The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the patient hopes of the poor shall not perish forever.

Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail; let the people be judged in thy sight.

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

PSALM XI.

THE Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.

For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

PSALM XII.

HELP Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that despiseth him.

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver refined in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever.

PSALM XIII.

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me

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How long shall I have anxiety in my soul, and sorrow in my heart all the day?

But I trust in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

The Second Day.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM XV.

LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell upon thy holy hill?

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.

In whose eyes the worthless are contemptible; but he honoreth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

PSALM XVI.

PRESERVE me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. I have said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; I have no happiness but in thee!

The holy in the earth, and the excellent, in them is all my delight.

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my heart also admonishes me in the night seasons.

I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my spirit rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave; neither wilt thou suffer thy beloved to see corruption.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

PSALM XVII.

HEAR that which is honest, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer that goeth not out of false lips.

Let me receive my sentence from thy presence; let thine eyes see what is right.

Prove my heart; visit me in the night; try me, my thoughts shall not vary from my speech.

Support my steps in thy paths, that my feet slip not. I call upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Show thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, forever and ever. Amen.

The Third Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM XVIII.

I LOVE thee, O Lord, my strength.

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I trust; my buckler, and my high tower.

I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised.

When the waves of death compassed me, and the floods of destruction dismayed me;

The sorrows of the grave compassed me about: the toils of death overtook me ;

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

To the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; to an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

To the pure, thou wilt appear pure; and to the wrathful man thou wilt appear wrathful.