ay walk before God in the light of the living.

PSALM 57. _Miserere mei, Deus_.

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for my soul
trusteth in thee: and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my
refuge, until this tyranny be over-past.

2 I will call unto the most high God: even unto the God that shall
perform the cause which I have in hand.

3 He shall send from heaven: and save me from the reproof of him
that would eat me up.

4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth: my soul is among lions.

5 And I lie even among the children of men, that are set on fire:
whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

6 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above
all the earth.

7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they
have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it
themselves.

8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, and
give praise.

9 Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I myself will awake
right early.

10 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people: and I
will sing unto thee among the nations.

11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens: and
thy truth unto the clouds.

12 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above
all the earth.

PSALM 58. _Si vere utique_.

Are your minds set upon righteousness, O ye congregation: and do
ye judge the thing that is right, O ye sons of men?

2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the earth: and your
hands deal with wickedness.

3 The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb: as soon
as they are born, they go astray, and speak lies.

4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent: even like the
deaf adder that stoppeth her ears;

5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer: charm he never
so wisely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths; smite the jaw-bones
of the lions, O Lord: let them fall away like water that runneth
apace; and when they shoot their arrows let them be rooted out.

7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the untimely
fruit of a woman: and let them not see the sun.

8 Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns: so let indignation
vex him, even as a thing that is raw.

9 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall
wash his footsteps in the blood of the ungodly.

10 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for