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THE BOOK OF FSAILMS-

311
SEJLECTIOM

BOOK OF PSALMS,

We of ^cibate SDclJotion*

By a Clergyman of the Church of England.

" That yonr prayers be not hindered." 1st. Pet. iii .7,

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PREFACE.

*' The Psalms are an
" Epitome of the Bible, adapted
" to the purpose of devotion.
"They are, for this purpose,
" adorned with the figures, and
** set oif with all the graces of
" poetry ; and poetry itself is
^^ designed yet farther to be re-
" commended by the charms of
" music ; thus consecrated to

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" the service of God ; that so,
" delight may prepare the way
" for inaprovement, and plea-
" sure become the handmaid of
"wisdom, while every turbu-
" lent passion is calmed by sa-
" cred melody, and the evil spi-
" rit is still dispossessed by the
" harp of the son of Jesse."'^
The character thus ascribed to
them by a late pious and ami
able prelate of our church, is
undoubtedly true, when they
are used in the public service of
the christian temple ; and the
* Preface to Home's Commentary oo the Book of Psalmi,

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feelings of every sincere w^or-
shipper bear inward testimony
to its truth. But the case is
very much altered, when they
are daily, and literally, and «n-
c?i«crfwim«#e^t/ repeated, by the
solitary christian in his closet,
as the language and vehicle of
his secret thoughts, addressed
to *' his Father who seeth in
" secret ;" and it has been the
honest complaint of many sin
cere believers, whose minds are
not satisfied with dry formali
ties, but whose wish it is to
" pray with the spirit, and \o

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" pray with the understanding
also ;" that in repeating the
Psalms of David, as exercises
of private devotion, the even
flow of their sentiments is often
rufiled and disturbed by the
•
sudden intervention of such ex
pressions as they cannot rightly
comprehend. By the bold as
sumption of such innocence and
integrity, as they dare not pre
tend to ; by the frequent men
tion of such enmities, and such
persecutions as they are not
concerned with ; by such invo
cations of vengeance, as shock

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their moral feelings, and which,
though they are instructed to
consider as predictions, yet they
cannot reconcile with the spirit
of christian prayer ; by the al
lusions to such military glories
and ferocities, and to such
worldly blessings, and tempo
ral rewards, as evidently, do
not belong to the gospel dispen
sation. And that although in
reciting such passages, as are
plainly prophetic of the great
Messiah, of his divine character,
and his gracious offices, they
find unspeakable comfort and

satisfaction, yet they are conti
nually encountering other pas
sages, whose interpretation is
clouded by obscurity ; and the
question of the devout eunuch
of Ethiopia is frequently obtru
ding itself upon them. " Of
whom speaketh the prophet
this ? of himself, or of some
other man ? Is it David? or
is it Christ ? or is it the church
of Christ, that we are to consi
der as the proper object of this
victory, or this deliverance, or
this persecution ?" Before they
can turn over the pages of an-

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notators and expositors, to sa
tisfy, or at least to silence
their enquiries, they perceive
that the warmth of adoration,
with which their minds were
melting, is cooled ; the devout
impression is rendered more
faint ; and above all, the ap
plication to their own cases and
consciences is almost destroyed.
Such is their complaint ; w^hich
although I have always found
some difficulty in answering to
their satisfaction, or indeed en
tirely to my own ; yet there
appeared to be an easy method,
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by which the grounds of it
might be effectually removed.
.Tn pursuing this method, I
have ventured to select such
whole Psalms, and such por
tions of others, as were almost,
if not entirely free from these
objections ; every word of
which might with very little
hesitation, be adopted and ap
propriated, by the worshipper
in his closet, as the expression
of his own real and immediate
thoughts ; and thus, by substi
tuting clear ideas for magniji'
cent but uncertain sounds,

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that act of devotion would be
come a prayer, w^hich other
wise might be little better than
an incantation. This selection is here ar
ranged into separate divisions,
entirely for private use ; in the
hope, that each of them, when
daily recited, may afford an
undisturbed assistance to the ex
ercise of holy affections, and to
the secret and necessary du
ties of penitence and self abase
ment ; and that the reasonable
mind may thus be enabled to
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accompany the pious heart,
in uttering its honest emotions
of gratitude, and praise^ and
godly resignation.

Although the words of this Selection are
copied from the Psalms of the Prayer Book, as
being more familiar, yet a liberty has been taken of
substituting some words from the Bible Version ;
and also of introducing some such slight alterations
as were necessary to preserve the connexion of sen
tences, and to suit them with the private application
that ivas intended, such as — "From the heart," m-
stead of " Upon the harp." — " Sins and iniquities,"
instead of" foes and enemies." — " Lord of heaven,"
instead of " Lord of Hosts."

FIRST DAY.

Ponder my words, Ohl Lord consider
my meditation. Oh ! hearken unto the voice of my
calling ; my King, and my God ; for unto
thee will I make my prayer.
My voice shalt thou hear betimes. Oh !
Lord : early in the morning will I direct my
prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Thou art the God, that hast no pleasure
in wickedness : neither shall any evil dwell
with thee.
Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy
sight: for thou hatest all them that work
vanity.

But let all them, that put their trust in
thee, rejoice: they shall ever be giving of
thanks, because thou defendest tbem ; they
that love thy name shall be joyful in thee.
For thou. Lord, wilt give thy blessing
unto the righteous : and with thy favouraWe
kindness, wilt thou defend them, as with a
shield.

#sfaim 6.
OH ! Lord, rebuke me not in thine in
dignation: neither chasten me in thy heavy
displeasure. Have mercy upon me. Oh ! Lord, for I
am Aveak ; Oh ! Lord, heal me for my bones
are vexed. My soul also is sore troubled : but. Lord
how long wilt thou punish me ?
Turn thee. Oh ! Lord, and deliver my
soul : Oh ! save me, for thy mercy's sake.
For in death no man remembereth thee:
and who will give thee thanks in the pit ?

I am weary of my groaning ; every night
wash I my bed: and water my couch with
my tears. My beauty is gone for very trouble : and
worn away because of mine adversities.
But — away from me all workings of
vanity ! for the Lord hath heard tbe voice of
my weeping. The Lord hath heard my petition : th«
Lord will receive my prayer.

OH ! Lord, our governor, how excellent
is thy name in all the world : thou that hast
set thy glory above the heavens !
Out of the mouth of very babes and
sucklings hast thou ordained strength against
thine enemies : that thou mightest still the
enemy and avenger.
When I consider thy heavens, even the
works of thy fingers : the moon and the stars,
which thou hast ordained, A 2

What is man — ^that thou art mitidful of
him ? or the son of man^ that thou visitest
him ? Thou madest him lower than the angels:
to crown him with glory and worship.
Thou makest him to have dominion over
the works of thy hands : and hast put all
things in subjection under his feet.
All sheep and oxen : yea and the beasts
of the field;
The fowls of the air, and the fishes of
the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the
paths of the seas.
Oh ! Lord, our governor ! how excellent
is thy name, in all the world !

