tion of it like the ground which he hath made continually.

71 He chose David also his servant, and took him away 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 Israel his inheritance.

10 Wherefore do the heathen say, Where is now their God?

11 O let the vengeance of thy servants' blood that is shed, be openly showed upon the heathen, 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 73 So he fed them with a faith-are appointed to die. ful and true heart, and ruled them prudently with all his power.

The sixteenth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 79. Deus, venerunt. O 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 upon thy name:

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, and will alway be showing forth thy praise from generation to generation.

Psalm 80. Qui regis Israel. HEAR, o thou Shepherd of

Israel, thou that leadest Jo seph like a sheep; show thyself also, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim :

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

3 Turn us again, O God; show 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 scorn.

7 For they have devoured Ja- 7 Turn us again, thou God of cob, and laid waste his dwelling-hosts; show the light of thy counplace. tenance, and we shall be whole.

8 0 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.

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 shadow of it, and the

the troubles, and I delivered thee, and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee.,

Psalm 81. Erultate Deo. ING we merrily unto God, 17 He should have fed them our strength; make a cheer-also with the finest wheat flour; ful noise unto the God of Jacob. and with honey out of the stony 2 Take the psalm, bring hither rock should I have satisfied thee. the tabret, the merry harp, with the lute.

6 leased his shoulder from the burden, and his hands were de-of the ungodly. livered from making the pots.

7 Thou calledst upon me in 'understand, but walk on still in

darkness: all the foundations of
the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods, and
ye are the children of the Most
Highest;

7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth; for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheri tance.

Psalm 83. Deus, quis similis? HOL OLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence: refrain not thyself, O God;

2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring; 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 remembrance.

5 For they have cast their heads together with one consent, and are confederate against thee;

6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ishmaelites; the Moabites, and Hagarenes;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; 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 Midianites; unto Sisera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison; 10 Who perished at Endor, and became as the dung of the earth. 11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb; yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana;

12 Who say, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

13 0 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 mountains.

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15 Persecute them even with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

16 Make their faces ashamed, 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 perish.

18 And they shall know that thou, whose name is Jehovah, art only the Most Highest over all the earth.

Psalm 84. Quam dilecta!

ings, thou Lord of hosts!

HOW amiable are thy dwell

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

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be alway praising thee.

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 water.

7 They will go from strength to strength, and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.

80 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob:

9 Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon the face of thine Anointed.

10 For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand.

11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than

to dwell in the tents of ungodli

ness.

12 For the Lord God is a light and defence; 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 that putteth his trust in thee.

Psalm 85. Benedixisti, Domine. ORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land; thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people, and covered all their sins.

3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation. 4 Turn us then, O God our Saviour, and let thine anger cease from us.

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

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

7 Show 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 again.

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

10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth, and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

12 Yea, the Lord shall show loving-kindness, and our land shall give her increase.

13 Righteousness shall go before him, and he shall direct his oing in the way.

The seventeenth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 86. Inclina, Domine.

BOW down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me; for I am poor, and in misery.

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, 0 Lord; for I will call daily upon thee.

4 Comfort the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do lift up my soul.

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5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious, and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

6 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer, and ponder the voice of my humble desires.

7 In the time of my trouble ! 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 doest.

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 alone.

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth: 0 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 evermore.

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 against me; and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thec before their eyes.

15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy,

long-suffering, plenteous in good-upon me, and thou hast vexed me ness and truth. with all thy storms.

15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to 7 The singers also and trum-die; even from my youth up, thy peters shall he rehearse: All my terrors have I suffered with a fresh springs shall be in thee. troubled mind.