1 2 SELECTION 70. [Ps. xl. 11-17.] Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, |O-Lord: {Let thy loving For innumerable evils have encompassed me about; 3 Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, So that I am not | able..to look | up; 4 {They are more than the hairs of my head; Therefore my heart, my | heart-❘ faileth me. 5 { B help me. Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make | haste to 6 O LORD, make | haste to help me. Let them be ashamed and confounded together Let them be driven backward, 8 And put to shame, that | wish me | evil. 9 10 11 12 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame, Let all those that seek thee Rejoice and be glad in thee; Let such as love thy salvation say continually, But I am poor and needy; Yet the LORD | thinketh..up-| on me. @# Amen. SELECTION 71. [Rev. xiv. 13.] 1 2 Blessed are the dead, {Who die in the LORD from | henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; ch. xx. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resur3 rection: 4 5 On such the second death | hath no | power; ( But they shall be priests of God and of Christ, And shall reign with | him a | thousand years. ch. 1. 5. And washed us from our sins in | his own | blood, And hath made us kings and priests to God and his Father; 6 { To him be glory and do- minion..for-lever and | ever. SELECTION 72. [Ps. ciii. 15-18.] 1 As for man, his days are as grass; 2 As a flower of the field, so he | flourisheth: And the place there- of shall | know it..no | more. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting 3 To everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto | chil-dren's | children; And to those that re- member..his com- mandments..to | 1 SELECTION 73. Amen. [Habakkuk iii.] O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and I was a- fraid: 2 In the midst of the years make known; In | wrath re- member | mercy. (SYM.) 3 4 God came from Teman, {And the Holy One from mount | Paran. (His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of..his | praise. And his brightness was as the light; 5 He had horns coming out of his hand; 6 7 And burning coals went | forth..at his | feet. He stood and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; 8 His ways are ever- lasting. 9 The deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high 10 At the light of thine arrows they went, And at the shining..of thy | glitter-ing | spear. 11 12 13 {Although { 14 { Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall The labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the | stalls: S Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,-I will joy in the God of { met wie SELECTION 74. [Ps. lxxvii. 16-20.] 1 2 3 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; They were afraid; the depths | also..were | troubled. The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound: {Thine arrows. also went a broad. The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven, The lightnings | lightened..the | world: The earth also trembled 4 { The earth a. also trembled..and | shook. 5 6 S Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, And thy footsteps | are not | known. 1 SELECTION 75. [Ps. cxviii. 14, 15, 19,20,21,29.] The LORD is my strength and song, The voice of rejoicing and salvation 2 Is in the tabernacles of the righteous: 3 4 5 6 The right hand..of the | LORD..doeth | valiantly. S Open to me the gates of righteousness: {I will go into them, and I will | praise the | LORD; This gate of the LORD, Into which the | righteous..shall | enter. {I will praise thee; for thou hast heard me, And art become | my sal- vation. {Pgive thanks unto the LoRtn. for ev is good; For his mer..cy en- dureth..for- ever. CHANT No. 49. 1 2 3 4 { The stone which the builders refused Is become the | head-stone..of the corner. It is marvel..lous | in our eyes. This is the day which the LORD hath made; Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, send- now pros-l perity. |