How long wilt thou forget me, Lord ?
for ever ? how long wilt thou hide thy face
from me ?
How long shall I seek counsel in my soul.

and be so vexed in my heart ? how long shall
my iniquities triumph over me ?
Consider, and hear me. Oh ! Lord my
God : lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in
death. Then shall my trust be ever in thy mercy:
and my heart shall be joyful in thy salvation.

Preserve rae. Oh ! God : for in thee have
I put my trust.
Oh ! my soul, thou hast said unto the
Lord: thou art my God, my goods are nothing
unto thee.
All thy delight is upon the saints that
are in the earth : and upon such as excel in
virtue. But they that run after another God shall
have great trouble.
I will thank the Lord, for giving me
warning: my reins also chasten me in tbe
night season. A 3

I have set God always before me : for he
is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
Wherefore my heart was glad and my
glory rejoiced : my flesh also shall rest it*
hope. Because thou wilt not leave my soul in
hell : neither shalt thou suffer thine holy one
to see corruption.
Thou shalt shew me the path of life ; in
thy presence is the fulness of joy: and at thy
right hand there is pleasure for evermore.

SECOND DAT.

X WILL love thee, Oh ! Lord, my strength r
the Lord is my stony rock, and my defence :
my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom
I will trust : my buckler, the horn also of my
salvation, and my refuge.
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy
to he praised : so shall I be safe from mine
enemies. The sorrows of death compassed me:
and the overflowings of ungodliness made me
afi'aid. The pains of hell came about me : the
snares of death overtook me.
In my trouble I will call upon the Lord ;
and complain unto my God.
So shall he hear my voice out of his holy
habitation : and my complaint shall come
before him, it shall enter even into his ears.

3^3SfaIm i9»
The heavens declare the glory of God :
and the firmament sheweth his handy work.
One day telleth another : and one night
certifieth another.
There is neither speech nor language,
where these voices are not heard among them.
Their sound is gone out into all lands :
and their words unto the ends of the world.
In them hath he set a tabernacle for the
sun : which goeth forth like a bridegroom
out of his chamber ; and rejoiceth as a giant
to run his course.
It goeth forth from the uttermost part of
tbe heaven, and runneth about unto the end
of it again : and there is nothing hid from
the heat thereof.
The law of the Lord is an undefiled law,
converting the soul: the testimony of the
Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the
simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, and

rejoice the heart: the commandment of the
Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is clean, and en
dureth 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 from the honey-comb.
Moreover by them is thy servant taught :
and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Who can tell how oft he offendeth : Oh !
cleanse thou me from my .secret faults.
Keep thy servant also from presumptuous
sins, lest they get the dominion over me : so
shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the
great ofience.
Let the words of my mouth, and the medi
tations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight :
Oh ! Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
^jsfaim 23»
The Lord is my shepherd : therefore can.
I lack nothing.

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He shall feed me in gi'een pastures : and
lead me forth besides the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul : and bring me
forward in the paths of righteousness, for his
name's sake.
' Yea, tho' I walk thro' the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou
art with me, thy rod, and thy stafi" comfort me.
Thy loving kindness shall follow me all
the days of my life : and I shall dwell in the
house of the Lord for ever..

^jJalm 24»
The earth is the Lord's and all therein i&:
the compass of the world, and they that dwell
therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas :
and prepared it upon the floods.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the
Lord : or who shall rise up in his holy place ?
Even they that have clean hands, and

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pure hearts : and that have not given up their
minds to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
They shall receive the blessing from the
Lord : and righteousness from the God of their
salvation. This is the generation of them that seek
him : even of them that seek thy face. Oh !
God of Jacob.
Lift up your heads, Oh ! ye gates, and be
ye lift ye everlasting doors : and the king of
gloiy shall come in.
Who is the king of glory : it is th«
Lord, strong and mighty, even the Lord,
mighty in all things.
Lift your heads. Oh ! ye gates, and be ye
lift up, ye everlasting doors : and the king of
glory shall come in.
Who is the king of glory : even the Lord
of heaven, he is the king of glory.

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THIRD DAY.

^Mm 25.
Unto thee^ Oh ! Lord, do I lift up my
soul ; my God, I have put my trust in thee :
Oh ! let me not be confounded, neither let
mine iniquities triumph over me.
All they that hope in thee, shall never be
ashamed : but they that transgress without a
cause, shall be put to confusion.
Shew me thy ways. Oh ! Lord : and
teach me thy paths.
Lead me forward in thy truth, and learn
me : for thou art the God of my salvation ;
in thee hath been my hope, all the day long.
Call to remembrance. Oh ! Lord, thy
tender mercies : and thy loving kindnesses,
which have been ever of old.
Oh ! remember not the sins and offences
of my youth : but according to thy mercy, think
thou upou me. Oh ! Lord, for thy goodness.

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Gracious and righteous is the Lord:
therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Them that are meek shall he guide in
judgment : and such as are gentle, them will
he learn his way.
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and
trath ; unto such as keep his covenant and his
testimonies. For thy name's sake Oh ! Lord : be mer
ciful unto my sin for it is great !
The secret of the Lord is among them
that fear him: and he will shew them his
covenant. Mine eyes are ever looking unto the
Lord : for he shall pluck my feet out of the
net. Oh ! turn thee unto me, and have mercy
upon me : for I am desolate and in misery.
The sorrows of my heart are enlarged :
Oh ! bring thou me out of my troubles.
Look upon my adversity and misery : and
forgive me all my sin.
Oh! keep my soul, and deliver me: let

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me not be confounded, for I have put my
trust in thee.
Let perfectness and righteous dealing
wait upon me : and let thy servant be delivered
out of all his troubles.

3|5^aim 27.
The Lord is my light, and my salvation ;
"whom then shall I fear: the Lord is the
strength of my life ; of whom then shall I
be afraid? For in the time of trouble he shall hide
me in his tabernacle: yea, in the secret place
of his dw^elling shall he hitle, and set jne up
upon a rock of stone.
And now shaK he lift my head, above
all the temptations that surround me.
Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an
oblation with great gladness : I will sing, and
speak praises unto the Lord.
Hearken unto my voice. Oh ! Lord when
I cry unto thee : have mercy upon me, and
hear me.

