riendless.

17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious: take away
his ungodliness, and thou shalt find none.

18 The Lord is King for ever and ever: and the heathen are perished
out of the land.

19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor: thou preparest
their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto;

20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right: that the man
of the earth be no more exalted against them.

PSALM 11. _In Domino confido_.

In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she
should flee as a bird unto the hill?

2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows
within the quiver: that they may privily shoot at them which are
true of heart.

3 For the foundations will be cast down: and what hath the righteous
done?

4 The Lord is in his holy temple: the Lord's seat is in heaven.

5 His eyes consider the poor: and his eye-lids try. the children
of men.

6 The Lord alloweth the righteous: but the ungodly, and him that
delighteth in wickedness, doth his soul abhor.

7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm
and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink.

8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness: his countenance
will behold the thing that is just.

DAY 2 EVENING PRAYER

PSALM 12. _Salvum me fac_.

Help me, Lord, for there is not one godly man left: for the
faithful are minished from among the children of men.

2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour: they do but
flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart.

3 The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips: and the tongue that
speaketh proud things;

4 Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail: we are they
that ought to speak, who is lord over us?

5 Now for the comfortless trouble's sake of the needy: and because
of the deep sighing of the poor,

6 I will up, saith the Lord: and will help every one from him that
swelleth against him, and will set him at rest.

7 The words of the Lord are pure words: even as the silver, which
from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.

8 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord: thou shalt preserve him from this
generation for ever.

9 The ungodly walk on every side: when they are exalted, the
children of men are put to rebuke.

PSALM 13. _Usquequo, Domine?_

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

2 How long shall I se