7 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God; thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their • in- |-ventions.

8 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the | LORD our | God is | holy.

PSALM C.

1 MAKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, | all ye lands.

2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his pres--ence | with — | singing.

3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not | we our- |

-selves;

4 We are his people, and the | sheep · of | his - pasture.

5 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise:

6 Be thankful unto | him, and | bless his |

name.

7 For the LORD is good; his mercy is | ev-·

er--lasting;

8 And his truth endureth to all

1 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like | grass.

2 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto | all — | gen- · -e- |-rations.

3 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is | come.

4 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and | favour · the | dust there- | -of. |

5 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD and all the kings of the | earth · thy glory.

6 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall ap- |-pear in his

glory.

7 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not de- |-spise their prayer.

8 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be cre- | -ated shall | praise the | LORD.

9 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord be--hold the earth;

10 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that | are ap- | -pointed to | death;

11 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Je- | -rusalem;

12 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

13 He weakened my strength in the way; he | shortened my days.

14 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughgen--e--rations.

out all

15 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the | work of ⚫thy hands.

16 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: I

17 But thou art the same, and thy years shall | have no end.

18 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be es- |-tablish'd · be--fore thee.

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PSALM CIII.

1 BLESS the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his | ho- -ly | name.

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and for- |-get. not all his | benefits:

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy dis- |-eases;

4 Who redeemeth thy | life

-struction;

from de- |

5 Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender | mercies;

6 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is re- | -new--ed | like the eagle's.

7 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are op- | -pressed.

8 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the chil- · -dren | of — | Israel.

9 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in | mercy.

10 He will not always chide; neither will he keep his | an- -ger | for | ever.

11 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our in- | -iqui

-ties.

12 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward | them · that | fear — | him.

13 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our trans- |-gress

-ions from us.

14 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth | them that | fear | him.

15 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

16 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field | so he | flourish

eth.

17 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall | know it no

more.

18 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 that remember his com- | -mandments to do them.

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19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth | o- · -ver all.

20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of | his -|

word.

21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that | do his | pleasure.

22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the | LORD, — | 0 · my

soul.

PSALM CIV.

1 BLESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD, my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty:

2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot who walketh upon the wings. of the wind:

4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a | flam--|-ing — | fire:

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be re- |-mov'd for ever.

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment the waters stood a- |-bove the | mountains.

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