15
When thou hast said, seek ye my face :
my heart hath said unto thee; thy face, Lord,
will I seek.
Oh ! hide not thy face from me: nor cast
away thy servant in displeasure.
Thou hast been my succour : leave me
not, neither forsake me, Oil ! God of my sal
vation !
When my father and my mother shall
forsake me : the Lord will take me up.
Teach rae thy way. Oh ! Lord : and lead
me in the right way, because of my infirmities.
I should utterly have fainted: but that I
believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Oh! tariy thou the Lord's leisure: be
strong and he shall comfort thine heart, anil
put thou thy trust in the Lord.
^^alm 30.
I will magnify thee. Oh ! Lord, for thou,
hast set me up : and not made my sins to
triumph over rae. B 2

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Oh ! Lord, my God, I cried Unto thee :
and thou hast healed me.
Thou Lord, hast brought my soul out of
hell : thou hast kept my life from them that
go doAvn to the pit.
Sing praises unto the Lord, Oh ! ye saints
of bis : and give thanks unto him for a remem-
l}rfmce of his holiness.
For his wrath endureth but the twinkling
(if au eye, and in his pleasure is life: heavi
ness may endure for a night, but joy cometh
in the morning.
In my prosperity, I said, I shall never be
moved : thou. Lord, of thy goodness, hast
made my hill so strong.
But thou didst turn thy face from me ;
and I was troubled.
Then cried I unto thee Oh ! Lord : and
gat me to my Lord right humbly.
What profit is there in my blood when I
go down to the pit ?
Shall the dust give thanks unto thee : or
shall it declare thy truth ?

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Hear, Oh ! Lord, and have mercy upon
me : Lord, be thou my helper.

!^^alm 3u
Then will I be glad and rejoice in thy
mercy : for that thou hast considered my
trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities.
Oh ! be thou my strong rock, and house
of defence : that thou mayest save me.
Yea !; — thou art my strong rock, and my
castle : be thou also my guide, and lead me
for thy name's sake.
Into thy hands I do commend my spirit :
for thou hast redeemed me. Oh ! Lord, thovj-
God of truth.

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FOURTH DAY,

3^^alm 34.

JL Will alway give thanks unto the Lord :
his praise shall be cA^er in ray mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord :
the humble shall consider, and be glad.
I sought the Lord, and he heard me : yea,
he delivered me out of all my fear.
They that have an eye unto him, are
lightened ; and their faces are not ashamed.
Lo ! the poor crieth, aud the Lord hear
eth him : yea, and saveth him out of all his
troubles. The angel of the Lord tarrieth round
about them that fear him : and dellvereth them.
Oh ! taste and see how gracious the Lord
is : blessed are all they that pnt their trust in
biiu.

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Oh ! fear the Lord, all ye his servants :
for they that fear him lack nothing.
The lions do lack, and suffer hunger ; but
thiey who fear the Lord, shall want no manner
of thing that is good.
Come ye, his children, and hearken unto
his word : and that will teach you the fear
which he requireth.
Keep thy tongue from evil : and thy lips
that they speak no guile.
Eschew evil, and do good : seek peace,
and ensue it.
The eyes of the Lord are over the righ
teous : and his ears are open unto their
prayers. But the countenance of the Lord is against
them that do evil : to root out the remem
brance of them for ever.
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth
them : and dellvereth them out of all their
troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of
a contrite heart : and will save such as be of
an humble spirit.

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Great are the troubles of tbe righteous :
but the Lord dellvereth them out of all.
He keepeth all their bones : so that not
one of them is broken.
Yea, the Lord dellvereth the souls of his
servants: and all they that put their trust in
him, shall not be destitute.

pMm 38.
Put me not to rebuke Oh ! Lord, in thine
anger : neither chasten, me in thy heavy dis-
pleasure. For thine arrows stick fast in me : and
thine baud presseth me sore.
There is no health in my flesh, because
of thy displeasure : neither is there any rest in
my bones, by reason of my sin.
My wickednesses are gone over my head :
and are, like a sore burden, too heavy for me
to bear. I am brought into so great trouble and
misery: that I go mourning all the day long.

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I am feeble, and sore smitten : and great
is the disquietness of my heart.
Lord ! thou knowest all my desire : and
my groaning is not hid from thee.
My heart panteth, my strength hath fail
ed me : and the sight of mine eyes is gone
from me.
My lovers and my neighbours did stand
looking upon my trouble : and my kinsmen
stood afar off.
But in thee Oh ! Lord, have I put my
trust : thou shalt answer for me. Oh ! Lord
my God. For although I truly am set in the plague :
and my heaviness is ever in my sight ;
Yet, when I confess my wickedness : and
am sorry for my sin ;
Thou wilt not forsake me Oh ! Lord my
God : thou wilt not be far fi-om me.
Oh ! haste thee to help me : Lord God
of my salvation.

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FIFTH DAY.

3^iSfalm 40,

J. Waited patiently for the Lord : and he
inclined unto me, and Beard my calling.
He brought me also out of the horrible
pit; out oF the mire and clayr and set my
feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth :
even a thanksgiving unto our God^
Many shall see it, and fear : and learn tp
put their trust in the Lord.
Oh ! Lord my God, great are the wond
rous works which thou hast done ; like as be
thy thoughts which be to us-ward : and there.,
is no one that ordereth them unto thee.
If I should declare them, and speak of
them : they should be more than I am able tO;
express.

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Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest
not : but mine ears hast thou opened.
Burnt-offerings, and sacrifice for sin, hast
thou not required : then said I, lo, I come.
In the volume of the book it is written of
me, that I should fulfil thy will Oh ! my God :
I am content to do it ; yea thy law is within
my heart. Yet have I not hidden thy righteousness
within my heart : my talk of thy truth, and of
thy salvation. And I have not refrained from confessing
thy loving mercy and truth ; in the great con
gregation. Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me.
Oh ! Lord : let thy loving kindness, and thy
truth alway preserve me.
For innumerable troubles are come about
me : my sins have taken such hold upon me
that I am not able to look up : yea, they are
more in number than the hairs of my head ;
and my heart hath failed me..
Oh ! Lord ! let it be thy pleasure to de
liver me : make haste, CJh ! Lor-d, to help me.

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And let all those that seek thee be joy
ful and glad in thee : let such, as love thy sal
vation, say alway, the Lord be praised !
As for me, I am poor and needy : but the
Lord careth for me.
Thou art my helper, and redeemer : make
no long tarrying. Oh ! my God !
^iSaUn 42.
Like as the hart desireth the water brooks :
so longeth my soul after thee. Oh ! God.
My soul is athirst for God, yea even for
the living God : when I come to appear before
the presence of God ?
My tears have been my meat day and
night: whilst temptation saith daily unto me,
where is now thy God ?
Now when I think thereupon, I pour out
my heart by myself : and I go also with the
multitude, and join with them iii the house of
God, In the voice of praise and thanksgiving :
among such as keep thy holy-day.

