IN thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion; * deliver me in thy righteousness.
 
Bow down thine ear to me; * make haste to deliver me.
 
And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence, * that thou mayest save me.
 
For thou art my strong rock, and my castle: * be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake.
 
Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; * for thou art my strength.
 
Into thy hands I commend my spirit; * for thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.
 

 
vs 7 I have hated them that hold of lying vanities, * and my trust hath been in the LORD.
 
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy; * for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities.
 
Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; * but hast set my feet in a large room.
 
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble, * and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness; yea, my soul and my body.
 
For my life is waxen old with heaviness, * and my years with mourning.
 
My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity, * and my bones are consumed.
 
I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours; * and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me; and they that did see me without, conveyed themselves from me.
 
I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind; * I am become like a broken vessel.
 
For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear is on every side; * while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to take away my life.
 
But my hope hath been in thee, O LORD; * I have said, Thou art my God.
 
My times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, * and from them that persecute me.
 
Show thy servant the light of thy countenance, * and save me for thy mercy's sake.
 
Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I have called upon thee; * let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in the grave.
 
Let the lying lips be put to silence, * which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.
 
O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, * and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men!
 
Thou shalt hide them in the covert of thine own presence from the plottings of men: * thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.
 
Thanks be to the LORD; * for he hath showed me marvellous great kindness in a strong city.
 
But in my haste I said, * I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes.
 
Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer, * when I cried unto thee.
 
O love the LORD, all ye his saints; * for the LORD preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.
 
Be strong, and he shall establish your heart, * all ye that put your trust in the LORD.

Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which thou hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love thee; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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