from evil, and thy lips from speaking falsely.

Forsake evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears upon their cry.

But the face of the LORD is upon them that do evil, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.

When the righteous cry, the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their affliction.

The LORD is near unto them that are of a broken heart, and helpeth them that are of a contrite spirit.

The righteous suffereth much: but the LORD helpeth him out of all these things.

He keepeth all his bones, that not one of them be broken.

Adversity shall slay the wicked, and they that hate the righteous shall be iniquitous.

The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and all they that trust in him shall have no blame.
The 35th Psalm (^)
Prayer for deliverance from the cruelty of the enemy.

a psalm of David. O Lord, contend with my disputers; fight against my champions.

seize the shield and weapons and set out to help me!

Draw the spear, and defend me against my persecutors. Say unto my soul, I am thy help.

They that seek my soul shall be ashamed and confounded; and they that seek me shall return and be confounded.

They shall be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of the LORD shall cast them out.

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

For without cause they have set their nets to destroy me, and without cause they have made pits for my soul.

He shall be taken unawares, and his net that he hath set shall take him, and be taken within.

But let my soul rejoice in the LORD, and be glad in his help.

All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee? Thou that savest the wretch from him that is too strong for him, and the poor and needy from his robbers.

Freve witnesses arise, which accuse me that I am not guilty.

They do me evil for good, to bring me to grief of heart.

And I, when they were sick, put on sackcloth, and hurt myself with fasting, and prayed always with my heart.

I held myself as if it were my friend and my brother; I walked sadly as one that mourneth for his mother.

But they rejoice in mine iniquity, and are cut off: the limpers are cut off against me without my fault: they tear, and cease not.

With them that feign and mock for the belly’s sake, they gnash their teeth at me.

O Lord, how long wilt thou watch? deliver my soul from their tumult, and my lonely from the young lions.

I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; and among many people will I praise thee.

Let not them rejoice over me that are unreasonably hostile unto me, neither let them scoff with their eyes that hate me without a cause.

For they seek to do harm, and seek false things against the quiet ones of the land; 21. And they open their mouths wide against me, and say: There, there, we are glad to see it.

O LORD, thou seest, be not silent: O LORD, be not far from me.

Awake, and awake to my right and to my cause, my God and my Lord!

O LORD my God, judge me according to thy righteousness, that they rejoice not over me.

Let them not say in their heart, There, there, we would. Let them not say: We have devoured him.

They shall be ashamed and put to shame, all they that rejoice in mine iniquity: they shall be clothed with shame and dishonour that boast against me.

Let them boast and rejoice that grant me to be right, saying always, Let the Lord be highly praised. Praise be to the LORD, who wills his servant well!

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness, and praise thee daily.
The 36th Psalm (^)
Prayer and complaint against the godless hypocrites.

To sing a psalm of David the servant of the LORD.

It is spoken of the wicked from the bottom of my heart, that there is no fear of God in them.

they adorn themselves among themselves, that they may promote their evil cause, and revile others.

All their doctrine is pernicious and false: neither can they be taught that they do good, 5. But they seek to do harm in their camp, and stand fast in the evil way, and spare no evil.

O LORD, thy lovingkindness reacheth unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Thy righteousness standeth as the mountains of God, and thy judgment as the great deep. O
LORD, thou helpest both man and beast.

How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God, that the children of men should trust under the shadow of thy wings!

They shall be of the riches of thy house, and thou shalt water them with lust as with a river.

For with thee is the living fountain, and in thy light we see the light.

Spread thy lovingkindness over them that know thee, and thy righteousness over the upright.

Let not the proud tread me down, neither let the hand of the wicked overthrow me, 13. But let them that do evil fall there, that they may be cast out, and not remain.
The 37th Psalm (^)
To shun the vexation of the wicked fortune.

a psalm of David. Be not angry with the wicked; be not envious of the transgressors.

For as the grass they shall soon be cut down, and as the green herb they shall wither.

Hope in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed thyself honestly.

Delight thyself in the LORD: he shall give thee that which thy heart desireth.

Commend thy ways unto the LORD, and hope in him: he will do it well.

And shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Be still unto the LORD, and wait for him. Be not angry with him to whom his will is happily gone.

Depart from wrath, and leave off anger: be not wroth, that thou do evil.

For the wicked shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the LORD shall inherit the earth.

It is yet for a little, that the wicked is no more: and when thou shalt look for his place, he shall be gone.

But the wretched shall inherit the land, and have pleasure in great peace.

The wicked dreadeth the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth at him.

But the LORD laugheth at him: for he seeth that his day cometh.

The wicked draw out their sword, and draw their bow, to cut down the wretched and the poor, and to slay the upright.

But her sword shall enter into her heart, and her bow shall break.

The little that a righteous man hath is better than the great possessions of many wicked men.

For the arm of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their substance shall be for ever.

They shall not be put to shame in the evil time, and in the tribulation they shall have enough.

For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD, though they be as the pleasant pastures, yet shall they perish as the smoke.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not: but the righteous is merciful and mild.

For his blessed shall inherit the land; but his cursed shall be cut off.

By the LORD is such a man’s walk advanced, and he delighteth in his way.

If it fall, it is not cast away: for the LORD keepeth it in his hand.

I have been young, and have waxed old, and have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed go after bread.

He is ever merciful, and lendeth willingly: and his seed shall be blessed.

Forsake evil, and do good, and abide for ever.

For the LORD loveth righteousness, and forsaketh not his saints: they shall be preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

The righteous inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue teacheth judgment.

the law of his God is in his heart, his footsteps do not slide.

The wicked lieth in wait for the righteous, and intendeth to slay him.

But the LORD will not leave him in his hands, nor condemn him when he is condemned.

Wait upon the LORD, and keep his way; and he shall exalt thee, and thou shalt inherit the land: thou shalt see the wicked cut off.

I have seen an ungodly man defiant, and spreading himself abroad, and green as a laurel tree.

And as one passed by, behold, he was gone; and I inquired for him, and he was nowhere to be found.

Remain pious, and keep thyself right: for such a one shall prosper in the end.

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together, and the wicked shall be cut off at the last.

But the LORD helpeth the righteous: he is their strength in trouble.

And the LORD shall stand by them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them: for they trust in him.
The 38th Psalm (^)
Prayer of repentance for release from the heavy burden of sin 1. a psalm of David in remembrance.

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy wrath.

For thine arrows are in me, and thy hand is upon me.

There is no soundness in my flesh from thy wrath, neither is there peace in my bones from mine iniquity.

For my sins are upon my head, as a heavy burden they have become too heavy for me.

My wounds stink and fester from my folly.

I walk crookedly, and very stooping: all the day long I walk sadly.

For all my loins are withered: there is no