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18 I will give thanks unto the right and my cause; thou art set in LORD, according to his righteous- the throne that judgest right. ness; and I will praise the name of 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, the LORD most high. PSALM8. Domine, Dominus noster.

O LORD, our Governor, how excellent is thy name in all the world; thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers; the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained.

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man 'that thou visitest him?

5 Thou madest him lower than

and destroyed the ungodly; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

60 thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end; even as the cities which thou hast destroyed, their memorial is perished with them.

7 But the LORD shall endure for ever; he hath also prepared his seat for judgment.

8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness, and minister true judg ment unto the people.

9 The LORD also will be a defence for the oppressed, even a refuge in due time of trouble.

10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou, LORD, hast never failed them that seek thee.

11 O praise the LORD which dwellthe angels, to crown him with glory eth in Sion; show the people of his and worship.

6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands: and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet;

7 All sheep and oxen; yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the

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12 For when he maketh inquisi tion for blood, he remembereth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

14 That I may show all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the same net which they hid privily is their foot taken.

16 The LORD is known to execute judgment; the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the people that forget GOD.

18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten; the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever.

19 Up, LORD, and let not man have the upper hand; let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O LORD, that the heathen may know them. selves to be but men.

PSALM 10. Ut quid, Domine?

WHY standest thou so far off, O LORD, and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?

2 The ungodly, for his own lust, doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined.

3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom GOD abhorreth.

4 The ungodly is so proud, that he careth not for GOD, neither is GOD in all his thoughts.

5 His ways are alway grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight, and therefore defieth he all his enemies.

6 For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down, there shall no harm happen unto me. 7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud; under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity.

8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets, and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against

the poor.

9 For he lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh he in his den, that he may ravish the poor.

10 He doth ravish the poor, when he getteth him into his net.

11 He falleth down and humbleth himself, that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains.

12 He hath said in his heart, Tush, God hath forgotten; he hideth away his face, and he will never see it. 13 Arise, O LORD GOD, and lift up thine hand; forget not the poor.

14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme GOD, while he doth say in his heart, Tush, thou GOD carest not for it?

15 Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong,

16 That thou mayest take the matter into thy hand: the poor com

mitteth himself unto thee; for thou art the helper of the friendless.

17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious; take away his ungodliness, and thou shalt find none.

18 The LORD is King for ever and ever, and the heathen are perished out of the land.

19 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto.

20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right, that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them.

PSALM 11. In Domino confido.

IN the LORD put I my trust; how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?

2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart..

3 For the foundations will be cast down; and what hath the righteous done?

4 The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD's seat is in heaven.

5 His eyes consider the poor, and his eye-lids try the children of men.

6 The LORD alloweth the righte ous; but the ungodly, and nim that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor.

7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink.

8 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness: his countenance will behold the thing that is just.

EVENING PRAYER.
PSALM 12.

Salvum me fac. HELP me, LORD, for there is not one godly man left; for the faithful are minished from among the children of men.

2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbor; they do but flatter

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with their lips, and dissemble in abominable in their doings; there is their double heart. none that doeth good, no not one.

3 The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

4 Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail; we are they that ought to speak: who is Lord

over us?

5 Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy, and because, of the deep sighing of the poor,

6 I will up, saith the LORD, and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest.

7 The words of the LORD are pure words, even as the silver which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.

8 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD; thou shalt preserve him from this generation for ever.

9 The ungodly walk on every side when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke. PSALM 13. Usque quo, Domine

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HOW long wilt thou forget me, O LORD; for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? How long shall mine enemies triumph over me?

3 Consider, and hear me, O LORD my GOD; lighten mine eyes, that sleep not in death;

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4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

5 But my trust is in thy mercy, and my heart is joyful in thy salva

tion.

6 I will sing of the LORD, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me; yea, I will praise the name of the LORD most Highest.

PSALM 14. Dixit insipiens. THE fool hath sal in his heart, There is no God.

2 They are corrupt, and become

3 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after GOD:

4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable; there is none that doeth good, no not one.

5 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues have they deceived: the poison of asps is under their lips.

6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood.

7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known; there is no fear of GOD before their eyes.

