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3 For he hath not despised, or abhorred the low estate of the poor: he hath not hid his face from him; but when he called unto him, he heard him.

4 My praise is of thee in the great congregation: my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.

5. The poor shall eat, and be satisfied: they that seek the Lord, shall praise him: your heart shall live for ever.

6 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, and be turned unto the Lord; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before him.

7 For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he is the Governor among the people.

8 All they that go down into the dust, shall bow before him and none can keep alive his own soul. 9 A seed shall serve him: they shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

10 They shall come, and the heavens shall declare his righteousness, unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made.

PSALM XXIII.

THE Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing.

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2 He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort..

3 He shall convert my soul, and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake.. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.

5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the presence of them that trouble me: thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.

6 Surely thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

PSALM XXIV.

NHE earth is the Lord's, and all that therein

Tis: the compass of the world, and they that

dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the floods.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord; or who shall rise up in his holy place?

4 Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; and that hath not lifted up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour..

5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord; and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him; even of that seek thy face, O Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory, shall come in.

8 Who is the King of glory? It is the Lord, strong and mighty, even the Lord, mighty in

battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

10 Who is the King of glory? Even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM XXV.

INTO thee, O Lord, will I lift up my soul;

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Uy God, I have put my trust in thee: O let

me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me.

2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed; but such as transgress without a cause, shall be put to confusion.

4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require: even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle: yea, in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of

stone.

6 And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me.

7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness: I will sing, and speak praises unto the Lord.

8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee: have mercy upon me, and hear me. 9 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face: my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

10 O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy servant away in displeasure.

11 Thou hast been my succour: leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

12 When my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord taketh me up.

13 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies.

14 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries; for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong.

15 I should utterly have fainted, but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

16 O tarry thou the Lord's leisure: be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord.

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PSALM XXVIII.

NTO thee will I cry, O Lord, my strength: think no scorn of me; lest if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee: when I hold up my hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy temple.

3 O pluck me not away, neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers, who speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their hearts.

4 Praised be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions.

5 The Lord is my strength, and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him.

6 The Lord is my strength, and he is the wholesome defence of his Anointed.

7 O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance: feed them, and set them up for

ever.

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MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM XXIX.

SCRIBE unto the Lord, O ye mighty, ascribe unto the Lord glory and strength.

2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name: worship the Lord with holy worship.

3 It is the Lord that commandeth the waters; it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder.

4 It is the Lord that ruleth the sea; the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation; the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice.

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedartrees: yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus.

6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf: Li banus also, and Sirion like a young unicorn.

7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

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8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes: in his temple doth every man speak of his honour.

9 The Lord sitteth above the water-flood: and the Lord remaineth a King for ever.

10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people: the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.

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PSALM XXX.

WILL magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up, and not made my foes to triumph over

2 O Lord, my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

4 Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness.

5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye; and in his pleasure is life: heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be removed: thou, Lord, of thy goodness hast made my hill so strong.

7 Thou didst turn thy face from me, and I was troubled.

8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord, and gat me to my Lord right humbly.

19 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?

10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? or shall it declare thy truth?

11 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

12 Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.

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