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Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the church of the saints.

Let them praise his name in choir: let them sing to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.

For the Lord is well pleased with his people: and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.

To execute upon them the judgment that is written: this glory is to all his saints. Alleluia.

Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: praise ye him in the firmament of his power.

Praise ye him for his mighty acts: praise ye him according to the multitude of his greatness.

Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence and knowledge.

By his wisdom the depths have broken out, and the clouds grow thick with dew.

Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways.

For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.

His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.

Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:

Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?

Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?

So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.

The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:

And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.