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26 Then fent he Mofes his fervant and Aaron whom he had chofen ;

27 And these fhewed his tokens among them and wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He fent darkness, and it was dark and they were not obedient unto his word.

29 He turned their waters in

to blod and flew their fifh, 30 Their land brought forth frogs yea, even in their kings chambers.

31 He fpake the word, and there came all manner of flies: and lice in all their quarters.

32 He gave them hailftones for rain and flames, of fire in their land.

33 He fmote their vines alfo and fig-trees and deftroyed the trees that were in their coafts.

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34 He fpake the word, and the grafshoppers came, and caterpillers innumerable: and did eat up all the grafs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

35 He fmote all the firft-born in their land even the chief of all their ftrength.

36 He brought them forth alfo with filver and gold: there was not one feeble perfon among their tribes.

37 Egypt was glad at their departing for they were afraid of them.

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38 He fpread out a cloud to be a covering and fire to give Hight in the night season.

39 At their defire he brought quails and he filled them with the bread of heaven. 5

40 He opened the rock of ftone, and the waters flowed out: fo that rivers ran in the dry places.

41 For why? he remembered his holy promife: and Abraham his fervant.

42 And he brought forth his people with joy : and his chofen with gladnefs;

43 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they took the labours of the people in poffeffion;

44 That they might keep his ftatutes : and observe his laws.

EVENING PRAYER. PSAL. 106. Confitemini Domino.

for he is gracious: and his Give thanks unto the Lord, mercy endureth for ever. 2 Who can exprefs the noble acts of the Lord or fhew forth all his praife!

3 Bleffed are they that alway keep judgement and do righteoufnefs.

4 Remember me, O Lord, according to the favour that thou beareft unto thy people : o vifit me with thy falvation;

5 That I may fee the felicity of thy chofen and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance.

6 We have finned with our fathers we have done amifs, and dealt wickedly.

7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodness in remembrance but were dif

obedient at the fea, even at the Red fea.

8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name's fake: that he might make his power to be known.

He rebuked the Red fea alfo, and it was dried up fo he led them through the deep as through a wilderness. 10 And

10 And he faved them from the adverfaries hand and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.

11 As for thofe that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them there was not one of them left.

12 Then believed they his words: and fang praise unto him. 13 But within a while they forgat his works and would

not abide his counsel; 14 But luft came upon them in the wilderness and they tempted God in the defert. 15 And he gave them their defire and fent leannefs withal into their foul.

16 They angered Mofes alfo in the tents and Aaron the faint of the Lord.

17 So the earth opened and fwallowed up Dathan: and co. vered the congregation of Abi

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18 And the fire was kindled in their company the flame burnt up the ungodly.

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19 They made a calf in Horeb: and worshipped the molten image.

20 Thus they turned their glory into the fimilitude of a calf that eateth hay;

21 And they forgat God their Saviour : who had done fo great things in Fgypt;

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham: and fearful things by the Red fea.

23 So he faid he would have deftroyed them, had not Mofes his chofen ftood before him in the gap: to turn away his wrathful indignation, left he should deftroy them."

24 Yea, they thought fcorn of that pleasant land: and gave no credence unto his word;

25 But murmured in their tents and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

26 Then lift he up his hand against them to overthrow then in the wilderness ;

27 To caft out their feed a mong the nations and to scat ter them in the lands.

28 They joined themselves unto Baal-peor and ate the offerings of the dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own inventions: and the plague was great among them.

30 Then ftood up Phinees and prayed and fo the plague ceafed.

31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness among all pofterities for evermore.

32 They angered him alfo at the waters of ftrife fo that he punished Mofes for their fakes';

33 Because they provoked his fpirit: fo that he fpake unadvifedly with his lips

34 Neither destroyed they the heathen: as the Lord commanded them;

35 But were mingled among the heathen and learned their works;

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36 Infomuch that they worfhipped their idols, which turned to their own decay: yea, they offered their fons and their daughters unto devils;

37 And fhed innocent blood, even the blood of their fons, and of their daughters: whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.

38 Thus were they stained with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions.

39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people infomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

40 And he gave them over into the hand of the heathen :

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and they that hated them were lords over them.

41 Their enemies oppreffed them and had them in fubjection.

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42 Many a time did he deliver them but they rebelled against him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickednefs. 43 Nevertheless, when he faw their adverfity: he heard their complaint.

44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them, according unto the multitude of his mercies: yea, he made all thofe that led them away captive to pity them.

45 Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from a. mong the heathen that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boaft of thy praife.

46 Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael from everlasting, and world without end: and let all the people fay, Amen.

