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 Bible. English. Revised. 
 
 Selections. 1886. 
 Selections from the Psalms 
 
 and other scriptures . in 
 
SELECTIONS 
 
 FROM 
 
 The Psalms and Other Scriptures 
 
 IN THE 
 
 REVISED VERSION, 
 
 FOR 
 
 Responsive Readihq in Church Services and on 
 Special Occasions. 
 
 Rev. JOSEPH T.^'DURYEA. D.D. 
 
 BOSTON AND CHICAGO: 'V-.c\ 
 
 (JTongrtgattonal SunBas=5cf)ool anU ^ublisfjtng Socittg. 
 
Copyright, 1S80, Bt 
 
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 EUetrotyped and printed by Stanley ,& Usher, 
 J 71 Devonshire Street, Jiosfon. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 The following pages contain portions of the Sacred Scriptures 
 selected chiefly from the Psalms, but also from the Prophets, the 
 Gospels, the Epistles, and the Itevelation, for the use of Christian 
 congregations in public worsliip. The most of them arc appropriate 
 to the ordinary services of the Lord's Day. The rest are adapted U) 
 the special services of Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Fast 
 Day, missionary meetings, and the Lord's Supper. 
 
 These selections are not designed to be read with the aim of 
 instruction, but to be recited for the ends of worship. The book is 
 not a lectionary, but a manual of devotion. 
 
 In the view of the writers, both of the Old Testament and the 
 New, worship i is the offering to God of thought and emotion in 
 some form of expression. The worshiper is not passive, but active; 
 not the subject of impressions, but the agent of expressions. It is 
 enough that his mind be engaged in thought, his heart excited to 
 emotion. lie must " direct," " lift up," his soul to God, and signify 
 or utter his sentiment, his thoughtful emotion, to him. 
 
 This is clear enough with respect to those exercises which all agree 
 
 in recognizing as acts of worship. These are all directed to God 
 
 and expressive. Otlierwise they are not complete, however proper 
 
 and salutary they may be to the spiritual life. Contemplation of the 
 
 majesty and perfection of God with emotions of reverence and 
 
 admiration is not adoration; recollection of the divine mercies 
 
 with the emotion of gratitude is not thanksgiving; consideration of 
 
 dependence and need with the feeling of desire is not prayer. If 
 
 the familiar lines, 
 
 " Prayer Is the bouI's sincere desire, 
 Uttered or unexpressed," 
 
 be interpreted in the strict sense of the words and taken as a true 
 description for guidance in practice, the result will be perilous, if not 
 
 'The Greek won! denotes an act of reverence, whether paid to man (see chap. 18 : 26) 
 or to God (see chap. A : Ki). Note IV of the American Committee to Revised Vertion. 
 
"Vi PKEFACE. 
 
 fatal, to that life which ia quickened and sustained by communion 
 with God. The poet is in error, unless by " uttered " he means 
 spoken, and by " unexpressed," unspoken. Desire may be sigiiified, 
 jxjid so become supplication or petition, by other tokens than those of 
 articulate speech, as the poet himself says in his stanzas following. 
 IJut, still, speech is the natural medium of devotion. Our Lord, 
 when asked to teach his disciples how to pray, responded: " When ye 
 pray, say. Our Father," etc. The apostle teaches, " la everything, 
 by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be 
 made known unto God." He who is revealed in the High-priest, 
 who " can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities," no doubt 
 regards the '' burden of a sigh," and the *' falling of a tear," — so he 
 does the fall of a sparrow, but it is not a prayer. 
 
 From the earliest ages, among all races which have cherished 
 the religious sentiments, song has been a natural, though not 
 universal, means of expression in worship. The poet has framed 
 the language of emotion in the lyrical form, and the musician has 
 adapted to it fit melodies, sung often with the accompaniment of 
 instruments. 
 
 These hymns have been, for the most part, devotional, not 
 indirectly, but directly so, addressed to God. The call to sing them 
 luiglit appropriately have been that which was so familiar to the 
 Hebrew people, '' O come let us sing unto the Lord! " Among their 
 own psalms, preserved to us, by far the greater number were utter- 
 ances of penitence, confession, aspiration, thanksgiving, petition, 
 faiih, hope, love to God. Though sung by sentences alternately, or, 
 as we say, " responsively," or " antiphonally," they were sung in 
 the spirit of the apostle's exhortation, *' speaking to one another in 
 psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody 
 in your hearts unto the Lord." i 
 
 There arc, indeed, psalms in which the patriotic blends with the 
 religious sentiments, and even such as the worshipers were wont to 
 address to each other, designed to excite the emotions and incite to 
 noble action in the service of Jehovah. But these simply make it 
 evident that song has no religious uses aside from the ends of pure 
 worship. But even these battle-songs and triumphal anthems were 
 sung as in the presence of Jehovah, in the spirit of another exhorta- 
 (ion of the same apostle, '< teaching and admonishing one another in 
 
 < EphestansS: 19. 
 
PREFACi:. VU 
 
 psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your 
 hearts unto the Lord." > 
 
 Song, then, has been a natural, though not universal, means of 
 devotional expression; not univei'sal inasmuch as all men are not 
 endowed with musical gifts, bodily and mental. Speech alone is 
 general and nearly universal, and must be always the rouimon 
 modiuni of worship. 
 
 If it be asked whether the deaf and dumb, the feeble, the par- 
 alyzed, and the dying, can not acceptably worship, and, especially, 
 " make their prayer unto God," the answer is plain. It is not to be 
 doubted that they may direct their souls to God, and so seek him as 
 to lind him, so ask as to receive. But they can not present those 
 oflerings of worship which we are taught in the Scriptures to oiler 
 to God. Men, from any cause defective, can not perform perfect 
 acts, though their intention is accepted. The will is taken for the 
 deed. 
 
 There can be no question, however, concerning the manner of 
 common worship. Without some form of expression it can not be 
 the united oftcring of the worshipers. It is true there may be a 
 leader of devotions, whose utterances the people may understand 
 and adopt. But this implies all we have affirmed, though not coin- 
 pletely. It would be better if the custom of the Christian assemblies 
 of apostolic times were followed, the people saying. Amen, at the 
 pauses, or at the close of the prayer. It is one of the lasting excel- 
 lencies of a liturgy that it provides for utterances from the people in 
 unison, and, accordingly, in " decency and in order." 
 
 This exposition of the Scriptural conception of worship is designed 
 to encourage the adoption of such methods in our religi(nis sci'vices 
 as may engage the entire congregation in acts of devotion, du-ecicd 
 immediately to God, expressive of thought and emotion io liim. Il 
 is also intended to meet the objection made by respectable authori- 
 ties that such selections as these here presented are essentially, auv! 
 most of them formally, lyrical, and, accordingly, proper to be sung 
 and not to be read. Indeed, it has I'ccently been asserted that it is 
 quite absurd to read them as we commonly do, that the correct thing 
 is to have them sung antiphonally by diflerent choirs, in case of the 
 Psalms, which consist of parallel phrases reiterating the sentiment, 
 and, in case of the Doxologies, in full chorus. This, no doubt, might 
 
 * Colosstans 3 : IG. 
 
Viii PliEFACE. 
 
 be best if all congregations were composed of singers, and all the 
 singers were trained to the task. 
 
 At present, in many congregations, the services are such as make 
 no call and aflFord no help to the people to engage in acts of worship. 
 Prayer is made for them or on their behalf; praise is sung for them, 
 this too often nominally, while, in fact, music is performed for 
 aesthetic effect — is not spiritual or even religious in design and tone; 
 and preaching is addressed to them. In the churches in which the 
 people speak audibly in prayer, and so many as are able sing in 
 praise, the recitation of the Psalms affords an opportunity for expres- 
 sion to those who have neither the voice nor the musical ear for 
 song. It is for this purpose that these selections have been prepared. 
 By way of emphasis, it is repeated, they are not intended to be read 
 as lessons. For each of them the rubric of the Canticles in the 
 prayer-book would be gladly adopted " to be said or sung." 
 
 The division into phrases for alternate recitation by the minister 
 and the people has been made with care, and, as far as practicable, is 
 natural, according to the movement of the sentiment. In many 
 instances the parallelisms of the original have been followed. 
 Where the phrases are short they have been neglected, since experi- 
 ence has shown that otherwise there can not be such rhythm and flow 
 in the recitation as are needful to the best effect. In this departure 
 pains have been taken to secure congruity and symmetry in the 
 alternate parts. 
 
 The Revised Version has been used for the reason that it is a more 
 exact expression of the original text. Such use of it as is here con- 
 templated may incidentally furnish a test to a common objection to 
 the Revised Version, namely, that its style is not rhythmical and 
 fluent, and, therefore, resonant and impressive in the utterance. 
 
 Joseph T. Duryea. 
 
NOTE. 
 
 The following selections are arranged to be read by the 
 ^linister and the People responsively, according to their original 
 .structure and design. 
 
 The lines printed in Roman letters are to be read by the 
 Minister. 
 
 The lines set inward from the margin, and printed in Black 
 letters, are to be read by the People. 
 
 The lines printed in small capitals are to be read by the 
 Minister and the People together. 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 PSALM I. 
 
 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the 
 wicked, 
 
 Nor standeth in the way of sinners, 
 
 Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 
 But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; 
 
 And in his law doth he meditate day and night. 
 And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, 
 
 That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, 
 Whose leaf also doth not wither ; 
 
 And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 
 The wicked are not so ; but are like the chaff which the 
 wind driveth away. 
 
 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor 
 sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 
 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : 
 
 But the way of the wicked shall perish. 
 
 PSALM IL 
 
 Why do the nations rage, 
 
 And the peoples imagine a vain thing? 
 
 The kings of the earth set themselves, 
 And the rulers take counsel together, 
 Against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, 
 
2 KESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 Let us break their bands asunder, 
 
 And cast away their cords from us. 
 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : 
 
 The Lord shall have them in derision. 
 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, 
 
 And vex them in his sore displeasure : 
 Yet I have set my king 
 Upon my holy hill of Zion. • 
 
 I will tell of the decree : 
 
 The Lord said unto me, Thou art my son ; 
 
 This day have I begotten thee. 
 Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inherit- 
 ance. 
 
 And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 
 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ; 
 
 Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 
 Now therefore be wise, O ye kings ; 
 
 Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 
 Serve the Lord with fear. 
 And rejoice with trembling. 
 
 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, 
 
 For his wrath will soon be kindled. 
 Blessed are all they that put their trust in him, 
 
 PSALM in. 
 
 Lord, how are mine adversaries increased ! 
 
 Many are they that rise up against me. 
 Many there be which say of my soul, 
 There is no help for him in God. 
 
 But thou, Lord, art a shield about me; 
 
 My glory, and the lifter up of my head. 
 I cry unto the Lord with my voice, 
 
 And he answereth me out of his holy hill. 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. 8 
 
 I laid me down and slept ; 
 
 I awaked ; for the Lord sustaineth me. 
 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people, 
 That have set themselves against me round about. 
 
 Arise, Lord ; save me, my God ; 
 For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek 
 bone ; 
 
 Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked. 
 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : 
 
 Thy blessing be upon thy people. 
 
 PSALM IV. 
 
 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness ; 
 Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress : 
 
 Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 
 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into 
 dishonour? 
 
 How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? 
 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for 
 himself: 
 
 The Lord will hear when I call unto him. 
 Stand in awe, and sin not : 
 
 Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. 
 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. 
 
 And put your trust in the Lord. 
 Many there be that say, Who will show us any good? 
 
 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 
 Thou hast put gladness in my heart. 
 
 More than they have when their com and their wine are 
 increased. 
 In peace Avill I both lay me down and sleep : 
 
 For thou, Lord, alone makest me dwell in safety. 
 
4 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 PSALM V. 
 
 Give ear to my words, O Lord, 
 
 Consider my meditation. 
 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: 
 
 For unto thee do I pray. 
 O Lord, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice ; 
 
 In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will 
 keep watch. 
 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness : 
 
 Evil shall not sojourn with thee. 
 
 The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: 
 Thou hatest all Avorkers of iniquity. 
 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies : 
 
 The Lord abhorreth the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. 
 
 But as for me, in the multitude of thy lovingkindness will I 
 come into thy house : 
 In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 
 
 Lead me, Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; 
 Make thy way plain before my face. 
 
 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth ; 
 
 Their inward part is very wickedness : 
 Their throat is an open sepulchre ; 
 They flatter with their tongue. 
 
 Hold them guilty, God; 
 
 Let them fall by their own counsels : 
 Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions ; 
 For they have rebelled against thee. 
 
 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice. 
 
 Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them ; 
 Let them also that love thy name be joyful in tliee. 
 
 For thou wilt bless the righteous ; 
 
 Lord, thou wilt compass him with favour as with a shield. 
 
BESP0N8IVE READINGS. 
 
 PSALM VI. 
 
 Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, 
 
 Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 
 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; for I am withered away ; 
 
 Lord, heal me ; for my bones are vexed. 
 My soul also is sore vexed : 
 
 And thou, O Lord, how long ? 
 
 Return, Lord, deliver my soul: 
 
 Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake. 
 For in death there is no remembrance of thee : 
 
 In Sheol who shall give thee thanks? 
 
 1 am weary with my groaning ; 
 
 Every night make I my bed to swim; 
 
 1 water my couch with my tears. 
 Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; 
 
 It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries. 
 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity ; 
 For tlie Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 
 
 The Lord hath heard my supplication; 
 
 The Lord will receive my prayer. 
 All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore vexed : 
 
 They shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly. 
 
 PSALM VIIL 
 O Lord, our Lord, 
 How excellent is thy name in all the earth ! 
 
 Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens. 
 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou estab- 
 lished strength. 
 Because of thine adversaries, 
 
 That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 
 tVhen I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, 
 
6 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained ; 
 
 What is man, that thou art mindful of him ? 
 
 And the son of man, that thou visitest him ? 
 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, 
 
 And crownest him with glory and honour. 
 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy 
 hands ; 
 
 Thou hast put all things under his feet : 
 All sheep and oxen. 
 Yea, and the beasts of the field ; 
 
 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, 
 
 Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 
 O LoKD, OUK Lord, 
 
 How EXCELLENT IS THY NAME IN ALL THE EARTH ! 
 
 PSALM IX. 
 
 I will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart ; 
 
 I will show forth all thy marvellous works. 
 I will be glad and exult in thee : 
 
 I will sing praise to thy name, thou Most High. 
 When mine enemies turn back, 
 They stumble and perish at thy presence. 
 
 Tor thou hast maintained my right and my cause ; 
 Thou satest in the throne judging righteously. 
 
 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, 
 Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. 
 
 The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever ; 
 And the cities which thou hast overthrown, 
 Their very memorial is perished. 
 
 But the Lord sitteth as king for ever: 
 He hath prepared his throne for judgment. 
 
 And he shall judge the world in righteousness. 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. ''T 
 
 He sluill minister jndgineiit to the peoples in uprightness. 
 
 The Lord also will be a high tower for the oppressed, 
 A high tower in times of trouble ; 
 
 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee ; 
 For thou, Lord, hast not forsaken tliem that seek thr-c. 
 
 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion : 
 Declare among the people his doings. 
 
 Tor he that maketh inquisition for blood reinembereth them: 
 He forgetteth not the cry of the poor. 
 
 Have mercy upon me, Lord ; 
 Behold my allliction wliich I suffer of them that hate me, 
 Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death ; 
 
 That I may show forth all thy praise : 
 In the gates of the daughter of Zion, 
 I will rejoice in thy salvation. 
 
 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made : 
 In tlie net which they hid is their own foot taken. 
 
 The Lord hath made himself known, he hath executed judg- 
 ment: 
 The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. 
 
 The wicked shall return to Sheol, 
 Even all the nations that forget God. 
 
 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten. 
 Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever. 
 
 Arise, Lord ; let not man prevail : 
 Let the nations be judged in thy sight. 
 
 Put them in fear, Lord : 
 Let the nations know themselves to be but men. 
 
 PSALM XL 
 
 In the Lord put I my trust : 
 How say ye to my soul. 
 Flee as a bird to your mountain ? 
 
8 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, 
 
 They make ready their arrow upon the string, 
 
 That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. 
 If the foundations be destroyed, 
 What can the righteous do ? 
 
 The Lord is in his holy temple, 
 
 The Lord, his throne is in heaven ; 
 His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 
 
 The Lord trieth the righteous : 
 But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 
 
 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares; 
 Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of 
 their cup. 
 
 For the Lord is righteous ; he loveth righteousness : 
 
 The upright shall behold his face. 
 
 PSALM XII. 
 
 Help, Lord ; for the godly man ceaseth ; 
 
 For the faithful fail from among the children of men. 
 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour : 
 
 With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. 
 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips. 
 
 The tongue that speaketh great things: 
 Who have said. With our tongue wi^l we prevail ; 
 
 Our lips are our own : who is lord over us ? 
 For the spoiling of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, 
 IVow will I arise, saith the Lord ; 
 
 I will set him in safety at whom they puflF. 
 X ^e words of the Lord are pure words ; 
 
 As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, 
 
 Purified seven times. 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, 
 
 Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 
 
 The wicked walk on every side, 
 
 When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. 
 
 PSALM XIIL 
 
 How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me for ever ? 
 
 How long wilt thou hide thy face from me ? 
 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, 
 Having sorrow in my heart all the day ? 
 
 How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me ? 
 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God : 
 
 Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death ; 
 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him ; 
 
 Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved. 
 But I have trusted in thy mercy ; 
 
 My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation : 
 I will sing unto the Lord, 
 
 Because he hath dealt bountifully with me. 
 
 PSALM XIV. 
 
 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. 
 
 They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; 
 
 There is none that doeth good. 
 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men. 
 To see if there were any that did understand, 
 
 That did seek after God. 
 They are all gone aside ; they are together become filthy ; 
 
 There is none that doeth good, no, not one. 
 
•10 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? 
 
 Who eat up my people as they eat bread, 
 
 And call not upon the Lord. 
 There were they in great fear : 
 
 For God is in the generation of the righteous. 
 Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, 
 
 Because the Lord is his refuge. 
 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion ! 
 
 When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, 
 
 Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 
 
 PSALM XV. 
 
 Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle ? 
 
 Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 
 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, 
 
 And speaketh truth in his heart. 
 He that slandereth not with his tongue, 
 Nor doeth evil to his friend, 
 
 Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. 
 In whose eyes a reprobate is despised ; 
 
 But he honoureth them that fear the Lord. 
 He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 
 
 He that putteth not out his money to usury. 
 
 Nor taketh reward against the innocent. 
 He that doeth these things shall never be moved. 
 
 PSALM XVL 
 
 Preserve me, O God : for in thee do I put my trust. 
 I have said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: 
 I have no good beyond thee. 
 
RESrONSIVE HEADINGS. ll 
 
 As for the saints that are in the earth, 
 
 They are the excellent in whom is all my delight. 
 
 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that exchange the Lord for 
 another god: 
 Their drink oflerings of blood will I not offer, 
 
 Nor take their names upon my lips. 
 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : 
 Thou maintainest my lot. 
 
 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; 
 
 Yea, I have a goodly heritage. 
 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel : 
 
 Yea, my reins instruct me in the night seasons. 
 I have set the Lord always before me : 
 
 Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 
 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : 
 My flesh also shall dwell in safety. 
 
 For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol ; 
 
 Neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption. 
 Thou wilt show me the path of life : 
 
 In thy presence is fulness of joy; 
 
 In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 
 
 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 I love thee, O Lord, my strength. 
 
 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 
 My God, my strong rock, in him will I trust ; 
 
 My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 
 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised : 
 
 So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 
 The cords of death compassed me. 
 
 And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 
 
18 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 The cords of Sheol were round about me : 
 
 The snares of death came upon me. 
 In my distress I called upon the Lord, 
 
 And cried unto my God: 
 He heard my voice out of his temple, 
 
 And my cry before him came into his ears. 
 Then the earth shook and trembled, 
 
 The foundations also of the mountains moved and were 
 shaken, because he was wroth. 
 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of 
 his mouth devoured : 
 Coals were kindled by it. 
 He bowed the heavens also, and came down ; 
 
 And thick darkness was under his feet. 
 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly 
 
 Yea, he flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind. 
 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about 
 him; 
 Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 
 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hail- 
 stones and coals of fire. 
 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, 
 And the Most High uttered his voice ; hailstones and coals 
 of fire. 
 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them ; 
 Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them. 
 
 Then the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations 
 of the world were laid bare, at thy rebuke, Lord, 
 At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 
 
 He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many 
 waters. 
 He delivered me from my strong enemy. 
 
 And from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for 
 me. 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. IB 
 
 They came upon me in the day of m}' calamity: 
 
 But the Lord was my stay. 
 He brought me forth also into a large place ; 
 
 He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 
 The Lord rewarded me ucef)rding to my righteousness: 
 
 According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed 
 me. 
 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, 
 
 And have not wickedly departed from my God. 
 For all his judgments were before me. 
 
 And I put not away his statutes from me. 
 I was also perfect with him, 
 
 And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 
 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my 
 righteousness, 
 
 According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 
 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful ; 
 
 With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect ; 
 With the pure thou wilt sliow tliyself pure ; 
 
 And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward. 
 For thou wilt save the afflicted people ; 
 
 But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. 
 For thou wilt light my lamp : 
 
 The Lord my God will lighten my darkness. 
 For by thee I run upon a troop : 
 
 And by my God do I leap over a wall. 
 As for God, his way is perfect : 
 
 The word of the Lord is tried; he is a shield unto all them 
 that trust in him. 
 For who is God, save the Lord ? 
 
