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, · 0 | 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 dwell in 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-1 -tivity • of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy peo ple, thou hast i cover- -ed | all • their 1 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. . will 1 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all • gen e--rations? 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy peo ple may · re--joice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us | thy sal-1 -vation. 8 I will hear what | God · the | LORD speak. 9 For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn a -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 1 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 him; and shall set us in the way of his 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: 0 thou my God, save thy | servant · that I 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 1 soul. 5 For thou, LORD, art good, and ready to for give; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call up-| -on thee. 6 Give ear, O LORD, 'unto my prayer; and at tend to the voice of my sup-.-pli-1 -cations. ng 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 | 12 I will praise thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy | name. • for ev-·-er- | -more. name. 45 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 my | ser vant, 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy | throne · to | all • gene- rations. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the con gregation 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 | rounda- 2- |-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- | -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 shill I 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 - 1 be ex | -alted. 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, I thou · art | God. |