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29 For he maketh the storm to cease : sò that the waves there- |-of are still.

30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

31 O that men would therefore praise the Lord, for his good- |-ness and declare the wonders that he dòeth | for the children of | men!

32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation, of the | peo- | -ple and praise him in the seat of the [ el- |-ders!

33 Who turneth the floods into a wilder¡ -ness and drieth | up the water- | -springs. 34 A fruitful land maketh he | bar- |-ren: for the wickedness of | them that | dwell there- | -in. 35 Again he maketh the wilderness a standing water and water-springs of a dry I ground

36 And there he sètteth the | hun- | -gry: that they may build them a | city to | dwell in;

37 That they may sow their land, and plànt | vine- | -yards to yield them | fruits of | in

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38 He blesseth them, so that they multiply ex--ceeding--ly and suffereth not their | cattle to de- |-crease.

39 And again when they are mìnished and brought | low through oppression, through àny | plague, or | trou--ble;

40 Though he suffer them to be evil intrèated through ty--rants and let them wander out of the way in the | wilder- | -ness;

41 Yet helpeth he the poor, out of | mise- | -ry: and maketh him hòusholds | like a flock of ! sheep.

42 The righteous will consider this, and re-joice and the mouth of all wickedness | shall be stop-|-ped.

43 Whoso is wise will | ponder these | things: and they shall understand the lòving- |-kindness of the Lord.

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Evening Prayer.

PSALM CViii.-Paratum cor meum.

GOD my heart is ready, my heart is | rea-dy: I will sing and give praise with the bèst member that I

have.

2 Awake thou | lute, and harp I myself will a- | -wake right | ear- | -ly.

3 I will give thanks unto thee O Lord, amòng the people: I will sing praises unto thee a-mong the na- | -tions.

4 For thy mercy is greater than the heav'ns: and thy truth | reacheth | unto the clouds. I 5 Set up thyself O Gòd, a- | -bove the | heav'ns: and thy glòry a- | -bove | all the | earth.

6 That thy beloved may bè de- |-liver- | -ed: let thy right hand sàve | them, and hear thou | me.

7 God hath spoken in his holi- | -ness: I will rejoice therefore and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of | Suc- | -coth.

8 Gilead is mine, and Man- -asses is mine : Ephraim àlso is the strength of my | head. 9 Judah is my law-giver, Mòab is my wash-pot over Edom will I cast out my shoe; upon Philistia will I | tri- | -umph.

10 Who will lead me into the stròng | ci- | -ty : and who will bring me | into | E- |-dom?

II Hast not thou forsaken | us, O | God: and wilt not thou O Gòd, go | forth | with our | hosts? 12 O help us against the | ene- | -my: for vàin is the help of man.

13 Through God we shall do great | acts: and it is he that shall trèad down our ene-mies.

PSALM cix.--Deus laudum.

HOLD not thy tongue O Gòd of my

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praise for the mouth of the ungodly, yea the mouth of the decèitful is | open'd up-on | me.

2 And they have spoken against me with |false| tongues: they compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against | me with--out a cause.

3 For the love that I had unto them, lo they take now my contrary | part: but I give my|-self unto prayer.

4 Thus have they rewarded me | evil for good and hatred for | my good will. I

5 Set thou an ungodly man to be rùler | over | him and let Satan stand at his | hand.

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6 When sentence is given upon him, lèt him

be con- |-demn'd: and let his prayer be turned

into sin.

7 Let his days be few and let another | take his | of- | -fice.

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8 Let his children be | father- |-less and his wife a widow.

9 Let his children be vàgabonds, and | beg their bread: let them seek it also òut of | desolate | pla- | -ces.

10 Let the extortioner consume all that he and let the strànger | spoil his | la

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12 Let his postèrity | be de- |-stroy'd in the next generation lèt his name be | clean put out.

13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance, in the sight of the Lord and let not the sin of his mother be | done a- |-way.

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14 Let them alway bè be | -fore the Lord : that he may root out the memòrial of them from off the earth;

15 And that because his mind was not to do good but persecuted the poor helpless man, that he might slay hìm that was | vexed at the heart.

16 His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen | unto him he loved not blessing, therefore shall it bè | far | from him.

17 He clothed himself with cursing, like as with a | rai- | -ment and it shall come into his

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bowels like water, and like | oil into his | bones.

18 Let it be unto him as the cloke that he hàth up-|-on | him : and as the girdle that he is alway girded with- | -al.

19 Let it thus happen from the Lord, ùnto mine ene- -mies and to those that speak | evil a-gainst my soul.

20 But deal thou with me O Lord God, according unto thy | Name: for sweet | is thy ¡ mer--cy.

21 O deliver me, for I am | helpless and and my heart is wounded with- | -in

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22 I go hence like the shadow, thàt de- | -part-eth and am driven away às the grass-hop-|-per.

23 My knees are weak through | fast- | -ing : my flesh is dried up for | want of | fat- | -ness. 24 I became also a repròach | unto | them : they that looked up- |-on me shaked their

heads.

25 Help me O | Lord my | God : O save me according to thy | mer- | -cy ;

26 And they shall know how that this is thy | hand : and that thòu, | Lord, hast | done | it. 27 Though they curse, yèt | bless thou and let them be confounded that rise up against me ; but let thy servant re- | -joice.

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28 Let mine àdversaries be | clothed with | shame and let them cover themselves with their own con- -fusion, as with a cloke.

29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto

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