blow under heaven; and through were but flesh, and that they were his power he brought in the even a wind that passeth away, south-west wind. and cometh not again. 28 He rained flesh upon them 41 Many a time did they pro as thick as dust, and feathered voke him in the wilderness, and fowls like as the sand of the sea. grieved him in the desert. 29 He let it fall among their 42 They turned back, and tents, even round about their ha-tempted God; and moved the Holy One in Israel. bitation. 30 So they did eat and were 43 They thought not of his well filled; for he gave them their hand, and of the day when he own desire: they were not disap-delivered them from the hand of pointed of their lust. the enemy. 31 But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the wealthiest of them; yea, and smote down the chosen men that were in Israel. 32 But for all this, they sinned 44 How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan. 45 He turned their waters into blood, so that they might not drink of the rivers. 46 He sent lice among them, yet more, and believed not his and devoured them up, and frogs wondrous works. to destroy them. 33 Therefore their days did he 47 He gave their fruit unto the consume in vanity, and their caterpillar, and their labour unto the grasshopper. years in trouble. 34 When he slew them, they 48 He destroyed their vinea sought him, and turned them with hail-stones, and their mulearly, and inquired after God. berry trees with the frost. 49 He smote their cattle also with hail-stones, and their flocks 35 And they remembered that God was their strength, and that the high God was their Re- with hot thunder-bolts. deemer. 50 He cast upon them the fu 36 Nevertheless, they did but riousness of his wrath, anger. flatter him with their mouth, and displeasure, and trouble; and dissembled with him in their sent evil angels among them. tongue. 51 He made a way to his in 37 For their heart was not dignation, and spared not their whole with him, neither continu-soul from death; but gave their ed they steadfast in his cove-life over to the pestilence; 52 And smote all the first-born 38 But he was so merciful, that in Egypt, the most principal and he forgave their misdeeds, and mightiest in the dwellings of destroyed them not. Ham. nant. 39 Yea, many a time turned he 53 But as for his own people his wrath away, and would not he led them forth like sheep, and suffer his whole displeasure to carried them in the wilderness arise : like a flock. 40 For he considered that they 54 He brought them out safely, that they should not fear, and dan, even the hill of Sion, which overwhelmed their enemies with he loved. the sea. 70 And there he built his tem 55 And brought them within ple on high, and laid the founda the borders of his sanctuary, even tion of it like the ground which to his mountain, which he pur- he hath made continually, chased with his right hand. 71 He chose David also his 56 He cast out the heathen also servant, and took him away from before them, caused their land to the sheep-folds : be divided among them for an 72 As he was following the heritage, and made the tribes of ewes great with young ones, he Israel to dwell in their tents. took him, that he might feed 57 So they tempted and dis-Jacob his people, and Israel his pleased the most high God, and inheritance. kept not his testimonies; 73 So he fed them with a faith58 But turned their backs, and ful and true heart, and ruled them fell away like their forefathers; prudently with all his power. starting aside like a broken bow. The sixteenth Duy. 59 For they grieved him with their hill-altars, and provoked him to displeasure with their images. 60 When God heard this, he was wroth, and took sore dis-holy temple have they defiled, pleasure at Israel; and made Jerusalem an heap of 61 So that he forsook the ta- stones. bernacle in Silo, even the tent) 2. The dead bodies of thy serthat he had pitched among men. vants have they given to be meat 62 He delivered their power unto the fowls of the air, and the into captivity, and their beauty flesh of thy saints unto the beasts into the enemies' hand. of the land. 63 He gave his people over 3 Their blood have they shed also unto the sword, and was like water on every side of Jerusalem, and there was no may to bury them. wroth with his inheritance. 64 The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not given to marriage. 4 We are become an open shame to our enemies, a very 65 Their priests were slain scorn and derision unto them that with the sword, and there were are round about us. no widows to make lamentation. 5 Lord, how long wilt thou be 66 So the Lord awaked as one angry? shall thy jealousy burn out of sleep, and like a giant re-like fire for ever? 6 Pour out thine indignation freshed with wine. 67 He smote his enemies in upon the heathen that have noʻ the binder parts, and put them to known thee; and upon the king & perpetual shame. doms that have not called upor thy name: 68 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; 65 But chose the tribe of Ju-' 7For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling-place 8 0 remember not our ol sins, but have mercy upon us, and our enemies laugh us to scorn. that soon; for we are come to 7 Turn us again, thou God of great misery. hosts; show the light of thy coun 9 Help us, O God of our salva- tenance, and we shall be whole. tion, for the glory of thy name: & Thou hast brought a vine out O deliver us, and be merciful un-of Egypt; thou hast cast out the to our sins, for thy name's sake. heathen, and planted it. 10 Wherefore do the heathen say, Where is now their God? 9 Thou madest room for it; and when it had taken root, it filled the land. 11 O let the vengeance of thy servants' blood that is shed, be 10 The hills were covered with openly showed upon the heathen, the shadow of it, and the boughs in our sight. thereof were like the goodly ce. 12 O let the sorrowful sighing dar trees. of the prisoners come before 11 She stretched out her thee; according to the greatness branches unto the sea, and her of thy power, preserve thou those boughs unto the river. that are appointed to die. 12 Why hast thou then broken 13 And for the blasphemy down her hedge, that all they wherewith our neighbours have that go by pluck off her grapes? blasphemed thee, reward thou 13 The wild boar out of the them, O Lord, seven-fold into wood doth root it up, and the their bosom. wild beasts of the field devour it. 14 So we that are thy people, 14 Turn thee again, thou God and sheep of thy pasture, shall of hosts, look down from heaven, give thee thanks for ever, and will behold and visit this vine, alway be showing forth thy praise from generation to generation. Psalm 80. Qui regis Israel. 