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18 So will I give Thee thanks in the great congregation : I will praise Thee among much people.

19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me without

a cause.

20 And why? their communing is not for peace but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and said: Fie on thee, fie on thee, we saw it with our eyes.

22 This Thou hast seen, O LORD: hold not Thy tongue then, go not far from me,

O LORD.

23 Awake, and stand up to judge my quarrel : avenge Thou my cause, my God, and my LORD.

24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Thy righteousness: and let them not triumph over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, There, there, so would we have it: neither let them say, We have devoured him.

26 Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at my trouble : let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me.

27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that favour my righteous dealing: yea, let them say alway, Blessed be the LORD, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.

28 And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of Thy righteousness and of Thy praise all the day long.

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PSALM 36. Dixit injustus.

[A Psalm of David, describing the insolent career of the wicked, and their eventual downfall.] My heart sheweth me the wickedness of the ungodly that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own sight until his abominable sin be found

out.

3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous, and full of deceit : he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.

4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way : neither doth he abhor anything that is evil.

1. The thought in The the original is, wicked man is satisfied with himself, and has no fear of God.' The language is ob

scure.

2. He flatters himself that his sin will not be found out.

5. The contrast be

5 Thy mercy, O LORD, reacheth unto the heavens and Thy faithfulness unto the tween God and the clouds.

6 Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains: Thy judgments are like the great deep.

7 Thou, LORD, shalt save both man and beast; how excellent is Thy mercy, O God: and the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings.

8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of Thy house and Thou shalt give them drink of Thy pleasures, as out of the river.

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9 For with Thee is the well of life and in Thy light shall we see light.

10 O continue forth Thy loving-kindness unto them that know Thee: and Thy righteousness unto them that are true of heart.

11 O let not the foot of pride come against me and let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down.

wicked.

7. Shadow of Thy wings. An illustration taken from a care of her young.-Deut. xxxii. Cf. S. Matt.

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xxiii. 37.

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12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness: they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand.

12. There; yonder,

as if pointing them out.

Evening Prayer.

PSALM 37. Noli æmulari.

[A Psalm of David; the third of the Alphabetical Psalms, exhorting the righteous to endure, and assuring them of eventual blessedness, although they are cast down at the seeming triumph of the wicked. The temporal promises in the Law for those who keep it must be borne in mind in reading this Psalm.]

1. This verse is

FRET not thyself because of the ungodly: neither be thou envious against the evil found in Prov. xxiv. doers.

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and be withered even as the green herb.

3 Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good dwell in the land, and verily

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thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thou in the LORD and He shall give thee thy heart's desire.

5 Commit thy way unto the LORD, and

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2. This illustration is enlarged in S. James i. 10, 11.

3. Dwell in the land, assured of thy food. &c.-i.e., be in peace,

be

-S. Matt. vi. 31-34.

5. Bring [it] to pass

put thy trust in Him and He shall bringe., He will do all,

it to pass.

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6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light and thy just dealing as the noon-day.

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7 Hold thee still in the LORD, and abide patiently upon Him: but grieve not thyself at him, whose way doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels.

8 Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil.

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all that His promises have led thee to expect.

6. Noon; Heb. "double light"—i.e., the brightest time of the day. Noon, nona, the ninth hour, when day is brightest, 3

o'clock P.M.

7. Hold thee still

i.e., be at rest. At against-i.e.,

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9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out: and they that patiently abide the LORD, those shall inherit the land.

10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away.

11 But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.

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12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The LORD shall laugh him to scorn: for He hath seen that his day is coming.

14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right conversation.

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15 Their sword shall go through their own heart and their bow shall be broken. 16 A small thing that the righteous hath : is better than great riches of the ungodly. 17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken: and the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

18 The LORD knoweth the days of the godly and their inheritance shall endure for ever.

19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

20 As for the ungodly, they shall perish : and the enemies of the LORD shall consume as the fat of lambs: yea, even as the smoke, shall they consume away.

21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again : but the righteous is merciful,

and liberal.

lambs, is used for meadows in Ps. lxv. 14.

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21. The ungodly is reduced to inability to repay, through God's anger resting on him; for "Such as," &c.

22 Such as

are blessed of God shall

possess the land

and they that are cursed

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of Him shall be rooted out.

23 The LORD ordereth a good man's going and maketh his way acceptable to Himself.

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24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away for the LORD upholdeth him with His hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old : and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.

26 The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth and his seed is blessed.

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27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good and dwell for evermore.

28 For the LORD loveth the thing that is right He forsaketh not His that be godly, but they are preserved for ever.

29 The unrighteous shall be punished: as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be

rooted out.

30 The righteous shall inherit the land : and dwell therein for ever.

31 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom and his tongue will be talking of judgment.

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32 The law of his God is in his heart : and his goings shall not slide.

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33 The ungodly seeth the righteous and seeketh occasion to slay him.

34 The LORD will not leave him in his hand nor condemn him when he is judged. 35 Hope thou in the LORD, and keep His way, and He shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land: when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.

36 I myself have seen the ungodly in great power and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

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