13 Nevertheless, when they 25 Let them not say in their were sick, I put on sackcloth, and hearts, There, there, so would humbled my soul with fasting, we have it; neither let them say, and my prayer shall turn into We have devoured him. mine own bosom. 26 Let them be put to confu14 I behaved myself as though sion and shame together, that it had been my friend or my bro-rejoice at my trouble; let them ther; I went heavily, as one that be clothed with rebuke and mourneth for his mother. dishonour, that boast themselves 15 But in mine adversity they against me. rejoiced, and gathered themselves 27 Let them be glad and retogether; yea, the very abjects joice, that favour my righteous came together against me una-dealing; yea, let them say alway, wares, making mouths at me, Blessed be the Lord, who hath and ceased not. pleasure in the prosperity of his 16 With the flatterers were bu- servant. sy mockers, who gnashed apon me with their teeth. 28 And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy righteousness, 17 Lord, how long wilt thou and of thy praise, all the day long. look upon this? O deliver my Psalm 36. Dixit injustus. soul from the calamities which MY heart showeth me the they bring on me, and my dar- wickedness of the ungodly, ling from the lions. that there is no fear of God be 18 So will I give thee thanks in fore his eyes. the great congregation; I will 2 For he flattereth himself in praise thee among much people. his own sight, until his abomina 19 0 let not them that are mine ble sin be found out. enemies triumph over me ungod- 3 The words of his mouth are ly; neither let them wink with unrighteous and full of deceit : their eyes, that hate me without he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good. a cause. 20 And why? their communing 4 He imagineth mischief upon is not for peace; but they ima- his bed, and hath set himself in gine deceitful words against them no good way; neither doth he that are quiet in the land. abhor any thing that is evil. 21 They gaped upon me with 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reachtheir mouths, and said, Fie on eth unto the heavens, and thy thee, fie on thee, we saw it with faithfulness unto the clouds. our eyes. 6 Thy righteousness standeth 22 This thou hast seen, O Lord; like the strong mountains: thy hold not thy tongue then; go not judgments are like the great deep. far from me, O Lord. 7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both 23 Awake and stand up to judge man and beast: how excellent is my quarrel; avenge thou my thy mercy, O God: and the chilcause, my God and my Lord. dren of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be satisfied with 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not triumph over me. the plenteousness of thy house; and thou shalt give them drink] 9 Wicked doers shall be rooted of thy pleasures, as out of the out; and they that patiently abide river. the Lord, those shall inherit the 9 For with thee is the well of land. life; and in thy light shall we see 10 Yet a little while, and the light. ungodly shall be clean gone: thou 10 O continue forth thy loving-shalt look after his place, and he kindness unto them that know shall be away. thee, and thy righteousness unto 11 But the meek-spirited shall them th⚫ are true of heart. possess the earth, and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace. 110 let not the foot of pride come against me; and let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down. 12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness; they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 37. Noli amulari. 12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn; for he hath seen that his day is coming. 14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of right conversation. 15 Their sword shall go through 2 For they shall soon be cut their own heart, and their bow down like the grass, and be wi-shall be broken. thered even as the green herb. FRET not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the evil doers : a 16 A small thing that the righ 3 Put thou thy trust in the teous hath, is better than great Lord, and be doing good: dwell riches of the ungodly; in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thou in the Lord, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. 17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly; and their inheri5 Commit thy way unto the tance shall endure for ever. Lord, and put thy trust in him, 19 They shall not be confounded and he shall bring it to pass. in the perilous time; and in the 6 He shall make thy righteous-days of dearth they shall have ness as clear as the light, and thy enough. just dealing as the noon-day. 20 As for the ungodly, they 7 Hold thee still in the Lord, shall perish, and the enemies of and abide patiently upon him: but the Lord shall consume as the fat grieve not thyself at him whose of lambs; yea, even as the smoke way doth prosper, against the man shall they consume away. that doeth after evil counsels. 21 The ungodly borroweth, and 8 Leave off from wrath, and let payeth not again; but the righgo displeasure: fret not thyself. teous is merciful and liberal. else shalt thou be moved to do vil. 22 Such as are blessed of God, shall possess the land; and they that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out. 23 The Lord ordereth a good mau's going, and maketh his way acceptable to himself. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 37 I went by, and lo, he was gone; I sought him, but his place could no where be found. 38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last. 39 As for the transgressors, 25 I have been young, and now they shall perish together; and am old, and yet saw I never the the end of the ungodly is, they righteous forsaken, nor his seed shall be rooted out at the last. begging their bread. 40 But the salvation of the 26 The righteous is ever mer-righteous coth of the Lord, ciful, and lendeth; and his seed who is also their strength in the is blessed. time of trouble. 27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore. 41 And the Lord shall stand by them, and save them; he shall deliver them from the ungodly, 28 For the Lord loveth the and shall save them, because they thing that is right; he forsaketh put their trust in him. not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. 29 The unrighteous shall be punished: as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. 