12 What man is lie that lusteth to 5 Let them be as une dust before live, and would tiin see good day's ? the wind, and the Angel of the

13 Keep thy tongue fromevil, and Lord scattering them. thy lips, ihat they speak no guile. 6 Let their way be dark and slip.

14 Eschew evil, and do good ; pery, and let the Angel of the Lord seck peace, and ensue it.

persecute them. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over 7 For they have privily laid their the righteous, and his ears are open net to destroy me without a cause ; unto their prayers.

yea, even without a cause have 13 The countenance of the Lord they made a pit for my soul. is against them that do evil, to root 8 Let a sudden destruction como out the remembrance of them from upon him unawares, and liis net the earth.

that he hath laid privily catch him17 The righteous cry, and the self; that he may fall into his own Lord heareth thein, and delivereth aischief. them out of all their troubles. 9 And my soul be joyful in the

18 The Lord is nigh unto them Loir; it shall rejoice in his salvation. that are of a contrite heart, and 10 All my bones shall say, Lord, will save such as be of an humble who is like unto thee, who deliverspirit.

est the poor from him that is 100 19 Great are the troubles of the strong for him; yea, the poor, and righteous; but the Lord delivereth him that is in misery, from him him out of all.

that spoileth bim ? 20 He keepeth all his benes, so 11 False witnesses did rise up : that not one of them is broken. they laid to my charge things that

21 But inisfortune shall slay the I knew not. ungolly; and they that hate the 12 They rewarded me evil for righteous shall be desolate. goerd, to the great discomfort of

22 The Lord delivereth the souls my soul. of his servants; and all they that 13 Nevertheless, when they were put their trust in him shall not be sick, I put on sackcloth, and hum. destitute.

bled my soul with fasting, and my

prayer shall turn into mine own The seventh Day. bosom. MORNING PRAYER. 14 I behaved myself as thougla Psalm 35. Judica me, Domine. it had been my friend or my bio

, one that with them that strive with me, mourneth for his mother. and fight thoi against them that 15 But in mine adversity they refight against me.

ljoiced, and gathered themselves to2 Lay hand upon the shield and gether; yea, the very abjects came buckler, and stand up to help me. together against me unawares, ma

3 Bring forth the spear, and stop king mouths at me, and ceased not. the way against them that perso- 16 With the flatterers were busy cute me: say unto my soul, I am mockers, who gnashed upon me thy salvation.

with their teeth. 4 Let them be confounded, and 17 Loril, how long wilt thiou look put to shame, that seek after my upon this? O deliver my soul from soul; let them be turned back, and the calamities which they bring on bronght to confusion, that imagine me, and my darling from the lions. mischief for me.

18 So will I give thee thanks in

the great congregation; I will praisej. 4 He imagineth mischief upon thee among much people. his bed, and hath set himself in no

19 O let not thein that are mine good way ; neither doth he ablior enemies triumph over me ungodly; any thing that is evil. neither let them wink with their 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth eyes, that hate me without a cause. unto the heavens, and thy faililul

20 And why? their communing noss unto the clouds. is not for peace; but they imagine 6 Thy righteousness standeth deceitful words against them that like the strong mountains: thy judgare quiet in the land.

ments are like the great deep. 21 They gaped upon me with 7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both their mouths, and said, Fie on thee, man and beast : how excellent is fie on thee, we saw it with our eyes. thy mercy, () Gol: and the chil.

22 This thou hast seen, O Lord; dren of men shall put their trust hold not thy longue ihen; go not under the shadow of thy wings. far trom me, O Lord.

8 They shall be satisfied with the 25 Awake and stand up to judge plenteousness of thy house; and my quarrel; avenge thou my cause, thou shalt give them drink of thy my God and my Lord.

pleasures, as out of the river. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, 9 For with thee is the well of life; according to thy righteousness, and and in thy light shall we see light. let then nut triumph over me.

10 O continue forth thy loving. 25 Let them not say in their kindness unto them that know thee, hearts, There, there, so would we and thy righteousness unto thein bave it; neither let them say, We that are true of heart. lave devoured liim.

11 0 let not the foot of priile 26 Let them be put to confusion come against me; and let not the and shame Logether, that rejoice'at hand of the ungodly cast me down. my trouble; let them be clothed 12 There are they fallen, all that with rebuke and dishonour, that work wickedness; they are cast boast themselves against me. down, and shall not be able to stand.

27 Let them be glad and rejoice, EVENING PRAYER. that favour my righteous dealing; Psalm 37. Noli emuluri. yea, let them say alway, Blessed TRET not th 'self because of the be ihe Lord, who hath pieasure in ungoully; neither be thou envi. the prosperity of his servant. ous against the evil doers :

28 and as for my tongue, it shall 2 For they shall soon be cut be talking of thy righteousness, and down like the grass, and be witherof thy praise, all the day long. ed even as the green herb. Psalm 36. Dixit injustus.

