For the arms of the ungodly exercised in wisdom, and his shall be broken, and the Lord tongue will be talking of judgment. upholdeth the righteous. The law of his God is in his The Lord knoweth the days of heart, and his goings shall not the godly; and their inheritance slide. shall endure for ever. The ungodly seeth the righte They shall not be confounded ous, and seeketh occasion to slay in the perilous time; and in the him. days of dearth they shall have The Lord will not leave him in enough. his hand, nor condemn him when As for the ungodly, they shall he is judged. perish, and the enemies of the Hope thou in the Lord, an Lord shall consume as the fat of keep his way, and he shall prolambs; yea, even as the smoke mote thee, that thou shalt possess shall they consume away. the land: when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is merciful and liberal. Such as are blessed of God, shall possess the land; and they that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out. The Lord ordereth a good man's going, and maketh his ways acceptable to himself. Though he fall, he shall not be castaway; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old, and yet sew I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-trce. I went by, and lo, he was gone : I sought him, but his place could no where be found. Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last. As for the transgressors, they shall perish together: and the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the last. But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the Lord, who is also their strength in the time of The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is trouble. blessed. And the Lord shall stand by Flee from evil, and do the thing them, and save them; he shall that is good, and dwell for ever-deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, because they put their trust in him. more. For the Lord loveth the thing that is right; he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. SELECTION V. Psalm 1. Reatus vir, qui non abiit. BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of The unrighteous shall be punished; as for the seed of the un- the ungodly, nor stood in the way godly, it shall be rooted out. of sinners, and hath not sat in the The righteous shall inherit the seat of the scornful : land, and dwell therein for ever. But his delight is in the law of The mouth of the righteous is the Lord; and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. I will say unto the Lord, Thou And be shall be like a tree art my hope, and my strong hold; planted by the water-side, that my God, in him will I trust. will bring forth his fruit in due season. For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence. His leaf also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever he doeth, it He shall defend thee under his sha!! prosper. wings, and thou shalt be safe unAs for the ungodly, it is not so der his feathers; his faithfulness with them, but they are like the and truth shall be thy shield and chaff which the wind scattereth buckler. away from the face of the earth. Thou shalt not be afraid of any Therefore the ungodly shall not terror by night, nor for the ar be able to stand in the judgment, row that flieth by day; neither the sinners in the congre- For the pestilence that walketh gation of the righteous. But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; and the way of the ungodly shall perish. Psalm 15. Domine, quis habitabit? in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come LORD, who shall dwell in thy nigh thee tabernacle? or who shall rest upon thy holy hill? Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the Even he that leadeth an un-Jungodly. corrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart: For thou, Lord, art my hope; thou hast set thine house of defence very high. He that hath used no deceit in There shall no evil happen unto his tongue, nor done evil to his thee, neither shall any plague neighbour, and hath not slander-come nigh thy dwelling. ed his neighbour: For he shall give his angels He that setteth not by himself, charge over thee, to keep thee in but is lowly in his own eyes, and all thy ways. maketh much of them that fear the Lord: They shall bear thee in their hands; that thou hurt not thy He that sweareth unto his neigh-foot against a stone. bour, and disappointeth him not, Thou shalt go upon the lion and though it were to his own hin-adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet Because he hath set his love drance: He that hath not given his mo ney upon usury, nor taken re-upon me, therefore will I deliver ward against the innocent: him; I will set him up, because Whoso doeth these things, shall he hath known my name. never fall. Psalm 91. Qui habitat. WHOSO dwelleth under the defence of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. He shall call upon me, and I will hear him; yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation. SELECTION VI. From Psalm 32. Beati, quorum. BLESSED is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile. doth wait for him; in his word is my trust My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch; I say, before the morning watch. O Israel, trust in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous re demption. I will acknowledge my sin unto And he shall redeem Israel thee; and mine unrighteousness from all his sins. have I not hid. I said, I will confess my sins Psalm 121. Levavi oculos meos. unto the Lord; and so my sins I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my gavest the wickedness of my sin. help. For this shall every one that is My help cometh even from the godiy make his prayer unto thee, Lord, who hath made heaven in a time, when thou mayest be and earth. found; but in the great water He will not suffer thy foot to floods they shall not come nigh be moved, and he that keepeth him. thee will not