6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon the mult.i.tude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies: make thy way plain before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in his mouth: their inward parts are very wickedness.
10 Their throat is an open sepulchre: they flatter with their tongue.
11 Destroy thou them, O G.o.d; let them perish through their own imaginations: cast them out in the mult.i.tude of their unG.o.dliness; for they have rebelled against thee.
12 And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee;
13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous: and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield.
DAY 1 EVENING PRAYER
PSALM 6. _Domine, ne in furore_.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in thy displeasure.
2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak:
Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed.
3 My soul also is sore troubled: but, Lord, how long wilt thou punish me?
4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy"s sake.
5 For in death no man remembereth thee: and who will give thee thanks in the pit?
6 I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed: and water my couch with my tears.
7 My beauty is gone for very trouble: and worn away because of all mine enemies.
8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The Lord hath heard my pet.i.tion: the Lord will receive my prayer.
10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed: they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly.
PSALM 7. _Domine, Deus meus_.
O Lord my G.o.d, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;
2 Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces: while there is none to help.
3 O Lord my G.o.d, if I have done any such thing: or if there be any wickedness in my hands;
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me: yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;
5 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.
6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies: arise up for me in the judgement that thou hast commanded.
7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee: for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.
8 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.
9 O let the wickedness of the unG.o.dly come to an end: but guide thou the just.
10 For the righteous G.o.d: trieth the very hearts and reins.
11 My help cometh of G.o.d: who preserveth them that are true of heart.
12 G.o.d is a righteous Judge, strong and patient: and G.o.d is provoked every day.
13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword: he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of death: he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth unG.o.dliness.
16 He hath graven and digged up a pit: and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.
17 For his travail shall come upon his own head: and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
18 I will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteousness: and I will praise the Name of the Lord most High.
PSALM 8. _Domine, Dominus noster_.
O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world: thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens!
2 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.
3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained.
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him: and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 Thou madest him lower than the angels: to crown him with glory and worship.
6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands: and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet;
7 All sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field;
8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord our Governor: how excellent is thy Name in all the world!