 And who is a rock beside our God? 
 The God that girdoth me with strength, and maketh my way 
 perfect. 
 
 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my 
 high places. 
 
14 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : 
 
 And thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness 
 
 hath made me great. 
 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have 
 
 not slipped. 
 I 
 
 PSALM XIX. 
 
 The heavens declare the glory of God ; 
 
 And the firmament showeth his handywork. 
 Day unto day uttereth speech, 
 
 And night unto night showeth knowledge. 
 There is no speech nor language ; 
 
 Their voice cannot be heard. 
 Their line is gone out through all the earth. 
 
 And their words to the end of the world. 
 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. 
 
 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and 
 rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course. 
 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, 
 
 And his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid 
 from the heat thereof. 
 The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul : 
 
 The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 
 The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : 
 
 The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 
 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever : 
 
 The judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. 
 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine 
 gold : 
 
 Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 
 Moreover by them is thy servant warned : 
 
 In keeping of them there is great reward. 
 Who can discern his errors? 
 
 Clear thou me from hidden faults. 
 
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 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins ; 
 
 Let them not have dominion over me : then shall I be perfect, 
 
 and I shall be clear from great transgression. 
 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of 
 
 my heart be acceptable in thy sight, o lord, 
 
 my rock, and my redeemer. 
 
 PSALM XX. 
 
 The Lord answer thee in the day of trouble ; the name of 
 the God of Jacob set thee up on high ; 
 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out 
 of Zion; 
 We will triumph in thy salvation, and in the name of our 
 God we will set up our banners : 
 The Lord fulfil all thy petitions. 
 Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed ; 
 
 He will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving 
 strength of his right hand. 
 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : 
 
 But we will make mention of the name of the Lord our God. 
 They are bowed down and fallen : but we are risen, and 
 stand upright. 
 Save, Lord: let the King answer us when we call. 
 
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 I will declare thy name unto my brethren : 
 
 In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 
 
 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him ; 
 
 All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and stand in awe of 
 him, all ye the seed of Israel. 
 
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 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the 
 afflicted ; 
 Neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried 
 unto him, he heard. 
 Of thee Cometh my praise in the great congregation : 
 
 I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 
 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the 
 Lord that seek after him : 
 Let your heart live for ever. 
 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto 
 the Lord : 
 And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 
 For the kingdom is the Lord's : 
 
 And he is the ruler over the nations. 
 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship : 
 
 All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, 
 even he that cannot keep his soul alive. 
 A seed shall serve him ; 
 
 It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation. They 
 shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a 
 people that shall be born, that he hath done it. 
 
 PSALM XXIII. 
 
 The Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want. 
 
 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me 
 beside the still waters. 
 He restoreth my soul : 
 
 He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's 
 sake. pi?.!^^!! ; 
 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of 
 death, I will fear no evil ; for thou art with me : 
 Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. 
 
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 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine 
 enemies: 
 Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 
 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of 
 my life : 
 And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof ; 
 
 The world, and they that dwell therein. 
 For he hath founded it upon the seas, 
 
 And established it upon the floods. 
 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? 
 
 And who shall stand in his holy place ? 
 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart ; 
 
 Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity. 
 
 And hath not sworn deceitfully. 
 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, 
 
 And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 
 This is the generation of them that seek after him, 
 
 That seek thy face, God of Jacob. 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 
 
 And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : 
 
 And the King of glory shall come in. 
 Who is the King of glory ? 
 
 The Lord strong and mighty, 
 
 The Lord mighty in battle. 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 
 
 Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors : 
 
 And the King of glory shall come in. 
 Who is this King of glory? 
 
 The Lord of hosts, 
 
 He is the King of glory. 
 
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 PSALM XXV. 
 
 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my souL 
 
 my God, in thee have I trusted, 
 Let me be not ashamed ; 
 Let not mine enemies triumph over me. 
 
 Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed : 
 
 They shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause. 
 Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; 
 
 Teach me thy paths. 
 Guide me in thy truth, and teach me ; 
 
 For thou art the God of my salvation ; 
 
 On thee do I wait all the day. 
 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkind- 
 nesses : 
 
 For they have been ever of old. 
 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions : 
 
 According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, 
 
 For thy goodness' sake, Lord. 
 Good and upright is the Lord : 
 Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. 
 
 The meek will he guide in judgement : 
 
 And the meek will he teach his way. 
 All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth 
 Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 
 
 For thy name's sake, Lord, 
 
 Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great. 
 What man is he that feareth the Lord ? 
 
 Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose. 
 His soul shall dwell at ease ; 
 
 And his seed shall inherit the land. 
 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him ; 
 
 And he will shew them his covenant. 
 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord ; 
 
 For he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 
 
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 Turn thee unto . ne, and have mercy upon me ; 
 
 For I am desolate and afiSicted. 
 The troubles of my heart are enlarged : 
 
 bring thou me out of my distresses. 
 Consider mine alHiction and my travail , 
 
 And forgive all my sins. 
 Consider mine enemies, for they are many ; 
 
 And they hate me with cruel hatred. 
 O keep my soul, and deliver me : 
 
 Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee. 
 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me. 
 For I wait on thee. 
 
 Redeem Israel, God, 
 
 Out of all his troubles. 
 
 PSALM XXVL 
 
 Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity r 
 
 I have trusted also in the Lord without wavering. 
 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; 
 
 Try my reins and my heart. 
 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; 
 
 And I have walked in thy truth. 
 I have not sat with vain jiersons ; 
 
 Neither will I go in with dissemblers. 
 I hate the congregation of evil-doers, 
 
 And will not sit with the wicked. 
 I will wash mine hands in innocency ; 
 
 So will I compass thine altar, Lord : 
 That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard. 
 
 And tell of all thy wondrous works. 
 Lord, I love tlie liabitatiou of thy house, 
 
 And the place where thy glory dwelleth. 
 
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 Gather not my soul with sinners, 
 Nor my life with men of blood : 
 
 In whose hands is mischief, 
 
 And their right hand is full of bribes. 
 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity ; 
 
 Redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 
 My foot standeth in an even place : 
 
 In the congregations will I bless the Lord. 
 
 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 The Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom shall I fear ? 
 
 The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be 
 afraid ? 
 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, 
 Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. 
 
 Though an host should encamp against me. 
 
 My heart shall not fear : 
 Though war should rise against me. 
 
 Even then will I be confident. 
 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after ; 
 
 That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my 
 life. 
 
 To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 
 For in the day of trouble he shall keep me secretly in his 
 pavilion : 
 
 In the covert of his tabernacle shall he hide me ; 
 
 He shall lift me up upon a rock. 
 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies 
 round about me ; 
 
 And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy ; 
 
 I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. 
 Hear, O Lord, wlien I cry with my voice : 
 
 Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 
 
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 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ; ray heart said unto thee, 
 Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 
 
 Hide not thy face from me ; 
 
 Put not thy servant away in anger : 
 Thou hast been my help ; 
 
 Cast me not off, neither forsake me, God of my salvation. 
 
 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, 
 
 But the Lord will take me up. 
 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; 
 
 And lead me in a plain path. 
 
 Because of mine enemies. 
 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries : 
 
 For false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as 
 breathe out cruelty. 
 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of 
 the Lord 
 
 In the land of the living. 
 Wait on the Lord : 
 
 Be strong, and let thine heart take courage ; 
 
 Tea, wait thou on the Lord. 
 
 PSALM XXVIII. 
 
 Unto thee, O Lord, will I call ; 
 
 My rock, be not thou deaf unto me: 
 
 Lest, if thou be silent unto me, 
 
 I become like them that go down into the pit. 
 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, 
 When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord, 
 
 Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. 
 The Lord is my strength and my shield, 
 
 My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped : 
 
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 Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ; 
 And with my song will I praise him. 
 
 The Lord is their strength, 
 
 And he is a strong hold of salvation to his anointed. 
 Save tliy people, and bless thine inheritance : 
 
 Teed them also, and bear them up forever. 
 
 PSALM XXIX. 
 
 Give unto the Lord, O ye sons of the mighty, 
 
 Give unto the Lord glory and strength. 
 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name ; 
 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 
 
 The voice of the Lord is upon the viraters : 
 The God of glory thundereth, 
 Even the Lord upon many waters. 
 
 The voice of the Lord is powerful; 
 
 The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 
 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars ; 
 Yea, the Lord breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanou. 
 
 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; 
 
 Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox. 
 The voice of the Lord cleaveth the flames of fire. 
 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness ; 
 
 The Lord shaketh the wilderness of Eadesh. 
 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, 
 Aud strippeth the forests bare : 
 
 And in his temple every thing saith, Glory. 
 The Lord sat as king at the Flood ; 
 Yea, the Lord sitteth as king for ever. 
 
 The Lord will give strength unto his people; 
 
 The Lord will bless his people with peace. 
 
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 PSALM XXX. 
 
 I will extol thee, O Lord ; for thou hast raised me up, 
 And luist not made my foes to rejoice over me. 
 
 Lord my God, 
 
 1 cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 
 
 Loi'd, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol : 
 
 Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the 
 pit. 
 Sing praise unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, 
 
 And give thanks to his holy name. 
 For his anger is but for a moment ; 
 In his favor is life : 
 
 Weeping may tarry for the night, 
 
 But joy Cometh in the morning. 
 As for me, I said in my prosperity, 
 
 1 shall never be moved. 
 
 Thou, Lord, of thy favour hadst made my mountain to stand 
 strong : 
 
 Thou didst hide thy face ; I was troubled. 
 I cried to thee, O Lord ; 
 
 And unto the Lord I made supplication : 
 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? 
 
 Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare thy truth ? 
 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me : 
 
 Lord, be thou my helper. 
 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing ; 
 
 Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness : 
 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not 
 be silent. 
 
 Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. 
 
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 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; let me never be ashamed : 
 
 Deliver me in thy righteousness. 
 Bow down thine ear unto me ; deliver me speedily : 
 
 Be thou to me a strong rock, an house of defence to save me. 
 For thou art my rock and my fortress ; 
 
 Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. 
 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me ; 
 
 For thou art my strong hold. 
 Into thine hand I commend my spirit : 
 
 Thou hast redeemed me, Lord, thou God of truth. 
 I hate them that regard lying vanities : 
 But I trust in the Lord. 
 
 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : 
 
 For thou hast seen my affliction; 
 Thou hast known my soul in adversities. 
 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy ; 
 
 Thou hast set my feet in a large place. 
 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in distress : 
 
 Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body. 
 
 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing : 
 But I trusted in thee, O Lord : 
 
 I said, Thou art my God. 
 
 My times are in thy hand : 
 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant : 
 
 Save me in thy lovingkindness. 
 
 Let me be not ashamed, Lord ; for I have called upon thee : 
 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for 
 them that fear thee. 
 
 Which thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in 
 thee, before the sons of men ! 
 In the covert of thy presence shalt thou hide them from the 
 plottings of man : 
 
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 Thou Shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife 
 of tongues. 
 Blessed be the Lord : 
 
 For he hath shewed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a 
 strong city. 
 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine 
 eyes: 
 Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications 
 when I cried unto thee. 
 O love the Lord, all ye his saints : 
 The Lord preserveth the faithful, 
 And plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 
 Be strong, and let your heart take courage. 
 All ye that hope in the Lord. 
 
 PSALM XXXIL 
 
 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is 
 covered. 
 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, 
 And in whose spirit there is no guile. 
 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old 
 Through my roaring all the day long. 
 
 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: 
 My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. 
 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I 
 not hid : 
 I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; 
 And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 
 For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time 
 when thou mayest be found : 
 Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach 
 unto him. 
 
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 Thou art my hiding place ; thou wilt preserve nie from 
 trouble ; 
 Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 
 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou 
 slialt go : 
 I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee. 
 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no under- 
 standing : 
 Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, 
 Else they will not come near unto thee. 
 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked : 
 
 But he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him 
 about. 
 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : 
 And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 
 
 PSALM XXXIII. 
 
 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous : 
 
 Praise is comely for the upright. 
 Give thanks unto the Lord with harp : 
 
 Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings. 
 Sing unto him a new song ; 
 
 Play skilfully with a loud noise. 
 For the word of the Lord is right ; 
 
 And all his work is done in faithfulness. 
 He loveth righteousness and judgement: 
 
 The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord. 
 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ; 
 
 And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 
 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap : 
 
 He layeth up the deeps in storehouses. 
 Let all the earth fear the Lord : 
 
 Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 
 
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 For lie spake, and it was done ; 
 
 He commanded, and it stood fast. 
 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought : 
 
 He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect. 
 The counsel of the Lord stnndeth fast for ever, 
 
 The thoughts of his heart to all generations. 
 Blessed is the nation Avhose Ciod is the Lord; 
 
 The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 
 The Lord looketh from heaven ; 
 He beholdeth all the sons of men ; 
 
 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth 
 
 Upon all the inhabitants of the earth ; 
 He tliat fashioneth the hearts of them all, 
 That considereth all their works. 
 
 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host. 
 A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 
 
 An horse is a vain thing for safety: 
 
 Neither shall he deliver any by his great power. 
 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him. 
 Upon them that hope in his mercy ; 
 
 To deliver their soul from death, 
 
 And to keep them alive in famine. 
 Our soul hath waited for the Lord : 
 
 He is our help and our shield. 
 For our heart shall rejoice in him. 
 
 Because we have trusted in his holy name. 
 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be ui)on us. 
 
 According as we have hoped in thee. 
 
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 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 I will bless the Lord at all times : 
 
 His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 
 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : 
 
 The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad. 
 
 magnify the Lord with me, 
 
 And let us exalt his name together. 
 
 1 sought the Lord, and lie answered me, 
 And delivered me from all my fears. 
 
 They looked unto him, and were lightened: 
 
 And their faces shall never be confounded. 
 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, 
 And saved him out of all his troubles. 
 
 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear 
 him, 
 
 And delivereth them. 
 O taste and see that the Lord is good : 
 
 Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 
 
 fear the Lord, ye his saints : 
 
 For there is no want to them that fear him. 
 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : 
 
 But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. 
 Come, ye children, and hearken unto me : 
 
 1 will teach you the fear of the Lord. 
 
 What man is he that desireth life, 
 
 And loveth many days, that he may see good ? 
 
 Keep thy tongue from evil. 
 
 And thy lips from speaking guile. 
 Depart from evil, and do good; 
 Seek peace, aud pursue it. 
 
 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous. 
 
 And his ears are open unto their cry. 
 
 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, 
 To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 
 
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 The righteous cried, and the Lord heard, 
 And delivered them out of all their troubles. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, 
 
 And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 
 Many are the alllictions of the righteous : 
 But the Lord delivereth liim out of them all. 
 
 He keepeth all his bones: 
 
 Not one of them is broken. 
 Evil shall slay the wicked : 
 And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned. 
 
 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants : 
 
 And none of them that trust in him shall be condemned. 
 
 PSALM XXXVI. 
 
 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, 
 There is no fear of God before his eyes. 
 
 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, 
 
 That his iniquity shall not be found out and be hated. 
 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit : 
 
 He hath left off to be wise and to do good. 
 He deviseth iniquity upon his bed ; 
 He setteth himself in a way that is not good ; 
 
 He abhorreth not evil. 
 Thy lovingkindness, O Lord, is in the heavens ; 
 
 Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies. 
 Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God ; 
 
 Thy judgements are a great deep : 
 O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 
 
 How precious is thy lovingkindness, God ! 
 
 And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy 
 wings. 
 
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 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy 
 
 house ; 
 And thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 
 
 Tor with thee is the fountain of life : 
 
 In thy light shall we see light. 
 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee ; 
 
 And thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 
 Let not the foot of pride come against me, 
 And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. 
 
 There are the workers of iniquity fallen : 
 
 They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise. 
 
 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, 
 
 Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteous- 
 ness. 
 
 Tor they shaU soon be cut down like the grass, 
 
 And wither as the green herb. 
 Trust in the Lord, and do good ; 
 
 Dwell in the land, and follow after faithfulness. 
 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; 
 And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 
 
 Commit thy way unto the Lord ; 
 
 Trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass. 
 And he shall make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, 
 
 And thy judgement as the noonday. 
 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : 
 
 Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, 
 
 Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 
 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : 
 Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing. 
 
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 For evil-doers shall be cut off: 
 
 But those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the land. 
 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : 
 
 Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be. 
 But the ineek sluill inherit the land ; 
 
 And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 
 The wicked plotteth against the just, 
 And gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 
 
 The Lord shall laugh at him: 
 
 For he seeth that his day is coming. 
 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their 
 
 bows; 
 To cast down the poor and needy. 
 To slay such as be upright in the way : 
 
 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, 
 
 And their bows shall be broken. 
 Better is a little that the righteous hath 
 Than the abundance of many wicked. 
 
 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: 
 
 But the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 
 The Lord knoweth the days of the perfect : 
 And their inheritance shall be for ever. 
 
 They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil : 
 
 And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 
 But the wicked shall perish. 
 
 And the enemies of the Lord shall be as the excellency of 
 the pastures : 
 
 They shall consume ; in smoke shall they consume away. 
 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again : 
 But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth. 
 
 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the land; 
 
 And they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 
 A man's gohigs are established of the Lord ; 
 And he delighteth in his way. 
 
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 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: 
 
 For the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 
 I have been young, and now am old ; 
 Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, 
 
 Nor his seed begging their bread. 
 
 All the long day he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; 
 
 And his seed is blessed. 
 Depart from evil, and do good ; 
 And dwell for evermore. 
 
 Tor the Lord loveth judgement, 
 
 And forsaketh not his saints; 
 They are preserved for ever : 
 But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 
 
 The righteous shall inherit the land, 
 
 And dwell therein for ever. 
 The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, 
 And his tongue speaketh judgement. 
 
 The law of his God is in his heart; 
 
 None of his steps shall slide. 
 The wicked watcheth the righteous, 
 And seeketh to slay him. 
 
 The Lord will not leave him in his hand. 
 
 Nor condemn him when he is judged. 
 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, 
 And he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : 
 
 When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 
 I have seen the wicked in great power, 
 And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 
 
 But one passed by, and lo, he was not : 
 
 Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 
 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : 
 For the latter end of that man is peace. 
 
 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together : 
 
 The latter end of the wicked shall be cut off. 
 
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 But the salvation of tlie righteous is of tlie Lord : 
 He is their strong hold in the time of trouble. 
 
 And the Lord helpeth them, and rescueth them : 
 He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, 
 Because they have taken refuge in him. 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 I said, I will take heed to my ways, 
 That I sin not with my tongue : 
 
 I will keep my mouth with a bridle, 
 
 While the wicked is before me. 
 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good ; 
 And my sorrow was stirred. 
 
 My heart was hot within me ; 
 While I was musing the lire kindled 
 Then spake I with my tongue : 
 Lord, make me to know mine end. 
 And the measure of my days, what it is ; 
 
 Let me know how frail I am. 
 Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths ; 
 
 And mine age is as nothing before thee: 
 Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. 
 
 Surely every man walketh in a vain show: 
 Surely they are disquieted in vain : 
 
 He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them 
 And now, Lord, what wait I for ? 
 My hope is in thee. 
 
 Deliver me from all my transgressions: 
 
 Make me not the reproach of the foolish. 
 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; 
 Because thou didst it. 
 
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 Remove thy stroke away from me : 
 
 I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 
 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, 
 Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth : 
 
 Surely every man is vanity. 
 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; 
 
 Hold not thy peace at my tears : 
 For I am a stranger with thee, 
 A sojourner, as all my fathers were. 
 
 spare me, that I may recover strength, 
 
 Before I go hence, and be no more. 
 
 PSALM XL. 
 
 I waited patiently for the Lord ; 
 
 And he inclined unto me and heard my cry. 
 
 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry 
 clay; 
 And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 
 
 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto 
 our God: 
 Many shall see it, and fear. 
 And shall trust in the Lord. 
 
 Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, 
 
 And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 
 Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which thou 
 
 hast done. 
 And thy thoughts which are to us-ward : 
 
 They cannot be set in order unto thee ; 
 
 If I would declare and speak of them, 
 
 They are more than can be numbered. 
 Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in ; 
 Mine ears hast thou opened ; 
 
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 Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 
 Then said I, Lo, I am come ; 
 In the roll of the book it is written of me: 
 I delight to do thy will, O my God; 
 
 Yea, thy law is within my heart. 
 I have published righteousness In the great congregation ; 
 
 Lo, I will not refrain my lips, 
 
 Lord, thou knowest. 
 
 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart ; 
 I have declared tliy faitlifulness and thy salvation : 
 
 1 have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from 
 
 the great congregation. 
 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord : 
 
 Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 
 For innumerable evils have compassed me about, 
 Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to 
 look up ; 
 
 They are more than the hairs of mine head, and my heart 
 hath failed me. 
 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me : 
 Make haste to help me, O Lord. 
 
 Let them be ashamed and confounded together 
 
 That seek after my soul to destroy it: 
 Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor 
 That delight in n\y hurt. 
 
 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame 
 
 That say unto me, Aha, Aha. 
 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : 
 
 Let such as love thy salvation say continually, 
 
 The Lord be magnified. 
 But I am poor and needy ; 
 Yet the Lord thinketh upon me : 
 
 Thou art my help and my deliverer; 
 
 Make no tarrying, my God. 
 
36 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 PSALM XLI. 
 