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Why art thou so full of heaviness, Oh !
my soul: and why art thou so disquieted
within me ?
Put thy trust in God : for I will yet give
him thanks for the help of his countenance.
The Lord hath granted his loving kind
ness in the day-time : and in the night season
did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto
the God of my life.
I will say unto the God of my strength,
why hast thou forgotten me : and why go I
thus heavily, whilst the enemy oppresseth me ?

I^jsfallm 43.
Give thy sentence within me. Oh ! God,
and defend the cause of my soul : Oh ! deliver
me from deceitful and wicked thoughts.
Oh ! send out thy light, and thy truth,
that they may lead me : and bring me unto
thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling.
That I may go unto the altar of God,
even the God of my joy and gladness : and

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from the heart will I give thanks unto thee,
Oh ! Lord, my God !
Why art thou so heavy, Oh ! my soul :
and why art thou so disquieted within me ?
Oh ! put thy trust in God: for I will give
him thanks, who is the help of my counte
nance, and my God.

3^^alm 45.
My heart is inditing of a good matter : I
speak of the things which pertain unto the
King. My tongue is as the pen of a ready
writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men :
full of grace are thy lips, because God hath
blessed thee for ever.
Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh.
Oh ! thou most mighty : according to thy
worship and renown.
Good success have thou with thine ho
nour: ride on prosperously in the cause of

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truth, of meekness, and righteousness; aud
thy right hand shall teach thee wonderful
things. Thine arrows are very sharp, and the
people shall be subdued unto thee : even
amidst the scorn and the madness of thint;
enemies. Thy throne. Oh ! King, endureth for
ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a rigbt
sceptre. Thou hast loved righteousDess, and hated
iniquity : wherefore, God, even thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above
thy fellows. Thy name shall be reraember'd in all
generations : and thy people shall give thanks
unto thee for ever and ever.

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SIXTH DAY.

^^isfaim 51.

JriAVE mercy upon me Oh ! God, after thy
great goodness : according to the multitude of
thy mercies, do away mine offences.
Wash me throughly from my wickedness :
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my faults : and my
iniquity is ever before me.
Against thee only do we sin, and our evil
is done in thy sight : therefore thou wilt be
justified, when thou speakest (our doom) and
clear, when thou judgest us.
Thou, Lord, requirest truth in the inward
parts : Oh ! make me to understand wisdom
secretly. Cleanse me with thy sprinkling, and I
shall be clean ; wash me, and I shall be whiter
than snow.

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Make me to hear of joy and gladness :
that the bones which thou hast broken may
rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins : and put out
all my misdeeds.
Make me a clean heart. Oh ! God : and
renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence : and
take not thy holy spirit from ine.
Oh ! give me the comfort of thy help
again : and stablish me with thy free spirit.
Then shall I teach thy ways unto the
wicked : and sinners shall be converted unto
thee. Thou shalt open my lips. Oh ! Lord :
and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Thou desirest no sacrifice, else Avould I
give it thee : but thou delightest not in burnt
offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit :
a broken and contrite hearty Oh ! God, thou
wilt not despise.

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^ififalm 62.
My soul truly waiteth still upon God :
for of him cometh my salvation.
He verily is my strength and my salva
tion : he is my defence, so that I shall not
greatly fall.
Therefore, my soul, wait thou only upon
God : for all my expectation is from him.
In God is my health and my glory : the
rock of my might, and in God is my trust.
Oh ! put your trust in him alway, ye
people : pour out your hearts before him, for
God is our hope.
As for the children of men they are but
vanity : the children of men are deceitful upon
tbe weights ; they are altogether lighter than
vanity itself.
Oh 1 trust not in wrong and robbeiy :
give not yourselves unto vanity : if riches in-
crease, set not your hearts upon them,
God hath spoken once, and these two
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unto God — and that thou, Oh ! God, art mer
ciful. For thou rewardest every man : according
to his work.

^^alm 63.
Oh ! God ; my true and only God : early
will I seek thee.
My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh long
eth after thee : in this barren and dry land,
where no water is.
Thus earnestly do I look for thee in ho
liness : that I may behold thy power aud
gloiy. For thy loving kindness is better than
life itself: therefore my lips shall praise thee.
As long as I live, will I magnify thee
on this manner : and lift np my hands in thy
name. My soul shall be satisfied, as it were
with marrow and fatness : whilst my mouth
praiseth thee with joyful lips.

3!?
Have I not reniembered thee in my bed :
and thought upon thee when I was waking?
Because thou hast been my helper: therc-
foi-fe, under the shadow of thy wings will I
rejoice.

^Mm 66.
Oh ! be joyful in God, all ye lands : sing
praises to the honour of his name ; make
his praise to be glorious.
Say ye unto God, Oh ! how wonderful
art thou in thy works : through the greatness
of thy power, shall all those that oppose thee
be found liars against thee.
For all the world should worship thee :
sing of thee„ and praise thy name.
Oh! consider, and behold the works of
God ; how wonderful he is in his doing to
wards the children of men.
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not believe, ^hall not be able to exalt them
selves. He holdeth our soul in life : and suffereth
jiot our feet to slip.
And thou, Oh! God, has proved us : thou
also has tried us like as silver is tried.
(Yea, thou hast tried us in the furnace of
adversity : and proved us at the waters of
strife.) (That thou mightest deliver us from the
power of evil : and do us good at our latter
end.) ¦
If we incline unto wickedness with our
hearts : the Lord will not hear us.
Therefore will we go into his house with
the sacrifice of righteousness : and will per
form to him the vows, which we promised
with our lips, and spake with our mouths when
we were in trouble.

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SEYENTH DAT.

