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cious the Lord is: blessed is souls of his servants; and all the man that trusteth in him. they that put their trust in 9 O fear the Lord, ye that him shall not be destitute. are his Saints, for they that

fear him lack nothing.

10 Th lions do lack, and

suffer hunger; but they who

The Seventh Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

seek the Lord shall want no Psalm xxxv. Judica Domine. manner of thing that is good. 11 Come, ye children, and LEAD thou my cause, O hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

PLEA

Lord, with them that strive with me, and fight thou

12 What man is he that against them that fight against lusteth to live, and would fain me.

see good days?

2 Lay hand upon the shield 13 Keep thy tongue from and buckler, and stand up to evil, and thy lips, that they help me. speak no guile.

14 Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace, and ensue it.

3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my 15 The eyes of the Lord are soul, I am thy salvation. over the righteous, and his ears] 4 Let them be confounded, are open unto their prayers. and put to shame, that seek

16 The countenance of the after my soul; let them be Lord is against them that do turned back, and brought to evil, to root out the remem-confusion, that imagine misbrance of them from the earth. chief for me.

17 The righteous cry, and 5 Let them be as the dust the Lord heareth them, and before the wind, and the Angel delivereth them out of all of the Lord scattering them. their troubles. 6 Let their way be dark and 18 The Lord is nigh unto slippery, and let the Angel of them that are of a contrite the Lord persecute them. heart, and will save such as 7 For they have privily laid be of an humble spirit. their net to destroy me with19 Great are the troubles of out a cause; yea, even withthe righteous; but the Lord out a cause have they made a delivereth him out of all. pit for my soul.

20 He keepeth all his bones, 8 Let a sudden destruction so that not one of them is come upon him unawares, and broken. his net that he hath laid pri21 But misfortune shall slavily catch himself; that he the ungodly, and they that may fall into his own mischief. hate the righteous shall be de- 9 And my soul be joyful in solate. the Lord; it shall rejoice in 22 The Lord delivereth the his salvation.

10 All my bones shall say. 20 And why? their comLord, who is like unto thee, muning is not for peace; but who deliverest the poor from they imagine deceitful words him that is too strong for him; against them that are quiet in yea, the poor, and him that is the land.

in misery, from him that spoil

eth him?

21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and said, 11 False witness did rise Fie on thee, fie on thee, we up: they laid to my charge saw it with our eyes. 22 This thou hast seen, O

things that I knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil Lord; hold not thy tongue then; for good, to the great discom-go not far from me, Ŏ Lord. fort of my soul. 23 Awake and stand up to 13 Nevertheless, when they judge my quarrel; avenge thou were sick, I put on sackcloth, my cause, my God and my and humbled my soul with fast-Lord. ing, and my prayer shall turn into mine own bosom.

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righte 14 I behaved myself as ousness, and let them not trithough it had been my friend umph over me.

or my brother; I went hea- 25 Let them not say in their vily, as one that mourneth for hearts, There, there, so would we have it; neither let them

his mother.

15 But in mine adversity say, We have devoured him. they rejoiced, and gathered 26 Let them be put to conthemselves together; yea, the fusion and shame together, very abjects came together that rejoice at my table; let against me unawares, making them be clothed with rebuke mouths at me, and ceased not. and dishonour, that boast 16 With the flatterers were themselves againt me. busy mockers, who gnashed 27 Let them be glad and upon me with their teeth. rejoice, that favour my righ

17 Lord, how long wilt thou teous dealing; yea, let them look upon this? O deliver my say alway, Blessed be the soul from the calamities which Lord, who hath pleasure in they bring on me, and my the prosperity of his servant. darling from the lions. 28 And as for my tongue, 18 So will I give thee thanks it shall be talking of thy righin the great congregation; Iteousness, and of thy praise, will praise thee among much all the day long.

people.

19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over

Psalm xxxvi. Dixit injustus.

me ungodly; neither let them MY heart showeth me the

wickedness of the un

wink with their eyes, that hategodly, that there is no fear of

me without a cause.

God before his eyes.

B b

2 For he flattereth himself are cast down and shall not be in his own sight, until his able to stand. abominable sin be found out.

3 The words of his mouth

EVENING PRAYER.

are unrighteous and full of de- Psalm xxxvii.

ceit: he hath left off to be-FRE

Noli amulari.

RET not thyself because have himself wisely, and to of the ungodly; neither do good. be thou envious against the

4 He imagined mischief evil doers, upon his bed, and hath set 2 For they shall soon be cut himself in no good way; nei-down like the grass, and be ther doth he abhor any thing withered even as the green that is evil. herb.

5 Thy mercy, O Lord, 3 Put thou thy trust in the reacheth unto the heavens, Lord, and be doing good: and thy faithfulness unto the dwell in the land, and verily clouds. thou shalt be fed.

6 Thy righteousness stand- 4 Delight thou in the Lord, eth like the strong mountains:and he shall give thee thy thy judgments are like the heart's desire.

great deep.

