The Paragraph Psalter: Arranged for the Use of Choirs

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Brooke Foss Westcott
University Press, 1891 - 233 pages

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Page 202 - BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard : that went down to the skirts of his garments ; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion : for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 18 - Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man that is godly : when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not : commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still.
Page 75 - Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Page 213 - LORD, and consider my desire ; hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness' sake. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant ; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul ; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath .laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead.
Page 182 - I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving : and will call upon the Name of the LORD. 16 I will pay my vows unto the LORD, in the sight of all his people : in the courts of the LORD'S house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Page 48 - For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Page 179 - He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever : holy and reverend is his name.
Page 69 - Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.
Page 196 - 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.
Page 136 - My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

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