 Blessed is he that considereth the poor : 
 
 The Lord will deliver him in the day of evil. 
 The Lord will preserve him, and keep liini alive, and he shall 
 be blessed upon the earth ; 
 
 And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies. 
 The Lord will support him upon tlie couch of languishing : 
 
 Thou makest all his bed in his sickness. 
 I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me : 
 Heal my soul ; for I have sinned against thee. 
 
 Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, 
 
 When shall he die, and his name perish ? 
 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity ; 
 His heart gathereth iniquity to itself : 
 
 When he goeth abroad, he telleth it. 
 All that hate me whisper together against me : 
 Against me do they devise my hurt. 
 
 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him : 
 
 And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. 
 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did 
 
 eat of my bread. 
 Hath lifted up his heel against me. 
 
 But thou, Lord, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, 
 
 That I may requite them. 
 
 PSALM XLII. 
 
 As the heart panteth after the water brooks. 
 So panteth my soul after thee, O God. 
 
 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : 
 
 When shall I come and appear before God ? 
 My tears have been my meat day and night, 
 While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 
 
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 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, 
 How I went with the throng, and led them to the lujuse of 
 
 God, 
 With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holy- 
 day. 
 
 Why art thou cast down, my soul? 
 
 And why art thou disquieted within me ? 
 Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him 
 For the health of his countenance. 
 
 my God, my soul is cast down within me : 
 
 Therefore do I remember thee from the land of Jordan, 
 
 And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. 
 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts : 
 All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 
 
 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day-time, 
 
 And in the night his song shall be with me, 
 
 Even a prayer unto the God of my life. 
 I will say unto God my rock. Why hast thou forgotten me ? 
 
 Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 
 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me; 
 While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 
 
 Why art thou cast down, my soul ? 
 
 And why art thou disquieted within me ? 
 Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, 
 Who is the health of my countenance, and my God. 
 
 PSALM XLHI. 
 
 Judge me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly 
 
 nation : 
 deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 
 For thou art the God of my strength ; why hast thou cast 
 
 me off? 
 
1^ RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 
 O send out thy light and thy truth ; let them lead me : 
 
 Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, 
 
 And to thy tabernacles. 
 Then will I go unto the altar of God, 
 Unto God my exceeding joy : 
 
 And upon the harp will I praise thee, God, my God. 
 Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? 
 And why art thou disquieted within me ? 
 
 Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, 
 
 Who is the health of my countenance, and my God. 
 
 PSALM XLV. 
 
 My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter : 
 
 I speak the things which I have made touching the king 
 
 My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 
 Thou art fairer than the children of men ; 
 Grace is poured into thy lips : 
 
 Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 
 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, 
 Thy glory and thy majesty. 
 
 And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, 
 
 Because of truth and meekness and righteousness: 
 And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 
 
 Thine arrows are sharp; 
 
 The peoples fall under thee ; 
 
 They are in the heart of the king's enemies. 
 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : 
 
 A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 
 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness : 
 
 Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee 
 
 With the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 
 
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 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia ; 
 
 Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee 
 glad. 
 Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women : 
 
 At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 
 Hearken, O daugliter, and consider, and incline thine ear; 
 
 Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house ; 
 So shall the king desire thy beauty : 
 For he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. 
 
 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; 
 
 Even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. 
 The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious : 
 Her clothing is inwrought with gold. 
 
 She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: 
 
 The virgins her companions that follow her 
 
 Shall be brought unto thee. 
 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led : 
 They shall enter into the king's palace. 
 
 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, 
 
 Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth. 
 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations : 
 
 Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever. 
 
 PSALM XLVI. 
 
 God is our refuge and strength, 
 A very present help in trouble. 
 
 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, 
 
 And though the mountains be moved in the heart of the seas ; 
 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled. 
 Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. 
 
 There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of 
 God, 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 
 
 God is in the midst of her ; she shall not be moved : 
 God shall help her, and that right early. 
 
 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: 
 
 He uttered his voice, the earth melted. 
 The Lord of hosts is with us ; 
 
 The God of Jacob is our refuge. 
 Come, behold the works of the Lord, 
 What desolations he hath made in the earth. 
 
 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; 
 
 He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; 
 
 He burneth the chariots in the fire. 
 Be still, and know that I am God : 
 
 I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the 
 earth. 
 The Lord of hosts is with us ; 
 
 The God of Jacob is our refuge. 
 
 PSALM XLVIL 
 
 O clap your hands, all ye peoples ; 
 
 Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 
 For the Lord Most High is terrible ; 
 
 He is a great King over all the earth. 
 He shall subdue the peoples under us, 
 
 And the nations under our feet. 
 He shall choose our inheritance for us, 
 The excellency of Jacob whom he loved. 
 
 God is gone up with a shout. 
 
 The Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 
 Sing praises to God, sing praises : 
 
 Sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 
 For God is the King of all the earth : 
 
 Sing ye praises with understanding. 
 
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 God reigneth over the nations : 
 
 Ood sitteth upon his holy throne. 
 The princes of the peoples are gathered together 
 To be the people of the God of Abraham : 
 
 For the shields of the earth belong unto God ; 
 
 He is greatly exalted. 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. 
 
 Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, 
 In the city of our God, in his holy mountain. 
 
 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, 
 
 Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, 
 
 The city of the g^eat King. 
 God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge. 
 
 For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, 
 
 They passed by together. 
 They saw it, then were they amazed ; 
 They were dismayed, they liasted away. 
 
 Trembling took hold of them there ; 
 
 Pain, as of a woman in travail. 
 With the east wind 
 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish. 
 
 As we have heard, so have we seen 
 
 In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God : 
 God will establish it for ever. 
 
 We have thought on thy lovingkindness, God, 
 
 In the midst of thy temple. 
 As is thy name, O God, 
 So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth : 
 
 Thy right hand is full of righteousness. 
 Let mount Zion be glad. 
 
 Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, 
 
 Because of thy judgements. 
 
^ BESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: -.(07 ^oO 
 
 Tell the towers thereof. 
 
 Mark ye well her bulwarks, 
 
 Consider her palaces; 
 That ye may tell it to the generation following. 
 
 For this God is our God for ever and ever : 
 
 He will be our guide even unto death. 
 
 PSALM LI. 
 
 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkind- 
 ness: 
 
 According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my 
 transgressions. 
 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, 
 
 And cleanse me from my sin. 
 For I acknowledge my transgressions : 
 
 And my sin is ever before me. 
 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. 
 And done that which is evil in thy sight : 
 
 That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, 
 
 And be clear when thou judgest. 
 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ; 
 And in sin did my mother conceive me. 
 
 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts : 
 
 And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 
 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : 
 
 Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
 Make me to hear joy and gladness ; 
 That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 
 
 Hide thy face from my sins, 
 
 And blot out all mine iniquities. 
 Create in me a clean heart, O God ; 
 
ItESPONSlVK READINGS. 4& 
 
 And renew a right spirit within me. 
 Cast me not away from thy piesenue ; 
 
 And take not thy holy spirit from me. 
 Restore unto mo llie yiy of thy salvation: 
 
 And uphold me with a free spirit. 
 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ; 
 And sinners shall be converted unto thee. 
 
 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, God, thou God of my sal- 
 vation ; 
 
 And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 
 O Lord, open thou my lips; 
 
 And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 
 For thou delightest not in sacrilice : elsa would I give it: 
 
 Thou hast no pleasure in burnt oflfering. 
 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : 
 
 A broken and a contrite heart, God, thou wilt not despise. 
 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion : 
 
 Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 
 Then shalt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in 
 burnt offering and whole burnt offering : 
 
 Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. 
 
 A SELECTION FROM PSALMS LV., LVL, LVII. 
 
 Give ear to my prayer, O God ; 
 
 And liide not thyself from my supplication. 
 
 Attend unto me, and answer me: 
 
 I am restless in my complaint, and moan; 
 Because of the voice of the enemy, 
 Because of the 0])pression of the wicked; 
 
 For they cast iniquity upon me, 
 
 And in anger they persecute me. 
 
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 My heart is sore pained within me : 
 
 And the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 
 
 Pearfiilness and trembling are come upon me, 
 
 And horror hath overwhelmed me. 
 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove ! 
 Then would I fly away, and be at rest. 
 
 Lo, then would I wander far off, 
 
 I would lodge in the vnldemess. 
 I would hasten me to a shelter 
 From the stormy wind and tempest. 
 
 As for me, I will call upon God; 
 
 And the Lord shall save me. 
 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and 
 
 moan: 
 And he shall hear my voice. 
 
 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee : 
 
 He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 
 Put thou my tears into thy bottle ; 
 Are they not in thy book ? 
 
 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; 
 
 What can man do unto me? 
 Thy vows are uj^on me, O God : 
 
 I will render thank offerings unto thee. 
 For thou hast delivered my soul from death : 
 Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling ? 
 
 That I may walk before God 
 
 In the light of the living. 
 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me ; 
 
 For my soul taketh refuge in thee : 
 
 Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refage, 
 
 Until these calamities be overpast. 
 I will cry unto God Most High ; 
 Unto God that performeth all things for me. 
 
 He shall send from heaven, and save me. 
 
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 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: 
 
 I will sing, yea, I will sing praises. 
 Awake up, my glory ; awake, psaltery and harp : 
 I myself ^vill awake right early. 
 
 I will give thanks unto thee, Lord, among the peoples : 
 I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 
 
 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, 
 
 And thy truth unto the skies. 
 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens ; 
 
 Let thy glory be above all the earth. 
 
 A SELECTION FROM PSALMS LXL, LXIL, LXIIL 
 
 Hear my cry, O God ; 
 Attend unto my prayer. 
 
 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my 
 heart is overwhelmed : 
 Lead me to the rock that is higher than L 
 
 For thou hast been a refuge for me, 
 
 A strong tower from the enemy. 
 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever : 
 
 I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. 
 For thou, O God, hast lieard my vows : 
 
 Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. 
 My soul waiteth only upon God : 
 From him cometh my salvation. 
 
 He only is my rock and my salvation : 
 
 He is my high tower ; I shall not be greatly moved. 
 My soul, wait thou only upon God ; 
 
 For my expectation is from him. 
 He only is my rock and my salvation : 
 
 He is my high tower ; I shall not be moved. 
 
4Q RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 With God is my salvation and my glory : 
 
 The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 
 Trust in him at all times, ye people ; 
 Pour out your heart before him : 
 
 God is a refuge for us. 
 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high 
 degree are a lie : 
 
 In the balances they will go up; 
 
 They are together lighter than vanity. 
 Trust not in oppression, 
 And become not vain in robbery : 
 
 If riches increase, set not your heart thereon. 
 God hath spoken once, 
 Twice have I heard this ; 
 That power belongeth unto God : 
 
 Also unto thee, Lord, belongeth mercy : 
 
 For thou renderest to every man according to his work. 
 O God, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee : 
 
 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, 
 
 In a dry and weary land, where no water is. 
 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, 
 To see thy power and thy glory. 
 
 For thy lovingkindness is better than life ; 
 
 My lips shall praise thee. 
 So will I bless thee while I live : 
 
 I will lift up my hands in thy name. 
 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; 
 And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips ; 
 
 When I remember thee upon my bed, 
 
 And meditate on thee in the night watches. 
 For thou hast been my help, 
 And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 
 
 My soul foUoweth hard after thee : 
 
 Thy right hand upholdeth me. 
 
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 A SELECTION FROM PSALMS LXV., LXVL 
 
 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion : 
 
 And unto thee shall the vow be perfonned. 
 
 thou that hearest prayer, 
 
 Unto thee shall all flesh come. 
 Iniquities prevail against me : 
 As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. 
 
 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to ap- 
 proach unto thee, 
 
 That he may dwell in thy courts: 
 We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, 
 The holy place of thy temple. 
 
 By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, 
 
 God of our salvation ; 
 Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, 
 And of them that are afar off upon the sea : 
 
 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains ; 
 
 Being girded about with might : 
 Which stilleth the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their 
 
 waves, 
 And the tumult of the peoples. 
 
 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy 
 tokens : 
 Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to 
 rejoice. 
 
 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, 
 
 Thou greatly enrichest it ; 
 
 The river of God is full of water: 
 Thou providest them corn, when thou hast so prepared the 
 earth. 
 
 Thou waterest her furrows abundantly ; 
 
 Thou settlest the ridges thereof: 
 Thou makest it soft with showers ; 
 Thou blessest the springing thereof. 
 
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 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; 
 
 And thy paths drop fatness. 
 The}' drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: 
 And the hills are girded with joy. 
 
 The pastures are clothed with flocks ; 
 The valleys also are covered over with corn ; 
 
 They shout for joy, they also sing. 
 Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth : 
 
 Sing forth the glory of his name : 
 
 Make his praise glorious. 
 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works ! 
 
 Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies sub- 
 mit themselves unto thee. 
 All » the earth shall worship thee, 
 And shall sing unto thee ; 
 
 They shall sing to thy name. 
 Come, and see the works of God ; 
 
 He is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. 
 He turned the sea into dry land : 
 They went through the river on foot : 
 
 There did we rejoice in him. 
 He ruleth by his might for ever ; 
 His eyes observe the nations : 
 
 Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. 
 O bless our God, ye j^eoples. 
 And make the voice of his praise to be heard : 
 
 Which holdeth our soul in life, 
 
 And sujffereth not our feet to be moved. 
 For thou, God, hast proved us : 
 
 Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 
 Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, 
 And I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 
 
 I cried unto him with my mouth, 
 
 And he was extolled with my tongue. 
 
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 If I regard iniquity in my heart, 
 The Lord will nut hear : 
 
 But verily God hath heard ; 
 
 He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. 
 Blessed be God, 
 
 Which Iiath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from 
 me. 
 
 A SELECTION FROM PSALMS LXVII., LXVIIL, 
 
 LXIX. 
 
 God be merciful unto us, and bless us, 
 
 And cause his face to shine upon us; 
 That thy way niay be known upon earth, 
 
 Thy saving health among all nations. 
 Let the peoples praise thee, O God ; 
 
 Let all the peoples praise thee. 
 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy : 
 For thou shalt judge the peoples with equity, 
 
 And govern the nations upon earth. 
 Let the peoples praise thee, O God ; 
 
 Let all the peoples praise thee. 
 The earth hath yielded her increase : 
 God, even our own God, shall bless us. 
 
 God shall bless us; 
 
 And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. 
 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name : 
 
 Cast up a high way for him that rideth through the deserts ; 
 His name is JAH ; and exult ye before him. 
 
 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, 
 
 Is God in his holy habitation. 
 God setteth the solitary in families : 
 
 He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity : 
 
 But the rebellious dwell in a parched land. 
 
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 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, 
 When thou didst march through the wilderness ; 
 
 The earth trembled, 
 
 The heavens also dropped at the presence of God : 
 Even yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of 
 Israel. 
 
 Thou, God, didst send a plentiful rain. 
 
 Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. 
 Thy congregation dwelt therein : 
 
 Thou, God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor. 
 The Lord giveth the word : 
 
 The women that publish the tidings are a great host. 
 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands 
 upon thousands: 
 
 The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary. 
 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led thy captivity 
 
 captive ; 
 Thou hast received gifts among men, 
 
 Yea, among the rebellious also, that the Lord God might 
 dwell with them. 
 Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, 
 Even the God who is our salvation. 
 
 God is unto us a God of deliverances ; 
 
 And unto Jehovah the Lord belong the issues from death. 
 They have seen thy goings, O God, 
 Even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. 
 
 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, 
 
 In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels. 
 Bless ye God in the congregations. 
 Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel. 
 
 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth ; 
 
 sing praises unto the Lord; 
 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which are 
 of old; 
 
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 Lo, he uttereth his voice, and tliat a mighty voice. 
 
 Ascribe ye strength unto God: 
 His excellency is over Israel, 
 
 And his strength is in the skies. 
 
 Ood, then art terrible out of thy holy ])laces: 
 
 The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his 
 people. 
 Blessed J!E God. 
 
 1 will praise the name of God with a song, 
 And will magnify him with thanksgiving. 
 
 And it shall please the Lord better than an ox, 
 Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 
 
 The meek have seen it, and are glad : 
 Ye that seek after God, let your heart live. 
 
 For the Lord heareth the needy, 
 
 And despiseth not his prisoners. 
 Let Heaven and earth praise him. 
 The seas, and every thing that moveth therein. 
 
 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah ; 
 
 And they shall abide there, and have it in possession. 
 The seed also of his servants sliall inherit it ; 
 
 And they that love his name shall dwell therein. 
 
 PSALM LXX. 
 
 Make haste, O God, to deliver me ; 
 Make haste to help me, O Lord. 
 
 Let them be ashamed and confounded 
 
 That seek after my soul : 
 Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour 
 That delight in my hurt. 
 
 Let them be turned back by reason of their shame 
 
 That say, Aha, Aha. 
 
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 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee ; 
 
 And let such as love thy salvation say continually, 
 
 Let God be magnified. 
 But I am poor and needy ; 
 Make haste unto me, O God : 
 
 Thou art my help and my deliverer ; 
 
 Lord, make no tarrying. 
 
 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust : 
 
 Let me never be ashamed. 
 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me : 
 
 Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me. 
 Be thou to me a rock of habitation, where unto I may con- 
 tinually resort : 
 
 Thou hast given commandment to save me; 
 For thou art my rock and my fortress. 
 
 Rescue me, my God, out of the hand of the wicked. 
 
 Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 
 For thou art my hope, O Lord God : 
 Thou art my trust from my youth. 
 
 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: 
 
 Thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels : 
 
 My praise shall be continually of thee. 
 I am as a wonder unto many ; 
 But thou art my strong refuge. 
 
 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, 
 
 And with thy honour all the day. 
 Cast me not off in the time of old age ; 
 
 Forsake me not when my strength faileth. 
 For mine enemies speak concerning me ; 
 
 And they that watch for my soul take counsel together. 
 
 Saying, God hath forsaken him: 
 
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 Pursue and take him ; for there is none to deliver. 
 God, be not far from me : 
 
 my God, make haste to help me. 
 
 Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to 
 
 my soul ; 
 Let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my 
 
 hurt. 
 But I will hope continually, 
 And will praise thee yet more and more. 
 
 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, 
 And of thy salvation all the day ; 
 For I know not the numbers thereof. 
 
 1 will come with the mighty acts of the Lord God: 
 
 I will make mention of thy rightecmsness, even of thine 
 only. 
 
 God, thou hast taught me from my youth; 
 And hitherto liave I declared thy wondrous works. 
 
 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, God, forsake me 
 not; 
 Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, 
 Thy might to every one that is to come. 
 
 Thy righteousness also, God, is very high; 
 Thou who hast done great things, 
 
 God, who is like unto thee ? 
 
 Thou, which hast shewed us many and sore troubles, 
 Shalt quicken us again, 
 And sluilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth. 
 Increase thou my greatness, 
 And turn again and comfort me. 
 
 1 will also praise thee with tlie psaltery, 
 Even thy truth, O my God : 
 
 Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, 
 thou Holy One of Israel. 
 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto thee ; 
 
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 And my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 
 
 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day 
 
 long: 
 For they are ashamed, for they are confounded, that seek my 
 
 hurt. 
 
 PSALM LXXII. 
 
 Give the king thy judgements, O God, 
 
 And thy righteousness unto the king's son. 
 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, 
 
 And thy poor with judgement. 
 The mountains shall bring peace to the people. 
 And the hills, in righteousness. 
 
 He shall judge the poor of the people, 
 
 He shall save the children of the needy, 
 And shall break in pieces the oppressor. 
 
 They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, 
 
 And so long as the moon, throughout all generations. 
 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass : 
 
 As showers that water the earth. 
 In his days shall the righteous flourish ; 
 
 And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more. 
 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea. 
 
 And from the River unto the ends of the earth. 
 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him ; 
 
 And his enemies shall lick the dust. 
 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: 
 
 The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 
 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him : 
 
 All nations shall serve him. 
 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; 
 
 And the poor, that hath no helper. 
 He shall have pity on the poor and needy, 
 
 And the souls of the needy he shall save. 
 
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 He shall redeem their soul from oppression and violence ; 
 
 And precious shall their blood be in his sight: 
 And they shall live ; and to him shall be given of the gold 
 of Sheha : 
 
 And men shall pray for him continually; 
 
 They shall bless him all the day long. 
 There shall be abundance of corn in the earth upon the top 
 of the mountains ; 
 
 The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : 
 And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 
 
 His name shall endure for ever; 
 
 His name shall be continued as long as the sun : 
 And men shall be blessed in him ; 
 
 All nations shall call him happy. 
 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, 
 Who only doeth wondrous things : 
 
 And blessed be his glorious name for ever ; 
 
 And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. 
 Amen, and Amen. 
 
 PSALM LXXIIL 
 
 Surely God is good to Israel, 
 Even to such as are pure in heart. 
 
 But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; 
 
 My steps had well nigh slipped. 
 For 1 was envious at the arrogant, 
 When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 
 
 For there are no bands in their death : 
 
 But their strength is firm. 
 They are not in trouble as other men ; 
 Neither are they plagued like other men. 
 
 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; 
 
 Violence covereth them as a garment. 
 
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 Their eyes stand out with fatness : 
 They have more than heart could wish. 
 
 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression : 
 
 They speak loftily. 
 They have set their mouth in the heavens, 
 And their tongue walketh through the earth. 
 
 Therefore his people return hither : 
 
 And waters of a full cup are wrung out by them. 
 And they say, How doth God know ? 
 And is there knowledge in the Most High ? 
 
 Behold, these are the wicked; 
 
 And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches. 
 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, 
 And washed my hands in innocency ; 
 
 For all the day long have I been plagued. 
 