5 Commit thy way unto the 7 Thou, Lord, shalt save Lord, and put thy trust in him, both man and beast: how ex-and he shall bring it to pass. cellent is thy mercy, O God: 6 He shall make thy righand the children of men shall teousness as clear as the light, put their trust under the sha-and thy just dealing as the dow of thy wings. noon-day.

8 They shall be satisfied 7 Hold thee still in the Lord, with the plenteousness of thy and abide patiently upon him: house; and thou shalt give but grieve not thyself at him them drink of thy pleasures whose way doth prosper, as out of the river. againt the man that doeth af

9 For with thee is the well ter evil counsels. of life; and in thy light shall 8 Leave off from wrath, and we see light. let go displeasure: fret not 10 O continue forth thy lov-thyself, else shalt thou be ing kindness unto them that moved to do evil.

know thee, and thy righteous- 9 Wicked doers shall be ness unto them that are true rooted out; and they that paof heart. tiently abide the Lord, those 110 let not the foot of pride shall inherit the land. come against me; and let not 10 Yet a little while, and the hand of the ungodly cast the ungodly shall be clean me down. gone: thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away.

12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness; they

11 But the meek spirited

shall possess the earth, and 23 The Lord ordereth a shall be refreshed in the mul-good man's going, and maktitude of peace eth his way acceptable to him

24 Though he fall, he shall

12 The ungodly seeketh self. counsel against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his not be cast away; for the teeth.

Lord upholdeth him with his

13 The Lord shall laugh hand. him to scorn; for he hath seen that his day is coming.

25 I have been young, and now am old, and yet saw I

14 The ungodly have drawn never the righteous forsaken, out the sword, and have bent nor his seed begging their their bow, to cast down the bread.

poor and needy, and to slay 26 The righteous is ever such as are of a right conver-merciful, and lendeth; and sation. his seed is blessed.

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

27 Fice from evil, and do

thing that is good, and dwell for evermore.

16 A small thing that the 28 For the Lord loveth the righteous hath, is better than thing that is right; he forsakgreat riches of the ungodly; eth not his that be godly, but

17 For the arms of the un-they are preserved for ever. godly shall be broken, and the 29 The unrighteous shall be Lord upholdeth the righteous. punished: as for the seed of

18 The Lord knoweth the the ungodly, it shall be rooted days of the godly; and their in-out. heritance shall endure forever. 30 The righteous shall in

19 They shall not be con-herit the land, and dwell therefounded in the perilous time ; in for ever.

and in the days of dearth they 31 The mouth of the righshall have enough. teous is exercised in wisdom,

20 As for the ungodly, they and his tongue will be talking shall perish; and the enemies of judgment.

of the Lord shall consume as 32 The law of his God is the fat of lambs; yea, even in his heart, and his goings as the smoke shall they con- shall not slide.

sume away.

33 The ungodly seeth the 21 The ungodly borroweth righteous, and seeketh occąand payeth not again; but the sion to slay him. righteous is merciful and liberal.

S4 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn

22 Such as are blessed of him when he is judged. God, shall possess the land; and they that are cursed of and him, shall be rooted out.

35 Hope thou in the Lord, keep his way, and he shall promote thee, that thou

shalt possess the land: when flesh, because of thy displeathe ungodly shall perish, thou sure; neither is there any rest shalt see it. in my bones, by reason of my

36 I myself have seen the sin: ungodly in great power, and 4 For my wickednesses are flourishing like a green bay-gone over my head, and are like a sore burthen, too heavy

tree.

37 I went by, and lo, he for me to bear. was gone; I sought him, but 5 My wounds stink, and his place could no where be are corrupt, through my foolfound. ishness.

38 Keep innocency, and 6 I am brought into so great take heed unto the thing that trouble and misery, that I go is right; for that shall bring mourning all the day long : a man peace at the last.

7 For my loins are filled

39 As for the transgressors, with a sore disease, and there they shall perish together; is no whole part in my body. and the end of the ungodly is, 8 I am feeble and sore smitthey shall be rooted out at the ten; I have roared for the very last. disquietness of my heart.

40 But the salvation of the 9 Lord, thou knowest all righteous cometh of the Lord, my desire; and my groaning who is also their strength in is not hid from thee.

the time of trouble.

10 My heart panteth, my

41 And the Lord shall stand strength hath failed me, and by them, and save them; he the sight of mine eyes is gone shall deliver them from the from me.

ungodly, and shall save them,

11 My lovers and my neigh

because they put their trust bours did stand looking upon

in him.

The Eighth Day. MORNING PRAYER.

my trouble, and my kinsmen stood afar off.

12 They also that sought after my life, laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil, talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all

Psalm xxxviii. Domine, ne the day long.

in furore.

13 As for me, I was like a

PUT me not to rebuke, Oldeaf man, and heard not; and

Lord, in thine anger; as one that is dumb, who doth neither chasten me in thy hea-not open his mouth. vy displeasure: 14 I became even as a man 2 For thine arrows stick that heareth not, and in whose fast in me, and thy hand pres-mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord,

seth me sore.

3 There is no health in my have I put my trust ; thou shalt

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