^^atm 71-

In thee. Oh ! Lord have I put my tnist, let
me never be put to confusion : but rid me, and
deliver me in thy righteousness; incline thine
ear unto me, and save mc
Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may
alway resort : thou hast promised to help me,
for thou art my house of defence and my
castle. Thou, Oh ! Lord God, art the thing that
I long for : thou art my hope, even from iny
youth. Through thee have I been holden up evei-
since I was born : thou art he that took me
out of my mother's womb ; my praise shall ba
always of thee.
I am become, as it were, a monster unto
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Oh ! let my mouth be filled with thy
praise: that I may sing of thy glory and ho
nour all the day long.
Cast me not away in the time of age :
forsake me not, wlienmy strength faileth me.
Go not far from me. Oh ! God : my God
haste thee to help me.
For I will patiently abide alway : and will
praise thee more aud more.
My mouth shall daily speak of thy righ
teousness and salvation : for I know no end
thereot I will go forth in the strength of the Lord
God : and will make mention of thy righteous
ness only.
Thou, Oh ! God, hast taught me from my
youth np until now : therefore will I think
upon thy wondrous works.
Oh ! what great troubles and adversities
hast thou -shewed me ! and yet didst thou com
fort and refresh me : yea, and broughtest me
from the deep of the earth again.
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faithfulness, Oh ! God : and in my heart will
I sing unto thee, Oh ! thou holy one of Israel.
My lips will be fain, when I confess thy
mercies : and so will my soul, whom thou hast
delivered.

I Avill cry unto God with my voice : even
unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall
hearken unto me.
When I am in heaviness, I will think
upon God : when my heart is vexed, I will
complain. Thou boldest mine eyes waking : I am so
feeble, that I cannot speak,
I have considered the days of old : and
the years that are past.
I call to remembrarce my song: and in
the night, I commune with mine own heart,
and search out my spirits.
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Is his mercy clean gone for ever: and is
his promise come utterly to an end for ever
more ?
Then said I it is mine own infirmity : but
I will remember the years of the right hand
of the Most, High.
I will remember thy works. Oh ! Lord :
and call to mind thy wonders of old time.
I will think also of all thy former works :
and ray talking shall be of thy doings.
For although thy way is in the sea, and
thy paths in the great waters : and thy foot
steps are not known ;
Yet didst thou lead thy people like sheep:
and cany them in the wilderness like a flock.

^^^alrn 84.
Oh! how amiable are thy dwellings:
thou Lord of heaven and earth !
My soul hath a desire and longing to en-
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ter into the courts of the Lord : ttiy heart and
my flesh rejoice in presence of the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found her an
house, and the swallow a nest, where she may
lav her young: even thy altars. Oh ! Lord of
all things, my King and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:
tbey will always be praising thee.
Blessed are they, whose strength is in
thee : in Avhose heart are thy ways.
Who going through this vale of misery,
find therein a well : whose pools are filled with
living water.
We will go on from strength to strength :
and before the God of Gods appeareth every
one of us in Sion,
Behold Oh ! God, our defender : and look
upon us for the sake of thine anointed.
For one day in thy courts : is better than
a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the
house of my God : than to dwell in the tents
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For the Lord God is a light and defeoce:
tbe Lord will give grace and glory; and no
good thing will he withhold from them that
live a godly life.
Oh! Lord God of righteousness: blessed
is the raan, that putteth his trust in thee !

Waim 86.
Bow down thine ear. Oh ! Lord, and hear
me : for I am poor, and in miseiy.
Preserve thou my soul, and keep it inno
cent: my God, save thy servant, that putteth
his trust in thee.
Be merciful unto me. Oh ! Lord : for I
will call daily upon thee.
Comfort the soul of thy servant : for unto
thee. Oh ! Lord, do I lift up my soul.
For thou. Lord, art good and gracious ;
and of great mercy unto all them that call
upon thee.
Give ear. Lord, unto my prayer : and
ponder the words of my humble desires.
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In the time of ray trouble, I will call npow
thee : for thou hearest me.
Among the Gods there is none like unla
thee Oh! Lord: there is not one that can do
as thou doest :
All nations, whom thou hast made, shall
come, and worship thee Oh ! Lord : and shall
glorify thy name.
For thou art great, and doest wondrous
things : thou art God alone.
Teach me thy way. Oh ! Lord, and I will
Avalk in thy truth : Oh ! knit my heart unto
thee, that I may fear thy name.
I will thank thee. Oh ! Lord my God,
with all my heart : and will praise thy name
for evermore. For great is thy mercy towards me: and
thou hast delivered my soul from the nether
most hell.
Thou Ob ! Lord God, art full of compas
sion and mercy : long-suffering, plenteous in
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give thy strength unto thy servant, and help
me in the time of need.
Shew some token upon me for good, that
they, who would hurt me, may see it, and be
ashamed : because thou. Lord, hast holpen
me, and comforted me.

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EIGHTH DAY.

^sfaJm 88.

Oh ! Lord, God of my salvation, I have
cried day and night before thee : Oh ! let my
prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine
ear unto my calling.
For my soul is full of trouble : and my
life draweth nigh unto the grave.
I am counted as one of them that go
down to the pit; and I have been even as a
thing that hath no strength.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit : ia
a place of darkness and in the deep.
Thine indignation lieth hard upon me :
and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms.
My lovers and ray friends hast thou put
away from me : and hid my acquaintance out
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But, Lord, I have called daily upon thee:
I have lifted up my hands unto thee.
Dost thou shew wonders among the dead :
or shall the dead rise up, and praise thee 5
Shall thy loving kindness be shewed in
the grave : or thy faithfulness in destniction ?
Shall thy wondrous works be known in
the dark: or thy righteousness in the land
where all things are forgotten ?
Unto thee have I cried Oh ! Lord : and
early shall my prayer come before thee.
Lord why abhorrest thou my soul : and
liidest thy face from me I
I am in misery, and like unto one that is-
at the point to die : even from my youth up^
thy terrors have I snfered with a troubled
mind..

3^^aim 90*
But thou. Oh ! Lord ! shall be ray refuge:
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forth^ or ever the earth and the world were
made: thou art God from everlasting, and world
without end.
Thou turnest man to destruction: and
then thou sayest, ' come again, ye children
of men.' A thousand years in thy sight are but as
yesterday : seeing they are past, as a watch in
the night. Thou carriest them away, as with a flood,
they are as a sleep of the morning: and they
fade away suddenly like the grass ;
In the morning, green, and growing up r
in the evening, cat down, dried up, and
Avithered. Thus we consume away in thy displeasure :
and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.
For thou hast set our misdeeds before
thee : and our secret sins in the light of thy
countenance. The days of our age are threescore years
aud ten ; and though some be so strong, that
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strength then but labour and sorrow ; so soon
passeth it away, -and we are gone.
Oh ! teach me so to number my days :
th.1t I may apply ray heart unto wisdora.
Turn thee again Oh ! Lord, at the last:
and be gracious unto thy servant.
Oh I satisfy me with thy mercy, and that
soon : so shall 1 rejoice, and be glad, all the-
days of my life.
Comfort me again, according to the time
that thou hast afflicted me : and to the years,
wherein I have suffered adversity.
Prosper thou the work of my hands upon
me : and let me not be disappointed of my
glorious hope.