 And chastened every morning. 
 If I had said, I will speak thus ; 
 
 Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy 
 children. 
 
 When I thought how I might know this. 
 
 It was too painful for me; 
 Until I went into the sanctuary of God, 
 And considered their latter end. 
 
 Surely thou settest them in slippery places : 
 
 Thou castest them down to destruction. 
 How are they become a desolation in a moment ! 
 They are utterly consumed with terrors. 
 
 As a dream when one awaketh ; 
 
 So, Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their 
 image. 
 For my heart was grieved, 
 And I was pricked in my reins : 
 
 So brutish was I, and ignorant; 
 
 I was as a beast before thee. 
 
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 Nevertheless I am continually with thee : 
 Thou hast holden my right hand. 
 
 Thou shalt g^ide me with thy counsel, 
 
 And afterward receive me to glory. 
 Whom have I in heaven but thee ? 
 And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. 
 
 My flesh and my heart faileth : 
 
 But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. 
 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish : 
 Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. 
 
 But it is good for me to draw near unto God : 
 I have made the Lord God my refuge, 
 That I may tell of all thy works. 
 
 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 I will cry unto God with my voice ; 
 
 Even unto God with my voice, and he will give ear unto me. 
 In tlie day of my trouble I sought the Lord : 
 
 My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; 
 
 My soul refused to be comforted. 
 I remember God, and am disquieted : 
 
 I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. 
 Thou boldest mine eyes watching : 
 I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 
 
 I have considered the days of old. 
 
 The years of ancient times. 
 I call to remembrance my song in the night: 
 
 I commune with mine own heart; 
 
 And my spirit made diligent search. 
 Will the Lord cast off for ever ? 
 And will he be favourable no more ? 
 
 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? 
 
 Doth his promise fail for evermore ? 
 
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 Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? 
 
 Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? 
 And I said, This is my infirmity ; 
 
 But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most 
 High. 
 
 I will make mention of the deeds of the Lord ; 
 
 For I will remember thy wonders of old. 
 I will meditate also upon all thy work, 
 And muse on thy doings. 
 
 Thy way, God, is in the sanctuary : 
 "Who is a great god like unto God ? 
 
 Thou art the God that doest wonders : 
 Thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples. 
 
 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, 
 
 The sons of Jacob and Joseph. 
 The waters saw thee, O God ; 
 The waters saw thee, they were afraid : 
 The depths also trembled. 
 
 The clouds poured out water; 
 
 The skies sent out a sound: 
 
 Thine arrows also went abroad. 
 The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; 
 
 The lightnings lightened the world: 
 
 The earth trembled and shook. 
 Thy way was in the sea. 
 And thy paths in the great waters, 
 And thy footsteps were not known. 
 
 Thou leddest thy people like a flock, 
 
 By the hand of Moses and Aaron. 
 
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 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, 
 Thou tliat leadest Joseph like a flock ; 
 
 Thou that sittest upon the cherubim, shine forth.. 
 Before lilpliraim and Benjaniiii and Mauasseh, stir up thy 
 
 might, 
 And come to save us. 
 
 Turn us again, God; 
 
 And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 
 O Lord God of hosts, 
 
 How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy 
 people ? 
 
 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, 
 
 And given them tears to drink in large measure. 
 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: 
 And our enemies laugh among themselves. 
 
 Turn us again, God of hosts ; 
 
 And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 
 Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt : 
 Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it. 
 
 Thou preparedst room before it, 
 
 And it took deep root, and filled the land. 
 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, 
 And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God. 
 
 She sent out her branches unto the sea, 
 
 And her shoots unto the River. 
 Why hast thou broken down her fences, 
 So that all they which pass by tlie way do pluck her ? 
 
 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it. 
 
 And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. 
 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : 
 
 Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, 
 
 And the stock which thy right hand hath planted, 
 
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 And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself, 
 It is burned with fire, it is cut down : 
 
 They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 
 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, 
 
 Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. 
 So shall we not go back from thee : 
 
 Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. 
 
 Turn us again, Lord God of hosts ; 
 Cause thy face to shine, and we shax,l be saved. 
 
 PSALM LXXXL 
 
 Sing aloud unto God our strength : 
 
 Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 
 Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel. 
 The pleasant harp with the psaltery. 
 
 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, 
 
 At the full moon, on our solemn feast day. 
 For it is a statute for Israel, 
 
 An ordinance of the God of Jacob. 
 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, 
 When he went out over the land of Egypt : 
 Where I heard a language that I knew not. 
 
 I removed his shoulder from the burden: 
 
 His hands were freed from the basket. 
 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered tliee ; 
 
 I answered thee in the secret place of thunder ; 
 
 I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. 
 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee : 
 O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me ! 
 
 There shall no strange god be in thee ; 
 
 Neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 
 
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 I am the Lord thy God, 
 
 Which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt : 
 
 Open thy inoutli wide, and I will fill it. 
 
 But my people hearkened not to my voice; 
 
 And Israel would none of me. 
 So I let thein go after the stubb(jrnness of their heart, 
 That they might Avalk in their own counsels. 
 
 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, 
 
 That Israel would walk in my ways! 
 I should soon subdue their enemies, 
 And turn my hand against their adversaries. 
 
 The haters of the Lord should submit themselves unto him : 
 But their time should endure for ever. 
 
 He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat : 
 
 And with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 How amiable are thy tabernacles, 
 O Lord of Hosts ! 
 
 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord ; 
 My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God. 
 
 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house. 
 
 And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her 
 young. 
 Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, 
 My King, and my God. 
 
 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : 
 
 They will be still praising thee. 
 Blessed is the man whose strengtli is in thee; 
 
 In whose heart are the high ways to Zion. 
 Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place 
 of springs; 
 
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 Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. 
 They go from strength to strengtli, 
 
 Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion. 
 
 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : 
 
 Give ear, God of Jacob. 
 Behold, O God our shield, 
 And look upon the face of thine anointed. 
 
 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 
 
 1 had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, 
 Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 
 
 For the Lord God is a sun and a shield : 
 The Lord will give grace and glory : 
 
 No good thing will he withold from them that walk uprightly. 
 O Lord of hosts, 
 Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land : 
 
 Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. 
 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, 
 Thou hast covered all their sin. 
 
 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: 
 Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. 
 
 Turn us, God of our salvation, 
 
 And cause thine indignation toward us to cease. 
 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever ? 
 
 Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 
 Wilt thou not quicken us again : 
 
 That thy people may rejoice in thee? 
 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, 
 
 And grant us thy salvation. 
 
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 I will hear what God the Lord will speak : 
 
 For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints : 
 But let them not turn again to folly. 
 
 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him ; 
 
 That glory may dwell in our land. 
 Mercy and truth are met together : 
 
 Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 
 Truth springeth out of the earth ; 
 
 And righteousness hath looked down from heaven. 
 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; 
 
 And our land shall yield her increase. 
 Righteousness shall go before him ; 
 
 And shall make his footsteps a way to walk in. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 Bow down thine ear, O Lord, and answer me ; 
 
 For I am poor and needy. 
 Preserve my soul ; for I am godly : 
 
 thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 
 Be merciful unto me, O Lord ; 
 
 For unto thee do I cry all the day long. 
 Rejoice the soul of thy servant ; 
 
 For unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul. 
 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, 
 And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 
 
 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer; 
 
 And hearken unto the voice of my supplications. 
 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee ; 
 For thou wilt answer me. 
 
 There is none like unto thee among the gods, Lord ; 
 
 Neither are there any works like unto thy works. 
 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship 
 before thee, O Lord ; 
 
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 And they shall glorify thy name. 
 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things : 
 
 Thou art God alone. 
 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I will walk in thy truth : 
 
 Unite my heart to fear thy name. 
 I will praise thee, O Lord ray God, with my whole heart; 
 
 And I will glorify thy name for evermore. 
 For great is thy mercy toward me ; 
 
 And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest pit. 
 O God, the proud are risen up against me. 
 And the congregation of violent men have sought after my 
 
 soul, 
 And have not set thee before them. 
 
 But thou, Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, 
 
 Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 
 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me , 
 Give thy strength unto thy servant. 
 
 And save the son of thine handmaid. 
 
 Shew me a token for good; 
 That they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed, 
 Because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever : 
 
 With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all 
 generations. 
 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever ; 
 
 Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 
 I have made a covenant with my chosen, 
 
 I have sworn unto David my servant; 
 Thy seed will I establish for ever, 
 
 And build up thy throne to all generations. 
 
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 And the heavens sliall praise tli}'- wonders, O Lord ; 
 
 Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. 
 For wlio in the skies can be compared unto the Lord ? 
 
 Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto the Lord ? 
 A God very ten-iblc in the council of the holy ones. 
 
 And to be feared above all them that are round about him ? 
 O Lord God of hosts, 
 Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O JAH ? 
 
 And thy faithfulness is round about thee. 
 Thou rulest the pride of the sea : 
 
 When the vp'aves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 
 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain ; 
 
 Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy 
 strength. 
 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine : 
 
 The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 
 The north and the south, thou hast created them : 
 
 Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. 
 Thou hast a mighty arm : 
 
 Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 
 
 Righteousness and judgement are the foundation of thy 
 throne : 
 
 Mercy and truth go before thy face. 
 Blessed is the people that knoAv the joyful sound : 
 
 They walk, Lord, in the light of thy countenance. 
 Li thy name do they rejoice all the day : 
 
 And in thy righteousness are they exalted. 
 For thou art the glory of their strength : 
 
 And in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. 
 For our shield belongeth unto the Lord : 
 
 And our king to the Holy One of Israel. 
 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints. 
 And saidst, I have laid help upon one tliat is mighty ; 
 
 I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 
 
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 I have found David my servant ; 
 
 With my holy oil have I anointed him: 
 With whom my hand shall be established ; 
 
 Mine arm also shall strengthen him. 
 The enemy shall not exact upon him ; 
 
 Nor the son of wickedness aflict him. 
 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, 
 
 And smite them that hate him. 
 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; 
 
 And in my name shall his horn be exalted. 
 I will set his hand also on the sea, 
 
 And his right hand on the rivers. 
 He shall cry unto me. Thou art my father, 
 My God, and the rock of my salvation. 
 
 I also will make him my firstborn, 
 
 The highest of the kings of the earth. 
 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore. 
 
 And my covenant shall stand fast with him. 
 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, 
 
 And his throne as the days of heaven. 
 If his children forsake my law. 
 And walk not in my judgements ; 
 
 If they break my statutes, 
 
 And keep not my commandments ; 
 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, * 
 
 And their iniquity with stripes. 
 But my merc}^ will I not utterly take from him. 
 
 Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 
 My covenant will I not break. 
 
 Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 
 Once have I sworn by my holiness ; 
 
 I will not lie unto David; 
 His seed shall endure for ever. 
 
 And his throne as the sun before me. 
 
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 It shall be established for ever as the moon, 
 
 And as the faithful witness in the sky. 
 Blessed be the Lord for evermore. 
 Amen, and Amen. 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 
 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place 
 In all generations. 
 
 Before the mountains were broug-ht forth, 
 
 Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, 
 Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 
 
 Thou turnest man to destruction ; 
 
 And sayest, Return, ye children of men. 
 For a thousand years in thy sight 
 Are but as yesterday when it is past, 
 And as a watch in the night. 
 
 Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : 
 In the morning tliey are like grass which groweth up. 
 
 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; 
 
 In the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 
 For we are consumed in thine anger, 
 
 And in thy wrath are we troubled. 
 Thou hast set our inicjuities before thee, 
 
 Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 
 For all our days are jjassed aAvay in thy wrath : 
 
 We bring our years to an end as a tale that is told. 
 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, 
 Or even by reason of strength fourscore years ; 
 
 Yet is their pride but labour and sorrow; 
 
 For it is soon gone, and we fly away. 
 Who knoweth the power of thine anger. 
 
 And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee ? 
 
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 So teach us to number our days, 
 
 That we may get us an heart of wisdom. 
 
 Return, Lord: how long? 
 
 And let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 
 O satisfy us in the morning with thy mere}" ; 
 
 That we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 
 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast 
 aflhcted us, 
 
 And the years wherein we have seen evil. 
 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, 
 
 And thy glory upon their children. 
 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : 
 
 And establish thou the work of our hands upon us ; 
 
 Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. 
 
 PSALM XCL 
 
 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High 
 Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 
 
 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress ; 
 
 My God, in whom I trust. 
 For lie shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, 
 And from the noisome pestilence. 
 
 He shall cover thee with his pinions. 
 
 And under his wings shalt thou take refuge : 
 His truth is a shield and a buckler. 
 
 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night. 
 
 Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 
 For tlie pestilence that walketh in darkness, 
 Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 
 
 A thousand shall fall at thy side. 
 
 And ten thousand at thy right hand ; 
 
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 But it shall not come nigh thee. 
 
 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, 
 
 And see the reward of the wicked. 
 For thou, O Lord, art my refuge ! 
 
 Thou hast made the Most High thy hahitation ; 
 
 There shall no evil befall thee, 
 Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. 
 
 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, 
 
 To keep thee in all thy ways. 
 They shall bear thee up in their hands, 
 Lest tliou dash thy foot against a stone. 
 
 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: 
 
 The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under 
 
 feet. 
 
 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver 
 him: 
 
 I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 
 
 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him ; 
 I will be with liim in trouble : 
 
 I will deliver him, and honour him. 
 With long life will I satisfy him, 
 
 And shew him my salvation. 
 
 PSALM XCII. 
 
 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, 
 
 And to sing praises unto thy name, Most High: 
 To shew fortli thy lovingkindness in the morning. 
 
 And thy faithfulness every night, 
 With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery ; 
 
 With a solemn sound upon the harp. 
 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work : 
 
 I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 
 
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 How great are thy works, O Lord ! 
 Thy thoughts are very deep. 
 
 A brutish man knoweth not ; 
 
 Neither doth a fool understand this : 
 When the wicked spring as the grass, 
 And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish ; 
 
 It is that they shall be destroyed for ever : 
 
 But thou, Lord, art on high for evermore. 
 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, 
 For, lo, thine enemies shall perish ; 
 
 All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 
 But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox : 
 
 I am anointed with fresh oil. 
 Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies. 
 
 Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up 
 against me. 
 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree : 
 
 He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 
 They that are planted in the house of the Lord 
 
 Shall flourish in the courts of our God. 
 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; 
 
 They shall be full of sap and green : 
 To shew that the Lord is upright ; 
 
 He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. 
 
 PSALM XCIII. 
 
 The Lord reigneth ; he is apparelled with majesty ; 
 
 The Lord is apparelled, he hath girded himself with strength: 
 The world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. 
 
 Thy throne is established of old : 
 Thou art from everlasting. 
 
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 The floods have lifted up, Lord, 
 
 The floods have lifted up their voice ; 
 The Hoods lift up their waves. 
 Above the voices of many waters, 
 The mighty breakers of the sea, 
 
 The Lord on high is mighty. 
 Thy testimonies arc very sure: 
 
 Holiness becometh thine house, 
 
 Lord, for evermore. 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 O come, let us sing unto the Lord : 
 
 Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 
 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, 
 
 Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 
 For the Lord is a great God, 
 
 And a great King above all gods. 
 In liis hand are the deep places of the earth ; 
 
 The heights of the mountains are his also. 
 The sea is his, and he made it ; 
 
 And his hands formed the dry land. 
 O come, let us worship and bow down ; 
 
 Let us kneel before the Lord our maker: 
 For he is our God, 
 
 And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his 
 hand. 
 To-day, Oh that ye would hear his voice ! 
 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, 
 
 As in the day of Massah in the wilderness : 
 When your fathers tempted me. 
 Proved me, and saw my work. 
 
 Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, 
 
 And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, 
 
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 And they have not known my ways : 
 Wherefore I sware in my wrath, 
 That they should not enter into my rest. 
 
 PSALM XCVI. 
 
 O sing unto the Lord a new song : 
 
 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth. 
 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name ; 
 
 Shew forth his salvation from day to day. 
 Declare his glory among the nations, 
 
 His marvellous works among all the peoples. 
 For great is the Lord, and highly to be praised : 
 
 He is to be feared above all gods. 
 For all the gods of the peoples are idols : 
 
 But the Lord made the heavens. 
 Honour and majesty are before him : 
 
 Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 
 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the peoples, 
 
 Give unto the Lord glory and strength. 
 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : 
 
 Bring an offering, and come into his courts. 
 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : 
 
 Tremble before him, all the earth. 
 Say among the nations, The Lord reigneth : 
 
 The world also is stablished that it cannot be moved ; 
 He shall judge the peoples with equity. 
 
 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice ; 
 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof ; 
 
 Let the field exult, and all that is therein ; 
 Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy ; 
 
 Before the Lord, for he cometh; 
 
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 For he cometh to judge the earth : 
 
 He shall judge the world with righteousness, 
 And the peoples with his truth. 
 
 PSALM XCVII. 
 
 The Lord reigneth ; let the earth rejoice ; 
 
 Let the multitude of isles be glad. 
 Clouds and darkness are round about him : 
 
 Righteousness and judgement are the foundation of his throne. 
 A fire goeth before him, 
 
 And bumeth up his adversaries round about. 
 
 His lightnings lightened the world : 
 
 The earth saw, and trembled. 
 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, 
 
 At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 
 The heavens declare his rigliteousness, 
 
 And all the peoples have seen his glory. 
 Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, 
 That boast themselves of idols : 
 
 "Worship him, all ye gods. 
 Zion heard and was glad, 
 And the daughters of Judah rejoiced ; 
 
 Because of thy judgements, Lord. 
 For thou, Lord, art most high above all the earth : 
 
 Thou art exalted far above all gods. 
 O ye that love the Lord, hate evil : 
 
 He preserveth the souls of his saints ; 
 
 He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. 
 Light is sown for the righteous, 
 
 And gladness for the upright in heart 
 Be glad in tlie Lord, ye righteous : 
 
 And give thanks to his holy name. 
 
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 PSALM XCVIII. 
 
 O sing unto the Lord a new song ; 
 For lie hath done marvellous things : 
 
 His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for 
 him. 
 The Lord hath made known his salvation : 
 
 His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the 
 nations. 
 He hath remembered his mercy and his faithfulness toward 
 the house of Israel : 
 
 All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 
 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth : 
 
 Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises. 
 Sing praises unto the Lord with the harp ; 
 
 With the harp and the voice of melody. 
 With trumpets and sound of cornet 
 Make a jojrful noise before the King, the Lord. 
 
 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; 
 The world, and they that dwell therein ; 
 
 Let the floods clap their hands ; 
 Let the hills sing for joy together ; 
 Before the Lord, for he cometh to judge the earth: 
 
 He shall judge the world with righteousness, 
 
 And the peoples with equity. 
 
 PSALM XCIX. 
 
 The Lord reigneth ; let the peoples tremble : 
 
 He sitteth upon the cherubim ; let the earth be moved. 
 
 The Lord is great in Zion ; 
 
 And he is high above all the peoples. 
 
 Let them praise thy great and terrible name : 
 
 Holy is he. 
 
 The king's strength also loveth judgement ; 
 
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 Thou dost establish equity, 
 
 Thou executest judgement and righteousness iu Jacob. 
 
 Exalt ye the Lord our God, 
 
 And worship at his footstool: 
 
 Holy is he. 
 Moses and Aaron among his priests, 
 And Samuel among them that call upon his name ; 
 They called upon the Lord, and he answered them. 
 
 He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: 
 They kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave 
 them. 
 
 Thou answeredst them, Lord our God : 
 Thou wast a God that forgavest them, 
 Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings. 
 
 Exalt ye the Lord our God, 
 
 And worship at his holy hill; 
 For the Lord our God is holy. 
 
 PSALM C. 
 
 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 
 
 Serve the Lord with gladness : 
 Come before his presence with singing. 
 
 Know ye that the Lord he is God: 
 It is he that hath made us, and we are his; 
 
 We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 
 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, 
 
 And into his courts with praise : 
 Give thanks unto him, and bless his name. 
 
 For the Lord is good; his mercy endureth for ever; 
 And his F^uthfulness unto all Genekatiuns. 
 
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 PSALM CII. 
 
 Hear my prayer, O Lord, 
 
 And let my cry come unto thee. 
 
 Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress : 
 Incline thine ear unto me ; 
 In the day when I call answer me speedily. 
 
 For my days consume away like smoke, 
 
 And my bones are burned as a firebrand. 
 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered ; 
 For I forget to eat my bread. 
 
 By reason of the voice of my groaning 
 
 My bones cleave to my flesh. 
 I am like a pelican of the wilderness ; 
 
 I am become as an owl of the waste places. 
 I watch, and am become 
 Like a sparrow that is alone upon the house top. 
 
 Mine enemies reproach me all the day ; 
 
 They that are mad against me do curse by me. 
 For I have eaten ashes like bread, 
 And mingled my drink with weeping. 
 
 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath : 
 For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away. 
 
 My days are like a shadow that declineth; 
 
 And I am withered like grass. 
 But thou, O Lord, shalt abide for ever ; 
 
 And thy memorial unto all generations. 
 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion : 
 
 For it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time is 
 come. 
 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones. 
 
 And have pity upon her dust. 
 So the nations shall fear the name of the Lord, 
 
 And all the kings of the earth thy glory : 
 
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 For tlie Lord liath built up Zion, 
 He hatli appeared in liis glory ; 
 
 He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, 
 
 And hath not despised their prayer. 
 This shall be written for the generation to come: 
 
 And a people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. 
 For he liiith looked down from tlie height of his sanctuary: 
 
 Prom heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 
 To hear the sighing of the prisoner ; 
 To loose those that are appointed to death ; 
 
 That men may declare the name of the Lord in Zion, 
 
 And his praise in Jerusalem ; 
 When the peoples are gathered together, 
 And the kingdoms, to serve tlie Lord. 
 