Put thou thy trust in the Lord, Y heart showeth me the wick- and be doing gooxl: dwell in the there is no fear of God before his 4. Deliglit thou in the Lord, and eyes.

he shall give thee thy heart's desire. 2 For be flattereth himself in hisi 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, own sight, until liis abominable sin and put thy trust in him, and he be fowirl out.

shali bring it to pass. 3 The words of his mouth are 6 He shall make thy righteous. unrighteous and full of deceit: beness as clear as the light, and thy hath left off to behave himself wise- just dealing as the noon-day. :), and to sin gooria

i llould tee sull in this lari, and abide patiently upon him; but, 22 Such as are blessed of God, shall grieve not thyself at him whose way possess the land ; and they that are doih prosper, against the man that cursed of him, shall be rooted out. doeth after evil counsels.

23 The Lord ordereth a good 8 Leave off from wrath, and let man's going, and maketh his way go displeasure: fret not thyself, else acceptable to himself. shalt thou be moved to do evil. 24 Though he fall, he shall not

9 Wicked duers shall be rooted be cast away; for the Lord uphold. out; and they that patiently abide eth him with his hand. the Lord, those shall inherit the land. 25 I have been young, and now

10 Yet a little while, and the am old, and yet saw I never the ungodly shall be clean gone: thou righteous forsaken, nor his seed shalt look after his place, and he begging their bread. shall be away.

26 The righteous is ever merci11 But the meek-spirited shall ful, and lendeth; and his seed is possess the earth, and shall be re- blessed. freshed in the multitude of peace. 27 Flee from evil, and do the thing

12 The ungodly seeketh counsel that is good, and dwell for everinore. against the just, and gnasheth upon 28 For the Lord loveth the thing him with his teeth.

that is right; he forsaketh not his 15 The Lord shall laugh him to that be goilly, but they are preserved scorn; for he hath seen that his day, for ever. is coming

29 The unrighteous shall be pun. 14 The ungodly have drawn out ished : as for the seed of the ungod. the sword, and have bent their bow, is, it shall be rooted out. lo cast down the poor and needy, 30 The righteous shall inherit and to slay such as are of a right the land, and dwell therein for ever. conversation.

31 The mouth of the righteous is 15 Their sword shall go through exercised in wisdom, and his tongue their own heart, and their bow shall will be talking of judgment. be broken.

32 The law of his God is in his 16 A small thing that the righ-heart, and his goings shall not slide. tenus liath, is better than great 33 The ungodly seeth the righte. riches of the ungruly;

ous, and seeketh occasion toslarhim. 17 For the arms of the ungodly 34 The Lord will not leave him shall be broken, and the Lord up- in his hand, nor condemn him when holdeth the righteous.

he is judged. 18 The Lord knoweth the days 35 Hope thou in the Lord, and of the godly; and their inheritance keep his way, and he shall promote shall endure for ever.

thee, that thou shalt possess the 19 They shall not be confounded land: when the ungodly shall perish, in the perilous time; and in the days thou shalt see it. of dearth they shall have enough. 36 I myself have seen the ungodly

20 As for the ungodly, they shall in great power, and flourishing like perish, and the enemies of the Lord a green bay-tree. shall consume as the fat of lambs; 37 I went by, and lo, he was yea, even as the smoke shall they gone; I sought him, but his place consumne awar.

could no where be found. 21 The ungodly borroweth, and 38 Keep innocency, and take heed payeth not again ; but the righteous unto the thing that is right; for that is merciful and liberal.

Ishall bring a mou peace at the las..

39 As for the transgressors, they talked of wickedness, and imagined shall perish together; and the end deceit all the day long. of the ungodly is, they shall be 13 As for ine, I was like a deaf rooted out at the last.

man, and lieard not; and as one that 40 But the salvation of the righte. is dumb, who doth not open his ous cometh of the Lord, who is also mouth. their strength in the time of trouble. 14 I became even as a man that

41 And the Lord shall stand by heareth not, and in whose mouth them, and save them; he shall de- are no reproofs. liver them from the ungodly, and 15 For in thee, O Lord, have I shall save them, because they put put my trust; thou shalt answer their trust in him.

me,

O Lord, my God.

16 I have required that chey,even The eighth Day. mine enemies, should not triumph MORNING-PRAYER.

Jover me; for when my foot slipt, Psalm 38. Domine, ne in furore. they rejoiced greatly against me.

me not to rebuke, O Lord, 17 And I truly am set in the in thine anger; neither chasten plague, and my heaviness is ever me in thy lieavy displeasure: in my sight:

2 For thine arrows stick fast in 18 For I will confess my wicked. me, a:ad thy hand presseth me sore. ness, and be sorry for my sin.