I^jsfaim 94*
Blessed are they whom thou chasteneth
Oh ! Lord : and teachest them in thy law.
That thou mayest give them patience in
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For the Lord will not fail his people :
neither will he forsake those who continue
stedfast la his covenant.
But judgment shall return unto righteous
ness : and all such as are true in heart shall
follow it.
Who will ri.se up for me against the
wicked : or who will take ray part against the
evil doers ?
Unless the Lord had been my help : my
soul had almost dwelt in silence.
But when I said my foot slippeth : thy
raercy, Oh ! Lord, held rae up.
In the multitude of the sorrows that I
had in my heart : thy comforts have refresh
ed my soul.

i)^alin 97.
The Lord is King, the earth may be glad
thereof: yea, the multitude of the isles may
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righteousness and judgment are the habitation
of hi« seat,
A fire goeth before him : to burn up his
enemies, on every side.
His lightnings gave shine unto the world :
the earth saw it and was afraid.
The bills melted like wax, at the presence
of the Lord : at the presence of the Lord of
the wliole earth.
The heavens have declared his righteous
ness : and all the people have seen his glory.
For thou. Lord, art higher than all that
are in the earth : thou art exalted far above all
Gods. Oh ! ye that love the Lord, see that ye
hate the thing that is evil : the Lord pre
serveth the souls of the faithful ; and shall de
liver them from tbe power of the ungodly.
There is sprung up a light for the righte
ous: and joyful gladness for such as are true-
hearted. Rejoice in the Lord, Oh ! ye righteous :
and give thanks, for a remembrance of his
holiness.

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NINTH DAY.

^jsfalm 102.
Hear my prayer, O! Lord: and let my
cryiug come unto thee.
Hide not thy face from me in the time of
my trouble, incline thine ear unto me when I
call ; O ! hear me, and that right soon.
For my days are consumed away like
smoke : and my bones are burnt up as it were
a firebrand. My heart is smitten down, and withered
like grass : so that I forget to eat my bread.
For the voice of my groaning : my bones
will scarce cleave to ray flesh,
I am become like a pelican in the wilder
ness : and like an owl that is in the deserted
places. I have watched, and am even as it were a
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I have eaten ashes as it were bread : and
mingled my drink with weeping ;
And that because of thine indignation and
wrath : for thou hast taken me up, and cast
me down. My days are gone like a shadow, and I
am withered like grass.
But, thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever :
and thy remembrance throughout all genera
tions. Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid
the foundation of the earth : and the heavens
are the work of thy hands.
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure :
they all shall wax old as doth a garment.
And as a vesture shalt thou change them,
and they shall be changed : but -thou art the
same, and thy raercies shall not fail.

^Min 103.
Bless the Lord, O ray soul, and all that
is within me bless his holy name.

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Bless the Lord, O my soul : and forget
not all his benefits.
Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all
thine infirmities.
Who saveth thy life from destruction :
and crowneth thee with mercy and loving
kindness. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good
things: making thee young and lusty as an
eagle. The Lord executeth righteousness and
judgment : for all them that are oppressed
with wrong.
He shewed his ways unto Moses : his
works unto the Children of Israel.
The Lord is full of compassion aud mercy :
long suffering, and of great goodness.
He Avill not alway be chiding: neither
keepeth he his anger for ever.
He bath not dealt with us after our
«ins : nor rewarded us according to our wick
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parison of the earth : so great is his mercy
also toward thera that fear hira.
Look how wide also the east is from the
west : so far hath he set our sins from us.
Yea, like as a father pitieth his own chil
dren : even so is the Lord merciful unto them
that fear him.
For he knoweth whereof we are mr.de :
he remembereth that we are but dust.
The days of man are but as grass: for he
flourisheth as a flower of the field.
For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it
is gone : and the place thereof shall know it
no more. But the merciful goodness of the Lord
endureth for ever and. ever upon them that fear
him : and his righteousness upon children's
children. Even upon such as keep his covenant:
and think upon his commandments to do
them. The Lord hath prepared his seat in hea
ven : and his kingdom ruleth over all.
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O bless the Lord, ye angels of his, ye
that excel in strength : ye that fulfil his com
mandment, and hearken unto the voice of his
words. O bless the Lord, all ye his hosts : ye ser
vants of his that do his pleasure.
O speak good of the Lord, all ye works
of his, in all places of his dominion : bless
thou the Lord, my soul for ever.

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TENTH DAY.

^^alm 104.
Jl RAISE the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my
God, thou art become exceeding glorious : thou
art clothed with majesty and honour.
Thou deckest thyself with light as it
were with a garment : and spreadest out the
heavens like a curtain.
Who layeth the beams of his chambers
in the waters : and maketh the clouds his cha
riot: and walketh upon the wings of the
wind. He maketh his angels spirits : and his
ministers a flaming fire.
He laid the foundations of the earth : that
it never should move at any time.
Thou coveredst it Avith the deep like as
Avith a garment: the Avaters stand in the bills.
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At thy rebuke they flee : at the voice of
thy thunder they are afraid.
They go up as high as the hills, and dowH
to the valleys beneath : even unto the place
which thou hast appointed for them.
Thou hast set them their bounds which
they shall not pass : neither turn again to
cover the earth.
He sendeth the springs into the rivers :
Avhich run among the hills.
All beasts of the field drink thereof : and
the Avild asses quench their thirst.
Beside them shall, the fowls of the air
have their habitation : and sing among the
branches. He watereth the hills from above : the
earth is filled Avith the fruit of thy works.
He bringeth forth grass for the cattle :
and green herb for the service of men ;
That he may bring food out of the earth,
and wine that maketh glad the heart of raan :
and oil to raake him a cheerful countenance,
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The trees of the Lord also are full of
sap : even the cedars of Libanus which he
hath planted ;.
Wherein the birds make their nests :
and the fir-trees are a dwelling for the stork.
The high hills are a refuge for the wild
goats: and so are the stoney rocks for the'
conies. He appointed the moon for certain sea
sons : and the sun knoweth his going down.
Thou makest darkness that it may be
night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do
move. The lions roaring after their prey : do
seek their meat from God.
The sun ariseth, and they get them away
together: and lay them doAvn in their dens.
Man goeth forth to his work, and to his
labour : until the evening.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works :
in wisdom hast thou made them all : the
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are things creeping innumerable, both small
and great beasts.
There go the ships, and there is that Le
viathan ; whom thou hast made to take his
pastime therein.
These Avait all upon thee : that thou
mayest give them meat in due season.
When thou givest it them they gather it :
and when thou openest thy hand they are
filled Avith good.
When thou hidest thy face they are
troubled : when thou takest away theu" breath
they die, and are turned again to their dost.
When thou lettest thy breath go forth
they shall be made : and thou shalt renew the
face of the earth.
The glorious majesty of the Lord shall
endure for ever : the Lord shall rejoice in his
Avorks. The earth shall tremble at the look of
him : if he do but touch the hills they shall
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live : I will praise my God Avhile I have ray
being. And so shall ray words praise hira : my
joy shall be in the Lord.
As for sinners, they shall he consumed
out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come
to an end : praise thou the Lord, O my soul,
praise the Lord.

