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Page 174 - Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known thee : and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob : and laid waste his dwelling-place. 8 O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon : for we are come to great misery. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name : O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's sake. 10 Wherefore do the heathen say : Where is now their God? 11 O let the...
Page 125 - That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons, and young children; and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 174 - Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee ; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die ; 12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Page 123 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 125 - From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 125 - ... heart in thy faith, fear, and love, and that she may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Page 124 - And lightly prized his holy word, With these afflictions they were tried ; They fell, and none could help afford. 13 Then soon to God's indulgent ear Did they their mournful cry address, Who graciously vouchsafed to hear, And freed them from their deep distress.
Page 9 - ... But the desperado's jeering tones whipped him into speech. 'Curse you!' he yelled. 'I'll teach you to laugh on the other side of your mouth presently. You'd better have kept away.' He literally foamed in his mad anger. 'Do you think I couldn't have stopped away if I'd wanted to, having got clear?' A lofty scorn rang out in the words. 'But do you think I was going to run away when I was so near Freedom as that?