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The ungodly feeketh counfel against the juft, and gnatheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord fhall laugh him to fcorn; for he hath feen that his day is coming.

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The ungodly have drawn out the fword, and have bent their bow, to caft down the poor and needy, and to flay fuch as are of a right converfation.

Their fword fhall go through 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 fhall be broken, and the Lord upholdeth the righ

teous.

The Lord knoweth the days of the godly; and their inheritance thall endure for

ever.

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they fhall have enough.

As for the ungodly, they. fhall perish, and the enemies of the Lord fhall confume as the fat of lambs; yea, even as the fmoke fhall they confume away.

The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is merciful and liberal.

Such as are bleffed of God,

fhall poffefs the land; and they that are curfed of him, fhall be rooted out.

The Lord ordereth a good man's going, and maketh his way acceptable to himself.

Though he fall, he fhall not be caft 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 bleffed.

Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore.

For the Lord loveth the thing that is right; he forfaketh not his that be godly, but they are preferved for ever.

The unrighteous fhall be punifhed; as for the feed of the ungodly, it fhall be rooted out.

The righteous fhall inherit the land, and dwell therein. for ever.

The mouth of the righteous is exercifed in wisdom, and his tongue will be talking of judgment.

The law of his God is in his heart, and his goings fhall not flide.

The ungodly feeth the righteous, and feeketh occafion to flay him.

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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 fhall promote thee, that thou fhalt poffefs the land: when the ungodly fhall perish, thou fhalt fee it.

I myself have feen the ungodly in great power, and 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 last.

of the fcornful:

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he exercise himself day and night.

And he fhall be like a tree planted by the water-fide, that will bring forth his fruit in due feafon.

His leaf alfo fhall not wither; and look, whatsoever he doeth, it fhall profper.

As for the ungodly, it is not fo with them, but they are like the chaff, which the wind fcattereth away from the face of the earth.

As for the tranfgreffors, Therefore the ungodly fhall they fhall perish together; not be able to ftand in the and the end of the ungodly judgment, neither the finners is, they fhall be rooted out in the congregation of the at the laft. righteous.

But the falvation of the righteous cometh of the Lord, who is alfo their ftrength in the time of trouble.

But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; and the way of the ungodly fhall perish.

And the Lord shall stand by them, and fave them; he Pfalm xv. Domine, quis habifhall deliver them from the

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fhall reft upon thy holy hill?

Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and fpeaketh the truth from his heart:

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done

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evil to his neighbour, and For the peftilence that

hath not flandered his neighbour:

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He that fetteth not by himself; but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the Lord He that fweareth unto his

him not, though it were to his own hindrance:

He that hath not given his money upon ufury, nor taken reward against the innocent: Whofo doeth these things, fhall never fall.

Pfalm xci. Qui habitat,

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HOSO dwelleth under the defence of the Moft High, fhall abide under the fhadow of the Almighty.

walketh in darkness, nor for the fickness that deftroyeth in the noon-day.

A thousand fhall fall befide thee, and ten thousand at t right hand ; but it shall no come nigh thee.

Yea, with thine fhalt thou behold, and fee the re ward of the ungodly.

For thou, Lord, art my hope; thou haft let thine houfe of defence very high.

There fhall no evil happen unto thee, neither fhall any plague come nigh thy dwel ling.

For he fhall give his Angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

They fhall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a ftone.. I will fay unto the Lord, Thou halt go upon the Thou art my hope, and my lion and adder; the young ftrong hold, my God, in him lion and the dragon fhalt will It ft.

For e fhall deliver thee from the fnare of the hunter, and from the noisome peftilence.

He fhall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be fafe under his feathers; his faithfulness and truth fhall be thy fhield and buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid of any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

"thou tread under thy feet.

Because he hath fet his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will fet him up, because he hath known my Name.

He fhall call upon me, and I will hear him; yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour u

With long life will I fatisfy him, and fhow him my fal

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LESSED is he whose

3 unrighteoufnefs is forgiven, and whofe fin is covered,

Bleffed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no fin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

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I will acknowledge my fin unto thee; and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. I faid, I will confess my unto the Lord; and fo thou forgaveft the wickedness of >my fin,

For this fhall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayeft be found; but in the great water floods they fhall not come nigh him.

Thou art a place to hide me in thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compaís me about with songs of deliverance.

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 whofo putteth his truft in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every fide.

Pfalm cxxx, De profundis.

called unto thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.

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well the voice of my comO let thine ears confider plaint.

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amifs, O Lord, who may

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Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made.

Be glad, O ye righteous, heaven and earth.

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From Pfalm li. Miferere mei,, Deus.

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AVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies, do away mine offences. Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my fin:

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For I acknowledge my faults, and my fin is ever before me.

Against thee only have I finned, and done this evil in thy fight, that thou mighteft be juftified in thy faying, and clear when thou art judged. Behold, I was fhapen in wickedness, and in fin hath my mother conceived me.

But lo, thou requireft truth in the inward parts, and fhalt make me to understand wifdom fecretly.

Thou shalt purge me with

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prefence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

O give me the comfort of thy help again, and stablish me with thy free Spirit.

Then fhall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, and finners fhall be converted unto thee.

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Deliver me from blood-, guiltinefs, O God, thou that art the God of my health; and my tongue fhall fing of thy righteoufnefs.

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall show thy praife.

For thou defireft no facrifice, elfe would I give it thee; but thou delighteft not in burnt-offerings.

The facrifice of God is a troubled fpirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, fhalt thou not defpife.. From Pfalm xlii. Quemad

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hyffop, and I fhall be clean; LIKE as the hart defireth

thou shalt wash me, and I fhall be whiter than fnow.

Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladnefs, that the bones which thou haft broken may rejoice.

Turn thy face from my fins, and put out all my mifdeeds. Make me a clean hearty O God, and renew a right fpirit within me.

Caft me not away from thy

the water-brooks, fo longeth my foul after thee, O God.

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My foul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God: When fhall I come to appear before the presence of God?

My tears have been my meat day and night; while they daily fay unto me, Where is now thy Godded to

Now when I think there upon, I pour out my heart by myself;

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