PSALM CXXXIX.

1 0 LORD, thou hast searched | me, and | known me.

2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising, thou under- | -standest · my | thought a--far | off.

3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with | all my

ways.

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou | knowest it | al- · -to- | -gether.

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand up-|-on me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot · at- | -tain · un- | -to it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy | pres

ence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, be- | -hold, — | thou art there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost | parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy | right hand · shall | hold

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11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be | light. a-bout me.

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both a- | -like thee.

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13 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the them!

14 If I should count them, they are number than the sand; when I

I am | still · with | thee.

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15 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts.

16 And see if there be any wicked way and lead me in the way

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PSALM CXLV.

1 I WILL extol thee, my God, O King; will bless thy name for ever

ever.

and I and |

2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and | ever.

3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is un- |-searchable. 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall de- |-clare thy | migh--ty | acts.

5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wond- -rous |

works.

6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will de- |-clare. thy greatness.

7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall | sing of thy righteousness.

8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to | anger, and of | great |

mercy.

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9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over | all his | works.

10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall | bless | ·

thee.

11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy | power;

12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious | majes- · -ty of his kingdom.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout | all gene- |-rations.

14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed | down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every | liv- ing thing.

17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

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18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that | call up- ·-on | him ⚫ in truth.

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry, and will

20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him but all the wicked will he de- | -stroy.

21 My mouth shall speak the | praise of the |

LORD:

22 And let all flesh bless his holy name for | ever and ever.

PSALM CXLVI.

1 PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have | an- -y | being.

3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no | help.

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very | day · his | thoughts

| perish.

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the | LORD · his God:

6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth | truth forever:

7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: | | the LORD loveth the righteous:

9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he | turneth upside down.

10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. | Praise ye the LORD.

PSALM CXLVII.

1 PRAISE ye the LORD for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth to- | -gether the outcasts of [Israel.

3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. T

5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his under--standing is infinite.

6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down | to the ground.

7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp un- |-to our God: 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain — | for the earth.