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7 He led them forth by the right way that they might go to the city where they dwelt.

8 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men !

9 For he fatisfeth the empty
and filleth the hungry

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foul with goodness;

10 Such as fit in darkness, and in the fhadow of death being faft bound in mifery and iron.

11 Because they rebelled againft the words of the Lord: and lightly regarded the counfel of the moft Higheft;

12 He alfo brought down their heart through heaviness: they fell down, and there was none to help them.

13 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their diftrefs.

14 For he brought them out of darknefs, and out of the fhadow of death and brake their bonds in funder.

15 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnefs and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

16 For he hath broken the gates of brafs and fmitten the bars of iron in funder.

17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wickedness.

18 Their foul abhorred all manner of meat and they were even hard at death's door.

19 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their diftrefs.

20 He fent his word, and healed them and they were faved from their deftruction.

21 O that men would therefore praife the Lord for his

goodness:

goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

22 That they would offer un to him the facrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness!

23 They that go down to the fea in fhips and occupy their business in great waters,

24 Thefe men fee the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep,

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25 For at his word the ftormy wind arifeth which lifteth up the waves thereof.

26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep their foul melteth away because of the trouble.

27 They reel to and fro, and ftagger like a drunken man: and are at their wits end.

28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble he delivereth them out of their diftrefs.

29 For he maketh the storm to ceafe: fo that the waves thereof are ftill.

30 Then are they glad because they are at reft: and fo he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

31 O that men would therefore praife the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men!

32 That they would exalt him alfo in the congregation of the people and praise him in the feat of the elders!

33 Who turneth the floods into a wilderness and drieth up the water-fprings.

34 A fruitful land maketh he barren for the wickednefs of

them that dwell therein.

35 Again, he maketh the wildernefs a ftanding water and water-fprings of a dry ground.

36 And there he fetteth the

hungry that they may build them a city to dwell in;

37 That they may fow their land, and plant vineyards to yield them fruits of increase.

38 He bleffeth them, fo that they multiply exceedingly: and fuffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39 And again, when they are minished and brought low: through oppreffion, through any plague or trouble;

40 Though he fuffer them to, be evil entreated through tyrants and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness;

41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of mifery: and maketh him houfholds like a flock of fheep.

42 The righteous will confider this, and rejoice and the mouth of all wickednefs fhall be stopped.

43 Whofo is wife will ponder these things and they hail understand the loving-kindneis of the Lord.

EVENING PRAYER. PSAL. 108. Paratum cor meum.

God, my heart is ready, my is ready; I will fing

and give praife with the beft

member that I have.

2 Awake, thou lute and harp: I myfelf will awake right early.

thee, O Lord, among the peo3 I will give thanks unto thee among the nations. ple: I will fing praises unto

4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

5 Set up thyfelf, O God, above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth.

6 That thy beloved may be delivered: let thy right hand fave them, and hear thou me.

7 God hath spoken in his holinefs: I will rejoice therefore, and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead

8 Gilead is mine, and Manaffes is mine: Ephraim alfo is the ftrength of my head; 9 Judah is my law-giver, Moab is my wash-pot over Edom will I caft out my fhoe; upon Philiftia will I triumph.

10 Who will lead me into the ftrong city and who will bring me into Edom?

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II Haft not thou forfaken us, O God and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hofts? 12 O help us against the enemy: for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we fhall do great acts: and it is he that shall tread down our enemies.

PSAL. 109. Deus laudum. H% OLD not thy tongue, O God of my praife for the mouth of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me.

2 And they have spoken against me with falfe tongues : they compaffed me about alfo with words of hatred, and fought against me without a caufe.

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

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

5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him: and let Satan ftand at his right hand.

6 When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned: and let his prayer be turned in

to fin.

7 Let his days be few

let another take his office.

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8 Let his children be fatherlefs: and his wife a widow.

9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread: let them feek it also out of defolate places.

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14 Let them alway be before the Lord: that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth;

15 And that, because his mind was not to do good: but perfe." cuted the poor helpless man, that he might flay him that was vexed at the heart.

16 His delight was in curfing, and it fhall happen unto him: he loved not bleffing, therefore fhall it be far from him.

17 He clothed himself with curfing like as with a raiment: and it shall come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

cloke that he hath upon him: and as the girdle that he is alway girded withal.

18 Let it be unto him as the

19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mine enemies; and to thofe that fpeak evil as gainst my foul.

20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according unto thy Name: for fweet is thy mercy."

21 O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me.

22 I go hence like the fhadow that departeth and am driven away as the grafshopper.

23 My knees are weak through fafting my flesh is dried up for want of fatnefs.

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