 He weakened my strength in the way; 
 
 He shortened my days. 
 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my 
 days: 
 
 Thy years are throughout all generations. 
 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth ; 
 
 And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 
 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : 
 
 Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; 
 As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be 
 changed : 
 
 But thou art the same, 
 
 And thy years shall have no end. 
 The children of thy servants shall continue. 
 
 And their seed shall be established before thee. 
 
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 PSALM cm. 
 
 Bless the Lord, O ray soul ; 
 
 And all that is within me, bless his holy name. 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul, 
 
 And forget not all his benefits : 
 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; 
 
 Who healeth all thy diseases; 
 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; 
 
 Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies : 
 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; 
 
 So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle. 
 The Lord executeth righteous acts. 
 
 And judgements for all that are oppressed. 
 He made known his ways unto Moses, 
 
 His doings unto the children of Israel. 
 The Lord is full of compassion and gracious, 
 Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 
 
 He will not always chide ; 
 
 Neither will he keep his anger for ever. 
 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 
 
 Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. 
 For as the heaven is high above the earth, 
 So great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 
 
 As far as the east is from the west, 
 
 So far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 
 Like as a father pitieth his children. 
 
 So the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 
 For he knoweth our frame ; 
 
 He remembereth that we are dust. 
 As for man, his days are as grass ; 
 As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
 
 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; 
 
 And the place thereof shall know it no more. 
 
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 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting 
 upon them that fear him, 
 
 And his righteousness unto children's children; 
 To such as keep his covenant, 
 And to those tliat remember his precepts to do them. 
 
 The Lord hath established his throne in the heavens ; 
 
 And his kingdom ruleth over all 
 Bless tlie Lord, ye angels of his : 
 
 Ye mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, 
 
 Hearkening unto the voice of his word. 
 Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts ; 
 
 Te ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 
 Bless the Lord, all ye his works, 
 In all places of his dominion : 
 
 Bless the Lord, my soul. 
 
 PSALM CIV. 
 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul. 
 
 Lord my God, thou art very great; 
 
 Thou art clothed with honour and majesty. 
 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment ; 
 
 Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : 
 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters ; 
 
 Who maketh the clouds his chariot; 
 Who walketh upon the wings of the wind : 
 
 Who maketh winds his messengers; 
 
 His ministers a flaming fire : 
 Who laid the foundations of the earth, 
 That it should not be moved for ever. 
 
 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture ; 
 
 The waters stood above the mountains. 
 
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 At thy rebuke they fled ; 
 
 At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away ; 
 They went up by the mountains, they went down by the 
 
 valleys, 
 Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them. 
 
 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; 
 
 That they turn not again to cover the earth. 
 He sendeth forth springs into the valleys ; 
 They run among the mountains : 
 
 They give drink to every beast of the field ; 
 
 The wild asses quench their thirst. 
 By them the fowl of the heaven have their habitation, 
 They sing among the branches. 
 
 He watereth the mountains from his chambers : 
 
 The earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 
 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, 
 And herb for the service of man ; 
 
 That he may bring forth food out of the earth : 
 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, 
 And oil to make his face to shine, 
 
 And bread that strengtheneth man's heart. 
 The trees of the Lord are satisfied ; 
 The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted ; 
 
 Where the birds make their nests : 
 
 As for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 
 The high mountains are for the wild goats ; 
 
 The rocks are a refuge for the conies. 
 He appointed the moon for seasons : 
 
 The sun knoweth his going down. 
 Thou makest darkness, and it is night ; 
 Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. 
 
 The young lions roar after their prey, 
 
 And seek their meat from God. 
 
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 The sun arisetli, they get them away, 
 And hiy them down iu their dens. 
 
 Man g-oeth forth unto his work 
 
 And to his labour until the evening. 
 O Lord, how inanii'old are thy works ! 
 In wisdom hast thou made them all : 
 
 The earth is full of thy riches. 
 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, 
 Wherein are things creeping innumerable, 
 Both small and great beasts. 
 
 There go the ships; 
 
 There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to take his pas- 
 time therein. 
 These wait all upon thee. 
 That thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 
 
 That thou givest unto them they gather; 
 
 Thou openest thine hand, they are satisfied with good. 
 Thou liidest thy face, they are troubled ; 
 
 Thou takest away their breath, they die, 
 
 And return to their dust 
 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created ; 
 
 And thou renewest the face of the ground. 
 Let the glory of the Lord endure for ever ; 
 
 Let the Lord rejoice in his works : 
 Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; 
 
 He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. 
 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : 
 
 I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. 
 Let my meditation be sweet unto him : 
 
 I will rejoice in the Lord. 
 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. 
 And let the wicked be no more. 
 
 Bless the Lord, my soul. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
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 PSALM CVII. 
 
 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : 
 
 Tor his mercy endureth for ever. 
 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, 
 Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary ; 
 
 And gathered them out of the lands, 
 
 From the east and from the west, 
 From the north and from the south. 
 
 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way ; 
 
 They found no city of habitation. 
 Hungry and thirsty, 
 Their soul fainted in them. 
 
 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 
 And he delivered them out of their distresses. 
 He led them also by a straight way, 
 That they might go to a city of habitation. 
 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness. 
 
 And for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 
 For he satisfieth the longing soul, 
 And the hungry soul he fiUeth with good. 
 
 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, 
 
 Being bound in affliction and iron ; 
 Because they rebelled against the words of God, 
 And contemned the counsel of the Most High : 
 
 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; 
 
 They fell down, and there was none to help. 
 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 And he saved them out of their distresses. 
 
 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death. 
 
 And brake their bands in sunder. 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness. 
 And for his wonderful works to the children of men I 
 
 Tor he hath broken the gates of brass. 
 
 And cut the bars of iron in sunder. 
 
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 Fools because cf their transgression, 
 
 And because of their ini(iuitie8, are afflicted. 
 
 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat ; 
 
 And they draw near unto the gates of death. 
 Then they cry unto tlio Lord in their trouble, 
 And he saveth them out of their distresses. 
 
 He sendeth his word, and healeth them, 
 
 And delivereth them from their destructions. 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, 
 And for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 
 
 And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, 
 
 And declare his works with singing. 
 They that go down to the sea in ships, 
 That do business in great waters ; 
 
 These see the works of the Lord, 
 
 And his wonders in the deep. 
 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, 
 Which lifteth up the waves thereof. 
 
 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the 
 depths : 
 
 Their soul melteth away because of trouble. 
 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, 
 And are at their wits' end. 
 
 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 
 And he bringeth them out of their distresses. 
 He maketh the storm a calm, 
 So that the waves thereof are still. 
 
 Then are they glad because they be quiet; 
 
 So he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. 
 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness. 
 And for his wonderful works to tlie children of men ! 
 
 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people. 
 
 And praise him in the seat of the elders. 
 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, 
 
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 And watersprings into a thirsty ground ; 
 
 A fruitful land into a salt desert, 
 
 For the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 
 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, 
 And a dry land into watersprings. 
 
 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, 
 
 That they may prepare a city of habitation ; 
 And sow fields, and plant vineyards. 
 And f^-et them fruits of increase. 
 
 Ec blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; 
 
 And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 
 Again, they are minished and bowed down 
 Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. 
 
 He poureth contempt upon princes, 
 
 And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no 
 way. 
 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, 
 And maketh him families like a flock. 
 
 The upright shall see it, and be glad ; 
 
 And all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 
 Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things. 
 And they shall consider the mercies of the Lord. 
 
 PSALM ex. 
 
 The Lord saith unto my lord. Sit thou at my right hand, 
 Until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 
 
 The Lord shall send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion : 
 
 Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 
 Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy 
 power : 
 
 In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, 
 
 Thou hast the dew of thy youth. 
 
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 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, 
 Thou art a priest for ever 
 After the order of Melchizedek. 
 
 The Lord at thy right hand 
 
 Shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 
 He shall judge among the nations, 
 He shall fill the i)laces with dead hodies; 
 
 He shall strike through the head in many countries. 
 He shall drink of the brook in the way : 
 
 Therefore shall he lift up the head. 
 
 PSALM CXL 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 I will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart, 
 
 In the council of the upright, and in the congregation. 
 The works of the Lord are great, 
 Sought out of all them that liave pleasure therein. 
 
 His work is honour and majesty: 
 And his righteousness endureth for ever. 
 
 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: 
 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. 
 
 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : 
 
 He will ever be mindful of his covenant. 
 He hath shewed his people the power of his works. 
 In giving them the heritage of the nations. 
 
 The works of his hands are truth and judgement ; 
 
 All his precepts are sure. 
 They are established for ever and ever. 
 They are done in truth and uprightness. 
 
 He hath sent redemption unto his people; 
 
 He hath commanded his covenant for ever: 
 
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 Holy and reverend is his name. 
 
 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; 
 A good understanding have all they that do thereafter : 
 
 His praise endureth for ever. 
 
 PSALM CXII. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, 
 
 That delighteth greatly in his commandments. 
 His seed shall be mighty upon earth. 
 
 The generation of the upright shall be blessed. 
 Wealth and riches are in his house : 
 
 And his righteousness endureth for ever. 
 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness : 
 
 He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 
 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; 
 
 He shall maintain his cause in judgement. 
 For he shall never be moved ; 
 
 The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. 
 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : 
 
 His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 
 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, 
 
 Until he see his desire upon his adversaries. 
 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy ; 
 
 His righteousness endureth for ever: 
 
 His horn shall be exalted with honour. 
 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved ; 
 
 He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: 
 
 The desire of the wicked shall perish. 
 
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 PSALM CXIII. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, 
 
 Praise tlie name of the Lord. 
 
 Blessed be the name of the Lord 
 
 From this time forth and for evermore. 
 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the 
 
 same 
 The Lord's name is to be praised. 
 
 The Lord is high above all nations, 
 
 And his glory above the heavens. 
 Who is like unto tlie Lord our God, 
 That hath his seat on high, 
 
 That humbleth himself to behold 
 
 The things that are in heaven and in the earth? 
 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust. 
 
 And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill ; 
 Tliat he may set him with princes, 
 Even with tlie princes of his people. 
 
 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, 
 
 And to be a joyful mother of children. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us. 
 
 But unto thy name give glory. 
 
 For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 
 
 Wherefore should the nations say. 
 
 Where is now their God? 
 
 But our God is in the heavens : 
 
 He hath done whatsoever he pleased. 
 
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 Their idols are silver and gold, 
 The work of men's hands. 
 
 They have mouths, but they speak not; 
 
 Eyes have they, but they see not; 
 They have ears, but they hear not ; 
 Noses have they, but they smell not ; 
 
 They have hands, but they handle not; 
 
 Feet have they, but they walk not; 
 Neither speak they through their throat. 
 They that make them shall be like unto them; 
 
 Yea, every one that trusteth in them. 
 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : 
 He is their help and their shield. 
 
 house of Aaron, trust ye in the Lord : 
 
 He is their help and their shield. 
 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord : 
 He is their help and their shield. 
 
 The Lord hath been mindful of us ; he will bless us : 
 He will bless the house of Israel ; 
 He will bless the house of Aaron. 
 
 He will bless them that fear the Lord, 
 
 Both small and great. 
 The Lord increase you more and more, 
 You and your children. 
 
 Blessed are ye of the Lord, 
 
 Which made heaven and earth. 
 The heavens are the heavens of the Lord ; 
 
 But the earth hath he given to the children of men. 
 The dead praise not the Lord, 
 Neither any that go down into silence ; 
 
 But we will bless the Lord 
 
 From this time forth and for evermore. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
BE8PON8IVE READINGS. 
 
 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 I love the Lord, because he hath heard 
 
 My voice and my supplications. 
 
 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, 
 Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 
 
 The cords of deatli compassed me, 
 
 And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me : 
 I found trouble and sorrow. 
 
 Then called I upon the name of the Lord; 
 
 Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 
 
 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; 
 Yea, our God is merciful. 
 The Lord preserveth the simple : 
 
 1 was brought low, and he saved me. 
 
 Return unto thy rest, my soul; 
 
 For the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. 
 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, 
 Mine eyes from tears, 
 And my feet from falling. 
 
 I will walk before the Lord 
 
 In the land of the living. 
 I believe, for I will speak : 
 I was greatly alilicted : 
 
 I said in my haste. 
 
 All men are a lie. 
 What shall I render unto the Lord 
 For all his benefits toward me ? 
 
 I will take the cup of salvation, 
 
 And call upon the name of the Lord. 
 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, 
 Yea, in the presence of all his people. 
 
 Precious in the sight of the Lord 
 
 Is the death of his saints. 
 
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 Lord, truly I am thy servant : 
 
 1 am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid ; 
 Thou hast loosed my bonds. 
 
 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 
 
 And will call upon the name of the Lord. 
 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, 
 Yea, in the presence of all his people ; 
 
 In the courts of the Lord's house, 
 
 In the midst of thee, Jerusalem. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXVIL 
 
 O praise the Lord, all ye nations ; 
 Laud him, all ye peoples. 
 
 For his mercy is great toward us ; 
 
 And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : 
 
 For his mercy endureth for ever. 
 Let Israel now say. 
 
 That his mercy endureth for ever. 
 Let the house of Aaron now say, 
 
 That his mercy endureth for ever. 
 Let them now that fear the Lord say, 
 
 That his mercy endureth for ever. 
 Out of my distress I called upon the Lord : 
 The Lord answered me and set me in a large place. 
 
KESPONSIVE HEADINGS. SI 
 
 The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear : 
 
 What can man do nnto me ? 
 It is better to trust in the Lord 
 Tluin to put conrulciico in man. 
 
 It is better to trust in the Lord 
 
 Than to put confidence in princes. 
 The Lord is my strengtli and song; 
 
 And he is become my salvation, 
 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the 
 righteous : 
 
 The right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 
 The right hand of the Lord is exalted : 
 
 The right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 
 I shall not die, but live, 
 And declare the works of the Lord. 
 
 The Lord hath chastened me sore : 
 
 But he hath not given me over unto death. 
 Open to me the gates of righteousness : 
 I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto the Lord. 
 
 This is the gate of the Lord ; 
 
 The righteous shall enter into it. 
 I will give thanks unto thee, for thou hast answered me, 
 And art become my salvation. 
 
 The stone which the builders rejected 
 
 Is become the head of the comer. 
 This is the Lord's doing ; 
 It is marvellous in our eyes. 
 
 This is the day which the Lord hath made; 
 
 We will rejoice and be glad in it. 
 Save now, we beseech tliee, O Lord : 
 
 Lord, we beseech thee, send now prosperity. 
 Blessed be he that conielh in the name of tlie T^ord : 
 
 We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 
 
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 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? 
 
 By taking heed thereto according to thy word. 
 With my whole heart have I sought thee : 
 
 let me not wander from thy commandments. 
 Thy word have I laid up in mine heart, 
 
 That I might not sin against thee. 
 
 Blessed art thou, Lord: 
 
 Teach me thy statutes. 
 With my lips have I declared 
 All the judgements of thy mouth. 
 
 1 have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, 
 As much as in all riches. 
 
 I will meditate in thy precepts, 
 And have respect unto thy ways. 
 
 I will delight myself in thy statutes : 
 
 I will not forget thy word. 
 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live ; 
 So will I observe thy word. 
 
 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold 
 
 Wondrous things out of thy law. 
 I am a sojourner in the earth : 
 Hide not thy commandments from me. 
 
 My soul breaketh for the longing 
 
 That it hath unto thy judgements at all times. 
 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, 
 Which do wander from thy commandments. 
 
 Take away from me reproach and contempt; 
 
 For I have kept thy testimonies. 
 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes ; 
 And I shall keep it unto the end. 
 
 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; 
 
 Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 
 
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 Make me to go in the patli of tliy comraanclments ; 
 For therein do 1 delight. 
 
 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, 
 
 And not to covetousness. 
 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, 
 And quicken me in thy ways. 
 
 Confirm thy word unto thy servant, 
 
 Which belongeth unto the fear of thee. 
 Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; 
 For thy judgeiuL'nts are good. 
 
 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: 
 
 Quicken me in thy righteousness. 
 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, 
 
 Lord, according unto th}' word. 
 
 Teach me good judgement and knowledge ; 
 
 For I have believed in thy commandments. 
 Before I was aOlicted I went astray ; 
 But now I observe thy word. 
 
 Thou art good, and doest good; 
 
 Teach me thy statutes. 
 It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; 
 That I might learn tliy statutes. 
 
 The law of thy mouth is better unto me 
 
 Than thousands of gold and silver. 
 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me : 
 Give me understanding, that I may learn thy command- 
 ments. 
 
 They that fear thee shall see mo and be glad; 
 
 Because I have hoped in thy word. 
 
 1 know, O Lord, that thy judgements are righteous. 
 And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. 
 
 Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, 
 According to thy word unto thy servant. 
 
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 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live : 
 For thy law is my delight. 
 
 Let the proud be ashamed; for they have overthrown me 
 wrongfully : 
 
 But I will meditate in thy precepts. 
 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, 
 And they shall know thy testimonies. 
 
 Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes ; 
 
 That I be not ashamed. 
 For ever, O Lord, 
 Thy word is settled in heaven. 
 
 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations : 
 
 Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 
 They abide this day according to thine ordinances ; 
 For all things are thy servants. 
 
 Unless thy law had been my delight, 
 
 I should then have perished in mine affliction. 
 I will never forget thy precepts ; 
 For with them thou hast quickened me. 
 
 I am thine, save me; 
 
 For I have sought thy precepts. 
 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me ; 
 But I will consider thy testimonies. 
 
 I have seen an end of all perfection ; 
 
 But thy commandment is exceeding broad. 
 Oh how I love thy law ! 
 It is my meditation all the day. 
 
 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies ; 
 
 For they are ever with me. 
 I have more understanding than all my teachers ; 
 For thy testimonies are my meditation. 
 
 I understand more than the aged, 
 
 Because I have kept thy precepts. 
 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, 
 
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 That I might observe tliy word. 
 
 I have not turned aside from thy judgements ; 
 
 For thou hast taught me. 
 How sweet are thy words unto my taste I 
 Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth ! 
 
 Through thy precepts I get understanding: 
 
 Therefore I hate every false way. 
 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 
 And light unto my path. 
 
 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, 
 
 That I will observe thy righteous judgements. 
 I am afflicted very much : 
 Quicken me, O Lord, according unto tli} word. 
 
 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, 
 Lord, 
 
 And teach me thy judgements. 
 My soul is continually in my hand ; 
 Yet do I not forget thy law. 
 
 The wicked have laid a snare for me ; 
 
 Yet went I not astray from thy precepts. 
 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever ; 
 For they are the rejoicing of my heart. 
 
 I have inclined mind heart to perform thy statutes, 
 
 For ever, even unto the end. 
 
 PSALM CXXI. 
 
 I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains : 
 From whence shaU my help come ? 
 
 My help cometh from the Lord, 
 
 Which made heaven and earth. 
 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : 
 He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 
 
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 Behold, he that keepeth Israel 
 
 Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 
 The Lord is thy keeper : 
 The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 
 
 The sun shall not smite thee by day, 
 
 Nor the moon by night. 
 The Lord shall keep thee from all evil ; 
 He shall keep thy soul. 
 
 The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy coming in, 
 
 From this time forth and for evermore. 
 
 PSALM CXXIL 
 
 I was glad when they said unto me, 
 Let us go unto the house of the Lord. 
 
 Our feet are standing 
 
 Within thy gates, Jerusalem; 
 Jerusalem, that art builded 
 As a city that is compact together : 
 
 Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, 
 
 For a testimony unto Israel, 
 
 To give thanks unto the name of the Lord. 
 For there are set thrones for judgement, 
 The thrones of the house of David. 
 
 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 
 They shall prosper that love thee. 
 
 Peace be within thy walls. 
 
 And prosperity within thy palaces. 
 For my brethren and companions' sakes, 
 I will now say, Peace be within thee. 
 
 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God 
 
 I will seek thy good. 
 
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 PSALM CXXIV. 
 
 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, 
 Let Israel now say: 
 
 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, 
 
 When men rose up against us : 
 Then tlioy had swallowed us up alive, 
 When their wrath was kindled against us: 
 
 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, 
 
 The stream had gone over our soul: 
 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord, 
 
 Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 
 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: 
 The snare is broken, and we are escaped. 
 
 Our help is in the name of the Lord, 
 
 Who made heaven and earth. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 They that trust in the Lord 
 
 Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for 
 ever. 
 
 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, 
 
 So the Lord is round about his people, 
 
 From this time forth and for evermore. 
 For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of 
 
 the righteous; 
 That the righteous ])ut not forth their hands unto iniquity. 
 
 Do good, Lord, unto those that be good. 
 
 And to them that are upright in their hearts. 
 But as ft»r sucli as turn aside unto their crooked ways. 
 The Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. 
 
 Peace be upon Israel. 
 
98 BESPONSIVE HEADINGS. 
 
 PSALM CXXVI. 
 
 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, 
 We were like unto them that dream. 
 
 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, 
 
 And our tongue with singing: 
 Then said they among the nations, 
 The Lord hath done great things for them. 
 
 The Lord hath done great things for us ; 
 
 Whereof we are glad. 
 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, 
 As the streams in the South. 
 