30 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. The eighth Day. in thine anger; neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me 31 The mouth of the righteous sore. is exercised in wisdom, and his 3. There is no health in my tongue will be talking of judgment. flesh, because of thy displeasure; 32 The law of his God is in his neither is there any rest in my heart, and his goings shall not bones, by reason of my sin : slide 4 For my wickednesses are 33 The ungodly seeth the righ-gone over my head, and are like teous, and seeketh occasion to a sore burden, too heavy for me slay him. to bear. 34 The Lord will not leave him 5 My wounds stink, and are in his hand, nor condemn him corrupt, through my foolishness, when he is judged. 6 I am brought into so great 35 Hope thou in the Lord, and trouble and misery, that I go keep his way, and he shall pro-mourning all the day long: mote thee, that thou shalt possess 7 For my loins are filled with the land: when the ungodly shall a sore disease, and there is no perish, thou shalt see it. whole part in my body. 86 I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourish-I ing like a green bay-tree. 8 I am feeble and sore smitten, have roared for the very disqui jetness of my heart. : 9 Lord. thou knowest all my 2 I will keep my mouth as it desire; and my groaning is not were with a bridle, while the unhid from thee. godly is in my sight.` 10 My heart panteth, my 3 I held my tongue, and spake strength hath failed ine, and the nothing: I kept silence, yea, sight of mine eyes is gone from me. even from good words; but it 11 My lovers and my neigh-was pain and grief to me. bours did stand looking upon my 4 My heart was hot within me: trouble, and my kinsmen stood and while I was thus musing the afar off. fire kindled, and at the last I 12 They also that sought after spake with my tongue : my life, laid snares for me; and 5 Lord, let me know my end, they that went about to do me and the number of my days, that evil, talked of wickedness, and I may be certified how long I imagined deceit all the day long. have to live. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf 6 Behold, thou hast made my man, and heard not; and as one days as it were a span long, and that is dumb, who doth not open mine age is even as nothing în his mouth. respect of thee; and verily every 14 I became even as a man mai hiving is altogether vanity: that heareth not, and in whose 7 For man walketh in a vain mouth are no reproofs. shadow, and disquieteth himself 15 For in thee, O Lord, have in vain; he heapeth up riches, I put my trust; thou shalt answer and cannot tell who shall gather for me, O Lord, my God. them. 16 I have required that they, 8 And now, Lord, what is my even mine enemies, should not hope? truly my hope is even in triumph over me; for when my thee. foot slipt, they rejoiced greatly against me. 17 And I truly am set in the plague, and my heaviness is ever in my sight: 9 Deliver me from all mine offences, and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth; for it was thy 18 For I will confess my wick-doing. edness, and be sorry for my sin. 11 Take thy plague away from 19 But mine enemies live, and me: I am even consumed by the are mighty; and they that hate me means of thy he hand. wrongfully are many in number. 12 When thon with rebukes 20 They also that reward evil dost chasten man for sin, thou for good are against me; because makest his beauty to consume I follow the thing that good is. away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment: every man there. fore is but vanity. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord, my God, be not thou far from me. 22 Haste thee to help me, O Lord, God of my salvation. Psalm 39. Diri, Custodiam. Said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. 13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine cars consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears: 14 For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; my 15 O spare me a little, that I talk hath been of thy truth, and may recover my strength, before of thy salvation. I go hence, and be no more 13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth from the great congregation. seen. Psalm 40. Expectans expectavi. Waited patiently for the Lord, 14 Withdraw not thou thy and he inclined unto me, and mercy from me. O Lord; let thy heard my calling. loving-kindness and thy truth 2 He brought me also out of the alway preserve me. horrible pit, out of the mire and 15 For innumerable troubles clay, and set my feet upon the are come about me; my sins rock, and ordered my goings. have taken such hold upon me, 3 And he hath put a new song that I am not able to look up; in my mouth, even a thanksgiv-yea, they are more in number ing unto our God. than the hairs of my head, and 4 Many shall see it, and fear, my heart hath failed me. and shall put their trust in the 16 O Lord, let it be thy pleaLord. sure to deliver me; make haste, 5 Blessed is the man that hath O Lord, to help me. set his hope in the Lord, and 17 Let them be ashamed, and turned not unto the proud, and confounded together, that seek to such as go about with lies. after my soul to destroy it; let 6 O Lord, my God, great are them be driven backward, and the wondrous works which thou put to rebuke, that wish me hast done; like as be also thy evil. thoughts, which are to us-ward; 18 Let them be desolate, and and yet there is no man that or-rewarded with shame, that say dereth them unto thee. unto me, Fie upon thee, fie upon 7 If I should declare them, and thee. speak of them, they should be 19 Let all those that seek thee, more than I am able to express. [be joyful and glad in thee; and 8 Sacrifice and meat-offering let such as love thy salvation, say thou wouldest not, but mine ears alway, The Lord be praised. hast thou opened. 20 As for me, I am poor and 9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice needy; but the Lord careth for for sin hast thou not required: me. then said I, Lo. I come. 21 Thou art my helper and re 10 In the volume of the book deemer; make no long tarrying, it is written of me, that I should O my God. fulfil thy will. O my God: I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart. EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 41. Beatus qui intelligit. BLESSED is he that consider. ji I have declared thy righte-! eth the poor and needy; the ousness in the great congregation:Lord shall deliver him in the time lo, I will not refrain my lips, Olof trouble. Lord, and that thou knowest. 2 The Lord preserve him, and |