sleep. Thou art a place to hide me in; Behold, he that keepeth Israel thou shalt preserve me from trou-shall neither slumber nor sleep. ble; thou shalt compass me about The Lord himself is thy keepwith songs of deliverance. er; the Lord is thy defence upon I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye. thy right hand : So that the sun shall not burn thee by day; neither the moon by night. Great plagues remain for the The Lord shall preserve thee ungodly; but whoso putteth his from all evil; yea, it is even he trust in the Lord, mercy em-that shall keep thy soul. braceth him on every side. The Lord shall preserve thy Be glad, O ye righteous, and going out and thy comingin, from rejoice in the Lord; and be joy-this time forth for evermore. ful, all ye that are true of heart. Psalm 130. De profundis. OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, Lord, who may abide it? SELECTION VII. Psalm 23. Dominus regit me. THE Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing. He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. He shall convert my soul, and Obring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with For there is mercy with thee; therefore shalt thou be feared. I look for the Lord; my soul me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace, and ensue it. The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me; thou hast anointed my head open unto their prayers. with oil, and my cup shall be full. The countenance of the Lord But thy loving-kindness and is against them that do evil to mercy shall follow me all the days root out the remembrance of of my life; and I will dwell in the them from the earth. house of the Lord for ever. Psalın 34. Benedicam Domino. I Will alway give thanks unto the Lord; his praise shall ever be in my mouth. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto those who are of a contrite heart, and will save such as are of an hum My soul shall make her boast in the Lord; the humble shall ble spirit. hear thereof, and be glad. Great are the troubles of the O praise the Lord with me; and righteous; but the Lord deliverlet us magnify his name together. eth him out of all. I sought the Lord, and he He keepeth all his bones, so heard me; yea, he delivered me that not one of them is broken. out of all my fear. They had an eye unto him, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed. But misfortune shall slay the ungodly; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. The Lord delivereth the souls Lo, the poor crieth, and the of his servants; and all they that Lord heareth him; yea, and saveth put their trust in him shall not be him out of all his troubles. The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the Lord, ye that are his Saints; for they that fear him lack nothing. destitute. Psaim 45. Te decet hymnus. THOU, O God, art praised in Sion, and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. Thou that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. My misdeeds prevail against me O be thou merciful unto our sins. Blessed is the man whom thou The lions do lack, and suffer choosest, and receivest unto thee. hunger; but they who seek the he shall dwell in thy court, and Lord shalt want no manner of shall be satisfied with the pleasures thing that is good. of thy house, even of thy holy Come, ye children, and heark-temple. en unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Thou shalt show us wonderful things'in thy righteousness, O God What man is he that lusteth to of our salvation; thou that art live, and would fain see good days? the hope of all the ends of the Keep thy tongue from evil, and earth, and of them that remain in thy lips that they speak no guile. the broad sea. Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, and is girded about with power. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are thy ways. Who going through the vale of misery, use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water. They will go from strength to strength, and unto the God of Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens, thou that gods appeareth every one of makest the out-goings of the morn-them in Sion. ang and evening to praise thee. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it; thou makest it very plenteous. The river of God is full of waI had rather be a door-keeper ter thou preparest their corn, in the house of my God, than to for so thou providest for the earth. dwell in the tents of ungodliness. Thou waterest her furrows; For the Lord God is a light thou sendest rain into the little and defence; the Lord will give vallies thereof; thou makest it grace and worship; and no good soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. thing shall be withhold from them that live a godly life. Thou crownest the year with O Lord God of hosts, Blessed is thy goodness, and thy clouds the man that putteth his trust in drop fatness. thee. They shall drop upon the dwellPsalm 85. Benedixisti, Domine. ings of the wilderness, and the lit-T ORD, thou art become gratle hills shall rejoice on every side. The folds shall be full of sheep; the vallies also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. SELECTION VIII. From Psalm 84. Quam delecta! How amiable are thy dwell- cious unto thy land; thou hast turned awaythe captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people, and covered all their sins. Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation. Turn us then, O God our Sa My soul hath a desire and long-viour, and let thine anger cease ing to enter into the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be alway praising thee. from us. Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever? and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another? Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us, that thy people may rejoice in thee? Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. I will hearken what the Lord |