 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 
 Though he goeth on his way weeping, bearing forth the 
 
 seed ; 
 He shall come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with 
 him. 
 
 PSALM CXXVIL 
 
 Except the Lord build the house, 
 They labour in vain that build it : 
 
 Except the Lord keep the city, 
 
 The watchman waketh but in vain. 
 It is vain for you that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, 
 And eat the bread of toil : 
 
 For 80 he giveth unto his beloved sleep. 
 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : 
 And the fruit of the womb is his reward. 
 
 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man. 
 
 So are the children of youth. 
 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : 
 They shall not be ashamed. 
 When they speak with their enemies in the gate. 
 
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 PSALM cxxviir. 
 
 Blessed is every one that feareth tlu; L(H<1, 
 Tiiat wiilketli in liis ways. 
 
 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands : 
 
 Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 
 Thy wife shall be as a fruiti'ul vine, in the inneninjst parts (if 
 
 thine house : 
 Thy children like olive ]ilants, round about thy table. 
 
 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed 
 
 That feareth the Lord. 
 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion : 
 
 And thou shalt see the good of Jeru:-aleni all the days of 
 thy life. 
 
 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children. 
 
 Peace be upon Israel. 
 
 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. 
 
 Lord, hear my voice : 
 
 Let thine ears be attentive 
 
 To the voice of my supplications. 
 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iiii([uities, 
 
 Lord, who shall stand? 
 
 But there is forgiveness with thee, 
 That thou mayest be feared. 
 
 1 wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, 
 And in his word do I hope. 
 
 My soul looketh for the Lord, 
 More than watchmen look for the morning; 
 Yea, more than watchmen for the morning. 
 O Israel, hope in the Lord ; 
 
100 KESPONSIVE KEADINGS. 
 
 For with the Lord there is mercy, 
 And with him is plenteous redemption. 
 
 And he shall redeem Israel 
 
 From all his iniquities. 
 
 PSALM CXXXI. 
 
 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty ; 
 Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, 
 
 Or in things too wonderful for me. 
 
 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; 
 Like a weaned child with his mother, 
 My soul is with me like a weaned child. 
 
 Israel, hope in the Lord 
 
 From this time forth and for evermore. 
 
 PSALM cxxxn. 
 
 Lord, remember for David 
 All his affliction ; 
 
 How he sware unto the Lord, 
 
 And vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob : 
 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, 
 Nor go up into my bed ; 
 
 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, 
 
 Or slumber to mine eyelids ; 
 Until I find out a place for the Lord, 
 A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob. 
 
 Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah : 
 
 We found it in the field of the wood. 
 We will go into his tabernacles; 
 We will worship at his footstool. 
 
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 Arise, Lord, into thy resting place; 
 
 Thou, and the ark of thy strength. 
 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness ; 
 And let thy saints shout for joy. 
 
 For thy servant David's sake 
 
 Turn not away the face of thine anointed. 
 The Lord hath sworn unto David in truth ; 
 He will not turn from it : 
 Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 
 
 If thy children will keep my covenant 
 
 And my testimony that I shall teach them, 
 
 Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore. 
 For the Lord hath chosen YAon ; 
 He hath desired it for his habitation. 
 
 This is my resting place for ever: 
 
 Here will I dwell ; for I have desired it. 
 I will abundantly bless her provision : 
 I will satisfy her poor with bread. 
 
 Her priests also will I clothe with salvation: 
 
 And her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 
 There will I make the horn of David to bud : 
 I have ordained a lam[) for mine anointed. 
 
 His enemies will I clothe with shame : 
 
 But upon himself shall his crown flourish. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIIL 
 
 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is 
 For brethren to dwell together in unity ! 
 
 It is like the precious oil upon the head, 
 
 That ran down upon the beard. 
 
 Even Aaron's beard; 
 
 That came down upon the skirt of his garments ; 
 
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 Like the dew of Hermon, 
 
 That Cometh down upon the mountains of Zion 
 
 For there the Lord Commanded the blessing, 
 
 Even life for evermore. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIV. 
 
 Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, 
 Which by night stand in the house of the Lord. 
 
 Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, 
 
 And bless ye the Lord. 
 The Lord bless thee out of Zion ; 
 
 Even he that made heaven and earth. 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise ye the name of the Lord ; 
 
 Praise him, ye servants of the Lord : 
 
 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, 
 
 In the courts of the house of our God. 
 Praise ye the Lord ; for the Lord is good : 
 
 Sing praises unto his name ; for it is pleasant. 
 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, 
 And Israel for his peculiar treasure. 
 
 For I know that the Lord is great, 
 
 And that our Lord is above all gods. 
 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that hath he done, 
 In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps. 
 
 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ; 
 
 He maketh lightnings for the rain; 
 He bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries. 
 
 Ye that fear the Lord, bless ye the Lord. 
 
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 Blessed be the Lord out of Ziou, 
 Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM cxxxvin. 
 
 I will give thee thanks with my whole heart : 
 Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee. 
 
 I will worship toward thy holy temple, 
 
 And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and 
 for thy truth: 
 For thou hast magnified tliy word above all thy name. 
 
 In the day that I called thou answeredst me, 
 
 Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul. 
 All tlie kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Lord, 
 For they have heard the words of thy mouth. 
 
 Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord ; 
 
 Tor great is the glory of the Lord. 
 For though the Lord be high, yet liatli lie respect unto the 
 lowly : 
 
 But the haughty he knoweth from afar. 
 Though I walk in tlie midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; 
 
 Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine 
 enemies, 
 
 And thy right hand shall save me. 
 The Lord will perfect that wliich concerneth me : 
 Thy mercy, O Lord, oiidureth for ever ; 
 
 Forsake not the works of thine own hands. 
 
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 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. 
 
 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, 
 
 Thou understandest my thought afar off. 
 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, 
 And art acquainted with all my ways. 
 
 For there is not a word in my tongue. 
 
 But, lo, Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 
 Thou hast beset me behind and before, 
 And laid thine hand upon me. 
 
 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; 
 
 It is high, I cannot attain unto it. 
 Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? 
 Or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? 
 
 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : 
 
 If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. 
 If I take the wings of the morning, 
 And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; 
 Even there shall thy hand lead me, 
 And thy right hand shall hold me. 
 
 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, 
 
 And the light about me shall be night; 
 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, 
 But the night shineth as the day : 
 
 The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. 
 For thou hast possessed my reins : 
 Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 
 
 I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonder- 
 fully made: 
 Wonderful are thy works ; 
 And that my soul knoweth right well. 
 
 My frame was not hidden from thee. 
 
 When I was made in secret, 
 
 And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. 106 
 
 Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance, 
 And in thy book were all my members written, 
 WWch day by day were fashioned. 
 When as yet there was none of them. 
 
 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, God I 
 
 How great is the sum of them I 
 If I should count them, they are more in number than the 
 sand: 
 
 When I awake, I am still with thee. 
 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: 
 Dejjart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men. 
 
 For they speak against thee wickedly, 
 
 And thine enemies take thy name in viin. 
 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee ? 
 And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee ? 
 
 I hate them with perfect hatred : 
 
 I count them mine enemies. 
 Search me, O God, and know my heart : 
 Try me, and know my thoughts : 
 
 And see if there be any way of wickedness in me, 
 
 And lead me in the way everlasting. 
 
 PSALM CXL. 
 
 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God : 
 
 Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, Lord. 
 
 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, 
 
 And the right of the needy. 
 
 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: 
 The upright shall dwell in thy presence. 
 
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 PSALM CXLI. 
 
 Lord, I have called upon thee ; make haste unto me : 
 Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee. 
 
 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee ; 
 The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 
 
 For mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord : 
 
 In thee do I put my trust; leave not my soul destitute. 
 
 PSALM CXLII. 
 
 I cry with my voice unto the Lord ; 
 
 With my voice unto the Lord do I make supplication. 
 
 I pour out my complaint before him ; 
 
 I shew before him my trouble. 
 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knewest 
 my path. 
 
 In the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me. 
 Look on my right hand, and see ; for there is no man that 
 knoweth me : 
 
 Refuge hath failed me ; no man careth for my soul. 
 I cried unto thee, O Lord ; 
 I said, Thou art my refuge, 
 My portion in the land of the living. 
 
 Attend unto my cry ; for I am brought very low : 
 
 Deliver me from my persecutors ; for they are stronger than I. 
 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto 
 thy name : 
 
 The righteous shall compass me about; 
 
 For thou Shalt deal bountifully with me. 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. 107 
 
 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
 Hear my prayer, O Lord ; give ear to my supplications : 
 
 In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 
 And enter not into judgement with thy servant ; 
 For in tliy sight shall no man living be justified. 
 
 I remember the days of old ; 
 
 I meditate on all thy doings : 
 I muse on the work of thy hands. 
 I spread forth my hands unto thee : 
 
 My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. 
 Make haste to answer me, O Lord ; my spirit faileth : 
 
 Hide not thy face from me ; 
 
 Lest I become like them that go down into the pit. 
 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning ; 
 For in thee do I trust : 
 
 Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; 
 
 For I lift up my soul unto thee. 
 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : 
 I flee unto thee to hide me. 
 
 Teach me to do thy will ; for thou art my God : 
 
 Thy spirit is good ; lead me in the land of uprightness. 
 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake : 
 In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. 
 
 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him ? 
 
 Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ? 
 Man is like to vanity : 
 His days are as a shadow that passeth away. 
 
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 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 I will extol thee, my God, O King ; 
 
 And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 
 Every day will I bless thee ; 
 
 And I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 
 Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised ; 
 And his greatness is unsearchable. 
 
 One generation shall laud thy works to another, 
 
 And shall declare thy mighty acts. 
 Of the glorious majesty of thine honour, 
 And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate. 
 
 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts ; 
 
 And I will declare thy greatness. 
 They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness, 
 And shall sing of thy righteousness. 
 
 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; 
 
 Slow to anger, and of great mercy. 
 The Lord is good to all ; 
 And his tender mercies are over all his works. 
 
 All thy works shall give thanks unto thee, Lord; 
 
 And thy saints shall bless thee. 
 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom. 
 And talk of thy power ; 
 
 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, 
 
 And the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. 
 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. 
 And thy dominion endure th throughout all generations. 
 
 The Lord upholdeth all that fall. 
 
 And raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 
 The eyes of all wait upon thee ; 
 And thou givest them their meat in due season. 
 
 Thou openest thine hand. 
 
 And satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 
 
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 The Lord is rigliteous in all his ways. 
 And gracious in all his works. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, 
 
 To all that call upon him in truth. 
 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him ; 
 He also will licar their cry, and will save them. 
 
 The Lord preserveth all them that love him ; 
 
 But all the wicked will he destroy. 
 My mouth shall sjteak the praise of the Lord : 
 
 And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. 
 
 PSALM CXLVL 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise the Lord, O my soul. 
 
 While I live will I praise the Lord : 
 
 I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. 
 Put not your trust in princes, 
 Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 
 
 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth ; 
 
 In that very day his thoughts perish. 
 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, 
 Whose hope is in the Lord his God : 
 
 "Which made heaven and earth, 
 
 The sea, and all that in them is ; 
 Which keepeth truth for ever : 
 Which executetli judgement for the oppressed ; 
 
 Which giveth food to the hungry : 
 
 The Lord looseth the prisoners ; 
 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind : 
 The Lord raisetli up them that are bowed down ,• 
 
 The Lord loveth the righteous ; 
 
 The Lord preserveth the strangers ; 
 
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 He upholdeth the fatherless and widow ; 
 
 But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. 
 The Lord shall reign for ever, 
 Thy God, Zion, unto all generations. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord, 
 
 PSALM CXLVIL 
 
 Praise ye the Lord ; 
 
 For it is good to sing praises unto our God ; 
 
 For it is pleasant, and praise is comely. 
 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem ; 
 He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 
 
 He healeth the broken in heart, 
 
 And bindeth up their wounds. 
 He telleth the number of the stars ; 
 He giveth them all their names. 
 
 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power ; 
 
 His understanding is infinite. 
 The Lord upholdeth the meek : 
 He bringeth the wicked down to the ground. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; 
 
 Sing praises upon the harp unto our God : 
 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, 
 Who prepareth rain for the earth, 
 Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 
 
 He giveth to the beast his food. 
 
 And to the young ravens which cry. 
 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse : 
 He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. 
 
 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, 
 
 In those that hope in his mercy. 
 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ; 
 Praise thy God, O Zion. 
 
RESPONSIVE HEADINGS. Ill 
 
 For he hath stren^hened the bars of thy gates ; 
 
 He hath blessed thy children within thee. 
 He niaketh peace in thy borders ; 
 He filletli thee with the finest of the wheat. 
 
 He sendeth out his commandment upon earth ; 
 
 His word runneth very swiftly. 
 He giveth snow like wool; 
 He scattereth the hoar frost like ashes. 
 
 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: 
 
 Who can stand before his cold ? 
 He sendeth out liis word, and nielteth them: 
 He eauseth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 
 
 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, 
 
 His statutes and his judgements unto Israel. 
 He hath not dealt so with any nation : 
 And as for his judgements, they have not known them. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXLVIII. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: 
 
 Praise him in the heights. 
 Praise ye him, all his angels : 
 Praise ye him, all his host. 
 
 Praise ye him, sun and moon : 
 
 Praise him, all ye stars of light. 
 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, 
 And ye waters that be above the heavens. 
 
 Let them praise the name of the Lord : 
 
 For he commanded, and they were created. 
 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever : 
 
 He hath made a decree which shall not pass away. 
 
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 Praise the Lord from the earth, 
 Ye dragons, and all deeps : 
 
 Fire and hail, snow and vapour ; 
 
 Stormy wind, fulfilling his word : 
 Mountaiijs and all hills ; 
 Fruitful trees and all cedars : 
 
 Beasts and all cattle; 
 
 Creeping things and flying fowl: 
 Kings of the earth and all peoples ; 
 Princes and all judges of the earth: 
 
 Both young men and maidens ; 
 
 Old men and children: 
 Let them praise the name of the Lord : 
 For his name alone is exalted : 
 
 His glory is above the earth and heaven. 
 And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, 
 The praise of all his saints ; 
 
 Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord a new song, 
 
 And his praise in the assembly of the saints. 
 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him : 
 
 Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 
 Let them praise his name in the dance : 
 
 Let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 
 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people : 
 
 He will beautify the meek with salvation. 
 Let the saints exult in glorj : 
 Let them sing for jo}^ upon their beds. 
 
 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth. 
 
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 PSALM CL. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Praise God in his sanctuary : 
 
 Praise him in the firmament of his power. 
 
 Praise him for his mighty acts: 
 Praise him according to his excellent greatness. 
 Praise liini with the sound of tlie trumpet: 
 
 Praise him with the psaltery and harp. 
 
 Praise him with the timbrel and dance : 
 Praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe. 
 Praise him upon the loud cymbals : 
 
 Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 
 Let every thing that hath breath praise the 
 
 Lord. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
SELECTIONS. 
 
 The Birth of Jesus the Christ. 
 
 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, 
 
 And princes shall rule in judgement. 
 And a man shall be as an hiding ^Jace from the wind, and a 
 covert from the tempest ; 
 As rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great 
 rock in a weary land. 
 Then judgement shall dwell in the wilderness, 
 
 And righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field. 
 And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; 
 
 And the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for 
 ever. 
 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad ; 
 
 And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 
 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and 
 singing ; 
 The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of 
 Carmel and Sharon: 
 They shall see the glory of the Lord, 
 
 The excellency of our God. 
 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of 
 the deaf shall be unstopped. 
 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of 
 the dumb shall sing: 
 For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in 
 the desert. 
 And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty 
 ground springs of water. 
 
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 And an high way shall be there, and a way, and it shall be 
 called Tlie way of holiness; 
 The unclean shall not pass over it ; but it shall be for those : 
 the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein. 
 No lion shall bo tlieio, nor shall any ravenous beast go u}) 
 thereon, they shall not be found there ; 
 But the redeemed shall walk there: and the ransomed of the 
 Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; 
 And everlasting joy shall be npon their heads : 
 
 They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing 
 shall flee away. 
 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 
 
 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that 
 her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned ; 
 That she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her 
 sins. 
 The voice of one that crieth. Prepare ye in the wilderness the 
 way of the Lord, 
 Make straij^lit in the desert a hiiih wav for our God. 
 
 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill 
 shall be made low: 
 And the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places 
 plain : 
 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh 
 shall see it together : for the mouth of the Lord hath 
 spoken it. 
 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into 
 the high mountain ; 
 thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy 
 voice with strength ; 
 Lift it up, be not afraid ; say unto the cities of Judah. 
 Behold, your God! 
 Behold, the Lord Ood will come as a mighty one, and his 
 arm shall rule for him : 
 
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 Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before 
 him. 
 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the 
 lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall 
 gently lead those that give suck. 
 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end 
 of the earth. 
 Sing, heavens ; and be joyful, earth ; and break forth into 
 singing, mountains: 
 For the Lord hath comforted his people, 
 
 And will have compassion upon his afflicted. 
 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come with 
 singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon 
 their heads : 
 They shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing 
 shall flee away. 
 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel ; 
 
 For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people, 
 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house 
 of his servant David, 
 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that 
 hate us; 
 To show mercy towards our fathers, and to remember his 
 holy covenant ; 
 The oath which he sware unto Abraham our Father, 
 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of 
 our enemies should serve him with fear. 
 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 
 Glory to God in the liighest, 
 
 And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased. 
 Now lettest thou thy servant depart, O Lord, according to 
 thy word, in peace ; 
 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast pre- 
 pared before the face of all peoples ; 
 
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 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy 
 
 people Israel. 
 Now unto the King eteraal, incorruptible, invisible, the only 
 
 God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 [Proin the Prophecies of Isaiah and the Gospel accordlug to Luke.] 
 
 The Resurrection of Jesus the Christ. 
 
 But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the first 
 fruits of them that are asleep. 
 For since by man came death, by man came also the resur- 
 rection of the dead. 
 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made 
 alive. 
 We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a 
 moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: 
 For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised 
 incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 
 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mor- 
 tal must put on immortality. 
 But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, 
 and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then 
 shall come to pass the saying tliat is written. Death 
 is swallowed up in victory. 
 death, where is thy victory? death, where is thy sting? 
 The sting of death is sin; and the jjowcr of sin is [\\o hiw: 
 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through 
 our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that wliich 
 is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak ; we 
 also believe, and therefore also we speak ; 
 
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 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise 
 up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you. 
 "Wherefore we faint not ; but though our outward man is de- 
 caying, yet our inward man is renewed day ])y day. 
 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for 
 us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory ; 
 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the 
 things which are not seen : 
 For the things which are seen are temporal ; but the things 
 which are not seen are eternal. 
 For we know that if the earthly house of this tabernacle be 
 dissolved, we have a building from God, 
 A house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. 
 For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with 
 our habitation which is from heaven : 
 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 
 For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being 
 burdened ; 
 Not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be 
 clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up 
 of life. 
 Now he that hath wrought us for this very thing is God, 
 
 Who gave unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 
 Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, 
 whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent 
 from the Lord ; we are of good courage, I say. 
 And are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be 
 at home with the Lord. 
 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect ? 
 
 It is God that justifieth ; 
 Who is he that shall condemn ? 
 
 It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from 
 the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also 
 maketh intercession for us. 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. VlTO 
 
 Whf) shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall trib- 
 ulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or 
 nakedness, or peril, or sword ? 
 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through 
 him that loved us. 
 
 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, 
 nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to 
 come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any 
 other creature, shall be able to separate us from the 
 love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our T^ord. 
 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
 according to his great mercy begat us again unto a liv- 
 ing hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the 
 dead, 
 
 Unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that 
 fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who by 
 the power of God are guarded througli faith unto a 
 salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 
 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above 
 all that we ask or think, according to the power that 
 worketh in us, unto him be the glory in the church and 
 in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. 
 
 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father 
 which loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good 
 hope through grace, comfort your hearts and stablish 
 them in every good work and word. 
 Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, 
 and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honour, and glory, 
 and blessing. 
 
 Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be 
 the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the 
 dominion, for ever and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 [From I Corlnthlaus, II Corinthians, Uomana. I Peter, Epheslans, II Tbessalonlans, 
 Revelation.] 
 
120 responsive beadings. 
 
 The Work of Christian Missions. 
 
 O Lord, thou art my God ; I will exalt thee, 
 
 For thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in 
 faithfulness and truth. 
 For thou hast been a strong hold to the poor, a strong hold 
 to the needy in his distress, 
 A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the 
 blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 
 He hath swallowed up death for ever ; and the Lord God 
 will wipe away tears from off all faces; 
 And the reproach of his people shall he take away from off 
 all the earth : for the Lord hath spoken it. 
 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God ; we 
 have waited for him, and he will save us ; 
 This is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad 
 and rejoice in his salvation. 
 We have a strong city ; salvation will he appoint for walls 
 and bulwarks. 
 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth 
 truth may enter in. 
 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed 
 on thee : because he trusteth in thee. 
 Trust ye in the Lord for ever : for in the Lord Jehovah is an 
 everlasting rock. 
 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou hast also 
 wrought all our works for us. 
 Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion 
 over us ; but by thee only will we make mention of thy 
 name. 
 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that 
 bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, 
 That bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salva- 
 tion; 
 
JRESPONSIVE READINGS. 121 
 
 That saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth ! 
 
