Come, ye children, hearken | unto me; That he may see | good! Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from | speaking | guile. Depart from evil | ando | god; Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are up | on the | righteous, The face of the Lord is against | them that do | evil, To cut off the remembrance | of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the | Lord | heareth, And delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken { heart, And saveth such as | be of a | contrite | spirit. Many are the afflictions | cf the | righteous; But the Lord delivereth him out of them | all." He keepeth all his | bones, Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked, And they that hate the righteous shall be | desolate. The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants, des late. PSALM XXXIV. · 13. FRET not thyself because of | evil | doers, Neither be thou envious against the workers | of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, Trust in the Lord, and do good: So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also | in the | Lord ; And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way un to the | Lord; Trust also in him; and he shall | bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, And thy judgment as the noon | day. Rest in the Lord, And wait patiently for him; Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth | in his way. Because of him who bringeth | wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and for | sake | wrath: But those that wait upon the Lord, they shall in herit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked | shall not | be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it | shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth, of peace. The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: i They shall not be ashamed in the evil | time: And in the days of famine, they shall be satisfied. 1 i The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : Though he fai, he shall not be utterly cast | down : For the Lord up | holdeth him with his hand. I have been young, And now Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, I have seen the wicked in great power, green bay tree. was not ; not be found. is of the Lord; time of trouble. hold the | upright; peace. But the salvation of the righteous PSALM XXXVII. 1-11,18,19,23-25,35-37,39. LORD make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it 18; That I may know how | frail I am. Behold thou hast made my days as a handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee: Verily every man at his best state is altogether | vanity. Surely every man walketh in a | vain | show: And knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what | wait I för? My hope is in thee. Deliver me from all my transgressions: I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Remove thy stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow of thine | hand. When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, fhou makest his beauty to consume away | like a | moth; Surely every man is vanity. Hear my prayer, O | Lord, And give ear un to my cry. Hold not thy peace at my tears: "For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Oh spare me that I may recover | strength, efore I go hence, and be no more. PSALM XXXIX. 4-13, 15. As the hart panteth after | streams of water, My tears have been my meat, | day and | night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, joy and praise, With the voice of Why art thou cast down, | O my soul? Hope thou in God, for I shall | yet praise him my God. countenance, | and Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy | waterspouts : All thy waves and thy | billows | are gone over me. Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness | in the day time; And in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the | God | of my life. I will say unto God, my rock, Why hast thou for gotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression | of the enemy? D |