1. BOOK XVI. SELECTIONS FOR CHANTING. PSALM 1.3 When I consider thy heavens, the work 1 BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the un- | godly, of thy fingers, The moon and the stars which thou, hast ordained; Nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor 4 What is man, that thou art | mindful sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 4 His leaf also | shall not | wither; of him? And the son of man that thou | visit Thou hast put all things | under his | feet: And whatsoever he doeth shall 7 All | sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts- | of the field 8 The fowl of the air, and the | fish • of 9 the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the| paths of the | seas. O Lord our | Lord, How excellent is thy name in | all the| earth! 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. The judgments of the Lord are truc and righteous alto- | gether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: Sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb. 0 Moreover by them is thy servant | warned: And in keeping of them | there is great re-ward. 1 WHO CAN under- | stand his | errors? Cleanse thou | me from | secret | faults. 2 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have do- minion | over me: Then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great trans- | gression. 3 Let the words of my month, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy | sight, O Lord, my Strength, and | my Re- | deemer. 6 This is the generation of them that | seek him, That seek thy | face, O | Jacob. 7 LIFT UP your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye ever-lasting | doors; And the King of glory | shall come! in. 8 Who is this | King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the 2 Though a host should encamp again me, my heart. shall not | fear: Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 3 One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of th Lord all the days of my | life 4 To behold the beauty | of the | Lord, And to in- quire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hid me in his pa- | vilion: In the secret of his tabernacle shall h hide me: he shall set me | up, up 8 OII, SEND OUT thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy | taberna- | cles. 9 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my ex- | ceeding | joy: 1 GOD IS OUR | refuge and strength, A very present help in | trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the carth⚫ be re- | moved, And though the mountains be carrie into the midst of the | sea; 3 Though the waters thereof | roar. an be troubled, Though the mountains | shake wit 4 THERE is a river, the streams whereo shall make glad the city of God, 01 The holy place of the tabernacles | o the Most | High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and | that right early. 6 The heathen raged, the were moved: kingdoms He uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is | with us; The God of Jacob | is our | refuge. 8 COME, behold the works of the Lord, What desolations he hath | made- | in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end. of the earth; 10 He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that | I am | God: will be ex- | alted in the | carth. |