 The voice of thy watchmen I they lift up the voice, together 
 do they sing; 
 For they shall see, eye to eye, when tlie Lord returneth to 
 Zion. 
 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jeru- 
 salem : 
 For the Lord hath comforted his people, lie hath redeemed 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the 
 nations ; 
 
 And all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our 
 God. 
 Sing, barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into 
 singing, and cry aloud. 
 For more are the children of the desolate than the children 
 of the married wife, saith the Lord. 
 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the 
 curtains of thy habitations ; 
 Spare not ; lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. 
 For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and the left; 
 and thy seed shall possess the nations. 
 Fear not ; for thou shalt not be ashamed : neither be thou 
 confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: 
 For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and the 
 reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more. 
 For thy Maker is thine husband; tlie Lord of liosts is his 
 name : 
 And the Holy One of Israel is thy redeemer; the God of the 
 whole earth shall he be called. 
 For a small inoment have I forsaken thee ; but with great 
 mercies will I gather thee. 
 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; 
 but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, 
 saith the Lord thy redeemer. 
 
122 KESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord ; 
 
 And great shall be the peace of thy children. 
 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; 
 
 Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient 
 times. 
 Art thou not it which dried up the sea, the waters of the 
 great deep ; 
 That made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to 
 pass over? 
 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come with 
 singing unto Zion ; 
 And everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall 
 obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee 
 away. 
 
 [From the Prophecies of Isaiah.] 
 
 The Woek of Christian Missions. 
 
 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the moun- 
 tain of the Lord's house shall be estal^lished in the 
 top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the 
 hills ; 
 And all nations shall flow unto it. 
 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and ]?t us go 
 up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of tlie 
 God of Jacob ; 
 And he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his 
 paths : 
 For out of Zion shall go forth the law. 
 
 And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 
 And he shall judge between the nations, and shall reprove 
 many peoples: 
 
RESPONSIVE r.EADlNGS. 123 
 
 And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their 
 spears into pmning-hooks : 
 Nation sliall not lift up sword sigainst nation, 
 c Neither shall they learn war any more. 
 In tliat day shall the branch of tlie Lord be beautiful and 
 glorious, 
 And the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for 
 them that are escaped of Israel. 
 For over all the glory shall be spread a canopy. 
 
 And there shall be a pavilion for a shadow in the day-time, 
 
 from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from the 
 
 storm and from rain. 
 
 The people that walked in darkness liave seen a great light: 
 
 They that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon 
 
 them hath the light shined. 
 
 Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their 
 
 joy: 
 
 They joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men 
 rejoice when they divide the spoil. 
 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given ; and the 
 government shall be upon his shoulder : 
 And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty 
 God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 
 Of the iucrease of his government and of peace there shall 
 be no end, upon the throne of David, and ui)on his 
 kingdom, to establish it. 
 And to uphold it with judgement and with righteousness 
 from henceforth even for ever. 
 And there shall come forth a slu)ot out of the stock of Jesse, 
 
 And a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit : 
 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon liim, the spirit of 
 wisdom and understanding. 
 The spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and 
 of the fear of the Lord ; 
 
124 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord : 
 
 And he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, "either 
 reprove after the hearing of his ears : 
 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove 
 with equity for the meek of the earth. 
 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faith- 
 fulness the girdle of his reins. 
 And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard 
 shall lie down with the kid ; 
 And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; 
 and a little child shall lead them. 
 And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their young ones shall 
 lie down together : 
 And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 
 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain : 
 For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as 
 the waters cover the sea. 
 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, 
 which standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him 
 shall the nations seek ; 
 And his resting place shall be glorious. 
 And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, 
 O Lord. 
 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be 
 afraid : 
 For the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; 
 
 And he is become my salvation. 
 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of 
 salvation. 
 Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, declare his 
 doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is 
 exalted. 
 Sing unto the Lord ; for he hath done excellent tilings : 
 Let this be known in all the earth. 
 
RESPONSIVE READINGS. 125 
 
 Cry aloud and sliout, thou inha])itant of Zion : 
 
 For great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. 
 
 [From the Proitheclet* of Isaiah.] 
 
 For a Public Day of Fasting. 
 
 I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, 
 and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the 
 Lord hath bestowed on us ; 
 And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he 
 hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and 
 according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 
 
 In all their ailliction he was afllicted, and the angel of his 
 presence saved them : 
 In his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare 
 them, and carried them all the days of old. 
 
 But they rebelled and grieved his holy spirit : 
 
 Therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself 
 fought against them. 
 
 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, 
 saying. Where is he that brought them up out of the 
 sea with the shepherds of his flock ? 
 Where is he that put his holy spirit in the midst of them? 
 That caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of 
 Moses ? that divided the water before them ? 
 
 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of 
 thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and 
 thy mighty acts ? 
 The yearning of thy bowels and thy compassions are re- 
 strained toward me. 
 
 For thou art our father, though Abraham knoweth us not, 
 and Israel doth not acknowledge us : 
 
126 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 Thou, Lord, art our father; our redeemer from everlasting 
 is thy name. 
 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest 
 come down, 
 For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our 
 righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: 
 And we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the 
 wind, take us away. 
 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth 
 up himself to take hold of thee : 
 For thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by 
 means of our iniquities. 
 But now, Lord, thou art our father ; we are the clay, and 
 thou our potter ; and we all are the work of thy hand. 
 Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity 
 for ever : 
 Behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 
 Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy 
 name's sake, O Lord : 
 For our backslidings are many ; we have sinned against thee. 
 O thou hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in the time of 
 trouble, why shouldst thou be a sojourner in the 
 land. 
 And as a wayfaring man that tumeth aside to tarry for a 
 night? 
 Why shouldst thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man 
 that cannot save ? 
 Yet thou, Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called 
 by thy name ; leave us not. 
 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because 
 his compassions fail not. 
 They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. 
 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope 
 in him. 
 
HESPONSIVE READINGS. 127 
 
 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul 
 that seeketh him. 
 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the 
 salvation of the Lord. 
 For the Lord will not cast off for ever. 
 For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion 
 according to the multitude of his mercies. 
 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of 
 men. 
 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the pun- 
 ishment of his sins ? 
 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. 
 Let us lift ujj our heart with our hando unto God in the 
 heavens. 
 I called upon thy name, Lord, out of the lowest dungeon. 
 Thou heardest my voice ; hide not thine ear at my breath- 
 ing, at my cry I 
 Thou, O Lord, abidest for ever ; 
 
 Thy throne is from generation to generation. 
 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so 
 long time ? 
 Turn thou us unto thee, Lord, and we shall . be turned ; 
 renew our days as of old. 
 Though the fig tree shall not blossom, 
 
 Neither shall fruit be in the vines ; 
 The labour of the olive shall fail, 
 
 And the fields shall yield no meat ; 
 The flocks shall be cut off from the fold. 
 And there shall be no herd in the stalls : 
 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, 
 
 I will joy in the God of my salvation. 
 Jehovah, the Lord, is my strengtli. 
 
 And he maketh my feet like hind's feet, and will make me to 
 walk upon my high places. 
 
 [Oom Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Hsbakkolc.] 
 
128 responsive readings. 
 
 The Lord's Supper. 
 
 Who hath believed our report ? 
 
 And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed ? 
 
 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root 
 
 out of a dry ground : 
 He hath no form nor comeliness ; and when we see him, there 
 is no beauty that we should desire him. 
 He was despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorrows, 
 
 and acquainted with grief: 
 And as one from whom men hide their face he was despised, 
 and we esteemed him not. 
 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: 
 Yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 
 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised 
 
 for our iniquities : 
 The chastisement of our peace was upon him ; and with his 
 stripes we are healed. 
 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every 
 
 one to his own way ; 
 And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 
 He was oppressed, yet he humbled himself and opened not 
 his mouth ; 
 As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that 
 before her shearers is dumb ; yea, he opened not his mouth. 
 By oppression and judgement he was taken away ; 
 
 And as for his generation, who among them considered that 
 he was cut off out of the land of the living ? 
 For the transgression of my people was he stricken. 
 
 And they made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich 
 in his death; 
 Although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in 
 his mouth. 
 
 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath put him to 
 grief: 
 
UESPONSIVE READINGS. 129 
 
 When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he Khali 
 
 see his seed, lie shall prolong his days, 
 And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 
 
 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied : 
 By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many: 
 
 and he shall bear their iniquities. 
 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he 
 shall divide the spoil with the strong ; 
 Because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered 
 
 with the transgressors: 
 Yet he bare the sins of many, 
 And made intercession for the transgressors. 
 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he 
 
 that hath no money ; come ye, buy, and eat ; 
 Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without 
 price. 
 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? 
 And your labour for that which satisfieth not? 
 Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, 
 
 and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 
 Incline your ear, and come unto me ; hear, and your soul 
 shall live. 
 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, 
 Call ye upon him while he is near : 
 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man 
 his thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and 
 he will have mercy upon him ; 
 And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
 Tor my thoughts are not your thoughts, 
 Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 
 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways 
 
 higher than your ways. 
 And my thoughts than your thoughts. 
 
130 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and 
 
 returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh 
 
 it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and 
 
 bread to the eater; 
 
 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth : 
 
 It shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that 
 
 which I please, 
 And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 
 For ye shall go out with joy, 
 And be led forth with peace : 
 The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you 
 
 into singing, 
 And all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands. 
 
 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead 
 
 of the briar shall come up the myrtle tree : 
 And it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting 
 sign that shall not be cut off. 
 
 Service for the Dedication op a Church. 
 
 O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in 
 heaven above, or on earth beneath; 
 Who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that 
 walk before thee with all their heart. 
 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, 
 heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain 
 thee ; 
 How much less this house that we have builded. 
 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and 
 to his supplication, O Lord my God, 
 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and 
 day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said. My 
 name shall be there. 
 
KESP0N8IVE READINGS. 181 
 
 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of 
 thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this 
 place : 
 Tea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place ; and when thou 
 hearest, forgive. 
 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: 
 let him not leave us, nor forsake us : 
 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his 
 ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, 
 and his judgements, which he commanded our fathers. 
 Arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, 
 
 Thou, and the ark of thy strength : 
 Let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation. 
 
 And let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 
 For the Lord hath chosen Zion ; he hath desired it for liis 
 habitation. 
 This is my resting place for ever: here will I dwell; for I 
 have desired it. 
 I will abundantly bless her provision : I will satisfy her poor 
 ■SAdth bread. 
 Her priests also will I clothe with salvation : and her saints 
 shall shout aloud for joy. 
 Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, lift 
 up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the 
 Lord. 
 The Lord bless thee out of Zion ; even he that made heaven 
 and earth. 
 Praise ye the Lord, ye that stand in the house of the Lord. 
 
 Sing praises unto his name ; for it is pleasant. 
 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in tlie 
 assembly of the saints. 
 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him : let the children of 
 Zion be joyful in their King. 
 
132 RESPONSIVE READINGS. 
 
 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the courts of the 
 Lord's house. 
 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into 
 them, I will give thanks unto the Lord. 
 This is the gate of the Lord ; the righteous shall enter into 
 it. 
 I will give thanks unto thee, for thou hast answered me, and 
 art become my salvation. 
 The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of 
 the corner. 
 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 
 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord : 
 
 We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 
 Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto thee : thou 
 art my God, I will exalt thee. 
 give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy 
 endureth for ever. 
 
A Morning Service. 
 
 FOR THE USE OF 
 
 CONGREGATIONS. COLLEGES. SCHOOLS. AND ACADEMIES, 
 FOR SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP. 
 
 BY THE 
 
 Rev. JOSEPH T. DURYEA. D.D. 
 
 BOSTON AND CHICAGO: 
 
 (JTononrfgaticnal SimTjao^SrfjooI nnX> ^iublisfitng .^orirto. 
 
Copyright, 1888, by 
 cjongregational sunday-school and publishing society. 
 
THIS MORNING SERVICE is meant 
 to be suggestive rather than arbitrary. It 
 contains features which have commended 
 themselves by use in various prominent 
 churches. They are here given for such 
 adoption as the circumstances of each 
 case may indicate as advantageous and 
 wise. 
 
A Morning Servige. 
 
 Boiuntarp. 
 
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 The Lord is in his holy temple : let all the earth keep silence before 
 him. 
 
 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. . . . Enter into liis 
 gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. 
 
 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises 
 unto his name. 
 
 come, let us worship and bow down : let us kneel before the Lord 
 our maker. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name ; shew forth his salvation from 
 day to da}^ 
 
 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me ? 
 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. 
 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. 
 
 The Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in 
 the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of 
 my life. 
 
 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he 
 is near. 
 
 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 
 
 Hear ye the word of the Lord . . . incline your ears to the word of 
 his mouth. 
 
 1 will hear what God the Lord will speak : for he will speak peace 
 unto his people. 
 
A MOUNINd SEIlVrCE. 
 SDOjroIO0p. (Congregation standing.) 
 
 ii^H^^Wi^^^s 
 
 Praise God, from wliomall blessings flow! Praise iiim, all creatures here be-low! 
 
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 Praise liim a - bove, ye lieaven-lv host! Praise Fp.ther, Son, and Ho - ly Ghost. 
 
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 3^n^0Cati0n. (Congregation standing.) 
 
 All. — Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desire:* 
 known, and from whom no secrets are hid ; Cleanse the thoughts of our 
 hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly 
 love thee and worthily magnify thy holy name ; through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord : Who hath taught us when we pray to say : — 
 
 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy king- 
 dom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us 
 this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
 debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : 
 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Ameu. 
 
 {^dlUtdttOtt; (optional) by the Minister (congregation still standing). 
 
 May Grace, Mercy, and Peace, from God the Father and Clirist 
 Jesus our T^ord, be upon you all. Amen. 
 
 {Or some other form cho»en bi/ the Mininler.) 
 
4 A MOKNING SERVICE. 
 
 ^UntJ^Cttl* (By the Choir, at the option of the Minister.) 
 
 '^^0 ^iTonfC^^iOn. (Congregation seated and bowing down.) 
 
 All. — Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred and 
 strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much 
 the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against 
 thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to 
 have done ; and we have done those things which we ought not to have 
 done ; and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy 
 upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O Lord, who confess 
 their faults. Restore thou those who are penitent ; according to thy 
 promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, 
 O most merciful Father, for his sake; that we may hereafter live a 
 godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of thy holy name. Amen. 
 
 [or this.] 
 
 Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things. 
 Judge of all men ; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and 
 wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievously have com- 
 mitted, by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine Majesty, 
 provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do 
 earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings ; the 
 remembrance of them is grievous unto us ; the burden of them is in- 
 tolerable. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful 
 Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that is 
 past ; and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in 
 newness of life, to the honor and glory of thy name ; through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 i^pmn* (Congregation standing.) 
 
 ^tti^tUXt He^e^^On* (Congregation seated.) 
 
A MUKNING SERVICE. 
 
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 1. O come, let us nng \ unto • the | Lord || let us make a joyful noiae 
 to the I Rock • of | our • sal | vation. 
 
 2. Let us come before his joresence with | thanks • — | giving || and 
 make a joyful noise | un • to | him • with | psalms. 
 
 8. For the Lord is a | great ■ — | God || and a great King \ above • 
 — I all • — I gods. 
 
 4. In his hand are the deep places | of • the | earth || the strength of 
 the I hills • is | his • — | also. 
 
 6. The sea is his and | he • — | made it || and his hands \ formed • 
 the I dry • — | land. 
 
 6. O come, let us worship and | bow • — | down || let us kneel be- | 
 fore • the | Lord • our | maker. 
 
 7. For Ae I is ' our | God || and we are the people of his pasture and 
 the I sheep • of | his • — | hand. 
 
 8. O worship the Lord in the | beauty of | holiness || fear be | fore • 
 him I all the | earth. 
 
 9. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the | earth • be | glad || let the sea 
 roar and the | ful • ness | there • — | of. 
 
 10. Let the field be joyful, and all that | is • there | in || then shall all 
 the I trees • of the | wood • re | joice. 
 
 11. Before the Lord : for he cometh, for he comeih to | judge • the | 
 earth || he shall judge the world with righteousng«» and the | peo • pie | 
 with • his I truth. 
 
 Glory be to the J^ather | and -to the | Son || and | to • the | Ho • ly | 
 (ihost. 
 
 As it was in the beginning, is now and | ev • er | shall be || World 
 without I end • — I A • — I men. 
 
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 jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto 
 the third and fourth generation of tliem that hate me ; and shewing 
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 Response. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; 
 for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 
 
 Response. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 IV. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt 
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 of the Lord thy (lod: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy 
 son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy 
 cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : for in six days the Lord 
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 V. Honour thy father and thy mother : that thy days may be long 
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 Response. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 YI. Thou shalt not kill. 
 
 Response. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
 
 Response. Lord, hace mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
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 VIII. Thou shalt not steal. 
 
 JResponse. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. 
 
 IX. Tliou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 
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 X. Thou shalt not covet tli}- neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet 
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 O Almighty Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, 
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 of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments ; that, through 
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 I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth ; 
 and in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the 
 Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
 was crucified, dead, and buried ; he descended into hell ; the third 
 day he rose from the dead ; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 
 the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; from thence he shall 
 come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost ; 
 the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints ; the forgiveness 
 of sins ; the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. 
 
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 <0(tering anH ^Innouncementjef, 
 
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 Grant, we beseech thee. Almighty God, that the words which we 
 have heard this day with our outward ears may, through thy grace, 
 be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us 
 the fruit of good living ; to the honor and praise of thy name : 
 Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O Almighty God! who alone canst order the unruly wills and affec- 
 tions of sinful men : Grant unto us thy people, that we may love the 
 things which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost 
 
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 promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, 
 our hearts ma}^ surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found : 
 Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O God, Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of the faithful, visit, we jiray thee, 
 this congregation with thy love and favor ; enlighten their minds more 
 and more with the light of the everlasting gospel ; graft in their hearts 
 a love of the truth ; increase in them true religion ; nourish them with 
 all goodness; and of thy great mercy keep them in tlie same, O IMessed 
 Spirit : Whom, with the Father and the Son, together, we worship and 
 glorify as one God, world ^^'^thout end. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord 
 to make our common supplications unto thee, and dost promise that 
 when two or three are gathered together in thy name, tlum wilt 
 grant their requests : Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of 
 thy servants, as may he most expedient for them ; granting us in this 
 world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life ever- 
 lasting. Amen. 
 
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 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and tlie 
 communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. 
 
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Vesper Services. 
 
 FOR THE USE OF 
 
 CONGREGATIONS, COLLEGES. SCHOOLS. AND ACADEMIES. 
 FOR SUNDAY EVENING WORSHIP. 
 
 EDITED BY 
 
 Rev. JOSEPH T. DURYEA, D.D. 
 
 BOSTON AND CHICAGO: 
 
 Congrcgatfonal Sunlia2--.%djooI ^^"^ ^uftltafjmg Soct'cto. 
 
Copyright, 1887, by 
 Congregational Sundav-School and Publishing Soceett. 
 
 JElectrotyped and Printed by Stanley >& Usher, 
 7 77 Devonshire "Street, Boston. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 PAOB 
 
 Vesper Service No. 1 3 
 
 Vesper Service No. 2. . . . . . . . . 14 
 
 N'esper Service No. 3 ......... 2j 
 
 \'esper Service No. 4 37 
 
 ^'ESPER Service No. 5 46^ 
 
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Vesper Service, 
 
 No. 1. 
 
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 Minister. — The Lord is in his holy temple : let all the earth keep 
 silence before him. 
 People. — Surely the Lord is in this place. This is none other but the 
 house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 
 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite 
 heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 
 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable 
 in thy sight, Lord, my strength and my redeemer. 
 
 Let us pray. (All uniting.) 
 
 Almighty Grod^ unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and 
 from whom no secrets are hid ; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts hy the 
 inspiration of thy Holy Spirit^ that we may perfectly love thee, and 
 worthily magnify thy holy name ; through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom 
 come. Thy will he done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day 
 our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 
 And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil : for thine t« 
 the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
VESPER SERVICE. 
 
 O DAY OF REST AND GLADNESS! 
 
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 The Spirit sent from heaven, 
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 A triple light was given. 
 
VESPER SERVICE. 
 
 Today on weary nations 
 
 The heavenly manna falls ; 
 To holy convocations 
 
 The silver trumpet calls, 
 Where gospel light is glowing 
 
 With pure and radiant beams, 
 And living water flowing 
 
 With soul-refreshing streams. 
 
 New graces ever gaining 
 
 From this our day of rest, 
 We reach the rest remaining 
 
 To spirits of the blest : 
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 To Father and to Son ; 
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 Our Lord Jesus Christ saith : The first of all the commandments is. 
 Hear, O Israel ; the Lord our God is one Lord : 
 
 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with 
 all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. 
 
 This is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely, this : 
 
 Thou shalt love tliy neighljour as thyself. 
 
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 I BELIEVE in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth ; 
 and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord ; who was conceived by the 
 Holy Ghost ; born of the Virgin Mary ; suffered under Pontius Pilate ; 
 was crucified, dead, and buried ; he descended into hell. The third day 
 he rose from the dead ; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth 
 at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty ; from 
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 I believe in the Holy Ghost ; the holy, catholic Church, 
 the Communion of Saints; the Forgiveness of sins; the 
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 Life's battle teacli me how to fight, 
 And be the victory Thine. 
 
 Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost ! 
 
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 Thou knowest best what I need most, 
 
 And let Thy will be done. 
 
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 How amiable are thy tabernacles, 
 Lord of Hosts ! 
 
 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord; 
 My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God. 
 
