5 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth be- |-fore God.

6 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give | ear, O God of Jacob.

7 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine an- -ointed.

8 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper

in the house of my God, than to dwellin the tents of wickedness.

9 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that | walk up-|-rightly.

10 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the | man · that | trusteth in thee.

PSALM LXXXV.

1 LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the cap-| -tivity of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast | cover- -ed all their |

sin.

3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness.

of thine anger.

4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to | all · gene- |-rations?

6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may re- |-joice in | thee?

7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us | thy salvation.

8 I will hear what | God the | LORD

speak.

will

9 For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn a- I

-gain to folly.

10 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may | dwell in · our | land.

11 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have | kissed each | other.

12 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness | shall look down · from |

heaven.

13 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall | yield her |

increase.

14 Righteousness shall go before shall set us in the way

steps.

PSALM LXXXVI.

1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy | servant that | trusteth in thee.

3 Be merciful unto me, O LORD: for I cry | unto thee daily.

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up | my soul.

5 For thou, LORD, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call up- | -on thee.

6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my | sup- · -pli- |

-cations.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O LORD; neither are there any works like unto thy works.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD; and shall glorify thy | name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art | God a- | -lone.

11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to | fear. thy |

name.

12 I will praise thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart and I will glorify thy | name · for ever--more.

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PSALM LXXXIX.

1 I WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all gene- | -rations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou es-1 -tablish in the | ve- -ry | heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto | David

vant,

my ser

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build

up thy throne to all generations. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened un- | -to · the LORD?

7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are a- | -bout him. 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy | faithful- · -ness | · round a--bout thee?

9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves therefore arise, thou still- · -est them.

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy | strong - | arm.

11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast foun--ded them.

12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall re- -1 -joice in thy | name.

13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is | thy · right | hand. 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall | go · be- |-fore thy | face.

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the | light of thy countenance.

16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they

be ex--alted.

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17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be ex-alted. 18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of | Is- · -rael | is our | king.

PSALM XC.

1 LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in | all gene- |-rations.

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to ever- | -last--ing, thou art | God.