The Lord knoweth the days of this way, and he shall promote thee, the godly; and their inheritance that thou shalt possess the land: shall endure for ever.

when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough. in As for the ungodly, they shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs; yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.

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

I myself have seen the ungodly great power, and flourishing like green bay-tree. I went by, and lo, he was gone: sought him, but his place could no where be found.

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Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last. As for the transgressors, they shall perish together: and the end

Such as are blessed of God, shall possess the land; and they that are of the ungodly is, they shall be rootcursed of him, shall be rooted out. ed out at the last.

The Lord ordereth a good man's But the salvation of the righteous going, and maketh his ways accept-cometh of the Lord, who is also their able to himself. strength in the time of trouble. Though he fall, he shall not be And the Lord shall stand by cast away; for the Lord upholdeth them, and save them; he shall dehim with his hand. liver them from the ungodly, and

I have been young, and now am shall save them, because they put old, and yet saw I never the righ- their trust in him.

teous forsaken, nor his seed begging

their bread.

SELECTION V.

The righteous is ever merciful, Psalm 1. Beatus vir, qui non

and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

abiit.

Flee from evil, and do the thing PLESSED is the man that hath that is good, and dwell forevermore. not walked in the counsel of For the Lord loveth the thing the ungodly, nor stood in the way that is right; he forsaketh not his of sinners, and hath not sat in the that be godly, but they are preserv-seat of the scornful:

ed for ever.

But his delight is in the law of

The unrighteous shall be punish- the Lord; and in his law will he ed; as for the seed of the ungodly, exercise himself day and night.

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 slide.

The ungodly seeth the righteous, and seeketh occasion to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Hope thou in the Lord, and keep

And he shall be like a tree plant. ed by the water-side, that will bring forth his fruit in due season.

His leaf also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

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.

Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, neither the sinners in the congre gation of the righteous.

But the Lord knoweth the way and ten thousand at thy right hand; of the righteous; and the way of but it shall not come nigh thee. the ungodly shall perish. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou Psalm 15. Domine, quis habita-behold, and see the reward of the

bit?

LORD, who shall dwell in thy

ungodly.

For thou, Lord, art my hope;

tabernacle? or who shall rest thou hast set thine house of defence

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:

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbour:

He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the Lord:

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.

They shall bear thee in their 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.

He that sweareth unto his neigh- Because he hath set his love bour, and disappointeth him not, upon me, therefore will I deliver though it were to his own hindrance: him; I will set him up, because He that hath not given his mo- he hath known my name.

ney upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent:

Whoso doeth these things, shall never fall.

Psalm 91. Qui habitat.

He shall call upon me, and 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 satisfy him,

WHOSO dwelleth under the and show him my salvation.

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 trust.

For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence.

SELECTION VI.
From Psalm 32. Beati, quorum.

BLESSED is

he whose unrighte.

ousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.

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

He shall defend thee under his I will acknowledge my sin unto wings, and thou shalt be safe un-thee; and mine unrighteousness der his feathers; his faithfulness have I not hid.

and truth shall be thy shield and I said, I will confess my sins unto buckler.

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

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the sickness ⚫ that destroyeth in the noon-day.

A thousand shall fall beside thee,

the Lord; and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.

For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found; but in the great water floods they shall not come nigh him. Thou art a place to hide me in;

thou shalt preserve me from trou-1 So that the sun shall not burn ble: thou shalt compass me about thee by day; neither the moon by with songs of deliverance.

night.

I will inform thee, and teach The Lord shall preserve thee thee in the way wherein thou shalt from all evil; yea, it is even he go; and I will guide thee with mine that shall keep thy soul.

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The Lord shall preserve thy

this time forth for evermore.

Great plagues remain for the un-going out and thy coming in, from godly; but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side.

Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart.

Psalm 130. De profundis. UT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.

O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint.

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who inay abide it?

For there is mercy with thee; therefore shalt thou be feared.

SELECTION VII. Psalm 23. Dominus regit me. THE Lord is my shepherd; there fore can I lack nothing. He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.

He shall convert my soul, and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort

me.

I look for the Lord; my soul Thou shalt prepare a table before doth wait for him; in his word is me against them that trouble me; my trust. thou hast anointed my head with

My soul fleeth unto the Lord oil, and my cup shall be full. before the morning watch; I say, before the morning watch.

O Israel, trust in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.

Psalm 121. Levavi oculos meos.
Will lift up mine eyes unto the

But thy loving kindness and mer. cy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Psalm 34. Benedicam Domino. [ Will alway give thanks unto the Lord; his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

I the Lord the materi

help.

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

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved, and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord himself is thy keeper; the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand:

My soul shall make her boast in thereof, and be glad.

O praise the Lord with me; and let us magnify his name together. 1 sought 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 I ord heareth him; yea, and saveth him

Fout of all his troubles.

The Angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Thou that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. My misdeeds prevail against me:

O taste, and see, how gracious O be thou merciful unto our sins the Lord is blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee:

O fear the Lord, ye that are his he shall dwell in thy court, and shall

Saints; for they that fear him lack

nothing.

The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good.

Come, ye children, and hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear

of the Lord.

What man is he that lusteth to Live, and would fain see good days? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile. Eschew evil, and do good; seek

peace, and ensue it.

The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his cars are open unto their prayers.

be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation; thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.

Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, and is girded about with power.

Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people.

They also that dwell in the ut. termost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens, thou that makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee.

Thou visitest the earth, and bles

The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil, to root sest it; thou makest it very plen out the remembrance of them from teous. the earth.

The river of God is full of water.

The righteous cry, and the Lord thou preparest their corn, for so heareth them, and delivereth them thou providest for the earth. out of all their troubles.

Thou waterest her furrows; thou

The Lord is nigh unto those who sendest rain into the little vallies are of a contrite heart, and will thereof; thou makest it soft with save suen as are of an humble spirit, the drops of rain, and blessest the Great are the troubles of the increase of it. righteous; but the Lord delivereth Thou crownest the year with thy him out of all. goodness, and thy clouds drop fatHe keepeth all his bones, so that ness. not one of them is broken. They shall drop upon the dwellBut misfortune shall slay the un-ings of the wilderness, and the litgodly; and they that hate the righ-tle hills shall rejoice on every side. teous shall be desolate. The folds shall be full of sheep;

The Lord delivereth the souls of the vallies also shall stand so thick nis servants; and all they that put with corn, that they shall laugh and their trust in him shall not be des- sing.

My soul hath a desire and long-quicken us, that thy people may

ing to enter into the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

rejoice in thee?
Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and
grant us thy salvation.

Yea, the sparrow hath found her I will hearken what the Lord an house, and the swallow a nest, God will say concerning me; for where she may lay her young; even he shall speak peace unto his peothy altars, O Lord of hosts, my ple, and to his saints, that they turn King and my God. not again.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be alway praising thee.

For his salvation is nigh thein that fear him; that glory may dwell

in our land.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are thyer:

wavs.

Who going through the vale of misery, use it for a well; and the poois are filled with water.

Mercy and truth are met togethrighteousness and peace have

kissed each other.

Truth shall flourish out of the earth, and righteousness nath looked down from heaven.

They will go from strength to Yea, the Lord shall show loving. strength, and unto the God of gods kindness; and our land shall give appeareth every one of them in Sion. her increase.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my Righteousness shall go before him; praver; hearken. O God of Jacob. and he shall direct his going in the For one day in thy courts is bet-way.

ter than a thousand.

I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.

For the Lord God is a light and lefence; the Lord will give grace and worship; and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

O Lord God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. Psalm 85. Benedixisti, Domine. IORD, thou art become gracious

thy land; thou hast turn

ed away the captivity of Jacob.

Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people, and covered all their sins. Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation.

Turn us then, O God our Saviour,

and let thine anger cease from us. Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever? and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another?

Wilt thou not turn again, and

Psalm 93. Dominus regnavit.
THE Lord is King, and hath put

on glorious apparel; the Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength.

He hath made the round world so sure, that it cannot be moved. Ever since the world began, hath thy seat been prepared: Thou art from everlasting.

The floods are risen, O Lord, the floods have lift up their voice; the floods liit up their waves.

The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very sure: holiness becometh thine house for ever. Psalm 97. Dominus regnavit.

THE Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof; yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.

Clouds and darkness are round about hiru; righteousness and judg ment are the habitation of his seat.