3 There is no health in my flesh, 19 But mine enemies lire, and because of thy displeasure; neither are miglity; and they that hate me is there any rest in my bones, by wrongfully are many in number. reason of my sin :

20 They also that rewar evil 4 For my wickednesses are gone for gool are against me; because I over my beacl, and are like a sore tollow the thing that good is. burthen, loo heavy for me to bear. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord, my

5 My wounds stink, and are cor. God; be not thou far from ine. rupt, thĻough my foolishness.

22 Isaste thee to help me, O 6 1 am brouglit into so great tron- Lord, God of my salvation. ble and misery, that I go mourning Psalm 39. Dixi, Custodiam. all the day long:

I Said, I will take hce to my wars, 7 For my loins are filled with a

that I offend not in my tongue. sore disease, and there is no whole ? I will keep my mouth as it part in my boly.

were with a bridle, while the un8 I am feeble and sore smitten; goilly is in my sight. I have roared for the very disquiet- 3 I held my tongue, and spake ress of my heart.

nothing: I kept silence, yea, even 9 Lori, thou knowest all my from good words; but it was pain desire; and my groaning is not hid and grief to me. from three.

4 My lieart was hot within me: 10 My heart panteth, my strength and while I was thus musing the hath failed me, and the sight of fire kindled, and at the last I spake niinc eyes is gone from me. with my tongue:

11 My lovers and my neighbours 5 Lord, let me know my end, did stand looking upon my trouble, and the number of my days, that I and my kinsmen stood afar off. may be certified how long I have

12 They also that sought after to live. my life, laid snares for me; and 6 Behold, thou hast made my thes that went alou! le do me evil. Idays n3 it were a span long, aud mine age is even as nothing in re- done; like as be also thy thoughts, spect of thee; and verily every man which are to us-ward; and yet there living is altogether vanity: is no man that ordereth them unto

7 For man walketh in a vain thee. shadow, and disquieteth himself in 7 If I should declare them, and vain; he heapeth up riches, and speak of them, they should be more cannot tell who shall gather them. than I am able to express.

8 And now, Lord, what is my 8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou hope? truly my hope is even in wouldest not, but mine ears hast thee.

thou opened. 9 Deliver me from all mine of- 9 Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for fences, and make me not a rebuke sin hast thou not required : then unto the foolish,

said I, Lo, I come. 10 I became dumb, and opened

10 In the volume of the book it not my mouth; for it was thy doing. is written of me, that I should ful

11 Take thy plågue away from fil thy will, O my God: I am conme: I am even consumed by the tent to do it; yea, thy law is with. means of thy heavy hand. in my heart.

12 When thou with rebukes dost 11°I have declared thy rightechasten man for sin, thou makest ousness in the great congregation : his beauty to consume away, like as lo, I will not refrain my lips, O it were a moth fretting a garment: Lord, and that thou knowest. every man therefore is but vanity. 12 I have not hid thy righteous

13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and ness within my heart; my talk with thine ears consider my calling; hath been of thy truth, and of thy hold not thy peace at my tears: salvation.

14 For I am a stranger with thee, 13 I have not kept back thy lov. And a sojourner, as all my father's sing mercy and truth from the great

congregation. 15 O spare me a little, that I 14 Withdraw not thou thy mer. may recover my strength, before cy from me, O Lord; let thy love I go hence, and be no more scen. Jing-kindness and thy truth alway Psalm 40. Expectans expectavi. preserve me. I waited patiently for the Lord,

15 For innumerable troubles are and he inclined unto me, and come about me; my sins have taken heart my calling

such hold upon me, that I am not a 2 He brought me also out of the ble to look up; yea, they are more horrible pit, out of the mire and in number than the hairs of nis clay, and set my feet upon the rock, head, and my heart hath failed me. and ordered my goings.

16 O Lord, let it be thy pleasure 3 And he hath put a new song to deliver me; make haste, O in my mouth, even a thanksgiving Lord, to help me. unto our Gou.

17 Let them be ashamed, ani! 4 Many shall see it, and fear, and confounded together, that seo-k af. shall put their trust in the Lord. ter my soul to destroy it; let them

5 Blessed is the man that hath be driven back wari, and put to reset his hupe in the Lord, and turn-buke, that wish me evil. ed not unto the proud, and to such 18 Let them be desolate, and reas go about with lies.

warded with shame, that say unto 6 O Lord, my Gol, gitat are the me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. wondrous works which thou hast! 19 Let all those that seck thee.

were.