13. Though 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 Salmon.

15. As the hill of Basan,' so is God's hill even an high hill,' as the' hill of Basan.

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 a'bide in' it for ever.

17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even' thousands of angels: and the Lord is among them, as in the' holy' place of Sinai.

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 among them.

19. Praised be the' Lord daily : even the God who helpeth us, and' poureth his' benefits upon us.

20. He is our God, even the God of whom' cometh salvation: God is the Lord, by whom we es'cape death.

21. God shall wound the' head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth' on still' in his wickedness.

22. The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again, as I' did from Basan: mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime' from the' deep of the sea.

23. That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy' dogs may be red through the same.

24. It is well seen, O God,' how thou goest how thou, my God and King, goest' in the sanctuary.

25. The singers go before, the minstrels' follow after in the midst are the damsels' playing' with the timbrels.

26. Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the' congregations from the ground' of the heart.

27. There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their counsel the princes of' Zabulon, and the' princes of Nephthali.

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28. Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee stablish the thing, O' God, that thou hast wrought in us,

29. For thy temple's' sake at Jerusalem : so shall' kings bring presents unto thee.

30. When the company of the spearmen, and multitude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the beasts of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver: and when he hath scattered the people' that de'light in war;

31. Then shall the princes come out of Egypt: the Morians' land shall soon stretch' out her hands unto God.

32. Sing unto God, O ye' kingdoms of the earth: O sing' praises un'to the Lord;

33. Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning: lo, he doth send out his voice,' yea, and' that a mighty voice.

34. Ascribe ye the power to God' over Israel: his worship, and' strength is in the clouds.

35. O God, wonderful art thou in thy' holy places: even the God of Israel; he will give strength and power unto his' people;' blessed be God.

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3. I am weary of crying; my' throat is dry my sight faileth me for waiting so' long up'on my God.

4. They that hate me without a cause are more than the' hairs of my head: they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me' guiltless, are mighty.

5. I paid them the things that I' never took God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not' hid from thee.

6. Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord God of hosts, be a'shamed for my cause let not those that seek thee

be confounded through me, O Lord' God of Israel.

7. And why? for thy sake have I' suffered reproof: shame hath' co'vered my face.

8. I am become a stranger un'to my brethren even an alien un'to my' mother's children.

9. For the zeal of thine house hath' even eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked' thee are' fallen upon me.

10. I wept, and chastened my'self with fasting and that was turned to' my reproof.

11. I put on' sackcloth also: andthey' jested upon me.

12. They that sit in the gate' speak against me and the' drunkards make' songs upon me.

13. But, Lord, I make my prayer' unto thee in' an ac'ceptable time.

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14. Hear me, O God, in the multitude' of thy mercy even in the' truth of thy salvation.

15. Take me out of the mire,' that I sink not: O let me be delivered from them that hate me, and' out of the deep waters.

16. Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep' swallow me up: and let not the pit' shut her mouth upon me.

17. Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable: turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies.

18. And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble : O' haste' thee, and hear me.

19. Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it: O deliver me, be'cause' of mine enemies.

20. Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and' my dishonour : mine adversaries are' all' in thy sight.

21. Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am' full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I' an'y to comfort me.

25. Pour out thine indignation upon them and let thy wrathful dis'pleasure' take hold of them.

26. Let their habi'tation be void : and no man to' dwell' in their tents.

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27. For they persecute him whom' thou hast smitten and they talk how they may vex' them whom' thou hast wounded.

28. Let them fall from one wickedness' to another and not come in'to thy righteousness.

29. Let them be wiped out of the' book of the living and not be' written a'mong the righteous.

30. As for me, when I am' poor and in heaviness thy help, O' God, shall' lift me up.

31. I will praise the Name of' God with a song and magnify it' with thanksgiving.

32. This also shall' please the Lord : better than a' bullock that hath' horns and hoofs.

33. The humble shall consider' this, and be glad seek ye after' God, and your soul shall live.

34. For the Lord' heareth the poor : and de'spiseth' not his prisoners.

35. Let heaven and' earth praise him the sea, and all that' moveth therein.

PSALM 71. In te, Domine, speravi.

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N thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, let me never be put' to confusion : but rid me, and deliver me, in thy righteousness; incline thine' ear unto' me, and save me.

2. Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of de'fence, and my castle.

3. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly out of the hand of the un'righteous and' cruel

man.

4. For thou, O Lord God, art the' thing that I long for thou art my hope, even' from my youth.

5. Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: thou art he that took me out of my mother's

womb; my praise shall be' always' of thee.

6. I am become as it were a' monster unto many but my sure' trust' is in thee.

7. O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and' honour all' the day long.

8. Cast me not away in the' time of age: forsake me' not when my' strength faileth me.

9. For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel to'gether, saying: God hath forsaken him; persecute him, and take him, for there is' none' to deliver him.

10. Go not far from me, O God: my' God, haste' thee to help me.

11. Let them be confounded and perish that are a'gainst my soul let