8 Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mischief, eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the LORD?

9 There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was; for GOD is in the generation of the righteous.

10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor; be cause he putteth his trust in the LORD.

11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion? When the LORD turneth the captivity of his people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

THE THIRD DAY.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 15. Domine, quis habitabit?

LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?

2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart:

3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbor, and hath not slandered his neighbor

4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the LORD:

5 He that sweareth unto his neighbor, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance: 6 He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent:

7 Whoso doeth these things, shall

never fall.

PSALM 16. Conserva me, Domine. PRESERVE me, O GOD; for in thee have I put my trust.

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence, and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal.

3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season: thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me; for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.

4 Because of men's works that are done against the words of thy lips, I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer.

5 hold thou up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto for thou shalt hear me: incline thine 6 I have called upon thee, O GOD, the LORD, Thou art my GOD; my ear to me, and hearken unto my goods are nothing unto thee. 3 All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, and upon such

as excel in virtue.

4 But they that run after another god shall have great trouble.

5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make mention of their names within my lips.

6 The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; thou shalt maintain my lot.

words.

7 Show thy marvellous loving kindness, thou that art the Saviour from such as resist thy right hand. of them which put their trust in thee,

hide me under the shadow of thy 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye, wings,

me; mine enemies compass me round 9 From the ungodly, that trouble about, to take away my soul.

7 The lot is fallen unto me in a 10 They are inclosed in their own fair ground; yea, I have a goodly fat, and their mouth speaketh proud heritage.

things.

11 They lie waiting in our way 8 I will thank the LORD for giving me warning; my reins also chasten on every side, turning their eyes down to the ground. me in the night season.

9 I have set GOD always before me; for he is on my right hand,

therefore I shall not fall.

10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced; my flesh also shall rest in hope.

11 For why thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; neither shalt thou suffer thy holy One to see corruption, 12 Thou shalt show me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.

PSALM 17. Exaudi, Domine. HEAR the right, O LORD, consider my complaint, and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of whelp lurking in secret places. his prey, and as it were a lion's

13 Up, LORD, disappoint him, and cast him down; deliver my soul from the ungodly, which is a sword of thine:

14 From the men of thy hand, O the evil world; which have their LORD, from the men I say, and from portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

15 They have children at their desire, and leave the res. f their substance for their babes.

16 But as for me, I will behold thy presence in righteousness; and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it,

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 18. Diligam te, Domine.

I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my stony rock, and my defence, my Saviour, my GOD, and my might, in whom i will trust; my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge.

2 I will call upon the LORD, which is worthy to be praised; so shall I be safe from mine enemies.

3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid.

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4 The pains of hell came about me; the snares of death overtook me. 5 In my trouble I will call upon the LORD, and complain unto my GOD.

6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple, and my complaint shall come before him; it shall enter even into his ears.

7 The earth trembled and quaked, the very foundations also of the hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth.

8 There went a smoke out in his presence, and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled

at it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down, and it was dark under his feet.

10 He rode upon the Cherubim, and did fly; he came flying upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness a secret place, his pavilion round about him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover him.

12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed; hailstones and coals of fire.

13 The LORD also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder; hailstones and coals of

fire.

14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them.

round world were discovered at thy

chiding, O LORD, at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure.

16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me, and shall take me out of many waters.

17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me; for they are too mighty for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble; but the LORD was my upholder.

19 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty; he brought me forth, even because he had a favor unto me.

20 The LORD shall reward me after my righteous dealing, according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me.

21 Because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not forsaken my GOD, as the wicked doth.

22 For I have an eye unto all his laws, and will not cast out his commandments from me.

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23 I was also uncorrupt before him, and eschewed mine own wickedness.

24 Therefore shall the LORD reward me after my righteous dealing, and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye-sight.

25 With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect.

26 With the clean thou shalt be clean, and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness.

27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity, and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud.

28 Thou also shalt light my candle; the LORD my GoD shall make my darkness to be light.

29 For in thee I shall discomfit a host of men, and with the help of my GOD I shall leap over the wall.

30 The way of GOD is an unde. filed way; the word of the LORD also is tried in the fire: he is the defender of all them that put their

15 The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the trust in him.

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