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All the wealthy on earth have eaten and worshipped.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

All those who are miserable, shall kneel before him; and he who cannot keep alive his own soul.

A seed shall serve him; they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people who shall be born; for he hath done this.

PSALM 54.

SAVE me, O God, for thy name's sake, and defend me in thy strength.

Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken unto the words of my mouth.

For the proud are risen up against me; and tyrants, who have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul.

But God is my helper ; the Lord is with those who uphold my soul.

The offerings of a free heart will I give thee; and will praise thy name, O Lord, for it is good.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 64.

HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Hide me from the gathering together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers;

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shall make them fall; and whoso seeth them shall fly from them.

hosts, be ashamed for my cause; let not those who seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.

And all men who see it, shall say, This hath God done; for they shall perceive that it is his word.

The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in him; and all they who are true of heart shall be glad.

PSALM 69.

SAVE me, O God, for the waters are come in, even unto my soul.

I sink in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, where the floods rush

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over me.

I am weary of crying; my throat is dried; my sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God.

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

Let not those who trust in thee, O Lord God of

Because for thy sake have I suffered reproach; shame hath covered my face.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, even an alien unto my mother's children.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the rebukes of those who rebuked thee, are fallen upon me.

I wept and chastened myself with fasting, and that was turned to my reproof.

I put on sackcloth also; and they jested upon me.

But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time.

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

Take me out of the mire, that I sink not; O let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Let not the water flood

drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

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

Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving kindness is good; turn thee unto me, according to the multitude of thy mercies.

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

Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it; O deliver me, because of mine enemies.

Thou hast known my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; mine adversaries are all in thy sight.

Reproach 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 any to comfort me.

They gave me gall to eat; and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and magnify it with thanksgiving.

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

For the Lord heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners.

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

For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession.

The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it; and they who love his name shall dwell therein.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory,

&c.

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