LESS the Lord, O my foul: O Lord my God, thou art very great, thou art clothed with honour and majesty. 2 Who covereft thyfelf with light, as with a garment: who stretcheft out the heavens like a curtain. 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, who maketh the clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind. that they turn not again to cover the earth. 10 He fendeth the fprings into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beaft of the field: the wild affes quench their thirst. 12 By them fhall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which fing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is fatisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He caufeth the grafs to grow for the cattle, and herb for the fervice of man: that he may bring forth food 4 Who maketh his an-out of the earth: gels fpirits: his ministers a flaming fire. 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it fhould not be removed for ever. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters ftood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hafted away. 8 They go up by the mountains: they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou haft founded for them. 9 Thou haft fet a bound that they may not pafs over 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to fhine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. 16 The trees of the Lord are full of fap: the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted. 17 Where the birds make their nefts: as for the ftork, the fir-trees are her house. 18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the conies. He appointed the 19 moon for feafons: the fun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makeft darknefs, and it is night: wherein all Z 4 the the beafts of the foreft do 31 The glory of the Lord creep forth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and feek their meat from God. 22 The fun arifeth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening. 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wifdom haft thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide fea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both fmall and great beafts. 26 There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom fhall endure for ever: the Lord fhall rejoice in his works. 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills, and they fmoke. 33 I will fing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will fing praise unto my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him fhall be fweet: I will be glad in the Lord. 35 Let the finners be confumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my foul. Praise ye the Lord, PSALM CVIII. thou haft made to play GOD; my heart is therein. 27 Thefe wait all upon thee: that thou mayeft give fixed, I will fing and give praise, even with my glory. 2 Awake, pfaltery and them their meat in due fea-harp: I myself will awake fon. early. 3 I will praife thee, O Lord, among the people; and I will fing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens; and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 5 Be thou exalted, O Gad, above the heavent: and thy glory above all the earth; 6 That thy beloved may be delivered fave with thy 6 right right hand, and answer me. 7 God hath fpoken in his holiness, I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead is mine, Manasfeh is mine, Ephraim alfo is the ftrength of mine head, Judah is my law-giver. 9. Moab is my wash-pot, over Edom will I caft out my fhoe over Philiftia will I triumph. io Who will bring me into the ftrong city? who will lead me into Edom? II Wilt not thou, O God, who haft caft us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? 12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 13 Through God we fhall do valiantly: for he it is that fhall tread down our enemies. the way of thy ftatutes, and I fhall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I fhall keep thy law; yea, I fhall obferve it with my whole heart. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments : for therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy teftimonies, and not to covetousness. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. 38 Stablish thy word unto thy fervant, who is devoted to thy fear. 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear for thy judgments are good. 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. PSALM CXXI. thy right hand. 6 The fun fhall not fsmite thee by day; nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord fhall preferve thee from all evil: he fhall preferve thy foul. 8 The Lord fhall preferve thy going out, and thy coming in, from this time forth, and even for evermore. I PSALM CXXII. WAS glad when they faid unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet fhall ftand... within thy gates, O Jerufalem. 3 Jerufalem is builded as a city that is compact together; 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the teftimony of Ifrael, to give thanks unto the name I WILL lift up mine eyes of the Lord. unto the hills from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not fuffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not flumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael, fhall neither flumber nor fleep. 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy fhade upon 5 For there are fet thrones of judgment, the thrones of the houfe of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerufalem: they fhall profper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and profperity within thy palaces, 8 For my brethren and companions fakes, I will now fay, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the 1 5 Then the proud waters gone over our foul. 6 Bleffed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to UNTO the lift I up their teeth. mine eyes, O thou 7 Our foul is efcaped as a fowlers; the fnare is broken, and we are escaped. that dwelleft in the heavens.bird out of the fnare of the 2 Behold, as the eyes of fervants look unto the hand of their mafters, and as the eyes. of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress: fo our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. T PSALM CXXV. HEY that truft in the Lord fhall be as mount Zion, which cannot be re moved, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerufalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth even for ever. 3 For the rod of the wicked fhall not rest upon the lot of the righteous: left the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O Lord, unta thofe that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 As for fuch as turn afide unto their crooked ways, the Lord fhall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity; but peace shall be upon Ifrael, PSALM |