and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever,

21 Look upon the covenant: for all the earth is full of darkness
and cruel habitations.

22 O let not the simple go away ashamed: but let the poor and needy
give praise unto thy Name.

23 Arise, O God, maintain thine own cause: remember how the foolish
man blasphemeth thee daily.

24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the presumption of them
that hate thee increaseth ever more and more.

DAY 15 MORNING PRAYER

PSALM 75. _Confitebimur tibi_.

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks: yea, unto thee do we give
thanks.

2 Thy Name also is so nigh: and that do thy wondrous works declare.

3 When I receive the congregation: I shall judge according unto
right.

4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: I bear up the
pillars of it.

5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly: and to the ungodly, Set
not up your horn.

6 Set not up your horn on high: and speak not with a stiff neck.

7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west:
nor yet from the south.

8 And why? God is the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another.

9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red:
it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same.

10 As for the dregs thereof: all the ungodly of the earth shall
drink them, and suck them out

11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob: and praise him for ever.

12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break: and the horns
of the righteous shall be exalted.

PSALM 76. _Notus in Judaea_.

In Jewry is God known: his Name is great in Israel.

2 At Salem is his tabernacle: and his dwelling in Sion.

3 There brake he the arrows of the bow: the shield, the sword, and
the battle.

4 Thou art of more honour and might: than the hills of the robbers.

5 The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep: and all the
men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob: both the chariot and horse are
fallen.

7 Thou, even thou art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight
when thou art angry?

8 Thou didst cause thy judgement to be heard from heaven: the earth
trembled, and was still;

9 When God arose to judgement: and to help all the meek upon earth.

10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise: and the fierceness
of them shalt thou refrain.

11 Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are
round about him: bring present