52 And smote all the first-born' in Egypt : the most principal and mightiest | in' the | dwellings' of Ham.

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53 But as for his own people, he led them | forth' like sheep and carried them in the ness like a flock.

54 He brought them out safely, that they | should not fear and overwhelmed their | enemies | with' the sea.

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55 And brought them within the borders of' his sanctuary even to his mountain which he | purchased' with his' right hand.

56 He cast out the heathen | also' before them : caused their land to be divided among them for an heritage, and made the tribes of Israel | to' dwell | in' their tents.

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57 So they tempted, and displeased the most' high God and | -' kept | not' his testimonies; 58 But turned their backs, and fell away | like' their | forefathers: starting aside | like' a | bro ́ken | bow.

59 For they grieved him with their hill-altars and provoked him to dis|plea'sure | with' their | images.

60 When God heard this, he' was wroth: and took sore' dis pleasure' at | Israel.

61 So that he forsook the tabernacle' in | Silo : even the tent that he had pitch'ed | a'mong |

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62 He delivered their power | into' captivity : and their beauty | into' the | ene'my's hand.

63 He gave his people over also unto the sword and was | wroth' with | his' inheritance. 64 The fire consumed their maidens were' not

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their' young | men and given' to | marriage.

65 Their priests were slain | with' the sword: and there were no | widows' to make' lamen|tation.

66 So the Lord awaked as one | out' of | sleep : and like a | giant' refreshed' with | wine.

67 He smote his enemies in the | hind'er | parts: and put them to a' per|petu'al | shame.

68 He refused the tabernacle' of Joseph and chose not the | tribe' of | Ephraim;

69 But chose the tribe' of | Judah even the hill of | Si'on which' he | loved.

70 And there he built his temple' on | high: and laid the foundation of it like the ground which | he' hath made' continually.

71 He chose David | also his | servant and took him a way' from the' sheep-folds.

72 As he was following the ewes great with | young ones' he took him that he might feed Jacob his people, and | Isra'el | his' inheritance.

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73 So he fed them with a faithful | and' true | heart and ruled them | prudently' with | all' his | power.

DAY 16.

Morning Prayer.

PSALM LXXIX. Deus, venerunt.

GOD, the heathen are come into | thine' inheritance thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem' an | heap' of | stones.

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls | of' the air : and the flesh of thy saints unto | the' beasts of the | land.

3 Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem and there was' no | man' to | bury them.

4 We are become an open shame | to' our | enemies a very scorn and derision unto them that' are | round' about us.

5 Lord, how long wilt thou' be angry shall thy jealousy burn' like fire' for ever?

6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not | known thee and upon the kingdoms that have not | called' uplon' thy | Name.

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7 For they have devour'ed | Jacob and laid | waste' his dwell'ing-place.

8 O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and' that soon for we are | come' to | great misery.

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory | of thy Name: O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins,' for thy' Name's sake.

10 Wherefore do the | hea'then | say : Where | - ́ is now' their | God?

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11 O let the vengeance of thy servants' blood | be openly shewed upon the | hea'then in our sight.

12 O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners | come' before thee: according to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou those that | are' ap|pointed' to | die.

13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have' blasphemed thee reward thou them, O Lord, seven'-fold | into' their | bosom.

14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee | thanks' for ever

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alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation' to generation.

PSALM LXXX. Qui regis Israel.

[EAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that lead

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est Joseph like a sheep shew thyself also, thou that sittest' up on' the | cherubims.

2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, | and' Manasses: stir up thy strength,' and come,' and help us.

3 Turn us again,' O | God: shew the light of thy countenance, and' we | shall be | whole.

4 O Lord God' of | hosts: how long wilt thou be angry with thy people' that prayeth?

5 Thou feedest them with the | bread' of | tears : and givest them | plenteousness' of | tears' to | drink. | 6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our | neighbours and our enemies laugh us' to |

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7 Turn us again, thou | God' of hosts shew

the light of thy countenance, | and' we shall be | whole.

8 Thou hast brought a vine out' of | Egypt: thou hast cast | out' the | heathen,' and | planted it. 9 Thou madest | room for it and when it had taken | root' it | filled' the | land.

10 The hills were covered with the | sha'dow | of it and the boughs thereof were like' the goodly cedar-trees.

11 She stretched out her branches un to' the | sea and her boughs' un to' the | river.

12 Why hast thou then broken | down' her | hedge that all they that go by' pluck | off her grapes?

13 The wild boar out of the wood doth | root' it | up and the wild beasts of the | field' devour it. 14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look | heaven behold,' and visit this |

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15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right | hand' hath | planted and the branch that thou madest so strong | for' thy self.

16 It is burnt with fire, | and' cut down and they shall perish at the | re'buke | of thy | counte

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17 Let thy hand be upon the man of | thy' right | hand and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so | strong' for thine' own | self.

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18 And so will not we go | back' from | thee: O let us live, and we shall | call' up on' thy | Name.

19 Turn us again, O Lord God' of hosts: