Psalm 2. (2)

Psalm 3. (3)

Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly shall perish. Glory be, &c.

Why do the heathen so furiously rage together: and why do the people imagine a vain thing?

The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together: against the Lord, and against his Anointed. Let us break their bonds asunder: and cast away their cords from us.

He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath: and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Yet have I set my King: upon my holy hill of Sion. I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said unto me: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

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Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron: and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be learned, ye that are judges of the earth.

Serve the Lord in fear: and rejoice unto him with re

verence.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way: if his wrath be kindled, (yea, but a little) blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Glory be, &c.

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me: many are they that rise against me.

Many one there be that say of my soul: There is no help for him in his God.

But thou, O Lord, art my defender: thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.

I did call upon the Lord with my voice: and he heard me out of his holy hill.

I laid me down and slept, and rose up again: for the Lord sustained me.

I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people: that have set themselves against me round about.

Up, Lord, and help me, O my God: for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people. Glory be, &c.

Psalm 6. (4)

(c.) Antiphon.

(d.) Antiphon. Psalm 7. (5)

O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation; neither chasten me in thy displeasure.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord heal me, for my bones are vexed.

My soul also is sore troubled: but, Lord, how long wilt thou punish me?

Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercies' sake.

For in death no man remembereth thee: and who will give thee thanks in the pit.

I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed: and water my couch with my tears.

My beauty is gone for very trouble: and worn away because of all mine enemies.

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Away from me, all ye that work vanity for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

The Lord hath heard my petition: the Lord will receive my prayer.

All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed: they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly. Glory be, &c.

Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto him with reve

rence.

God is a righteous judge.

O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me

Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces: while there is none to help.

O Lord my God, if I have done any such thing: or if there be any wickedness in my hands;

If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me: yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;

Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me: yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.

Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies: arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.

And so shall the congregation of the people come about

thee for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.

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The Lord shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O Lord: according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.

O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end: but guide thou the just.

For the righteous God: trieth the very hearts and reins.

Psalm 8, (6)

Psalms 9 & 10. (7)

My help cometh of God: who preserveth them that are true of heart.

God is a righteous judge, strong and patient: and God is provoked every day.

If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword: he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

He hath prepared for him the instruments of death: he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Behold, he travelleth with mischief: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness.

He hath graven and digged up a pit: and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.

For his travail shall come upon his own head: and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.

I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteousness and I will praise the name of the Lord most High. Glory be, &c,

O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens!

Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies: that thou mightest still the enemy, and the avenger.

For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him: and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Thou madest him lower than the angels: to crown him with glory and worship.

Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet;

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All sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.

O Lord our Governor how excellent is thy Name in all the world! Glory be, &c.

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will speak of all thy marvellous works.

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: yea, my songs will I make of thy name, O thou most Highest.

While mine enemies are driven back: they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne that judgest right.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: even as the cities which thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them.

But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath also prepared his seat for judgment.

For he shall judge the world in righteousness: and minister true judgment unto the people.

The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed: even a refuge in due time of trouble

And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee.

O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion: shew the people of his doings.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me: thou that liftest me up from the gates of death.

That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the same net which they hid privily, is their foot taken. The Lord is known to execute judgment: the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands.

The wicked shall be turned into hell: and all the people that forget God.

For the poor shall not alway be forgotten: the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever.

Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

Put them in fear, O Lord: that the heathen may know themselves to be but men.

Why standest thou so far off, O Lord: and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?

The ungodly for his own lust doth persecute the poor : let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined.

For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire: and speaketh good of the covetous, whom God abhorreth.

The ungodly is so proud, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts.

His ways are always grievous: thy judgments are far above out of his sight, and therefore defieth he all his enemies.

For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down there shall no harm happen unto me.

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud: under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity.

Psalm 11. (8)

He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets: and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

For he lieth waiting secretly, even as a lion lurketh he in his den: that he may ravish the poor.

He doth ravish the poor: when he getteth him into his

net.

He falleth down, and humbleth himself: that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains.

He hath said in his heart, Tush, God hath forgotten: he hideth away his face, and he will never see it.

Arise, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand: forget not the poor.

Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God: while he he doth say in heart, Tush, thou God carest not for it. Surely thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong.

That thou mayest take the matter into thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; for thou art the helper of the friendless.

Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious: take away his ungodliness, and thou shalt find none.

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

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor: thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto.

To help the fatherless and poor unto their right: that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them. Glory be, &c.

In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill?

For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver: that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.

For the foundations will be cast down: and what hath the righteous done?

The Lord is in his holy temple: the Lord's seat is in heaven.

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His eyes consider the poor: and his eyelids try the children of men.

The Lord alloweth the righteous: but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor.

Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink. For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness: his countenance will behold the thing that is just. Glory be, &c.