3 Defend the poor and | father | less see that such as are in need and necessity | have right.

4 Deliver the out | cast and poor save them from the hand | of the un | god | ly.

5 They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

6 I have said, | Ye are gods children of the most | High | est. 7 But ye shall | die like | men the princes.

and ye are all the

and fall like one of

8 Arise, O God, and judge | thou the earth for thou shalt take all heathen to | thine in | heri | tance.

PSALM 83. Deus, quis similis ?

OLD not thy tongue, O God, keep | not still | silence refrain | not thy | self, O | God.

2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmur | ing: and they that hate thee | have lift up their | head.

3 They have imagined craftily against thy | people and taken counsel against thy secret | ones.

4 They have said, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no more a people and that the name of Israel may be no more | in re | mem | brance.

5 For they have cast their heads together with one consent and are con | federate against | thee;

6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ismael | ites the Moabites, and | Hagar | ens:

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and | Ama | lek: the Philistines, with | them that | dwell at Tyre.

8 Assur also is | joined | with them: and have | holpen the children of Lot.

9 But do thou to them as unto the | Madian | ites : unto Sisera, and unto Jabin at the brook of | Ki | son ; 10 Who perished at | En | dor: and became as the | dung of the earth.

II Make them and their princes like | Oreb and | Zeb: yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and | na;

Salma

12 Who say, Let us | take to our | selves the houses of God in possession.

13 O my God, make them like | unto a | wheel and as the stubble before the | wind;

14 Like as the fire that burneth | up the wood : and as the flame that consumeth the | moun

tains.

15 Persecute them even so with thy | tempest and make them a fraid | with thy storm.

16 Make their faces a shamed, O Lord that they may seek thy | Name.

17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever | more and more let them be put to | shame, and | per | ish.

18 And they shall know that thou, whose Name is Jehovah art only the most Highest | over | all the earth.

PSALM 84. Quam dilecta.

HOW amiable | are thy | dwellings thou | Lord | of hosts!

2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh re | joice in the living God.

even thy

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may | lay her | young altars, O Lord of hosts, my | King | and my | God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell | in thy | house be alway praising | thee.

they will

5 Blessed is the man whose strength | is in | thee in whose heart | are thy ways.

6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a | well and the pools are | filled with | wa | ter.

7 They will go from | strength to strength and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in | Si | on. 8 O Lord God of hosts, | hear my prayer: hearken,

O God of Ja | cob.

9 Behold, O God our defend | er and look upon the face of thine A | noint | ed.

10 For one day in thy | courts is better than a |

thousand.

II I had rather be a door-keeper in the house | of my | God than to dwell in the | tents of un | godliness.

12 For the Lord God is a light | and de | fence the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that | live a godly life.

13 O Lord God of hosts blessed is the man thạt | putteth his | trust in | thee.

PSALM 85. Bendeixisti, Domine.

become

thou hast turned away the cap | tivity of | Ja | cob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people : and covered all their

sins.

3 Thou hast taken away all thy dis | pleasure turned thyself from thy wrathful | indig | na | tion. 4 Turn us then, O | God our | Saviour

anger | cease from | us.

and

and let thine |

5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for | ever and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation | to an | other?

6 Wilt thou not turn again, and | quicken | us that thy people may re | joice in thee?

7 Shew us thy mercy, O | Lord and grant us | thy salvation.

8' I will hearken what the Lord God will say concerning me for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints, that they | turn | not a | gain.

9 For his salvation is nigh | them that | fear him that glory may dwell in our land.

10 Mercy and truth are met together ness and peace have | kissed each other.

righteous

II Truth shall flourish out of the earth and righteousness hath | looked down from | heaven.

12 Yea, the Lord shall shew | loving | kindness : and our land shall | give her | in | crease.

13 Righteousness shall go be | fore him: and he shall direct his going | in the way.

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THE SEVENTEENTH DAY.

Morning Prayer.

PSALM 86. Inclina, Domine.

OW down thine ear, O Lord, and | hear | me : for I am poor, | and in | mise | ry.

Bow

2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am | holy my God, save thy servant that putteth his | trust in | thee.

3 Be merciful unto me, | O| Lord: for I will call | daily up | on | thee.

4 Comfort the soul of thy | ser | vant for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5 For thou, Lord, art | good and gracious great mercy unto all them that | call up | on | thee.

and of

6 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer and ponder the voice of my | humble de | sires.

7 In the time of my trouble I will call | upon | thee : for thou hearest | me.

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O | Lord there is not one that can do | as thou | do | est.

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9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, O Lord and shall glorify thy | Name. 10 For thou art great, and doest | wondrous | things: thou art | God a | lone.

II Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk | in thy truth O knit my heart unto thee, that | I may | fear thy Name.

12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my | heart and will praise thy | Name for | ever | more.

13 For great is thy mercy toward | me: and thou hast delivered my soul | from the | nethermost | hell.

14 O God, the proud are risen a | gainst | me and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set | thee before their eyes.

15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy long-suffering, plenteous in | good | ness and truth.

16 O turn thee then unto me, and have | mercy up on

me

give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the | son of thine | hand | maid.

17 Shew some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it, and be a shamed because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and | comfort | ed | me.

H

ER foundations are upon the | holy hills: the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the | dwellings of Ja | cob.

2 Very excellent things are | spoken of | thee : thou | city of God.

3 I will think upon Rahab and | Baby | lon : with | them that know

me.

4 Behold ye the Philistines | also with the Morians; lo, there was he

and they of Tyre, born.

5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in | her and the most | High shall | stablish | her.

6 The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth | up the | people that he was born | there.

7 The singers also and trumpeters shall | he re | hearse: All my fresh springs shall be in thee.

PSALM 88. Domine Deus.

and my life

LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before | thee: O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear | unto my | call | ing. 2 For my soul is full of trouble draweth nigh | unto hell. 3 I am counted as the pit and I have no strength.

one of them that go down | into been even as a | man that | hath

4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, and lie | in the | grave who are out of remembrance, and are cut a way from thy hand.

5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest | pit in a place of darkness, | and | in the | deep.

6 Thine indignation lieth | hard up | on me : and thou hast vexed me with all thy | storms.