UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks; * yea, unto thee do we give thanks.
 
Thy Name also is so nigh; * and that do thy wondrous works declare.
 
In the appointed time, saith God, * I shall judge according unto right.
 
The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: * I bear up the pillars of it.
 
I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly; * and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn.
 
Set not up your horn on high, * and speak not with a stiff neck.
 
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, * nor yet from the south.
 
And why? God is the Judge; * he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
 
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; * it is full mixt, and he poureth out of the same.
 
As for the dregs thereof, * all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.
 
But I will talk of the God of Jacob, * and praise him for ever.
 
All the horns of the ungodly also will I break, * and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

IN Judah is God known; * his Name is great in Israel.
 
At Salem is his tabernacle, * and his dwelling in Sion.
 
There brake he the arrows of the bow, * the shield, the sword, and the battle.
 
Thou art glorious in might, * when thou comest from the hills of the robbers.
 
The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep; * and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.
 
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, * both the chariot and horse are fallen.
 
Thou, even thou art to be feared; * and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry?
 
Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven; * the earth trembled, and was still,
 
When God arose to judgment, * and to help all the meek upon earth.
 
The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; * and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.
 
Promise unto the LORD your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him; * bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
 
He shall refrain the spirit of princes, * and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

WE beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all those who are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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