4 For thy loving-kindness is better than the | life it self my lips shall | praise | thee.

5 As long as I live will I magnify thee | on this | manner and lift up my | hands | in thy | Name.

6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with | marrow and fatness when my mouth praiseth | thee with | joyful lips.

7 Have I not remembered thee | in my bed : and thought upon thee when I was | wak | ing?

8 Because thou hast been my helper therefore | : under the shadow of thy | wings will | I re | joice.

9 My soul hangeth | upon | thee thy right hand | hath up holden me.

Io These also that seek the hurt | of my soul they shall go | under | the | earth.

II Let them fall upon the edge of the sword that they may be a portion for foxes.

12 But the King shall rejoice in God; all they also that swear by him shall be com | mend | ed for the mouth of them that speak lies | shall be | stop | ped.

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PSALM 64. Exaudi, Deus.

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EAR my voice, O God, | in my prayer preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of | wicked | do | ers ; 3 Who have whet their tongue | like a sword: and shoot out their arrows, | even | bitter | words;

4 That they may privily shoot at him | that is | perfect : suddenly do they | hit him, and | fear | not.

5 They encourage themselves in mis chief and | mischief : commune among themselves how they may lay snares, and say, that no | man shall | see | them.

6 They imagine wickedness, and practise | it that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the | deep of his heart.

7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a | swift | arrow that they | shall be wound | ed.

8 Yea, their own tongues shall make them | fall : comuch that whoso seeth them shall | laugh | them to |

9 And all men that see it shall say, This hath | God | done for they shall perceive | that it is his | work.

10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his | trust in him and all they that are true of | heart | shall be glad.

Evening Prayer.

PSALM 65. Te Decet hymnus.

DAY 12.

‘HOU, O God, art | praised in | Sion and unto thee shall the vow be performed | in Je | rusa | lem.

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2 Thou that hearest the prayer: unto | thee shall | all flesh | come.

3 My misdeeds prevail against me : O be thou | merciful unto our

sins.

4 Blessed is the man, whom thou choosest, and receivest | unto thee he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy | holy temple.

5 Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation: thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain | in the broad sea.

6 Who in his strength setteth | fast the mountains: and is girded a | bout with | power.

7 Who stillest the raging of the sea

and the noise of his waves, and the madness | of the | peo | ple.

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid | at thy | tokens: thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and | evening to | praise | thee.

9 Thou visitest the earth, and | blessest | it thou makest it | very | plente | ous.

10 The river of God is full of water thou preparest their corn, for so thou pro | videst | for the | earth.

II Thou waterest her furrows, thou sendest rain into the little valleys there of thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the | increase | of it.

12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness and thy clouds drop | fat | ness.

13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the | wilder | ness and the little hills shall re | joice on | every | side.

14 The folds shall be | full of sheep the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn that they shall | laugh and sing.

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PSALM 66. Fubilate Deo.

BE joyful in God, | all ye | lands: sing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his | praise to be glorious.

2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou | in thy | works through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found | liars | unto | thee.

3 For all the world shall worship | thee: sing of | thee, and | praise thy | Name.

4 O come hither, and behold the works of | God: how wonderful he is in his doing | toward the children of |

men.

5 He turned the sea into | dry | land so that they went through the water on foot; there did | we rejoice thereof.

6 He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes be hold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves.

7 O praise our | God, ye | people and make the voice of his praise | to be | heard ;

8 Who holdeth our | soul in | life : and suffereth | not our feet to slip.

9 For thou, O God, hast | proved | us thou also hast tried us, like as | silver is | tried.

10 Thou broughtest us | into the | snare and laidest | trouble up on our | loins.

II Thou sufferedst men to ride | over our | heads : we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out | into a wealthy | place.

12 I will go into thine house with burnt | offer | ings : and will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in | trou | ble.

13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the | incense of rams: I will offer | bullocks and goats.

14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that | fear | God: and I will tell you what he hath | done | for my soul. 15 I called unto him with my mouth him praises with my tongue.

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16 If I incline unto wickedness | with mine | heart : the Lord will not | hear | me.

17 But God hath | heard | me and considered the | voice of my prayer.

18 Praised be God who hath not cast | out my prayer: nor turned his | mercy | from | me.

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OD be merciful unto us, and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance, and be | merciful | us;

2 That thy way may be known upon | earth thy saving health a | mong all | na | tions.

3 Let the people praise | thee, O God: yea, let all the people | praise | thee.

4 O let the nations rejoice | and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the | nations | upon earth.

5 Let the people praise | thee, O God let all the people praise thee.

6 Then shall the earth bring forth her | increase God, even our own God, shall 7 God shall bless us T

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give us his blessing. and all the ends of the world

THE THIRTEENTH DAY.

Morning Prayer.

PSALM 68. Exurgat Deus.

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ET God arise, and let his enemies be | scattered : let them also that hate him | flee be | fore | him.

2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou | drive them away and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish | at the | presence of | God.

3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before | let them also be | merry and | joy | ful.

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4 O sing unto God, and sing praises | unto his | Name : magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise him in his Name JAH, and re | joice before him.

5 He is a Father a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the widows: even God in his holy | habi | ta | tion.

6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of cap | tivi | ty : but letteth the runagates continue in | scarce

ness.

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before the | people : when thou wentest | through the wilderness,

8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God of | Isra | el.

9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine in | heritance and refreshedst it | when it was wea | ry. 10 Thy congregation shall | dwell there in for thou, O God, hast of thy goodness pre | pared | for the poor. II The Lord gave the word : great was the company of the preach | ers.

12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were dis | comfit | ed and they of the houshold di | vid | ed the spoil. 13 Thou ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a | dove : that is covered with silver wings, | and her feathers like gold.

14 When the Almighty scattered | kings for their | sake then were they as white as snow in | Sal | mon. 15 As the hill of Basan, so is | God's | hill high hill, as the hill of | Ba | san.

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16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? this is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth | him to dwell yea, the Lord will abide in it for | ev | er. |

17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even | thousands of angels and the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of | Sina | i.

18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, and received | gifts for ❘ men: yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might | dwell a | mong | them.

19 Praised be the Lord | daily : even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his | benefits up | on | us.