A Manual of Prayer for Public and Private Worship

17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. | Praise

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PSALM CXVI.

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1 I LOVE the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my sup- pli- |-cations.

2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I be- -seech thee, · de- | -liver my soul.

5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought | low, · and he | help- · -ed | me. 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt | bountifully with

thee.

8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from | tears, and my feet from falling.

9 I will walk before the LORD in the land. of the living.

10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was | greatly afflicted:

11 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

12 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. - | | I

13 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

14 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the | death of his saints.

15 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my | bonds.

16 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the | name

of the Lord.

17 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his | people.

18 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. | Praise

10 GIVE thanks unto the LORD: for he is good because his mercy en- | -dureth · for ever.

2 Let Israel now say, that his | mercy · en- | -dureth for ever.

3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy en- |-dureth for ever.

4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy en- | -dureth

forever.

5 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will | praise the LORD.

6 This gate of the LORD, into which the | righteous | shall- | enter.

7 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become | my · sal- | -vation.

8 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone | of the | cor

ner.

9 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous | in our eyes.

10 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will re- -joice and be glad in it.

11 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send | now pros- | -perity. 12 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

13 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

14 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, | I · will exthee.

- |-alt

15 O give thanks unto the LORD; for | he is |

good:

16 For his mercy · en- | -dureth · for | ever.

PSALM CXXI.

1 I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, 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.

6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon | by — | night.

7 The LORD shall preserve thee from al' evil: he shall pre- | -serve thy soul.

8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and | even · for | ev- · -er- | -more.

PSALM CXXII.

1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is com- | -pact to- | -gether.

3 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 4 For there are set thrones of judgment, the | thrones of the house of | David.