And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

that bringeth forth his fruit in season;

his leaf also shall not wither;

and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly (are) not so, but (are) like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

V.

MORNING PSALM.

GIVE ear to my words, O LORD: consider my meditation.

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto Thee will I pray.

My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O LORD: in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up.

For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with Thee.

The foolish shall not stand in Thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Ego vero in multitudine misericordiæ Tuæ veniam in domum Tuum: incurvabo me versus templum sanctitatis Tuæ in timore Tui.

Duc me, DOMINE, in justitia Tua propter inimicos meos: dirige coram me viam Tuam.

Ps. v. 1-8.

VI.

PSALMUS VESPERTINUS.

RESPONDE mihi quum clamavero, DEUS justitiæ meæ in angustia da latitudinem mihi, miserere mei et audi preces meas.

O filii viri quousque gloria mea in ignominia ? Amabitis vanum, quæretis mendacium?

Agnoscite potius quod mirabilem faciat DOMINUS sanctum Ipsi: Dominus exaudiat cum clamo ad Ip

sum.

Commovemini et ne peccate: loquimini cum corde vestro super cubili vestro et acquiescite.

Sacrificate sacrificia justitiæ: et confidite super Dominum.

Multi dicentes, Quis ostendit nobis bonum? Tolle super nos lucem facierum Tuarum, DOMINE.

Das gaudium in corde meo: præ tempore quo frumentum et mustum eorum multiplicantur.

But (as for me) I will come into Thy house in the multitude of Thy mercy: and in Thy fear will I worship toward Thy holy temple.

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies: make Thy way straight before my face. Ps. v. 1-8.

VI.

EVENING PSALM.

HEAR me when I call, O GOD of my righteousness: Thou hast enlarged me' when I was in distress, have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame: how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing?

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for Himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto Him.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness: and put your trust in the LORD.

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good: LORD, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart: more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

Literally: enlarge me in distress.

In pace cubo et dormio: nam Tu, DOMINE, solus securum me habitare facis.

Ps. iv.

VII.

PSALMUS VIII.

JEHOVAH, Domine noster quam magnificum Nomen Tuum in universa terra: cujus est dare honorem super cœlo.

Ex ore infantium et lactentium fundasti robur proper inimicos Tuos: ut cessare facias hostem et vindictæ cupidum.

Quando adspicio cœlos, opus digitorum Tuorum: lunam et stellas quas præparasti;

Quid est homo quod recordaris ejus: et filius hominis quod visitas eum?

Carere quidem eum fecisti paululum præ angelis: sed gloria et honore coronasti eum.

Dominari fecisti eum super opera manuum Tuarum: omnia posuisti sub pedes ejus :

Gregem et armenta omnia: etiamque bestias agro

rum.

Avem cœli et pisces maris: omnem transeuntem vias marium.

JEHOVAH, Domine noster! quam magnificum Nomen Tuum in universa terra!

I will both lay me down in peace and sleep: for Thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Ps. iv.

VII.

PSALM VIII.

O LORD our Lord, how excellent (is) Thy name in all the earth: who hast set Thy glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength because of Thy enemies: that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers: the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained;

What is man, that Thou art mindful of him: and the son of man, that Thou visitest him?

For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands: Thou hast put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea: and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

O LORD our Lord: how excellent (is) Thy Name in all the earth!