13 I became a reproof among 23 Thanks be to the LORD; all mine enemies, but especially for he hath showed me maramong my neighbours; and vellous great kindness in a they of mine acquaintance were strong city. afraid of me; and they that did see me without, conveyed themselves from me.

14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am become like a broken vessel.

15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear is on every side, while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to take away my life.

16 But my hope hath been in thee, O LORD; I have said, Thou art my God.

17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

24 And when I made haste, I said, I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes.

25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer, when I cried unto thee.

26 O love the LORD, all ye his saints; for the LORD preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.

27 Be strong, and he shall establish your heart, all ye that put your trust in the LORD.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 32. Beati, quorum.

BLESSED is he whose

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

18 Show thy servant the unrighteousness is forgiven, light of thy countenance, and and whose sin is covered. save me for thy mercies' sake. 19 Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I have called upon thee; let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in the grave.

3 For whilst I held my tongue, my bones consumed away through my daily com

20 Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, dis-plaining. dainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.

21 O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of

men.

22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking of all men: thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night, and my moisture is like the drought in summer.

5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee; and mine unrighteousness have I not hid.

6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the LORD; and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.

7 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 not come nigh him.

shall upon an heap and layeth up the deep, as in a treasurehouse.

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

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: stand in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world;

9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it

9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein stood fast. thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye.

10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding; whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee.

11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD, mercy embraceth him on every side.

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

PSALM 33. Exultate, justi. REJOICE in the LORD, O ye righteous; for it becometh well the just to be thankful.

2 Praise the LORD with harp; sing praises unto him with the lute, and instrument of ten strings.

3 Sing unto the LORD a new song; sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage;

4 For the word of the LORD is true, and all his works are faithful.

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were

10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught, and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes.

11 The counsel of the LORD shall endure for ever, and the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

12 Blessed are the people whose GoD is the LORD JEHOVAH; and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to him, to be his inheritance.

13 The LORD looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children of men; from the habitation of his dwelling, he considereth all them that dwell on the earth.

14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them, and understandeth all their works.

15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.

16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man; neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength.

17 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, and upon them that put their trust in his mercy;

18 To deliver their soul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth.

13 Keep thy tongue from tarried for the LORD; for he is evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile.

15 But in mine adversity

4 Let them be confounded, and put to shame, that seek they rejoiced, and gathered after my soul; let them be themselves together; yea, the turned back, and brought to very abjects came together confusion, that imagine mis- against me unawares, making chief for me.

5 Let them be as the dust before the wind, and the angel of the LORD scattering them.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause; yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul.

mouths at me, and ceased not.

16 With the flatterers were busy mockers, who gnashed upon me with their teeth.

17 LORD, how long wilt thou look upon this? O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions.

18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much

8 Let a sudden destruction | people. come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself; that he may fall into his own mischief.

9 And my soul be joyful in the LORD; it shall rejoice in his salvation.

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 discomfort of my soul.

13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer shall turn into 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.

19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly; 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 quiet in the land.

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

22 This thou hast seen, O LORD; hold not thy tongue then; go not far from me, O LORD.

23 Awake and stand up to judge my quarrel; avenge thou my cause, my GoD and my LORD.

24 Judge me, O LORD my GOD, according to thy righteousness, and let them not triumph over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, There, there, so would we have it; neither let them say, We have devoured him.

26 Let them be put to con- and thou shalt give them drink fusion and shame together, that of thy pleasures, as out of the rejoice at my trouble; let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me.