140 Thy word is very pure: Therefore thy servant loveth it. 141 I am small and despised: Yet do not I forget thy precepts. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: Yet thy commandments are my delights. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting. Give me understanding, and I shall live. 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, And I shall keep thy testimonies. 147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried I hoped in thy word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, That I might meditate in thy word. 149 Hear my voice, according unto thy lovingkindness: 151 Thou art near, O LORD; And all thy commandments are truth. 152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: Quicken me according to thy word. 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: For they seek not thy statutes. 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: Quicken me according to thy judgments. 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; Because they kept not thy word. 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. 160 Thy word is true from the beginning: An every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. LESSON 39. PSALM CXXI. I From whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the LORD, Which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 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. 7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul. 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, From this time forth, and even for evermore. 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, Unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, The thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : They shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek thy good. PSALM CXXIII. NTO thee I lift up mine eyes, UNTO O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, Until that he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. PSALM CXXV. HEY that trust in the LORD shall be as Mount Zion, THEY Which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So the LORD is round about his people, from henceforth even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, And to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, The LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. BUT PEACE SHALL BE UPON ISRAEL. LESSON 40. PSALM CXXXIII. BEHOLD, now good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity. 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, That ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: That went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: For there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. PSALM CXXXIV. BEHOLD, EHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless the LORD. 3 The LORD, that made heaven and earth, Bless thee out of Zion. PSALM CXXXV. PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the Lorn; 2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, 3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: Sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. 4 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. 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, In the seas, and all deep places. 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings for the rain; He bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. 8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and beast. 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, Upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. 10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; 11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan: 12 And gave their land for a heritage, A heritage unto Israel his people. 13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; And thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. 14 For the LORD will judge his people, And he will repent himself concerning his servants. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, The work of man's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not; 17 They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is their any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them: So is every one that trusteth in them. 19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: Bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: 20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi; Ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. [ LESSON 41. PSALM CXXXVIII. WILL praise thee with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, And praise thy name, For thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. 3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, And strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, When they hear the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: For great is the glory of the LORD. 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: But the proud he knoweth afar off. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me. Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, {That try right hand shall sal me 85 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: Forsake not the works of thine own hands. |