7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me with out al cause : yea, even without a cause have they | made · al pit for my | soul.

8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net, that he hath laid privily, I catch. him | self: that he may | fall in : to his I own mischief:

9 And, my soul, be joyful in the Lord: it shali re 1 joice , in his · sal | vation.

10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too | strong · for him: yea, the poor, and him that is in misery, · from him that | spoileth him!

11 False witnesses did | rise up: they laid to my | charge things that · I knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil. for good: to the great dis com · furt 1 of · my soul.

13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my | soul : with fasting : and my prayer shall | turn in to mine | own | bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend, .or my | brother: I went heavily, as | one · that | mourneth · for his mother.

15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered them selves · to gether: yea, the very abjects came together against me unawares, making | mouths · at me, and ceased not.

16 With the flatterers were i bu • sy | mockers : who gnashed up | on · me with · their | teeth.

17 Lord, how long wilt thou | look up on this: O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my | dar · ling \ from · the | lions.

18 So will I give thee thanks in the great . congre | gation : I will praise | thee · al mong • much I people.

19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me · un godly: neither let them wink with their eyes that hate · me without a cause.

20 And why? their communing is not · for peace : but they imagine deceitful words against them that are qui . et l in the land.

21 They gaped upon me with their | mouths, . and I said: Fie on thee, fie on thee, we saw · it ! with · our eyes.

22 This thou hast seen, .0 | Lord: hold not thy tongue then, go not far from me, .0 | Lord.

23 Awake, and stand up to judge • my guarrel: avenge thou my cause, . my God, and, my Lord.

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy I righteousness : and let them : not tri · umph | over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, There, there, 80 would . we have it : neither let them | say, . we have · del voured him.

26 Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at • my trouble : let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast • them selves · a gainst me.

27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that favour my right · eous dealing : yea, let them say alway, Blessed be the Lord, who hath pleasure in the pros | peri • ty 1 of his | servant.

28 And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy | righteousness : and of thy | praise | all the : day I long.

Psalm xxxvi. Dixit injustus. M Y heart sheweth me the wickedness of the

M · un | godly: that there is no fear of God. before · his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own | sight : until his abominable sin · be found out.

3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous, and 1 full of deceit: he hath left off to behave himself I wise . 'ly, I and to · do good.

4 He imagined mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no · good l way: neither doth he ab , hor · any | thing that is | evil.

5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the heavens : and thy faithful • ness | unto · the i clouds.

6 Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains : thy I judgements • are like the great | deep.

7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and beast; How excellent is thy | mercy, .0 | God: and the children of men shall put their trust under the sha · dow of thy | wings.

8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of • thy | house: and thou shalt give them drink of thy I pleasures, • as out of the | river.

9 For with thee is the well of life: and in thy | light · shall | we • see | light.

10 o continue forth thy loving-kindness unto them • that I know thee: and thy righteousness unto them that · are true · of heart.

11'0 let not the foot of pride | come a l gainst me: and let not the hand of the un god . ly | cast · me | down.

12 There are they fallen, all that · work wickedness: they are cast down, and shall not : be able · to stand.

pass.

6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear • as the I light: and thy just | dealing · as the | noon | day.

7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patient · ly upon him: but grieve not thyself at him, whose way doth prosper, against the man that | doeth · after le vil | counsels.

8 Leave off from wrath, and let / go • dis pleasure : fret not thyself, else shalt thou be i moved to do | evil.

9 Wicked doers shall be roo · ted | out : apd they that patiently abide the Lord, I those · shall in herit · the land.

io Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall ( be • clean | gone : thou shalt look after his place, and | he shall be a way.

11 But the meek-spirited shall pos / sess • the 1 earth: and shall be refreshed in the mul. ti ) tude • of | peace.

12 The ungodly seeketh counsel a I gainst · the just: and gnasheth up on · him ) with his teeth.

13 The Lord shall | laugh · him to l scorn: for he hath | seen that his 1 day · is coming.

14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent · their | bow: to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as | are · of a right . conversation.

15 Their sword shall go through their own | heart: and . their I bow • shall be broken.

16 A small thing that the righteous | hath: is better than great | rich •es of the • un godly.

17 For the arms of the ungodly | shall be broken: and the Lord · up holdeth · the righteous

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly : and their inheritance · shall en dure for ever.

19 They shall not be confounded in the peril. ous | time: and in the days of | dearth · they shall | have enough.

20 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 • a way.

21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth. not all gain: but the righteous is 1 mer: ci | ful · and liberal.

22 Such as are blessed of God, shall pos / sess · the land: and they that are cursed of him · shall be rooted out.

23 The Lord ordereth a good · man's | going : and maketh his way ac | cepta · ble | to. him self.

24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast •a | way: for the Lord up I holileth · him with , his hand.

25 I have been young, and now • am old : and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his 1 seed | begging · their | bread.