Thou art my hiding place; thou wilt preserve me from

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trouble;

Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance.

"I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:

"I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee."

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding:

Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, else they will not come near unto thee.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked:

But he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass

him about.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous:

And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 64

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Blessed is the People whose God is The LORD

A Festal Hymn

CHORUS

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous:
Praise is comely for the upright.

Give thanks unto the LORD with harp:

Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
Sing unto him a new song;

Play skilfully with a loud noise.

FIRST SEMICHORUS

For the word of the LORD is right;

And all his work is done in faithfulness.

He loveth righteousness and judgement:

The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD. By the word of the LORD were the heavens made;

And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap:

He layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the LORD:

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of

him.

For he spake, and it was done;

He commanded, and it stood fast.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

The counsel of the LORD standeth fast for ever,
The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

SECOND SEMICHORUS

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

The LORD looketh from heaven;

He beholdeth all the sons of men;

From the place of his habitation he looketh forth
Upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

(He that fashioneth the hearts of them all,
That considereth all their works ;)

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength;
An horse is a vain thing for safety;

Neither shall he deliver any by his great power:

Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy;

To deliver their soul from death;

And to keep them alive in famine.

CHORUS

Our soul hath waited for the LORD:
He is our help and our shield.

For our heart shall rejoice in him,
Because we have trusted in his holy name.
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us,
According as we have hoped in thee.

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My Soul shall make her Boast in the LORD

A Votive Hymn

INTRODUCTION

AI will bless the LORD at all times:

His praise shall continually be in my mouth. B My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.

SOLO

CO magnify the LORD with me,

And let us exalt his name together.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.

E They looked unto him, and were lightened:
And their faces shall never be confounded.
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.

CHORUS

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,

And delivereth them.