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good: no not one. Their throat is an open
sepulchre; with their tongues they acted deceitfully: the poison of asps
is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their
feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways;
and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God
before their eyes.
13:4. Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my people
as they eat bread?
13:5. They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for

fear, where there was no fear.
13:6. For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the
counsel of the poor man; but the Lord is his hope.
13:7. Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when the Lord
shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.

Psalms Chapter 14
Domine, quis habitabit.
What kind of men shall dwell in the heavenly Sion.
14:1. A psalm for David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or
who shall rest in thy holy hill?
14:2. He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:
14:3. He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his
tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach
against his neighbours.
14:4. In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth
them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and
deceiveth not;
14:5. He that hath not put out his money to usury, nortaken bribes
against the innocent: He that doth these things, shall not be moved for
ever.

Psalms Chapter 15
Conserva me, Domine.

Christ's future victory and triumph over the world and death.
15:1. The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord,
for I have put my trust in thee.
The inscription of a title. . .That is, of a pillar or monument,
staylographia: which is as much as to say, that this psalm is most
worthy to be engraved on an everlasting monument.
15:2. I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of
my goods.
15:3. To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my
desires in them.
15:4. Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I
will not gather together their meetings for bloodofferings: nor will I be
mindful of their names by my lips.
15:5. The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is
thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
15:6. The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance
is goodly to me.
15:7. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover,
my reins also have corrected me even till night.
15:8. I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I
be not moved.
15:9. Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced:
moreover, my flesh also shall rest in hope.
15:10. Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt thou give
thy holy one to see corruption.
15:11. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me
with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the

end.

Psalms Chapter 16
Exaudi, Domine, justitiam.
A just man's prayer in tribulation against the malice of his enemy.
16:1. The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my
supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from
deceitful lips.
16:2. Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes
behold the things that are equitable.
16:3. Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried
me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.
16:4. That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of
the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.
16:5. Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not
moved.
16:6. I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy
ear unto me, and hear my words.
16:7. Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that
trust in thee.
16:8. From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy
eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.
16:9. From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies
have surrounded my soul:
16:10. They have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly.

Their fat. . .That is, their bowels of compassion: for they have none