tion and our joy; the lines are fallen unto us in pleasant places, yea, we have a goodly heritage.

5. We will bless Thee, O Holy One, who hath given us counsel; our hearts also admonish us in the night season. We have set Thee always before us; because Thou art at our right hand we shall not be moved. Therefore our hearts are glad, our spirits rejoice, our flesh also rests in safety; for Thou wilt not leave our souls in the grave neither wilt Thou suffer Thy beloved ones to see corruption, but Thou wilt show us the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness of joy and at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

6. Hear the right, O Holy One, attend unto our cry, give ear unto our prayer that goeth not out of false lips; let Thine eyes see what is right, prove our heart, visit us in the night, and try us; our thoughts shall not vary from our speech; hold up our steps in Thy paths that our feet slip not.

Shew Thy marvellous lovingkindness, O Thou who savest by Thy right hand those who put their trust in Thee! Keep us as the apple of the eye, hide us under the shadow of Thy wings. We shall behold Thy face in righteousness and will be satisfied when we awake in Thy like

ness.

7. To the merciful Thou shewest Thyself merciful; to an upright man Thou shewest Thyself upright; to the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure; but to the impure Thou shewest Thyself wrathful. Thy ways are just and

| true, Thy word is pure, tried in the fire; Thou art a buckler to all those that trust in Thee. Thou art our light and our salvation; whom shall we fear? Thou art the strength of our life; of whom shall we be afraid?

8. Hear, O Holy One, when we cry unto Thee! have mercy also upon us and answer us; when Thou saidst: Seek ye my face, our hearts said unto Thee, Thy face will we seek. Hide not Thy face from us, put not Thy children away in reproach, Thou hast been our help; leave us not neither forsake us, O Thou who art our salvation. Even though our fathers and mothers should forsake us, Thou wilt take us up. Teach us in Thy way, and lead us in a plain path. We had fainted unless we had believed to see Thy goodness in the land of the living. We wait on Thee and are of good courage; for Thou shalt strengthen our hearts.

SELECTION VI.

THY mercy, O Holy One, is in the heavens, and Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds; Thy righteousness is like the great mountains, and Thy judgments are a great deep. How excellent is Thy loving kindness! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings; they shall be abundantly satisfied with the plenteousness of Thy mercy; Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures, for with Thee is the fountain of life. In Thy light shall they see light.

Continue Thy loving-kindness unto them that know Thee and Thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

2. The heavens declare Thy glory, O Holy One, the firmament sheweth Thy handiwork; day unto day uttereth wisdom and night unto night sheweth knowledge; there is no speech nor language and their voice is not heard, yet their sound is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In them hast Thou set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, rejoicing as a strong man to run a race; his going forth is from the end of the heaven, his circuit unto the ends of it, and nothing is hid from the heat thereof.

3. Thy law, O Holy One, is perfect, converting the soul, Thy testimony is sure, making wise the simple; Thy statutes are right, rejoicing the heart: Thy commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes; Thy word is clean, enduring for ever; Thy judgments are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb; moreover by them are Thy children warned, and in observing them is great reward. Who can understand his errors! cleanse Thou us from secret faults; keep back Thy children also from presumptuous sins, let them not have dominion over us: then shall we be upright, we shall be innocent from great transgression. Let the words

of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in Thy sight, O our Strength and our Redeemer.

4. Thou, O Holy One, art our Shepherd, we shall not want; Thou makest us to lie down in green pastures, and leadest us beside still waters; Thou restorest our souls and guidest us in paths of righteousness for Thy name's sake. Yea, though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil; for Thou art with us, Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort us. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our life, and we will dwell in Thy house for ever.

5. The poor man cries, and Thou dost hear him and save him out of all his troubles; Thy angels encamp round about all that revere Thee, to deliver them. O that men would taste and see that Thou art good! blessed is every one that trusteth in Thee; they shall not want any good thing. The righteous cry, and Thou hearest them and deliverest them out of all their troubles. Thou art nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and savest such as be of a contrite spirit; the afflictions of the righteous are many, but Thou deliverest them out of them all. Thou preservest the souls of Thy children and none of them that trust in Thee shall be desolate.

SELECTION VII.

WHO shall ascend into Thy hill, O Holy One, and who shall stand in

Thy holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not inclined his soul unto vanity nor spoken deceitfully; he shall receive Thy blessing and righteousness from Thee, who art our salvation. Unto Thee, do we lift up our souls; we trust in Thee, let us not be ashamed; let none that wait on Thee be ashamed, let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. Shew us Thy ways and teach us Thy paths; lead us in Thy truth, and guide us; for Thou art our Salvation and in Thee do we trust all the day.

2. Continue, O Holy One, Thy tender mercies and Thy loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old; remember not the sins of our youth nor our transgressions; according to Thy mercy remember us, for Thy goodness' sake. Good and upright art Thou, therefore wilt Thou teach sinners in the way; the meek wilt Thou guide in judgment, for all Thy paths are mercy and truth unto such as keep Thy covenant and Thy testimonies. Our eyes are ever toward Thee, and Thou wilt pluck our feet out of the net; have mercy upon us, for we are desolate and afflicted; lighten the sorrows of our hearts and bring Thou us out of our distresses; look upon our affliction and our pain, and forgive all our sins; O keep our souls and deliver us, for we put our trust in Thee; let integrity and uprightness preserve us, for we wait on Thee.

