The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just, and gnatheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh him to scorn; for he hath seen that his day is coming. The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to flay such as are of a right converfation. Their sword shall gothrough their own heart, and their bow shall be broken. A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than great riches of the ungodly; For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the Lord upholdeth the righ teous. 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. Though he fall, he shall not be cast away; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old, and yet faw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his feed begging their bread. The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his feed is blessed. Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore. For the Lord loveth the thing that is right; he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for The Lord knoweth the days of the godly; and their ever. inheritance 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 confume as the fat of lambs; yea, even as the smoke shall they confume away. The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is merciful and liberal. Such as are blessed of God, The unrighteous shall be punished; as for the feed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue will be talking of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart, and his goings shall not flide. The ungodly seeth the righteous, and feeketh occafion to slay him. A The Lord will not leave T d d 15 : him in his hand, nor con- ftood in the way of finners, demn him when he is judged. and hath not fat in the feat 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 fee it. of the scornful: But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. And he shall be like a tree I myself have seen the un- planted by the water-fide, di godly in great power, and that will bring forth his fruit flourishing like a green bay tree. I went by, and lo, he was gone; I fought 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 laft. in due feafon. His leaf also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall profper. As for the ungodly, it is not so with them, but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. As for the tranfgreffors, Therefore the ungodly shall they shall perish together; not be able to stand in the and the end of the ungodly judgment, neither the finners is, they shall be rooted out in the congregation of the at the last. righteous. But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; and the way of the ungodly shall perish. Pfalm xv. Domine, quis habi L tabit? ORD, who shall dwell in 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 speaketh the truth from his heart : LESSED is the man that B hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor ceit in his tongue, nor done He that hath used no de SA 700 P evil evil to his neighbour, and For the peftilence that hath not flandered his neigh- walketh in darkness, nor for the fickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. bour: He that fetteth not by himself; but is lowly in his own 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: Whoso doeth these things, fhall never fall. Pfalm xci. Qui habitat. W HOSOdwelleth under the defence of the Most 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 ft. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at t right hand; but it shall no come nigh thee. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and fee the re ward of the ungodly. For thou, Lord, art my hope; thou hast fet thine houfe 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 charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 201 They shall bear thee in their i 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. For ne shall deliver thee Because he hath set his love from the snare of the hunter, upon me, therefore will I deand from the noisome pesti- liver him; I will fet him up, because he hath known my lence. He shall defend thee under Name. his wings, and thou shalt be He shall call upon me, and fafe under his feathers; his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid of many terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 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 fatisfy him, and show him my fal SELECTION LESSED is he whose Bunrighteousness is for 1 and rejoice in the Lord; and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. Pfalm cxxx. De profundis. the deep have I called unto thee, given, and whose sin is co- Lord; Lord, hear my voice. malt vered, O let thine ears confider Blessed is the man unto well the voice of my comwhom the Lord imputeth no my fin, and in whose spirit there plaint. 1 Line is no guile. h. I will acknowledge my fin pes unto thee; and mine unany righteousness have I not hid. vel I faid, I will confess my fins unto the Lord; and so thou gels forgavest the wickedness of ee my fin For this shall every one that eiris godly make his prayer unto of thee, in a time when thou ☐ mayest be found; but in the great, water floods they shall gnot come nigh him. y Thou art a place to hide me in thou shalt preserve eme from trouble; thou shalt --compass me about with fongs of deliverance. 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 truft in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every fide. Be glad, O ye righteous, A If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it ? For there is mercy with thee; therefore shalt thou be feared. I look for the Lord; my foul doth wait for him; in his word is my trust. My foul fleeth unto the Lord before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch. O Ifrael, trust in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with his plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Ifrael from all his fins. He will not fuffer thy foot to be moved, and he that keepeth thee will not fleep. Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael shall neither slumber nor fleep. The Lord himself is thy keeper; the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand: So that the fun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. But thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Even he that shall keep thy T foul. Psalm xxxiv, Benedicam Domino. Will alway give thanks unto the Lord; his praise shall ever be in my mouth. My foul 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 fought 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 heareth him; yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles. The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him, and delivereth Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of them. death, I will fear no evil; for O taste, and fee, how grathou art with me; thy rod cious the Lord is: bleffed is and thy staff comfort me... the man that trusteth in him. |