PSALM 8. Domine, Dominus noster.

LORD our Governour, how excellent is thy Name in' all the world thou that hast set thy glory a'bove the heavens!

2. Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because' of thine enemies : that thou mightest still the enemy', and the avenger.

3. For I will consider thy heavens, even the works' of thy fingers the moon and the stars', which thou' hast ordained.

4. What is man, that thou art' mind

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ful of him and the son of' man, that' thou visitest him?

5. Thou madest him lower than the angels to crown' him with' glory and worship.

6. Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands. and thou hast put all things in sub'jection' under his feet;

7. All' sheep and oxen yea', and the' beasts of the field;

8. The fowls of the air, and the' fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the' paths' of the seas.

9. O' Lord our Governour: how excellent is thy' Name in' all the world!

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PSALM 9. Confitebor tibi.

WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: 1 will speak of' all thy' marvellous works.

2. I will be glad and re'joice in thee: yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O' thou most Highest.

3. While mine enemies are driven back they shall fall and' perish' at thy presence.

4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the' throne that' judgest right.

5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed' the ungodly thou hast put out their name for ever and

ever.

6. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: even as the cities which thou hast destroyed; their me'morial is' perished with them.

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them that hate me thou that liftest me' up from the' gates of death.

14. That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the' daughter of Sion I will re'joice in' thy salvation.

15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the same net which they hid privily', is their' foot taken.

16. The Lord is known to execute

taken in the crafty' wiliness that they' have imagined.

3. For the ungodly hath made boast of his own' heart's desire : and speaketh good of the' covetous, whom' God abhorreth.

4. The ungodly is so proud, that he careth' not for God: neither is' God in' all his thoughts.

5. His ways are alway grievous :

the work of his' own hands.

17. The wicked shall be turned' into hell and all the people that forget God.

18. For the poor shall not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the' meek shall not perish for ever.

19. Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand : let the heathen be judged' in thy sight.

20. Put them in' fear, O Lord : that the heathen may know themselves to

6. For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down : there shall no' harm' happen unto

me.

7. His mouth is full of cursing, de'ceit, and fraud : under his tongue is un'godliness and vanity.

8. He sitteth lurking in the thievish' corners of the streets and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are' set a'gainst the poor.

9. For he lieth waiting secretly, even as a lion lurketh' he in his den : thať he may' ravish the poor.

10. He doth' ravish the poor : when he' getteth him' into his net.

11. He falleth down, and humbleth

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himself that the congregation of the poor may fall in'to the' hands of his captains.

12. He hath said in his heart, Tush,

earth be no more ex'alted against them.

PSALM 11. In Domino confido.

his face, and' he will' never see it.

13. Arise, O Lord God, and lift' thine hand for'get' not the poor. :

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14. Wherefore should the wicked' blaspheme God while he doth say in his heart, Tush', thou God carest not for it.

15. Surely' thou hast seen it for thou beholdest un'godli'ness and wrong.

16. That thou mayest take the matter' into thine hand the poor committeth himself unto thee, for thou art the' helper' of the friendless.

17. Break thou the power of the ungodly' and malicious: take away his ungodliness', and thou' shalt find

none.

18. The Lord is King for ever and ever and the heathen are' perished'

out of the land.

19. Lord, thou hast heard the de'sire of the poor: thou preparest their heart, and thine' ear' hearkeneth thereto;

20. To help the fatherless and poor un'to their right that the man of the

say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a' bird un'to the hill?

2. For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows with'in the quiver that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.

3. For the foundations will' be cast down and what hath the righteous done?

4. The Lord is in his' holy temple : the Lord's seat' is in heaven.

5. His eyes con'sider the poor and his eye-lids' try the' children of men.

6. The Lord al'loweth the righteous: but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness' doth his' soul abhor.

7. Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone', storm and tempest this shall be their' portion to drink.

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8. For the righteous Lord' loveth righteousness his countenance will be'hold the' thing that is just.

them that hate me thou that liftest me' from the gates of death. up

14. That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion I will re'joice in' thy salvation.

15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit' that they made in the same net which they hid privily', is their' foot taken.

16. The Lord is known to execute judgment the ungodly is trapped in the' work of his' own hands.

17. The wicked shall be turned' into hell and all the' people that for get God.

18. For the poor shall not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the' meek shall not' perish for ever.

19. Up, Lord, and let not man have the' upper hand let the heathen be judged' in thy sight.

20. Put them in' fear, O Lord: that the heathen may' know themselves to' be but men.

PSALM 10. Ut quid, Domine ?

WHY standest thou so far off, O

Lord and hidest thy face in

the' needful' time of trouble?

2. The ungodly for his own lust doth perse'cute the poor let them be

taken in the crafty wiliness that they' have imagined.

3. For the ungodly hath made boast of his own' heart's desire and speaketh good of the' covetous, whom' God abhorreth.

4. The ungodly is so proud, that he careth' not for God: neither is' God in' all his thoughts.

5. His ways are alway grievous : thy judgments are far above out of his sight, and therefore de'fieth he' all his enemies.

6. For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down : there shall no' harm' happen unto

me.

7. His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud under his tongue is un'godli'ness and vanity.

8. He sitteth lurking in the thievish' corners of the streets and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are' set a'gainst the poor.

9. For he lieth waiting secretly, even as a lion lurketh' he in his den that' he may' ravish the poor.

10. He doth' ravish the poor : when he' getteth him' into his net.

11. He falleth down, and' humbleth