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or for thy burnt-offerings: because they were' not alway' before me.

9 I will take no bullock | out of thine | house : nor he'-goat out of thy | folds.

10 For all the beasts of the forest' are | mine : and so are the cattle up on' a | thou'sand | hills.

11 I know all the fowls up on' the mountains: and the wild beasts of the | field' are | in' my | sight.

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12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee for the whole world is mine, and | all' that | is' therein. 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat' bulls' | flesh : and | drink' the | blood' of | goats?

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14 Offer unto God' thanks giving and pay thy vows | un'to | the' most | Highest.

15 And call upon me in the | time' of | trouble : so will I hear thee,' and | thou' shalt | praise me.

16 But unto the ungodly' said | God: Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my | cove'nant | in' thy mouth;

17 Whereas thou hatest to be' re formed and hast | cast' my words' behind thee ?

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou con|sentedst' un to him and hast been par tak'er | with' the a|dul

terers.

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19 Thou hast let thy mouth' speak | wickedness and with thy tongue thou hast set forth' delceit.

20 Thou satest, and spakest against' thy | brother: yea, and hast slandered | thine' own | mo'ther's |

son.

21 These things hast thou done, and I held my

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.

HAVE

PSALM LI. Miserere mei, Deus.

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.

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.

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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 | and shalt make me to | under'stand | wis'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.

8 Thou shalt make me hear of | joy' and | gladness that the bones which thou hast | broken | may' rejoice.

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9 Turn thy face | from' my | sins and put' out | all' my misdeeds.

10 Make me a clean heart,' O | God and renew a' right spirit' with in me.

11 Cast me not away | from' thy | presence and take not thy holy | Spirit | from me.

12 O give me the comfort of thy | help' again : and stablish me' with thy' free | Spirit. |

13 Then shall I teach thy ways un to' the | wicked and sinners shall be convert'ed | un'to | thee.

14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health

tongue shall' sing | of' thy | righteousness.

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15 Thou shalt open my lips,' O | Lord and my mouth' shall | shew' thy | praise.

16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else | would' I | give it thee but thou de lightest' not | in' burntofferings.

17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled | spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, | shalt thou | not' de spise.

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18 O be favourable and gracious | un'to | Sion : build thou' the walls' of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings | and' ob-| lations: then shall they offer young | bullocks' up|on' thine altar.

WHY

PSALM LII. Quid gloriaris?

HY boastest thou thy self,' thou | tyrant : that | ' thou canst' do | mischief;

2 Whereas the | goodness' of | God: endur'eth | yet - | daily?

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3 Thy tongue imagin'eth | wickedness and with lies thou | cuttest' like | a' sharp | razor.

4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness | more' than | goodness and to | talk of lies | more than | right

eousness.

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5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that | may' do | hurt O|- - | thou' false | tongue.

6 Therefore shall God destroy | thee' for | ever : he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the' land | of' the | living.

7 The righteous also shall see | this,' and | fear : and | -'shall | laugh him' to | scorn;

8 Lo, this is the man that took not God | for his strength but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and strengthened | him'self | in' his | wicked

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9 As for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the | house' of God: my trust is in the tender mercy of | God' for ever' and | ever.

10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that | thou hast done : and I will hope in thy Name, for | thy' saints like' it well.

DAY 10.

THE

Evening Prayer.

PSALM LIII. Dixit insipiens.

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HE foolish body hath said | in' his heart: There | is no God.

2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable | in' their wickedness there is none' that | do'eth | good.

3 God 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 become' albominable: there is also none that doeth' good, | no' not | one. |

5 Are not they without understanding | that' work | wickedness: eating up my would eat bread? they have not God.

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6 They were afraid where | no' fear was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee; thou hast put them to confusion, because' God hath' despised them.

7 Oh, that the salvation were given unto Israel | out' of | Sion: Oh, that the Lord would deliver his | people' out of captivity!

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8 Then should | Jacob' rejoice and | Israel' should be right glad.

SAVE

PSALM LIV. Deus, in nomine.

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NAVE me, O God, for | thy' Name's | sake and avenge' me | in' thy | strength.

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