 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, 
 
 And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, 
 Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, 
 My King, and my God. 
 
 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : 
 
 They will be still praising thee. 
 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee ; 
 
 In whose heart are the high ways to Zion. 
 Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of 
 springs ; 
 
 Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings. 
 They go from strength to strength, 
 
 Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion. 
 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: 
 
 Give ear, God of Jacob. 
 Behold, O God our shield, 
 And look upon the face of thine anointed. 
 
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 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 
 I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, 
 Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 
 
 For the Lord God is a sun and a shield : 
 The Lord will give grace and glory : 
 
 No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 
 O Lord of hosts, 
 Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 
 
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 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is over- 
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 Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 
 
 For thou hast been a refuge for me, 
 
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 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever : 
 
 I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. 
 For thou, O God, hast lieard my vows : 
 
 Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. 
 My soul waiteth only upon God : 
 From him cometh my salvation. 
 
 He only is my rock and my salvation: 
 
 He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved. 
 My soul, wait thou only upon God ; 
 
 For my expectation is from him. 
 He only is my rock and my salvation : 
 
 He is my high tower ; I shall not be moved. 
 With God is my salvation and my glory : 
 
 The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 
 Trust in him at all times, ye people ; 
 Pour out your heart before him : 
 
 God is a refuge for us. 
 
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 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of liigh degree are a lie 
 
 In the balances they will go up; 
 
 They are together lighter than vanity. 
 Trust not in oppression, 
 And become not vain in robbery : 
 
 If riches increase, set not your heart thereon. 
 God hath spoken once, 
 Twice have I heard this ; 
 That power belongeth unto God : 
 
 Also unto thee, Lord, belongeth mercy: 
 
 For thou renderest to every man according to his work. 
 O God, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee : 
 
 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, 
 
 In a dry and dreary land, where no water is. 
 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, 
 To see thy power and thy glory. 
 
 For thy lovingkindness is better than life; 
 
 My lips shall praise thee. 
 So will I bless thee while I live : 
 
 I will lift up my hands in thy name. 
 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; 
 And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips ; 
 
 When I remember thee upon my bed, 
 
 And meditate on thee in the night watches. 
 For thou hast been my help, 
 And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 
 
 My soul foUoweth hard after thee : 
 
 Thy right hand upholdeth me. 
 
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VESPER SERVICE. 13 
 
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 Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 
 
 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving. 
 
 Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 
 
 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, 
 
 And into his courts with praise. 
 
 Give thanks unto him, and bless his name. 
 
 For the Lord is good ; his mercy endureth forever ; 
 
 And his faithfulness unto all generations. Amen. 
 
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 Confc^jffion. (psalm li.) 
 
 Have mere}' upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness : 
 
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 Wash rae thoroughly from mine iniquity. 
 
 And cleanse me from my sin. 
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 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, 
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 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ; 
 And in sin did my mother conceive me. 
 
 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts : 
 
 And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to-know wisdom. 
 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : 
 
 Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
 Make me to hear joy and gladness ; 
 That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 
 
 Hide thy face from my sins, 
 
 And blot out all mine iniquities. 
 Create in me a clean heart, O God ; 
 
 And renew a right spirit within me. 
 Cast me not away from thy presence ; 
 
 And take not thy holy spirit from me. 
 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation : 
 
 And uphold me with a free spirit. 
 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ; 
 And sinners shall ])e converted unto thee. 
 
 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, God, thou God of my salvation; 
 
 And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 
 O Lord, open thou my lips ; 
 
 And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 
 For thou delightest not in sacrifice ; else would I give it : 
 
 Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering. 
 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : 
 
 A broken and a contrite heart, God, thou wilt not despise. 
 
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 And forget not all his benefits : 
 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; 
 
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 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; 
 
 Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies : 
 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; 
 
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VESPER SERVICE. 19 
 
 The Lord executeth righteous acts, 
 
 And judgements for all that are oppressed. 
 He made kiuiwii his ways unto Moses, 
 
 His doings unto the children of Israel. 
 The Lord is full of compassion and gracious. 
 Slow to anger, and ])]onteous in mercy. 
 
 He will not always chide ; 
 
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 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 
 
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 For as the lieaven is high above the earth. 
 So great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 
 
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 Like as a father pitieth his children, 
 
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 He remembereth that we are dust. 
 As for man, his days are as grass ; 
 As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
 
 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; 
 
 And the place thereof shall know it no more. 
 But the mercy of tlie Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon 
 them that fear him, 
 
 And his righteousness unto children's children ; 
 To such as keep his covenant, 
 And to those that remember his precepts to do them. 
 
 The Lord hath established his throne in the heavens; 
 
 And his kingdom ruleth over all. 
 Bless the Lord, ye angels of his : 
 
 Ye mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, 
 
 Hearkening unto the voice of his word. 
 Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts ; 
 
 Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 
 Bless the Lord, all ye his works, 
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 Bless the Lord, my soul. 
 
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 And enter not into judgement with thy servant; 
 For in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 
 
 I remember the days of old ; 
 
 I meditate on all thy doings : 
 I muse on the work of thy hands. 
 I spread forth my hands unto thee : 
 
 My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. 
 Make haste to answer me, O Lord ; my spirit faileth : 
 
 Hide not thy face from me ; 
 
 Lest I become like them that go down into the pit. 
 
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 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : 
 I flee unto thee to hide; me. 
 
 Teach me to do thy will ; for thou art my God : 
 
 Thy spirit is good ; lead me in the land of uprightness. 
 Quicken nie, O Lord, for thy name's sake : 
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VESPER SERVICE. 23 
 
 Come not in terrors, as the King of kings ; 
 But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings ; 
 Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea; 
 Come, Friend of sinners, and thus 'Ijide with me . 
 
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 And though rebellious and perverse meanwhile. 
 Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee ; 
 On to the close, O Lord, abide with me ! 
 
 I need Thy presence every passing hour ; 
 What but Thy grace can foil the Tempter's power? 
 Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be? 
 Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me ! 
 
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 Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to 
 help ourselves ; keej) us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardl}- in 
 our souls ; that we may be defended from all adversities which may 
 happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and 
 hurt the soul ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 O Almighty Lord, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, 
 and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of the laws, and 
 in the works of thy commandments ; that, through thy most mighty 
 protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul; 
 through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
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 Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favor, 
 and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, 
 continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and 
 finally, by thy mercy obtain eternal life ; through Jesus Christ our 
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VESPER SERVICE. 
 
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 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the com- 
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 Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God. 
 
 People. — Therefore with angels and archangels, and with all the com- 
 pany of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name ; evermore praising 
 thee and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are 
 fall of thy glory. Glory be to thee, Lord most high. Amen. 
 
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 Direct us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favor, 
 and further us with thy continual help, that in all our works l)egun, 
 continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and 
 finally, by thy mercy, obtain eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
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 O God, Holy Ghost, sanctifier of the faithful, ^^sit, we pray thee, 
 this congregation with thy love and favor : enlighten their minds more 
 and more with the light of the everlasting gospel ; graft in theii" hearts 
 a love of the truth ; increase in them true religion ; nourish them with 
 all goodness; and of thy great mercy keep them in the saaie, O 
 blessed Spirit, whom, with the Father and the Son together, we wor- 
 ship and glorify as one Gt)d, world without end. Amen. 
 
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 Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord!" 
 
 Heaven is still with glory ringing, 
 Earth takes up the angels' cry, 
 " Holy ! Holy ! Holy ! singing, 
 
 Lord of hosts, the Lord most high ! " 
 
 With his seraph-train before him. 
 With his holy Church below. 
 
 Thus conspire we to adore him. 
 Bid we thus our anthem flow : 
 
 " Lord, thy glory fills the heaven, 
 Earth is with its fulness stored ; 
 Unto thee be glory given, 
 
 Holy ! Holy ! Holy ! Lord ! " Amen. 
 
VKSPEK SERVICE. 27 
 
 MiNTSTER. — Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon 
 him while he is near. 
 
 Let the wicked forsake his way, and tlie unrighteous man his 
 thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy 
 upon him ; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
 
 Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose 
 name is Holy: I dwell in tlie high and holy place, witli him also that is 
 of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the sjjirit of the humble, and 
 to revive the heart of the contrite. 
 
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 All. — Almighty and most merciful Father ; "We have erred and 
 strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the 
 devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy 
 holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have 
 done ; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done ; 
 and there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, 
 miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O Lord, who confess their faults. 
 Restore thou those who are penitent ; according to thy promises de- 
 clared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most 
 merciful Father, for his sake ; that we may hereafter live a godly, right- 
 eous, and sober life, to the glory of thy holy name. Amen. 
 
 Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy king- 
 dom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us 
 this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
 debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : 
 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 
 
 Minister. — Our Lord Jesus Christ saith: 
 
 Ye are the light of the wt)rld. Let your light so shine before men, 
 that they may see your good works, and glorify yom- Father which is 
 in heaven. 
 
 Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you ; that ye 
 may be the sons of your Father which is in heaven. 
 
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 When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right 
 hand doeth : that thy alms may be in secret. 
 
 When thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut 
 thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret. 
 
 Lay up not for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and 
 rust doth consume, and where thieves break through and steal : but lay 
 up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth 
 consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal : for where 
 thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also. 
 
 Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, 
 nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. 
 
 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these 
 things. 
 
 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness ; and all these 
 things shall be added unto you. 
 
 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 
 
 All things, therefore, whatsoever ye would that men should do unto 
 you, even so do ye also unto them : for this is the law and the prophets. 
 
 Not every one that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 
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 Praise is comely for the upright. 
 Give thanks unto the Lord with hai]) : 
 
 Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings. 
 Sing unto him a new song; 
 
 Play skilfully with a loud noise. 
 For the word of thr Lord is rii^ht ; ' 
 
 And all his work is done in faithfulness. 
 He luveth riglitcousncss and judgement: 
 
 The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord. 
 By the Avord of the Lord were the heavens made ; 
 
 And all the host of them by the breath of hid mouth. 
 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: 
 
 He layeth up the deeps in storehouses. 
 Let all the earth fear the Lord : 
 
 Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 
 For he spake, and it was done ; 
 
 He commanded, and it stood fast. 
 The Lord bringeth the eounsel of the nations to nought : 
 
 He niaketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect. 
 The counsel of the Lord standeth fast for ever, 
 
 The thoughts of his heart to all generations. 
 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; 
 
 The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 
 The Lord looketh from heaven ; 
 He beholdeth all the sons of men; 
 
 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth 
 
 Upon all the inhabitants of the earth ; 
 He that fashioneth the hearts of them all. 
 That considereth all their works. 
 
 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host. 
 A mighty man is not delivered bv great strength. 
 
 An horse is a vain thing for safety : 
 
 Neither shall he deliver any by his great power. 
 
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 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him. 
 Upon them that hope in his mercy ; 
 
 To deliver their soul from death, 
 
 And to keep them alive in famine. 
 Our soul hath waited for the Lord : 
 
 He is our help and our shield, 
 For our heart shall rejoice in him, 
 
 Because we have trusted in his holy name. 
 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us. 
 
 According as we have hoped in thee. 
 
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 When sinks the soul, subdued by toil, to slumber, 
 Its closing eye looks up to thee in prayer. 
 
 Sweet the repose beneatli thy wings o'ershading. 
 But sweeter still, to wake and find thee there. 
 
 So shall it be at last, in that bright morning, 
 When the soul waketh, and life's shadows flee ; 
 
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 Hear my cry, O God ; 
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 Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 
 
 For thou hast been a refuge for me, 
 
 A strong tower from the enemy. 
 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever : 
 
 I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. 
 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows : 
 
 Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. 
 My soul waiteth only upon God : 
 From him cometh my salvation. 
 
 He only is my rock and my salvation : 
 
 He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved. 
 My soul, wait thou only upon God ; 
 
 For my expectation is from him. 
 He only is my rock and my salvation : 
 
 He is my high tower; I shall not be moved. 
 With God is my salvation and my glory : 
 
 The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 
 Trust in him at all times, ye people ; 
 Pour out your heart before him : 
 
 God is a refuge for us. 
 God hath spoken once. 
 Twice have I heard this ; 
 That power belongeth unto God : 
 
 Also unto thee, Lord, belongeth mercy : 
 
 For thou renderest to every man according to his work. 
 O God, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee : 
 
 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, 
 
 In a dry and weary land, where no water is. 
 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, 
 To see thy power and thy glory. 
 
 For thy lovingkindness is better than life ; 
 
 My lips shall praise thee. 
 So will I bless thee while I live : 
 
 I will lift up my hands in thy name. 
 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; 
 And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips ; 
 
 When I remember thee upon my bed, 
 
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VESPER SERVICE. 35 
 
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 The open ear, O Lord, 
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 Each whisper of thy Word ; 
 Like him to answer at thy call, 
 And to obey thee first of all. 
 
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 A sweet, unmurmuring faith. 
 Obedient and resigned 
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 That I may read with childlike eyes 
 Truths that are hidden from the wise. 
 
 Amen. 
 
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 O Lord, who never failest to help and govern those whom thou 
 dost bring up in thy steadfast fear and love ; Keep us, we beseech 
 thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to 
 have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy name ; through Jesus 
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 Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of those who 
 ask in thy Son's name ; We beseech thee mercifully to incHne thine 
 ears to us who have now made our prayers and supplications unto thee ; 
 and grant, that those things which we have faithfully asked according 
 to thy will, may eft'ectually be obtained, to the relief of our necessity, 
 and the setting forth of thy glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
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 And for his wonderful works to the children of men I 
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 "• Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come ! " 
 
 And through the dark its echoes sweetly ringing, 
 The music of the gospel leads us home. 
 Angels of Jesus, etc. 
 
 Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing. 
 The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea, 
 
 And laden souls by thousands meekly stealing, 
 Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to thee. 
 Angels of Jesus, etc. 
 
 Rest comes at length, though life be long and dreary. 
 The day must dawn, and darksome night be past; 
 
 Faith's journey ends in welcome to the weary. 
 
 And heaven, the heart's true home, will come at last. 
 Angels of Jesus, etc. 
 
 Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things. 
 Judge of all men ; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and 
 wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievously have com- 
 mitted, by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine Majesty, 
 provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do 
 earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings ; the 
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 past ; and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in 
 newness of life, to the honor and glory of thy name : through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen, 
 
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 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy king- 
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 day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 
 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For thine is 
 the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 
 
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 All. — I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and 
 earth ; and in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, who was conceived 
 by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius 
 Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; he descended into hell ; the third 
 day he rose again from the dead ; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth 
 on the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; from thence he shall 
 come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost ; 
 the Holy Catholic Church ; the communion of saints ; the forgiveness 
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 And unto the I Lamb for I ever and I ever. Amen. 
 
VESPER SERVICE. 
 
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 except it abide in the vine ; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. 
 I am the vine, ye are the branches : he that abideth in me, and I in him, 
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 Though an host should encamp against me, 
 
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 That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, 
 
 To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 
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 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : 
 
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 Where'er thy name is blest, 
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 And find thy mercy sweet. 
 
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 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 Thy joy, thy mercy sweet. Amen. 
 
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VESPER SEUVICE. 46 
 
 WORSHIP. 
 
 I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains : 
 From whence shall my help come ? 
 
 My help cometh from the Lord, 
 
 Which made heaven and earth. 
 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : 
 He that kec'])oth thee will not slumber. 
 
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 The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy coming in, 
 
 From this time forth and for evermore. 
 
 Unto thee, O Lord, will I call ; 
 
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 Lest, if thou be silent unto me, 
 
 I become like them that go down into the pit. 
 Hear the voice of ni}' supplications, when I cry unto thee, 
 When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord, 
 
 Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. 
 The Lord is my strength and my sliield. 
 
 My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped : 
 Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ; 
 And with my song will I i)raise him. 
 
 The Lord is their strength, 
 
 And he is a strong hold of salvation to his anointed. 
 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance. 
 
 Feed them also, and bear them up forever. 
 
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 We know and feel that thou art here. 
 
 O Saviour Christ ! our woes dispel. 
 For some are sick and some are sad. 
 
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 And some have lost the love they had ; 
 
 And some have found the world is vain, 
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 And some have friends who give them pain, 
 Yet have not sought a friend in thee. 
 
 O Saviour Christ ! thou too art man ; 
 
 Thou hast been troubled, tempted, tried ; 
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VESPER SERVICE, 
 
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 Minister. — Almighty God, wIkj hast given us grace at this time 
 with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee ; and 
 dost promise tluit when two or three are gathered together in thy Name 
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 jjctitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting 
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 And men, at war with men, hear not 
 
 The love-song which they bring : 
 Oh ! hush the noise, ye men of strife. 
 
 And hear the angels sing ! 
 
 And ye, beneath life's crushing load, 
 
 Whose forms are bending low. 
 Who toil along the climbing way 
 
 With painful steps and slow ; 
 Look now ! for glad and golden hours 
 
 Come swiftly on the wing : 
 Oh ! rest beside the weary road, 
 
 And hear the angels sing ! 
 
 For lo ! the days are hastening on, 
 
 By prophet-bards foretold. 
 When with the ever-circling years 
 
 Comes round the age of gold ; 
 When Peace shall over all the earth 
 
 Its ancient splendors fling. 
 And the whole world send back the song 
 
 Which now the angels sing. Amen. 
 
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 Minister. — Arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place. 
 
 People. — Thou, and the ark of thy strength : 
 Let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, 
 
 And let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 
 Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, lift up your 
 hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the Lord. 
 The Lord bless thee out of Zion ; even he that made heaven and earth. 
 Praise ye the Lord, ye that stand in the house of the Lord. 
 
 Sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. 
 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the assembly of the 
 saints. 
 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be 
 joyful in their King. 
 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the courts of the Lord's house. 
 Open to me the gates of righteousness : I will enter into them, I will 
 give thanks unto the Lord. 
 This is the gate of the Lord ; the righteous shall enter into it. 
 
 I will give thanks unto thee, for thou hast answered me, and art become 
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 And shall man alone be dumb, 
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 Psalms and hymns and songs of praise. 
 
 8aints below, with heart and voice, 
 Still in songs of praise rejoice ; 
 Learning here, by faith and love, 
 Songs of praise to sing above. 
 Borne upon their latest breath, 
 Songs of praise shall conquer death ; 
 Then, amidst eternal joy, 
 Songs of praise their powers emplo}-. 
 
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 The first of all the commandments is. Hear O Israel ; the Lord our 
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 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with 
 all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. 
 
 This is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely, this: 
 
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 I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth : 
 and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the 
 Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
 was crucified, dead, and buried ; he descended into hell ; the third day 
 he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and 
 sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; 
 from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the 
 dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost ; the holy Catholic 
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 I will extol thee, my God, O King ; 
 
 And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 
 Every day will I bless thee ; 
 
 And I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 
 
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 Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised , 
 
 And his greatness is unsearch.-ible. 
 
 One generation shall laud thy works to another, 
 
 And shall declare thy mighty acts. 
 Of the glorious majesty of thine honour, 
 And of tliy wondi-ous works, will I meditate. 
 
 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts ; 
 
 And I will declare thy greatness. 
 They sliall utter the memory t)f thy great goodness, 
 And shall sing of thy righteousness. 
 
 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; 
 
 Slow to anger, and of great mercy. 
 The Lord is g0( td to all ; 
 And his tender mercies are over all his works. 
 
 All thy works shall give thanks unto thee, Lord ; 
 
 And thy saints shall bless thee. 
 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom. 
 And talk of thy power ; 
 
 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, 
 
 And the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. 
 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 
 And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. 
 
 The Lord upholdeth all that fall. 
 
 And raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 
 The eyes of all wait upon thee ; 
 And thou givest them their meat in due season. 
 
 Thou openest thine hand. 
 
 And satisfieth the desire of every living thing. 
 The Lord is righteous in all his ways. 
 And gracious in all his works. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, 
 
 To all that call upon him in truth. 
 He will fultil the desire of them that fear him ; 
 He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 
 
 The Lord preserveth all them that love him ; 
 
 But all the wicked will he destroy. 
 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord ; 
 
 And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. 
 
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 Hear my prayer, O Lord ; give ear to my supplications : 
 
 In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 
 And enter not into judgement with thy servant ; 
 For in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 
 
 I remember the days of old ; 
 
 I meditate on all thy doings: 
 I muse on the work of thy hands. 
 I spread forth my hands unto tliee : 
 
 My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. 
 Make haste to answer me, O Lord ; my spirit faileth : 
 
 Hide not thy face from me ; 
 
 Lest I become like them that go down into the pit. 
 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning ; 
 Ftjr in thee do I trust : 
 
 Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; 
 
 For I lift up my soul unto thee. 
 
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 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : 
 
 I flee unto thee to hide me. 
 
 Teach me to do thy will ; for thou art my God : 
 
 Thy spirit is good ; lead me in the land of uprightness. 
 
 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake : 
 
 In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. 
 
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 Of everlasting peace; 
 Come, take the kingdom to thyself, 
 
 Great King of RlghteouBness ! 
 
 Come, for thy saints still wait ; 
 
 Daily ascends their sigh ; 
 The Spirit and the Bride say, Come! 
 
 Dost thou not hear the cry? 
 
 Come, for creation groans. 
 
 Impatient of thy stay, 
 Worn out with these long years of ill, 
 
 These ages of delay. 
 
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 MrNiSTER. — Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time 
 with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee ; and 
 dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy name 
 thou wilt grant their requests ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and 
 petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting 
 us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come 
 life everlasting. Amen. 
 
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