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lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier.

Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very sure; holiness becometh thine house for

ever.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

The Sixteenth Day. MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 94.

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; thou God, to whom vengeance belongeth, arise!

Arise, thou Judge of the world, and reward the proud after their deserving.

Lord, how long shall the ungodly, how long shall the ungodly triumph?

How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully, and make such proud boasting?

They smite down thy people, O Lord, and trouble thine heritage.

They murder the widow and the stranger, and put the fatherless to death.

And yet they say, The Lord shall not see; neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

Take heed, ye most foolish of men; O ye fools, when will ye understand?

He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he who made the eye, shall he not see?

He who chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct you? or he who teacheth man knowledge, shall he not know?

The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are but vain.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy law;

That thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity, until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.

For the Lord will not fail his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;

Until righteousness turn again unto judgment; and all such as are true in heart shall follow it.

Who will rise up with

me against the wicked? or who will take my part against the evil doers?

If the Lord had not helped me, it had not failed but my soul had been put to silence.

But when I said, I am fallen, thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my soul.

Wilt thou have any fellowship with the throne of those wicked ones, who make mischief their law?

They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and concondemn the innocent blood.

But the Lord is my refuge; and my God is the strength of my confidence. Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

EVENING PRA YER.

PSALM 96.

O SING unto the Lord a new song sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

Sing unto the Lord, and praise his name; be telling of his salvation from day to day.

Declare his honour unto the heathen, and his wonders unto all the people.

For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised; he is more to be feared than all gods.

As for all the gods of the heathen, they are but idols; but it is the Lord who made the heavens.

Glory and worship are before him; power and honour are in his sanctuary.

Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye families of the people, ascribe unto the Lord worship and power.

Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his name; bring offerings, and come into his courts.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

Tell it out among the heathen, that the Lord is King; that it is he who hath made the world so fast that it cannot be mov¬ ed; and that he shall judge the people righteously.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad ; let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is.

Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it; let all

the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord.

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth.

PSALM 97.

THE Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof; yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. There shall go a fire before him, and burn up his enemies on every side.

His lightnings shone through the world; the earth saw, and was afraid.

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

The heavens have declared his righteousness; and all the people have seen his glory.

Confounded be all they who worship carved images, and who delight in vain gods; worship him, all ye gods.

Sion heard of it, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, be

cause of thy judgments, O Lord.

For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth; thou art exalted far above all gods.

O ye who love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil; the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.

There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and joyful gladness for such as are true of heart.

Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

The Seventeenth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 99.

THE Lord is King, let the nations tremble; he sitteth between the cherubim, let the earth be moved.

The Lord is great in Sion, and high above all the people.

Let them praise thy

great and wonderful name; for it is holy.

The king's power loveth justice; thou hast prepared equity; thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob,

O magnify the Lord our God, and fall down before his footstool; for he is holy. Moses and Aaron, the chief among his ministers, and Samuel among such call upon his name, these called upon the Lord, and he heard them.

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He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar; for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them.

Thou heardest them, O Lord our God; thou forgavest them, O God, though thou punishedst their iniquities.

O magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

PSALM 102.

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee.

Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble; incline thine ears unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right soon.

For my days are consumed away like smoke; and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.

I am become like a pelican in the wilderness, and like an owl that is in the desert.

I have watched, and am even as it were a bird of the night, that sitteth alone upon the house top.

My days are gone like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever, and thy remembrance throughout all generations.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion; for it is time that thou have mercy upon her; yea, the time is come.

For thy servants love the very stones thereof, and it pitieth them to see her in the dust.

So the heathen shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy majesty.

When the Lord shall build up Sion, he shall appear in his glory.

He will regard the prayer of the poor destitute, and will not despise their desire.

This shall be written for

those who come after; and the people who shall be born, shall praise the Lord.

For he hath looked down from his sanctuary; out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

That he might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity, and deliver the children appointed unto death;

That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion, and his worship at Jerusalem;

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms also to serve the

.Lord.

Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

The children of thy servants shall continue; and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 103. PRAISE the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, praise his holy

name.

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits;

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities;

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness;

Who filleth the morning of thy life with good things, and reneweth thy youth like the eagle's.

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all those who are oppressed.

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He showed his to Moses, his works unto the children of Israel.

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, long suffering, and of great goodness.

He will not alway be chiding; neither keepeth he his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so

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