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ELEVENTH DAY.

^isfalm 107.
yJ GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gra
cious, and his mercy endureth for ever.
Let them give thanks Avhom the Lord
hath redeemed : and delivered from the hand
of the enemy.
And gathered them out of the lands,
from the east, and from the west : from the
north, and from the south.
They went astray in the wilderness out of
the way : and found no city to dwell in.
Hungry and thirsty : their soul fainted in
them. So they cried unto the Lord in their
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He led them forth by the right way :
that they might go to the city where they
dwelt. O that men would therefore praise the
Lord for his goodness : and declare the won
ders that he doeth for the children of men.
For he satisfieth the empty soul: and fil
leth the hungiy soul with goodness.
Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow
of death : being fast bound in misery and
iron. Because they rebelled against the words
of the Lord : and lightly regarded the counsel
of the Most Highest,
He also brought down their heart
through heaviness : they fell down, and there
Avas none to help them.
So AA-hen they cried unto the Lord in
their trouble : he delivered them out of their
distress. For he brought them out of darkness,
and out of the shadow of death : and brake
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O that men vi'ould therefore praise the
Lord for his goodness: and declare the aa'ou-
ders that he doeth for the children of men.
For he hath broken the gates of brass:
and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.
Foolish men are plagued for their of
fence : and because of their wickedness.
Their soul abhorred all manner of meat :
and they AAere even hard at death's door.
So when they cried unto the Lord in
their trouble : he delivered thera out of their
distress. He sent his Avord, and' healed thera: and
they were saved from their destruction.
O that men would therefore praise the
Lord for his goodness: and declare the VAon-
ders that he doeth for the children of men.
That they would offer unto him the sacri
fice of thanksgiving: and tell out his works
with gladness.
They that go down to the sea in ships :
and occupy their business in great waters.
These men see the works of the Lord^
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For at his AVord the stormy wind ariseth :
which lifteth up the waves thereof.
They are carried up to heaven, and down
again to the deep : their soul meltet h away
because of the trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a
drunken man : and are at their wit's end.
So Avhen they cry unto the Lord in their
trouble, he dellvereth them out of their distress.
For he maketh the storm to cease: so
that the waves thereof are still.
Then are they glad, because they are at
rest : af\d so he bringeth them unto the haven
where they would be.
O that men would therefore praise the
Lord for his goodness : and declare the won
ders that he doeth for the children of men.
That they would exalt him also in the
congregation of the people : and praise him
in the seat of the elders.
Who turneth the floods into a wilder
ness : and drieth up the water springs.
A fruitful land maketh he barren : for the
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Again, he maketh the Avilderness a stand
ing water : and water-springs of a dry ground.
And there he setteth the hungry : that
they may build thera a city to dwell in.
That they may sow their land, and plant
A'ineyards : to yield them fruits of increase.
He blessed them, so that they multiply
exceedingly: and suffered not their cattle to
decrease. And again, when they are minished, and
brought low : through oppression, through
any plague or trouble ;
Though he suffer them to be evil intreated
through tyrants : and let them Avander out of
the way in the wilderness ; yet helpeth he
the poor out of misery : and maketh him house
hold's like a flock of sheep.
The righteous will consider this, and re
joice : and the mouth of all Avickedness shall
be stopped. Whoso is wise will ponder these things :
and they shall understand the loving kindness
of the Lord.

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TWELFTH DAY.

^Mn\ 116.
1 LOVE the Lord : because he hath heard
the voice of my supplication ;
Because he hath inclined his ear unto
me : therefore will I call upon him as long as
I live. The sorrows ef death compassed me
round about :¦ and the pains of hell gat hold
Upon me.
I found trouble and heaviness, and I
called upon the name of the Lord : Oh ! Lord !
I beseech thee deliver my soul.
Gracious is the Lord aud righteous : yea
our God is merciful.
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was
in misery, and he helped me.
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Turn again then unto thy rest, Oh ! my
soul : for the Lord hath regarded thee.
Thou Lord, 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.
What return shall I make unto the Lord :
for all the benefits, that he hath done unto

I will receive tlie cup of salvation : and
Avill call upon the name of the Lord.
Behold, Oh ! God, how that I am thy
servant : I am thy servant, and thou hast
broken my bonds in sunder.
Therefore will I offer to thee the sacrifice
of thanksgiving: and Avill confess that thy
mercy endureth for ever.

3^jefaim 119.
My soul cleaveth to the dust: quicken
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With my whole heart will I seek thee :
Oh ! let me not stray from thy command
ments. Open mine eyes, that they raay see : the
wondrous things of thy law.
Oh ! learn me true understanding and
knoAvledge : for I have believed thy com
mandments. Before I was afflicted I went astray : but
now thy testimonies are my delight, and ray
counsellors. Yea, it is good for me, that I have been
in trouble : that I might learn thy statutes.
And that the law of thy mouth raight be
dearer to me : than thousands of gold and
silver. The righteousness of thy testimonies is
everlasting : Oh ! grant me understanding,
and I shall live.

^^alm 121.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
from whence cometh my help.
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My help cometh even from the Lord :
who hath made heaven and earth.
He Avill not suffer my foot to be moved,
and he that keepeth me will not sleep.
The Lord himself is my keeper : the
Lord is my defence upon my right hand.
So that the sun shall not smite me by
day : neither the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve me from all
evil : yea, it is even he that shall keep my
soul. The Lord shall preserve ray going out,
and ray coming in : from this time forth for
evermore.

I^jefalm i3o.
Out of the deep have I called unto thee.
Oh ! Lord : Lord hear ray voice.
Oh ! let thine ears consider A\ell : the
voice of ray complaint.
If thou, Lord, should'st be extreme, to

mark what is done amiss : Oh, Lord, who
may abide it ?
But there is mercy with thee : therefore,
shalt thou he feared.
I look for the Lord, my soul doth wait
for him : in his word is my trust.
My soul fleeth unto the Lord ; for with
him there is mercy : and vvith him there .is
plenteous redemption.
He shall redeem the faithful : from all
their sins.

