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 righteThey 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, and 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 shali they consume away. the land: when the ungodly shall The ungodly borroweth, and perish, thou shalt see it. payeth not again; but the righte- I myself have seen the ungodly ous is merciful and liberal. in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree. 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. I went by, and lo, he was gone: sought him, but his place could no where be found. f Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at Though he fall, he shall not be the last. cast away; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old, and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. 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 The righteous is ever merci- also their strength in the time of ful, 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 more. SELECTION V. For the Lord loveth the thing put their trust in him. that is right; he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are pre- Psalm 1. Beatus vir, qui non abiit. served for ever. BLESSED is the man that hath The unrighteous shall be punish- not walked in the counsel of ed; 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 he 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 His leaf also shall not wither; the noisome pestilence. and look, whatsoever he doeth, it He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers; his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and shall prosper. As for the ungodly, it is not so with them, but they are like the chaff which the wind scattereth buckler. away from the face of the earth. Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, neither the sinners in the congregation 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? upon thy boly hill? Thou shalt not be afraid of any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day; For the pestilence that walketh 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 nigh thee. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the Even he that leadeth an un-ungodly. corrupt life, aud doeth the thing For thou, Lord, art my hope; which is right, and speaketh the thou hast set thine house of detruth from his heart: fence 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. For he shall give his angels He that seiteth 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 ed his neighbour: 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- ladder, the young lion and the dradrance: He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent: gon shalt thou tread under thy feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him up, because Whoso doeth these things, shall he hath known my name. never fall. W He shall call upon me, and I Psal 91. Qur habitat. will hear him; yea, I am with 4OSO dwelleth under the him in trouble; I will deliver nce of the Most High, him, and bring him to honour. shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. SELECTION VI. From Psalm 32. Beati, quorum. BLESSED is he whose unrigh doth wait for him; in his word is my trust. My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch; I say, teousness is forgiven, and before the morning watch. whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom with the Lord there is mercy, O Israel, trust in the Lord; for the Lord imputeth no sin, and in and with him is plenteous rewhose spirit there is no guile. I will acknowledge my sin unto thee; and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. demption. from all his sins. And he shall redeem Israel Psalm 121. Levavi oculos meos. Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord; and so thou for gavest the wickedness of my sin. help. For this shall every one that is My help cometh even from the godly make his prayer unto thee, Lord, who hath made heaven in a time, when thou mayeet beland 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 thee will not sleep. him. 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 keep with songs of deliverance. er; the Lord is thy defence upon I will inform thee, and teach thy right hand: thee in the way wherein thou So that the sun shall not burn shalt go; and I will guide thee thee by day; neither the moon with mine eye. by night. Great plagues remain for the The Lord shall preserve thee angodly; 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 coming in, 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. SELECTION VII. THE Lord is my shepherd; He shall convert my soul, and Obring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. If thou, Lord, wilt be extremel to mark what is done amiss, Lord, who may abide it? For there is mercy with thee; the efore shalt thou be feared. I look for the Lord; my soul Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace, and ensue it. Thou shalt prepare a table be- The eyes of the Lord are over fore me against them that trouble the righteous, and his ears are ine; 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. Psalm 34. Benedicam Domino. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them, and deliver I Will alway give thanks unto eth them out of all their troubles. the Lord; his praise shall ever be in my mouth. The Lord is nigh unto those who are of a contrite heart, and My soul shall make her boast will save such as are of an hum in the Lord; the humble shali blé 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 be He keepeth all his bones, so heard me; yea, he delivered me that not one of them is broken. out of all my fear. But misfortune shall slay the They had an eye unto him, and ungodly; and they that hate the were lightened; and their faces righteous shall be desolate. were not ashamed. 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. destitute. The Angel of the Lord tarrieth Psalm 45. Te decet hymnus. round about them that fear him, THOU, O God, art praised in and delivereth them. O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him. : Sion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. Thou that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. O fear the Lord, ye that are My misdeeds prevail against me: his Seints; for they that fear him O be thou merciful unto our sins. lack nothing. 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 shall 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. e 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 Blessed is the man whose the mountains, and is girded strength is in thee; in whose about with power. heart are thy ways. Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. Who going through the vale of misery, use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water. They also that dwell in the ut- They will go from strength to termost parts of the earth shall be strength, and unto the God of afraid at thy tokens, thou that gods appeareth every one of makest the out-goings of the morn-them in Sion. ing and evening to praise thee. O Lord God of hosts, hear my Thou visitest the earth, and prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob. blessest it; thou makest it very For one day in thy courts is plenteous. better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper dwell in the tents of ungodliness. For the Lord God is a light The river of God is full of water: thou preparest their corn, in the house of my God, than to for so thou providest for the earth. Thou waterest her furrows 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 thing shall he withhold from blessest the increase of it. 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 dwell- Psalm 85. Benedixisti, Domine. ings of the wilderness, and the lit-ORD, thou art become gratle hills shall rejoice on every side. cious unto thy land; thou hast The folds shall be full of sheep; turned awaythe captivityof Jacob. the vallies also shall stand so Thou hast forgiven the offence thick with corn, that they shall of thy people, and covered all laugh and sing. their sins. SELECTION VIII. 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 from us. Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever? and wilt thou stretch Yea, the sparrow hath found out thy wrath from one generaher an house, and the swallow a tion to another? nest, where she may lay her Wilt thou not turn again, and young; even thy altars, O Lord quicken us, that thy people may of hosts, my King and my God. rejoice in thee? Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be alway praising thee. Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. I will hearken what the Lord |