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they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but the LORD helped me.

14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will

2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy praise the LORD: endureth for ever.

3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the

corner.

23 This is the LORD's doing; it is mar

6 The LORD is on my side; I will not vellous in our eyes. fear: what can man do unto me?

7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD:

8 It is better to trust in the LORD than O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosto put confidence in man.

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perity.

26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

27 God is the LORD, which hath showed us light bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good for his mercy endureth for

ever.

SELECTION 45

PSALM 119: 1-24

I BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

23 Princes also did sit and speak against me but thy servant did meditate

4 Thou hast commanded us to keep in thy statutes. thy precepts diligently.

24 Thy testimonies also are my delight,

5 O that my ways were directed to and my counsellors. keep thy statutes !

6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy command

ments.

7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

SELECTION 46

PSALM 119:33-48, 89-96

I TEACH me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

2 Give me understanding, and I shall

8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with me not utterly. my whole heart.

9 Wherewithal shall a young

man

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Make me to go in the path of thy

cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto commandments; for therein do I delight. according to thy word.

10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

4 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

5 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy

11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, way. that I might not sin against thee.

6 Stablish thy word unto thy servant,

12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach who is devoted to thy fear. me thy statutes.

7 Turn away my reproach which J

13 With my lips have I declared all fear: for thy judgments are good. the judgments of thy mouth.

14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

8 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteous

ness.

9 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to

16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: thy word. I will not forget thy word.

17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

10 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

II And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

4 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

5 I have refrained my feet from every

12 So shall I keep thy law continually evil way, that I might keep thy word. for ever and ever.

6 I have not departed from thy judg

13 And I will walk at liberty: for I ments: for thou hast taught me.

seek thy precepts.

14 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

15 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

16 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

7 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.

8 Through thy precepts I get under standing therefore I hate every false way. 9 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

10 I have sworn, and I will perform it,

17 For ever, O LORD, thy word is that I will keep thy righteous judgments. settled in heaven.

18 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

19 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy ser

vants.

20 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

21 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

22 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

23 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me but I will consider thy testimonies.

24 I have seen an end of all perfection but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

SELECTION 47

PSALM 119:97-120

I O HOW love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

2 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

3 I have more understanding than all my teachers for thy testimonies are my meditation.

II I am afflicted very much quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

12 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

13 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

14 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

15 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

16 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end.

17 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

18 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

19 Depart from me, ye evil doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. 20 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

21 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

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22 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

23 Thou puttest away all the wicked

of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

24 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

SELECTION 48

PSALM 121

I 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 all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

PSALM 122

9 I WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. 10 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

11 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

12 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

13 For there are set thrones of judg

ment, the thrones of the house of David. 14 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem :

they shall prosper that love thee.

17 Because of the house of the LORD .our God I will seek thy good.

PSALM 123

18 UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

19 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

20 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

21 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

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15 Peace be within thy walls, and be as mount Zion, which cannot be reprosperity within thy palaces.

16 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

moved, but abideth for ever.

10 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

II For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

12 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.

13 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

PSALM 126

14 WHEN the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

15 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 16 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

17 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.

18 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

19 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

PSALM 127

20 EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

21 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

22 Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

23 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; SO are children of the youth.

24 Happy is the man that hath his

quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

SELECTION 50 PSALM 130

I OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

PSALM 131

9 LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things toc high for me.

10 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned

child.

11 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.

PSALM 132

12 LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions":

13 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;

14 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

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