3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye | children of men.

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which | grow--eth | up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut | down, — | and withereth.

7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light. of | thy |

countenance.

9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath we spend our years, as a tale

that is told.
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10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut | off · and we | fly · a- | -way.

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy | wrath.

12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our | hearts unto | wisdom.

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13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee con- |-cerning thy servants. 14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad - all our |

days.

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15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glo- -ry | unto their children.

17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands up- |-on us;

18 Yea, the work of our | hands · es- | -tablish · thou❘ it.

PSALM XCI.

1 HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the | shadow · of th' Al- | -mighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in | him will |

I trust.

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the | noi- · -some | pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy | shield · and | buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that | flieth by | day:

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the de- | -struction that | wasteth at noon-day.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh | thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the re- ·|-ward | of the wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the LORD which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy | habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh come nigh thy dwell

ing.

11 For he shall give his thee, to keep thee in

angels charge over all thy ways. in their hands, lest thou dash thy | foot a- | -gainst a |

12 They shall bear thee up

stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample un--der | feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath | known my |

name.

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15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and | hon--our | him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew. him my sal- | -vation.

PSALM XCII.

1 Ir is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, |

O Most High.

2 To shew forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy | faithful-· -ness | eve- · -ry night.

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a sol-emn | sound.

4 For thou, O LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the ❘ works. of thy

hands.

5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are ver- · -y | deep.

6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a

7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be de- [ -stroyed · for

ever.

8 But thou, LORD, art most | high⚫ for | ev

-er--more.

9 For lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for lo, thine | enemies shall | perish.

10 All the workers of in- | -iqui- · -ty | shall · be scattered.

11 The righteous shall flourish like the palmtree: he shall grow like a

Lebanon.

12 Those that be planted in the LORD shall flourish in the

our God.

cedar in |

13 They shall bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

14 To shew that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no un--righteous-ness in him. | - |

PSALM XCIII.

1 THE LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath | girded him--self: 2 The world also is established, that it [ can- · -not be moved.

3 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from ever- |-lasting.

4 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods. lift up their | waves.

5 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty | waves of the| sea.

6 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for | | ·

ever.