15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself. HEAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jo- 16 It is burnt with fire, and cut seph like a sheep; show thyself down; and they shall perish at also, thou that sittest upon the the rebuke of thy countenance. Cherubim : 2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses, stir up thy strength, and come and help us. 3 Turn us again, O God; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how ong wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth? 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. 18 And so will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we shall call upon thy name. 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be Psalm 81. Exultate Deo. 5 Thou feedest them with the whole. bread of tears, and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink. SING we merrily unto God, our 6 Thou hast made us a very strength; make a cheerful strife unto our neighbours, and noise unto the God of Jacob 2 Take the psalm, bring hither but their time should have enthe tabret, the merry harp, with dured for ever. the lute. 17 He should have fed them 3 Blow up the trumpet in the also with the finest wheat flour; new moon, even in the time ap-and with honey out of the stony pointed, and upon our solemn rock should I have satisfied thee. feast day. t EVENING PRAYER. 4 For this was made a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph| for a testimony, when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard a strange language. 6 I eased his shoulder from the burden, and his hands were delivered from making the pots. 7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee, and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee. 8 I proved thee also at the waters of strife. 9 Hear, O my people; and will assure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me. 10 There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any other god. 11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it. : 12 But my people would not hear my voice; and Israel would not obey me: 13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts, and let them follow their own imagina-a tions. 14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me; for if Israel had walked in my ways, Psalm 82. Deus stetit. GOD standeth in the congregation of princes; he is a Judge among gods. 2 How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the persons of the ungodly? 3 Defend the poor and fatherless; see that such as are in need and necessity have right. 4 Deliver the out-cast and poor, save them from the hand of the ungodly. 5 They will not be learned, nor understand, but walk on still in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods, and ye are the children of the Most Highest; 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth; for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance. Psalm 83. Deus, quis similis? HOLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence: refrain not thyself, O God; 2 For lo, thine enemies make murmuring; and they that hate thee have lift up their head. 3 They have imagined craftily against thy people, and taken counsel against thy secret ones. 15 I should soon have put down 4 They have said, Come, and their enemies, and turned my let us root them out, that they be hand against their adversaries. no more a people, and that the 16 The haters of the Lord name of Israel may be no more should have been found liars ; in remembrance. 5 For they have cast their heads of the Lord; my heart and my together with one consent, and flesh rejoice in the living God. ere confederate against thee;' 3. Yea, the sparrow hath found 6 The tabernacle of the Edom-her an house, and the swallow a ites, and the Ishmaelites; the nest, where she may lay her Moabites, and Hagarenes; young; even thy altars, O Lord 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and of hosts, my King and my God. Amalek; the Philistines, with 4 Blessed are they that dwell them that dwell at Tyre. in thy house; they will be alway with praising thee. 8 Assur also is joined them, and have holpen the chil-| dren of Lot. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart 9 But do thou to them as unto are thy ways. the Midianites; unto Sisera, and 6 Who, going through the vale unto Jabin at the brook of Kison; of misery, use it for a well; and 10 Who perished at Endor, and the pools are filled with water. became as the dung of the earth. 7 They will go from strength 11 Make them and their prin- to strength, and unto the God of ces like Oreb and Zeb; yea, make gods appeareth every one of them all their princes like as Zeba and in Sion. Salmana; 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear 12 Who say, Let us take to my prayer; hearken, O God of ourselves the houses of God in Jacob: possession. 13 O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the stubble before the wind. 9 Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts Like as the fire that burneth is better than a thousand. up the wood, and as the flame that consumeth the mountains. 15 Persecute them even so with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Make their faces ashamed, O Lord, that they may seek thy name. 17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more; let 11 I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence; the Lord will give grace and worship; and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. 13 O Lord God of hosts, blessthem be put to shame, and perish. ed is the man that putteth his 18 And they shall know that trust in thee. thou, whose name is Jehovah, art only the Most Highest over all the earth. Psalm 84. Quam dilecta! How amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of Hosts! 2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts Psalm 85. Benedixisti, Domine. cious unto thy land; thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob 2 Thou hast forgiven the of fence of thy people, and covered all their sins. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy |