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the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right conversation.

Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.

The unrighteous shall be punished; as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

The mouth of the righteous

A small thing that the right-is exercised in wisdom, and his eous hath, is better than great tongue will be talking of judgriches of the ungodly;

For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the Lord upholdeth the righteous. The Lord knoweth the days

ment.

The law of his God is in his heart, and his goings shall not slide.

The ungodly seeth the right

of the godly; and their inheri-eous, and seeketh occasion to tance shall endure for ever.

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

As for the ungodly, they shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs; yea, even as the smoke shall they consume

away.

The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again; but the rightcous 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 way acceptable to himself.

slay him.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land: when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.

I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

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 that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.

As for the transgressors, they shall perish together and the Though he fall, he shall not end of the ungodly is, they shall be cast away; for the Lord up-be rooted out at the last. holdeth 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.

But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the Lord, who is also their strength in the time of trouble.

And the Lord shall stand by The righteous is ever merci-them, and save them; he shall ful, and lendeth; and his seed deliver them from the ungodly, is blessed. and shall save them, because they put their trust in him.

Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for

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SELECTION V. Psalm 1. Beatus vir, quid non abiit.

Bath not walked in the

LESSED is the man that

counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful:

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he exercise himself day and night.

Aud he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, that will bring forth his fruit in due

season.

His leaf also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

Whoso doeth these things, shall never fall.

Psalm 91. Qui habitat. WHOSO dwelleth under

the defence the High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my strong hold; my God, in him will I trust.

For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence.

As for the ungodly, it is not so with them, but they are like He shall defend thee under the chaff which the wind scat-his wings, and thou shalt be safe tereth away from the face of under his feathers; his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

the earth.

Therefore the ungodly shall

not be able to stand in the Thou shalt not be afraid for judgment, neither the sinners any terror by night, nor for the in the congregation of the right-arrow that flieth by day;

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For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day.

thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not

A thousand shall fall beside

come nigh thee.

Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou bebold, and see the reward of the ungodly.

thy tabernacle? or who shall rest upon thy holy hill? Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speak-thou eth the truth from his heart:

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

For thou, Lord, art my hope; hast set thine house of defence very high.

There shall no evil happen unto thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his Angels He that setteth not by him-charge over thee, to keep thee self, but is lowly in his own in all thy ways. eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the Lord:

He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance:

He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent:

They shall bear thee in their hands; that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.

Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.

Because he hath set bis love upon me, therefore will I de

liver him I will set him up, because he hath known my

name.

O let thine ears consider well. the voice of my complaint.

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it?

He shall call upon me, and I will hear him; yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver For there is mercy with thee; him, and bring him to honour. therefore shalt thou be feared. With long life will I satisfy I look for the Lord; my soul him, and show him my salva-doth wait for him; in his word is my trust.

tion.

SELECTION VI.

My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch; I

From Psalm 32. Beati,quorum. say, before the morning watch. LESSED whose un

O Israel,

Lord;

Brighteousness is forgiven, for with the Lord there is mer

and whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

cy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.

Psalm 121. Levavi oculos

meos.

I will acknowledge my sin unto thee; and mine unright-to the hills, from whence

eousness have I not hid.

Isaid, I will confess my sins unto the Lord; and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.

WILL lift up mine eyes un

cometh my help.

My help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth.

For this shall every one that He will not suffer thy foot to is godly make his prayer unto be moved, and he that keepeth thee, in a time when thou may-thee will not sleep. est be found; but in the great Behold, he that keepeth Iswater floods they shall not rael shall neither slumber nor come nigh him. sleep.

Thou art a place to hide me in; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliver

ance.

I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye.

Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side.

The Lord himself is thy keeper; the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand:

So that the sun shall not burn thee by day; neither the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth for ever

more.

SELECTION VII.

Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; and be joyful, all ye that are true of Psalm 23. Dominus regit me.

heart.

Psalm 130. De profundis.THE Lord is my shepherd;
therefore can I lack no
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Lord, hear my voice..

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Psalm 34. Benediciam Domino.

WILL alway give thanks

I unto the Lord; his praise

shall ever be in my mouth.

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

O praise the Lord with me; and let us magnify his name together.

I sought the Lord, and he heard me; yea, he delivered me out of all my fear.

They had an eye unto him, and were lightened; and their faces were not ashamed.

Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord hearth him his, and saveth him out of all troubles.

The Angel of the Lord tar

rieth 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.

The lions do lack, and suffer ey honger; but they who seek the meth rou

fear him,

O tasteter) tions thoedt ste

unto thee: he shall dwell inf My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation; thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.

Yea, the sparrow bath 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

Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, and is gird-praising thee. ed about with power.

Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people.

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 They also that dwell in the the pools are filled with water. uttermost parts of the earth They will go from strength to shall be afraid at thy tokens, strength, and unto the God of thou that makest the out-go-gods appeareth every one of ings of the morning and even-them in Sion.

ing to praise thee.

Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it; thou makest it very plenteous. A

The river of God is full of water; thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth,

Thou waterest her furrows; thou sendest rain into the little vallies thereof; thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increuse of it.

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy clouds drop fatness.

They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness, and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.

The folds shall be full of

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob.

For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand.

I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.

For the Lord God is a light and defence; the Lord will give grace and worship; and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

O Lord God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

Psalm 85. Benedixisti,
Domine.

sheep; the allies also shall LORD, thou art become gra

stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing.

SELECTION VIII. From Psalm 84. Quam dilecta!

HOW amiable are thy

hosts!

cious unto thy hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people, and covered all their sins.

Thou hast taken away all thy from thy wrathful indignation.

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