fear him and delivereth them. 8 O taste, and see how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 90 fear the Lord, ye that are his Saints; for they that fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good. The seventh Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 35. Judica me, Domine. PLEAD thou my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me, and fight thou against them that fight against me. 2 Lay band upon the shield and buckler, and stand up to help me. 3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them that 11 Come, ye children, and persecute me: say unto my soul, hearken unto me; I will teach I am thy salvation. you the fear of the Lord. 4 Let them be confounded, and 12 What man is he that lusteth put to shame, that seek after my to live, and would fain see good soul; let them be turned back, days? and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me. 13 Keepthy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile. 14 Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace, and ensue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers. 5 Let them be as the dust before the wind, and the Angel of the Lord scattering them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them. 16 The countenance of the 7 For they have privily laid Lord is against them that do evil, their net to destroy me without a to root out the remembrance of cause; yea, even without a cause them from the earth. have they made a pit for my soul. 17 The righteous cry, and the 8 Let a sudden destruction come Lord heareth them, and deliver-upon him unawares, and his net eth them out of all their troubles. that he hath laid privily catch 18 The Lord is nigh unto them himself; that he may fall into his that are of a contrite heart, and own mischief. will save such as be of an humble 9 And my soul be joyful in the spirit. Lord; it shall rejoice in his salva 19 Great are the troubles of tion. the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of all. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who dell 20 He keepeth all his bones, verest the poor from him that is so that not one of them is bro-too strong for him; yea, the poor, ken. and him that is in misery, from him that spoileth him? 21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 11 False witnesses did rise up: they laid to my charge things that 22 The Lord delivereth the I knew not. souls of his servants; and all they 12 They rewarded me evil for that put their trust in him shall good, to the great discomfort of not be destitute. my soul. PL 13 Nevertheless, when they 25 Let them not say in their were sick, I put on sackcloth, and hearts, There, there, so would humbled my soul with fasting, we have it; neither let them say, and my prayer shall turn into We have devoured him. mine own bosom. 26 Let them be put to confu14 I behaved myself as though sion and shame together, that it had been my friend or my bro-rejoice at my trouble; let them ther; I went heavily, as one that be clothed with rebuke and de mourneth for his mother. dishonour, that boast themselves 15 But in mine adversity they against me. rejoiced, and gathered themselves 27 Let them be glad and retogether; yea, the very abjects joice, that favour my righteous came together against me una-dealing; yea, let them say alway, wares, making mouths at me, Blessed be the Lord, who hath and ceased not. pleasure in the prosperity of his 16 With the flatterers were bu-[servant. sy mockers, who gnashed upon 28 And as for my tongue, it shall me with their teeth. be talking of thy righteousness, 17 Lord, how long wilt thou and of thy praise, all the day long. look upon this? O deliver my Psalm 36. Dixit injustus. soul from the calamities which MY heart showeth me the they bring on me, and my dar- wickedness of the ungodly, that there is no fear of God be ling from the lions. a cause. 18 So will I give thee thanks in fore his eyes. the great congregation; I will 2 For he flattereth himself in praise thee among much people. his own sight, until his abomina19 0 let not them that are mine ble sin be found out. enemies triumph over me ungod 3 The words of his mouth are ly; neither let them wink with unrighteous and full of deceit : their eyes, that hate me without he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good. 20 And why? their communing 4 He imagineth mischief upon is not for peace; but they ima- his bed, and hath set himself in gine deceitful words against them no good way; neither doth he that are quiet in the land. abhor any thing that is evil. 21 They gaped upon me with 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reachtheir mouths, and said, Fie oneth unto the heavens, and thy thee, fie on thee, we saw it with faithfulness unto the clouds. our eyes. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, and thou shalt give then drink 9 Wicked doers shall be rooted of thy pleasures, as out of the out; and they that patiently abide river. the Lord, those shall inherit the 9 For with thee is the well of land. life; and in thy light shall we see light. 10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone: thou 10 O continue forth thy loving-shalt look after his place, and he kindness unto them that know shall be away. thee, and thy righteousness unto 11 But the meek-spirited shall them that are true of heart. possess the earth, and shall be re11 O let not the foot of pride freshed in the multitude of peace. come against me; and let not the 12 The ungodly seeketh counhand of the ungodly cast melsel against the just, and gnasheth down. upon him with his teeth. 12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness; they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand. EVENING PRAYER. 13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn; for he hath seen that his day is coming. 14 The ungodly have drawn out [the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right conversation. FRET not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the evil doers: 15 Their sword shall go through 2 For they shall soon be cut their own heart, and their bow down like the grass, and be wi-shall be broken. thered even as the green herb. 16 A small thing that the righ 3 Put thou thy trust in the teous hath, is better than great Lord, and be doing good: dwell riches of the ungodly; in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thou in the Lord, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. 