3. O how great is Thy goodness which Thou hast laid up for them that reverence Thee and shewest to them that trust in Thee. Thou hidest them in the secret of Thy presence from the pride of man, Thou shelterest them in Thy pavilion from the strife of tongues. O love the Holy One, all ye his children, for He preserveth the faithful and doth recompense the evil doer! Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in Him. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is covered; blessed is the man unto whom the

Holy One imputeth not iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile.

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4. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so pant our souls after thee, O Holy One! our souls thirst for Thee, for Thee, the Living One! when shall we come, pear before Thee! Why are we cast down and why are our souls disquieted within us; for our hope is in Thee, our Deliverer and Salvation! Deep calleth unto deep with the roar of Thy cataracts, all Thy waves and Thy billows have gone over us; yet Thou wilt command Thy loving-kindness in the daytime and in the night Thy song shall be with us, and our prayer shall be unto Thee, the Author of our life.

5. Who, O Holy One, shall abide in Thy tabernacle, and who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He who walketh uprightly, worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his

heart; he who slandereth not with his tongue, doeth no evil to his neighbor, uttereth no reproach, in whose eyes a vile person is contemned but who honoreth them that revere Thee; he that speaketh the truth to his own hurt and changeth not; he that putteth not out his money to usury nor taketh a bribe; he that doeth these things shall never fall. But evil doers and those who work iniquity shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb. The righteous shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace; for a little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. The steps of a good man are ordered by Thee, and Thou delightest in his way; though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down; for Thou wilt uphold him with Thy hand.

SELECTION VIII.

THOU, O Holy One, art our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble; therefore will not we fear though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Thou art in the Thou art in the midst and we shall not be moved; Thou wilt help us and that right early; Thou art with us, our Refuge and Defence.

2. Have mercy upon us, O Holy One, according to Thy loving-kind

ness; according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out our transgressions. Wash us thoroughly from our iniquity and cleanse us from our sins, for we acknowledge our transgressions and our sins are ever before us. Against Thee, Thee only, have we sinned and done evil in Thy sight; so Thou art justified when Thou speakest and upright when Thou judgest. Behold Thou desirest truth in the inward heart; teach us, therefore, wisdom in our inmost souls; purge us as with hyssop and we shall be clean, wash us and we shall be whiter than snow. Hide Thy face from our sins, blot out all our iniquities, create in us clean hearts, renew right spirits within us; cast us not away from Thy presence, take not Thy Holy Spirit from us, restore unto us the joy of Thy salvation and uphold us with Thy Free Spirit! then will we teach transgressors Thy ways and sinners shall be converted unto Thee. Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would we give it; Thou delightest not in rituals; Thy sacrifices are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O Holy One, Thou wilt not despise.

3. Hear our cry, O Holy One, attend unto our prayer, for our hearts are overwhelmed! lead us to the Rock that is higher than we. Thou art our Shelter and strong Tower from the enemy; we will abide in Thy Tabernacle for ever, we will trust in the covert of Thy wings; for Thou wilt hear our vows and give us the heritage of those that rever

ence Thy name. Truly our souls wait upon Thee, from whom cometh our salvation; Thou only art our Rock and our Salvation; Thou art our Defence; we shall not be greatly moved.

4. Thou, Holy One, art our Helper! early will we seek Thee, our souls thirst for Thee, our hearts long for Thee as in a dry and thirsty land where no water is. Because Thy loving-kindness is better than life, our lips shall praise Thee; we will bless Thee while we live; we will lift up our hands in Thy name; our souls shall be satisfied and shall praise Thee with joyful lips; we will remember Thee upon our beds and meditate on Thee in the night-watches. Thou hast been our help, therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will we rejoice. Our souls follow after Thee; Thy right hand upholdeth us.

5. If we regard iniquity in our hearts Thou wilt not hear us, but verily Thou hast heard us and hast attended to the voice of our prayer. Blessed be Thou who hast not turned away our prayer nor Thy mercy from us.

SELECTION IX.

THEY that dwell in the uttermost parts are awed by Thy wonders, O Holy One! Thou makest the regions of the morning and evening to rejoice; Thou visitest the earth and waterest it; Thou greatly enrichest it with the rivers of life which are

full of water; Thou preparest corn when Thou hast so provided for it; Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly; Thou settlest the furrows thereof; Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness, and Thy paths drop fatness-they drop upon the pastures of the wilderness and the little hills rejoice on every side; the pastures are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

2. Be merciful unto us, O Holy One, and bless us, and cause Thy face to shine upon us; that Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy sav ing health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O Holy One, let all the people praise thee! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for Thou shalt judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon earth. upon earth. Let the people praise Thee, O Holy One, let all the people praise Thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and Thou, even Thou, our own Father, shalt bless us; Thou shalt bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverence Thee. Our lips shall greatly rejoice when we sing unto Thee and our souls which Thou hast redeemed; our tongues shall talk of Thy righteousness all the day long.

3. Blessed are they whose strength is in Thee, in whose heart are Thy ways; passing through the valley of