Thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. 12 Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness: and Thy clouds drop fatness. 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 14 The folds shall be full of sheep: the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. SECOND PORTION. PSALM LXVI. Jubilate Deo. BE joyful in God, all ye lands sing praises unto the honour of His Name, make His praise to be glorious. 2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art Thou in Thy works: through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies be found liars unto Thee. 3 For all the world shall worship Thee : sing of Thee, and praise Thy Name. 40 come hither, and behold the works of God: how wonderful He is in His doing toward the children of men. 5 He turned the sea into dry land so that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof. 6 He ruleth with His power for ever His eyes behold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. 7 O praise our God, ye people: and make the voice of His praise to be heard; 8 Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip. 9 For Thou, O God, hast proved us : Thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. 10 Thou broughtest us into the snare: and laidest trouble upon our loins. 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads we went through fire and water, and Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. 12 I will go into Thine house with burntofferings and will pay Thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. 13 I will offer unto Thee fat burntsacrifices, with the incense of rams: I will offer bullocks and goats. 14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God and I will tell you what He hath done for my soul. : 15 I called unto Him with my mouth : and gave Him praises with my tongue. 16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart: the Lord will not hear me. 17 But God hath heard me and considered the voice of my prayer. 18 Praised be God Who hath not cast out my prayer nor turned His mercy from me. PSALM LXVII. Deus misereatur. GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us : and show us the light of His counten ance, and be merciful unto us; 2 That Thy way may be known upon earth nations. Thy saving health among all 3 Let the people praise Thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise Thee. 4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad : for Thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. 5 Let the people praise Thee, O God: let all the people praise Thee. 6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God, even our own God, shall give us His blessing. : 7 God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear Him. THIRD PORTION. PSALM LXVIII. Exurgat Deus. IET God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: let them also that hate Him flee before Him. 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt Thou drive them away and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God let them also be merry and joyful. : 40 sing unto God, and sing praises unto His Name: magnify Him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon a horse; praise Him in His Name JAH, and rejoice before Him. 5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and defendeth the cause of the widows: even God in His holy habitation. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in a house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity: but letteth the runagates continue in scarceness. 7 O God, when Thou wentest forth before the people when Thou wentest through the wilderness, 8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God: even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, Who is the God of Israel. 9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon Thine inheritance : and refreshedst it when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein : for Thou, O God, hast of Thy goodness prepared for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of the women proclaiming it. 12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited and they of the household divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove: that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 15 As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill: even a high hill, as the hill of Basan. 16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? this is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth Him to dwell yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thou sand, even thousands of angels : and the Lord is among them as in the holy place of Sinai. 18 Thou art gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men: yea, even for Thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 19 Praised be the Lord daily even the God Who helpeth us, and poureth His benefits upon us. 20 He is our God, even the God of Whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord, by Whom we escape death. 21 God shall wound the head of His enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness. 22 The Lord hath said, I will bring My people again, as I did from Basan: Mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same. 24 It is well seen, O God, how Thou goest: how Thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the congregations: from the ground of the heart. 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their counsel : |