flow'ed out so that rivers | ran' in | the' dry | places.

41 For why? he remembered his | holy | promise and A'bra|ham' his servant.

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42 And he brought forth his | people' with | joy: and his chosen' with gladness;

43 And gave them the lands of the | heathen : and they took the labours of the | people | in' pos

session;

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44 That they might | keep' his | statutes and | -' observe' his laws.

DAY 21.

Ebening Prayer.

PSALM CVI. Confitemini Domino.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for | he' is | gracious and his mercy' endureth' for ever.

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2 Who can express the noble acts

of the | Lord or shew' forth | all' his | praise ?

3 Blessed are they that alway' keep | judgement and | do | righteousness.

4 Remember me, O Lord, according to the favour that thou bearest un to' thy people: O visit | me' with thy' salvation;

5 That I may see the felicity | of thy | chosen : and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give | thanks' with thine' inheritance.

6 We have sinned | with' our | fathers we have done a'miss, and' dealt | wickedly.

7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt,

neither kept they thy great goodness in' re membrance : but were disobedient at the sea, | e'ven | at' the Red Sea.

8 Nevertheless, he helped them | for his | Name's sake: that he might make his | pow'er | to be | known.

9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was | dri'ed up so he led them through the deep, as | through' a wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the | adver'saries' | hand : and delivered them from | the' hand of the | enemy.

11 As for those that troubled them, the waters | o'verwhelmed them : there was not' one of them |

left.

12 Then believed they' his | words: and sang - | praise' unto him.

13 But within a while they forgat his | works and would not' a|bide' his | council.

14 But lust came upon them in the wilderness and they | tempted' God | in' the desert.

15 And he gave them | their' desire and sent leanness with al' in to' their soul.

16 They angered Moses also in' the tents : and Aaron | the' saint | of' the Lord. |

17 So the earth opened, and | swallowed up | Dathan: and covered the congrega'tion of' A|biram. 18 And the fire was kindled | in' their | company the flame' burnt | up the' un godly.

19 They made a calf' in | Horeb and worshipped' the mol'ten | image.

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20 Thus they

turned' their | glory

into the

similitude of a calf' that | eat'eth | hay.

21 And they forgat | God' their | Saviour: who had done so great things' in | Egypt;

22 Wondrous works in the land' of | Ham : and fearful things' by | the' Red | sea.

23 So he said, he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him | in' the | gap to turn away his wrathful indignation, | lest' he should' destroy them.

24 Yea, they thought scorn of that | plea'sant | land and gave no | credence' un|to' his | word;

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25 But murmured | in' their | tents : and hearkened not unto | the' voice | of the | Lord.

26 Then lift he up his | hand' against them : to over throw them | in' the | wilderness ;

27 To cast out their seed among the | nations: and to scatter' them | in' the | lands.

28 They joined themselves | unto' Baal peor : and ate the | offer'ings | of the | dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their | own' inventions and the | plague' was great' among them.

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30 Then stood up | Phinees' and | prayed : and | so' the plague - | ceased.

31 And that was counted unto | him' for | righteousness among all posterities' for | ev'er|more.

32 They angered him also at the waters' of | strife so that he punished | Mo'ses | for' their | sakes; 33 Because they provoked' his he spake unadvised'ly | with' his | lips.

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so that

34 Neither destroyed | they' the | heathen: as the Lord' command'ed | them;

35 But were mingled a mong' the | heathen: and| learn'ed | their - | works.

36 Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own' de cay : yea, they of| fered their sons and their daugh'ters | un'to | devils; 37 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their | daughters: whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was' de filed' with | blood.

38 Thus were they stained with their own | works and went a whoring | with' their | own' in-|

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ventions.

39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people : insomuch that he abhorred' his own' inheritance.

40 And he gave them over into the hand of the heathen and they that hated them | were' lords over them.

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41 Their enemies op press'ed | them and | had' them in' subjection.

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42 Many a time did he delli'ver | them but they rebelled against him with their own inventions, and were brought' down | in' their | wickedness.

43 Nevertheless, when he saw | their' adversity: he heard their' complaint.

44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them, according unto the multitude of his | mercies: yea, he made all those that led them away | cap'tive to | pi'ty | them.

45 Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen: that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make | our' boast | of' thy | praise.

46 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and world | with'out | end: and let all the people say, Amen.

DAY 22.

Morning Prayer.

PSALM CVII. Confitemini Domino.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for | he' is | gracious and his mercy' endureth' for | ever.

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2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath' redeemed and delivered from | the' hand | of the |

enemy;

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3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from' the west from the | north,' and from the south.

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4 They went astray in the wilderness out of the | way : and | found' no | city' to | dwell in;

5 Hungry' and thirsty their | soul - | faint'ed | in them.

6 So they cried unto the Lord | in' their | trouble; and he delivered | them' from | their distress.

7 He led them forth by the' right | way that they might go to the | ci'ty | where' they | dwelt.

8 O that men would therefore praise the Lord | for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth | for the children' of | men!