^jEfalni 138.
I will give thanks unto thee, Oh ! Lord,
Avith my Avhole heart : before the gods (of this
Avorld) Avill I give praises unto thee.
I will Avorship toward thy holy temple,
and praise thy name, because of thy loving
kindness, and truth : for thou hast magnified
thy name, and thy word above all things.
When I called upon thee, thou heardest
me : and enduedst my soul with much
strength.

68
For though the Lord be so high, yet hatli
he respect unto the lowly: as for the proud,
he beholdeth them afar off.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
yet shalt thou refresh me : thou shalt stretch
forth thine arm, to keep me from falling, and
thy right hand shall save rae.
The Lord shall raake good his loving
kindness- toward me :. yea thy mercy. Oh !
Lord, endureth for ever ; despise not then the
works of thine oavu hands.

69

THIRTEENTH DAY.

^0aim 139.
KJH ! Lord ! thou hast searched me out,
and known me: thou knOAvest ray doAvn-sitting,
and mine up-rising ; thou understandeth my
thoughts long before.
Thou art about my path, and about ray
bed : and spiest out all ray ways.
For lo, there is not a word in ray tongue :
but thou. Oh ! Lord ! knowest it altogether.
Thou hast fashioned me, behind and be
fore : and laid thine hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too Avonderful and ex
cellent for me: I qannot attain unto it.
Whither shall I go then, from thy spirit r
or whither shall I go then, from thy presence ?,
If I climb up into heaven, thou art there :
if I go down to hell, thou, art there also.

70
If I take the wings of the morning; and
remain in the uttermost parts of the sea ;
Even there also shall thy hand lead rae :
and thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say peradventnre the darkness shall
cover rae : then shall my night be turned to
day. Yea, the darkness is no darkness with
thee ; but the night is as clear as the day : the
darkness and the light to thee are both alike.
Thou hast formed my reins : thou hast
covered me in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks unto thee, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made : marvelloiis
are thy works, and that my soul knoweth
right well.
My bones were not hid from thee, when
I was made in secret : and moulded in the
confines of darh-ness.
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet
being imperfect: and in thy book Avere all my
members written.
Which day by day were fashioned : Avhen
as yet there was none of them.

71
How dear are thy counsels unto me, Oh!
God : Oh ! hoAV great is the sum of them.
If I tell them, they are more in number
than the sand : when I Avake up, I am present
with thee.
Try me, then. Oh ! God, and search the
ground of my heart : prove me, and examine
my thoughts.
Look Avell, if there be any way of Avicked
ness in me = and lead me in the way ever
lasting.

^0ahn 143.
Hear ray prayer. Oh! Lord, and con
sider my desire : hearken unto me for thy
truth, and righteousness' sake.
And enter not into judgment Avith thy
servant .- for in thy sight shall no one Hving
be justified. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed
within me and my heart Avithin me is deso
late.

72
Yet do I remeraber the time past ; I
muse upon all thy works : I meditate upon
the work of thy hands.
I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my
soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land.
Hear rae. Oh ! Lord, and that soon, for
my spirit waxeth faint : hide not thy face
from me, lest I be like unto them that go
down to the pit.
Oh ! let me hear thy loving-kindness
betimes in the morning, for in thee is my
trust : shew thou rae the way tfraT^I should
walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Deliver me. Oh ! Lord, from my adver
sities : for I flee unto thee to hide me.
Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth
thee, for thou art my God : let thy loving-
spirit lead me on, in the AA^ay of righteous
ness. Quicken me. Oh ! Lord, for thy name's
sake : and for thy righteousness' sake, bring
my soul out of trouble.

78

^iSalin 146.
Praise the Lord ! Oh ! my soul, while I
live will I praise the Lord : yea, as long as I
have any being, I will sing praises unto ray
God. Oh ! put not your trust in princes, nor
in any child of raan : for there is no help in
them. For when the breath of man goeth forth,
he shall turn again to his earth: and then all
his thoughts perish.
But blessed are they who have the God
of Jacob for their helpi. and Avhose hope is in
the Lord their God.
Who made heaven, and earth, the sea,
and all that therein is : who keepeth his pro
mise for ever.
Who helpeth them to right that suffer
Avrong : who feedeth the hungry.
The Lord looseth men out of prison: the
Lord giveth sight to the blind.
G

74
The Lord helpeth them that are fallen :
the Lord careth for the righteous.
The Lord careth for the stranger, he de-
fendeth the fatherless, and the widow : as for
the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside
down. The Lord, God of righteousness, is king
from everlasting : and shall be throughout all
generations.

75

FOURTEENTH DAY.

TAKEN FROM

l^j^almss 147, 148, 149, 150.
vJh ! praise the Lord, for it is a good thing
to sing praises unto our God : yea, a joyful
pleasant thing it is to be thankful.
For the Lord is loving unto every man :
and his raercy is over all his works.
He healeth them that are broken in
heart : and giveth medicine to heal their sick
ness. He telleth the number of the stars : and
calleth them all by their names.
Great is our Lord, and great is his poAver :
yea, and his wisdom is infinite.
G 2

76
The Lord will exalt the lowly and
raeek: and bring the ungodly down to the
ground. Oh ! sing unto the Lord with thanksgiv
ing : sing praises fi'om the heart unto our
God. Who covereth the heaven with clouds,
aud prepareth rain for the earth : and maketh
the grass to grow upon the mountains, and
herb for the use of man.
Who giveth food unto the cattle : and
feedeth the young ravens that call upon hira.
Who is pleased to delight in thera that
fear him : and in them that put their trust in
his mercy. He sendeth fortli his commandments
upon eartli : and his word runneth very
He giveth snow like aa'ooI : and scattereth
the hoar frost like allies.
He casteth forth his ice like morsels :
Avho is able to abide his frost ?
He sendeth out his word and melteth

them : he bloweth Avith his Aviud, and the Ava-
ters floAv. He shewed his word unto Jacob ; his sta
tutes and ordinances unto Israel.
Oh ! praise we then the Lord of heaven :
praise him in the height.
Praise him all ye angels of his: praise
him all his host.
Praise him sun and moon : praise him all
ye stars and lights.
Praise him all ye heavens : and ye Avaters
that are above the heavens.
Lt;t them praise the name of the Lord :
for he spake the word, and they Avere made:
he commanded, and they Avere created.
He hath made them fast for ever and
ever : he hath given them a law, Avhich shall
not be broken.
The Lord also hath pleasure in his peo
ple : and helpeth the meek hearted.
His saints shall be joyful with glory:
they shall rejoice in their places of rest.
G 3

78
Oh ! praise God in his holiness : praise
him in the firmaraent of his power.
Praise him in his noble acts : praise him
according to his excellent goodness.
Let every thing that hath breath praise
the Lord.

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