | be made | rich or if the glory of | his' house | be' in creased;

17 For he shall carry nothing away with him | when' he dieth: neither | shall' his | pomp | follow him.

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18 For while he lived, he counted himself an |

happy man and so long as thou doest well unto thyself, men will' speak | good' of thee.

19 He shall follow the generation | of′ his | fathers : and shall never see | light. |

20 Man being in honour hath no | un'der standing but is compared unto the beasts' that | perish.

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DAY 10.

THE

Morning Prayer.

PSALM L. Deus deorum.

THE Lord, even the most mighty | God,' hath | spoken and called the world, from the rising up of the sun, unto the | go'ing | down' there|of. 2 Out of Sion hath | God' appeared in |· per'fect beauty.

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3 Our God shall come, and shall not' keep | silence: there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be | stirred up | round' about him.

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4 He shall call the heaven | from' above and the earth, that he' may | judge' his | people.

5 Gather my saints together | un'to me those that have made a covenant with | me' with | sa'crifice.

6 And the heavens shall de clare' his | righteousness for God' is | judge' himself.

7 Hear, O my people, and | I' will | speak : I myself will testify against thee, O Israel; for | I' am | God,' even thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices,

7 But no man may deliver' his | brother: nor make agreement | un'to | God' for | him;

8 For it cost more to redeem' their souls so that he must let | that' allone' for | ever;

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9 Yea, though he' live | long and see not' the grave.

10 For he seeth that wise men also die, and | perish' together as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave' their | riches' for | other.

11 And yet they think that their houses shall continue' for ever: and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to another; and call the lands | after their own | names.

12 Nevertheless, man will not albide' in | honour : seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is' the way' of | them.

13 This is their | foolishness and their pos-| teri'ty praise' their | saying.

14 They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have domination over them in the morning their beauty shall consume in the | sepulchre | out of their | dwelling.

15 But God hath delivered my soul from the | place' of hell for | he | shall' receive me.

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16 Be not thou afraid, though one | be made | rich or if the glory of | his' house | be' in creased;

17 For he shall carry nothing away with him | when' he dieth : neither | shall' his | pomp | follow him.

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18 For while he lived, he counted himself an |

tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one | as' thy self: but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things' that thou' hast done.

22 O consider this, ye that | for'get | God: lest I pluck you away, and there | be' none | to' deliver you.

23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he | honour'eth me and to him that ordereth his conversation right will I | shew the' salvation' of | God.

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PSALM LI. Miserere mei, Deus.

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AVE mercy upon me, O God, after | thy' great | goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies do a'way mine' of fences.

2 Wash me throughly | from' my | wickedness: and | cleanse' me | from' my | sin.

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3 For I acknowledge' my faults and my | sin' is ever' before me.

4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in' thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear' when thou' art | judged.

5 Behold, I was shapen' in | wickedness and in sin hath' my mother' conceived me.

6 But lo, thou requirest truth in the | in'ward | parts and shalt make me to | under'stand | wis'dom secretly.

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7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall' be clean thou shalt wash me, and I shall be | whiter' than | snow.

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