9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but e- | stablish the just || for the righteous God | trieth the hearts and reins. 10 My de- fence' is of God; || which saveth the up- | right in |

heart.

II God judgeth the | righteous, and God is angry with the | wicked | every day.

12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; || he hath bent his | bow, and made it ready.

13 He hath also prepared for him the instru- | ments of death; || he ordaineth his arrows against the perse- | cutors.

14 Behold, he travaileth with inchief, and brought forth | falsehood.

iquity, || and hath conceived | mis

15 He made a | pit, and | digged it, || and is fallen into the ditch | which he made.

16 His mischief shall return upon his own | head, || and his violent dealing shall come down up- | on his | own | pate.

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f 17 I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness || and will sing praise to the | name of' the Lord most high.

f O LORD our | Lord, || how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory a- bove the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength be- cause of thine | enemies, || that thou mightest still the enemy | Land' the a- | venger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of' thy | fingers, || the moon and the stars, | which thou hast or- | dained;

4 What is man, that thou art | mindful' of him? || and the son of man, that thou | visitest | him?

5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the crowned him with glory and honour.

5 Thou madest him to have dominion over the hands; || thou hast put all things | under his feet:

angels, || and hast

works of thy |

7 All sheep and oxen, || yea, and the | beasts' of the field;

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish' of the | sea, || and whatsoever passeth through the paths' of the seas.

9 O Lord our Lord, || how excellent is thy | name in all the earth!

* If Ps. viii. is chanted consecutively to Ps. vii., the key here should be D flat.

fI WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my whole | heart; || I will shew forth all thy marvellous | works.

2 I will be glad and re-joice in | thee: || I will sing praise to thy | name, O thou most | High.

3 When mine enemies are turned | back, || they shall fall and | perish at | thy presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my | right' and my | cause; || thou satest in the throne | judging | right.

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast de- | stroyed the | wicked, || thou hast put out their name for | ever and ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a per- | petu' al | end: || and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is | perish- | ed with them. 7 But the Lord shall en- dure for ever: he hath pre- | pared his | | || | throne for judgment.

8 And he shall judge the world in | righteousness, || he shall minister judgment to the people in | up- | rightness.

9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the op- | pressed, || a | refuge in times of trouble.

Io And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: || for thou, Lord, hast not for- | saken | them that seek thee.

II Sing praises to the Lord, which | dwelleth in | Zion: || declare a- mong the people his | doings.

12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he re- | member'eth | them: || he forgetteth | not the cry' of the humble.

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, || thou that liftest me up' from the gates of death: 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: || I will re- | joice in thy sal- vation.

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that' they made : || in the net which they | hid' is their own foot | taken.

16 The Lord is known by the judgment which he | exe- cuteth || the wicked is snared in the work' of his own | hands.

Pp 17 The wicked shall be turned | into | hell, || and all the | nations | that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not alway | be for- | gotten: || the expectation of the poor shall not | perish for ever.

19 Arise, O Lord; let not man pre- | vail: let the heathen be judged in thy | sight.

20 Put them in | fear, O

Lord: || that the nations may know them- |

WHY standest thou afar off, | O| Lord? | why hidest thou thy- | self in times of trouble?

2 The wicked in his pride doth perse- | cute the poor: || let them be taken in the devices | that they have imagined.'

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's de- | sire, || and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord ab- | horreth.

4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek | after God: || God is not in | all his | thoughts.

5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of ' his sight as for all his ene- | mies, he puffeth | at them.

6 He hath said in his heart, "I shall not be moved: || for I shall | never be in ad- | versity."

7 His mouth is full of cursing and de- | ceit and | fraud: | under his | tongue is mischief and vanity.

8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: || his eyes are privily | set a- | gainst the poor. 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: || he doth catch the poor, when he | draweth him | into his net. 10 He croucheth, and | humbleth him- | self, || that the | poor may fall by' his strong ones.

II He hath said in his heart, "God' hath for- | gotten: || he hideth his face; he will never see it."

f 12 Arise, O Lord; O God, | lift up' thine hand: || for- | get not the humble.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked con- | temn | God? || he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not re- quire it.

14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand || the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the | fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the | evil | man: || seek out his wickedness | till thou | find | none.

16 The Lord is King for | ever and ever: || the heathen are | perished | out of his land.

17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the pare their heart, thou wilt | cause thine | ear to 18 To judge the fatherless and the op- | presthe earth' may no more op- | press.

humble: || thou wilt prehear:

sed, || that the man of

f IN the Lord | put I'my | trust: || how say ye to my soul, | "Flee' as a bird to your mountain?

2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow up- on the string, || that they may privily | shoot' at the upright in ¦ heart.

3 If the foundations | be de- | stroyed, || what | can the righteous | do?" 4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne' is in heaven : 11 his eyes behold, his eyelids | try, the children of men.

5 The Lord trieth the righteous: || but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul | hateth.

6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible | tempest: || this shall be the portion of their cup.

7 For the righteous Lord loveth | righteousness; || his countenance doth be- hold the upright.

HELP, Lord; for the godly man | ceaseth; || for the faithful fail from among the children of men. |

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: || with flattering lips and with a double | heart' do they speak.

3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering | lips, || and the | tongue that | speaketh proud | things:

4 Who have said, "With our tongue will we prevail; our | lips' are our own: | who is | lord | over | us?"

5 "For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise," | saith the Lord; || "I will set him in safety from him that |

f 6 The words of the Lord are | pure words: || as silver tried in a furnace of earth, | purified | seven times.

7 Thou shalt keep them, | O | Lord, || thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

8 The wicked walk on | eve' ry | side, || when the vilest | men' are ex-alted.

PSALM XIII.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

pp HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? || how long wilt thou hide thy face | from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be ex-alted | over | me? 3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: || lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have pre- | vailed a- | gainst him; || and those that trouble me re- | joice when I am moved.

f 5 But I have trusted in thy sal vation.

6 I will sing unto the fully with me.

thy | mercy; | my heart shall re- | joice in |

Lord, || because he hath dealt | bounti- |

They

mf THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that | doeth good.

2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of | men, || to see if there were any that did under- stand, and 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together be

there is none that doeth | good, | no, not | one.

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?

seek | God.

come | filthy: ||

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who eat up

my people as they eat bread, and call not up- on the Lord.

5 There were they in great fear: || for God is in the gene- | ration |

of the righteous.

6 Ye have shamed the counsel | of the | poor, || because the | Lord | is his refuge.

7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were | come' out of | Zion! || when the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, f Jacob shall rejoice, and | Israel | shall be glad.