17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly; and their inheri tance shall endure for ever. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him, 19 They shall not be confounded and he shall bring it to pass. in the perilous time; and in the 6 He shall make thy righteous-days of dearth they shall have ness as clear as the light, and thy enough. just dealing as the noon-day. 20 As for the ungodly, they 7 Hold thee still in the Lord, shall perish, and the enemies of and abide patiently upon him: but the Lord shall consume as the fat grieve not thyself at him whose of lambs; yea, even as the smoke way doth prosper, against the man shall they consume away. that doeth after evil counsels. 21 The ungodly borroweth, and 8 Leave off from wrath, and let payeth not again; but the righgo displeasure: fret not thyself, teous is merciful and liberal. else shalt thou be moved to do 22 Such as are blessed of God, evil. shall possess the land; and they 3] કે ared that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out. 23 The Lord ordereth a good man's going, and maketh his way acceptable to himself. 38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; 24 Though he fall, he shall not for that shall bring a man peace be cast away for the Lord up-at the last. holdeth him with his hand. 39 As for the transgressors, 25 I have been young, and now they shall perish together; and am old, and yet saw I never the the end of the ungodly is, they righteous forsaken, nor his seed shall be rooted out at the last. begging their bread. 40 But the salvation of the 26 The righteous is ever mer-righteous cometh of the Lord, ciful, and lendeth; and his seed who is also their strength in the is blessed. time of trouble. evermore. 27 Flee from evil, and do the 41 And the Lord shall stand by thing that is good, and dwell for them, and save them; he shall deliver them from the ungodly, 23 For the Lord loveth the and shall save them, because they thing that is right; be forsaketh put their trust in him. the not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. 29 The unrighteous shall be punished as for the seed of the dungodly, it shall be rooted out. 30 The righteous shall inherit the the laud, and dwell therein for erever. The eighth Day. MORNING PRAYER. Psalm 38. Domine, ne in furore. PUT me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger; neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure: For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me 31 The mouth of the righteous sore. s exercised in wisdom, and his 3 There is no health in my nd tongue will be talking of judgment. flesh, because of thy displeasure; S2 The law of his God is in his neither is there any rest in my veheart, and his goings shall not bones, by reason of my sin : the slide. 4 For my wickednesses are ore 33 The ungodly seeth the righ-gone over my head, and are like teous, and seeketh occasion to a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear. aslay him. 94 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 35 Hope thon in the Lord, and mekeep his way, and he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. 36 I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourish-I ing like a green bay-tree. 5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through my foolishness. 6 I am brought into so trouble and misery, the great mourning all the day long." a 7 For my loins are filled with sore disease, and there is no whole part in my body. 8 I am feeble and sore smitten; have roared for the very disqui etness of my heart. 21* 9 Lord, thou knowest all my 2 I will keep my mouth as it desire; and my groaning is not were with a bridle, while the unbid from thee. godly is in my sight. 10 My heart panteth, my 3 I held my tongue, and spake strength hath failed ine, and the nothing: I kept silence, yea, sight of mine eyes is gone from me. even from good words; but it 11 My lovers and my neigh-was pain and grief to me. bours did stand looking upon my 4 My heart was hot within me: trouble, and my kinsmen stood and while I was thus musing the afar off. fire kindled, and at the last I 12 They also that sought after spake with my tongue : my life, laid snares for me; and 5 Lord, let me know my end, they that went about to do me and the number of my days, that evil, talked of wickedness, and I may be certified how long I imagined deceit all the day long. have to live. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf 6 Behold, thou hast made my man, and heard not; and as one days as it were a span long, and that is dumb, who doth not open mine age is even as nothing in his mouth. respect of thee; and verily every 141 became even as a man man living is altogether vanity: that heareth not, and in whose 7 For man walketh in a vain mouth are no reproofs. shadow, and disquieteth himself 15 For in thee, O Lord, have in vain; he heapeth up riches, I put my trust; thou shalt answer and cannot tell who shall gather for me, O Lord, my God. them. 16 I have required that they, 8 And now, Lord, what is my even mine enemies, should not hope? truly my hope is even in triumph over me; for when my thee. foot slipt, they rejoiced greatly against me. 9 Deliver me from all mine offences, and make me not a re 17 And I truly am set in the buke unto the foolish. plague, and my heaviness is ever in my sight: 10 I became dumb, and oper ed not my mouth; for it was thy 18 For I will confess my wick-doing. edness, and be sorry for my sin. 11 Take thy plague away from 19 But mine enemies live, and me: I am even consumed by the are mighty; and they that hate me means of thy heavy hand. wrongfully are many in number. 12 When thon with rebukes 20 They also that reward evil dost chasten man for sin, thou for good are against me; because makest his beauty to consume I follow the thing that good is. away, like as it were a moth fret 21 Forsake me not, O Lord, my ting a garment: every man there God; be not thou far from me. fore is but vanity. 22 Haste thee to help me, O Lord, God of my salvation. 13 Hear my prayer, O Lord. and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at Psalm 39. Dixi, Custodiam. Said, I will take heed to my ways, my tears: that I offend not in my tongue.! 14 For I am a stranger with |