boast
themselves in the multitude of their riches.

7 But no man may deliver his brother: nor make agreement unto God
for him;

8 For it cost more to redeem their souls: so that he must let that
alone for ever;

9 Yea, though he live long: and see not the grave.

10 For he seeth that wise men also die, and perish together: as
well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for other.

11 And yet they think that their houses shall continue for ever:
and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to
another; and call the lands after their own names.

12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour: seeing he may be
compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them.

13 This is their foolishness: and their posterity praise their
saying.

14 They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and
the righteous shall have domination over them in the morning: their
beauty shall consume in the sepulchre out of their dwelling.

15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of hell: for he
shall receive me.

16 Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich: or if the glory of
his house be increased;

17 For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth: neither
shall his pomp follow him.

18 For while he lived, he counted himself an happy man: and so
long as thou doest well unto thyself, men will speak good of thee.

19 He shall follow the generation of his fathers: and shall never
see light.

20 Man being in honour hath no understanding: but is compared unto
the beasts that perish.

DAY 10 MORNING PRAYER

PSALM 50. _Deus deorum_.

The Lord, even the most mighty God, hath spoken: and called the
world, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2 Out of Sion hath God appeared: in perfect beauty.

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: there shall go
before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred
up round about him.

4 He shall call the heaven from above: and the earth, that he may
judge his people.

5 Gather my saints together unto me: those that have made a
covenant with me with sacrifice.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is Judge
himself.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak: I myself will testify
against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy
burnt-offerings: because they were not alway before me.