CHANT 79.

SELECTION 211.

1. GOD is jealous, and JEHOVAH revengeth; JEHOVAH revengeth, and is furious;

[Nahum. i. 2.]

2. JEHOVAH will take | vengeance on his adversaries, And he reserveth | for his enemies.

3. JEHOVAH is slow to | anger, and great in And will not at all acquit:

power,

4. JEHOVAH hath his way in the whirlwind and the storm,

And the clouds are the dust of his feet.

5. He rebuketh the | sea, and maketh it dry,

And drieth up | all the rivers:

6. Bashan languisheth, and Carmel,

And the flower of | Lebanon languisheth.

7. The mountains quake at him,

And the hills do melt,

8. And the earth is burned at his presence, Yea, the world, and all that | dwell therein. 9. Who can stand before his indignation!

And who can abide in the fierceness of his 10. His fury is poured out like fire,

And the rocks are thrown | down by him.

SELECTION 212.

anger !

[Is. xxxiv.]

1. Come near, ye nations! to hear; And hearken, ye people!

2. Let the earth hear, and | all that is therein;

The world, and all things that come | forth of it.

DOUBLE.

3. For the indignation of JEHOVAH | is upon all nations, And his fury upon | all their armies:

4. He hath utterly destroyed them,

He hath delivered them to the slaughter.

5. Their slain | also shall be cast out,

And their smell shall come up out of their carcases,

6. And the mountains shall be

melted with their blood:

And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved: 7. And the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: And all their host | shall fall down,

8. As the leaf | falleth off from the vine, And as a falling fig | from the fig tree.

SELECTION 213.

[Is. li.]

1. Hearken to me, ye that | follow after righteousness, Ye that seek JEHOVAH:

2. Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn,

And to the hole of the pit whence | ye are digged.

3. Look unto | Abraham your father,

And unto | Sarah that bare you:

4. For I call-ed him alone,

And blessed him, and increased him.

5. For JEHOVAH shall comfort Zion:

He will comfort all her waste places:

6. And he will make her | wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden | of JEHOVAH; 7. 'Joy and gladness | shall be found therein, Thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

CHANT 80.

SELECTION 214.

[Is. xlii. 13.] 1. JEHOVAH shall go forth as a | mighty man, He shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: 2. He shall | cry, yea, roar;

He shall prevail against his enemies. 3. I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: 4. I will cry like a | travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

5. I will make waste mountains and hills, And dry up all their herbs:

6. And I will make the rivers islands,

And I will dry up their pools.

7. And I will bring the blind by a | way they knew not; I will lead them in paths they have not known:

8. I will make darkness | light before them,

And crooked things into straightness.

9. These things will I do unto them, And not forsake them.

SELECTION 215.

[Is. xliv. 24.]

1. Thus saith JEHOVAH thy Redeemer,
And he that formed thee from the womb,
2. I am JEHOVAH that | maketh all things;
"That stretcheth forth the heavens alone;
That spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
3. That frustrateth the tokens of the liars,
And maketh diviners mad;

DOUBLE.

4. That turneth | wise men backward,

And maketh their knowledge foolish; 5. That confirmeth the word of his servant, And performeth the counsel of his messengers; 6. That saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt | be inhabited; And to the cities of Judah, Ye | shall be built, 'And, I will raise up the decayed | places thereof: 7. That saith to the deep, Be dry,

And, I will dry | up thy rivers:

8. That saith of Cyrus, | He is my shepherd,
And shall perform | all my pleasure:

9. Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built;
"And to the temple, Thy foundation | shall be laid.

SELECTION 216.

[Is. xlvi. 5.]

1. To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, And compare me, that we

may be like? 2. They lavish gold | out of the bag,

And weigh silver in the balance.

3. They hire a goldsmith, and he maketh | it a god: They fall down, | yea, they worship.

4. They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, And set him in his | place, and he standeth:

5. From his place shall he not remove :

Yea, one shall | cry unto him,

6. Yet can he not answer,

Nor save him out of his trouble.

CHANT 81. SINGLE.

Chanting note.

SELECTION 217.

[Is. lv.]

1. O every one that thirsteth, come | ye to the waters! And he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat;

2. Yea, come, buy | wine and milk Without money and without price.

[bread?

3. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not And your labor for that which satisfieth not? [good, 4. Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye | that which is And let your soul delight itself in fatness.

5. Incline your ear, and come unto me:

Hear, and your soul shall live :

6. And I will make an everlasting | covenant with you, Even the sure mercies of David.

7. Behold! I have given him for a witness to the people, A leader and commander to the people.

8. Behold! thou shalt call a nation that thou | knowest not, And nations that | knew not thee shall run unto thee,

9. Because of JEHOVAH thy GOD,

[thee. And for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified

SELECTION 218.

1. Seek ye JEHOVAH, while he may be found,

Call ye upon him, while he is near:

2. Let the wicked for sake his way,

And the unrighteous man his thoughts:

[Is. lv. 6.]

[upon him,

3. And let him return to JEHOVAH, and he will have mercy

And to our | GOD, for he will abundantly pardon.