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Rh :And their iniquity with strokes.
 * But My mercy will I not break off from him,
 * Nor will I be false to My faithfulness.
 * My covenant will I not profane,
 * Nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
 * Once have I sworn by My holiness:
 * Surely I will not be false unto David;
 * His seed shall endure for ever,
 * And his throne as the sun before Me.
 * It shall be established for ever as the moon;
 * And be stedfast as the witness in sky.'


 * But Thou hast cast off and rejected,
 * Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.
 * Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant;
 * Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.
 * Thou hast broken down all his fences;
 * Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
 * All that pass by the way spoil him;
 * He is become a taunt to his neighbours.
 * Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
 * Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
 * Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword,
 * And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
 * Thou hast made his brightness to cease,
 * And cast his throne down to the ground.
 * The days of his youth hast Thou shortened;
 * Thou hast covered him with shame.
 * How long, O, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever?
 * How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?
 * O remember how short my time is;
 * For what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!
 * What man is he that liveth and shall not see death,
 * That shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave?
 * Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord,
 * Which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?
 * Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants;
 * How I do bear in my bosom [the taunt of] so many peoples;
 * Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O ,
 * Wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.


 * Blessed be the for evermore.
 * Amen, and Amen.

A Prayer of Moses the man of God.


 * Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.
 * Before the mountains were brought forth,
 * Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
 * Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
 * Thou turnest man to contrition;
 * And sayest: 'Return, ye children of men.'
 * For a thousand years in Thy sight
 * Are but as yesterday when it is past,