5. But unto thee have I cried, | O JEHOVAH;
And in the morning | shall my prayer prevent thee.
6. O JEHOVAH, why castest thou off my soul?
Why hidest thou thy face from me?

7. I have been afflicted and dying | from my youth;
I suffer thy terrors, I am distracted.
8. Thy fierce | wrath goeth over me;
Thy terrors have cut me off.

SELECTION 28.

[Ps. li. 7.]

1. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

2. Make me to hear | joy and gladness;

That the bones which thou hast | broken may rejoice. 3. Hide thy face from my sins,

And blot out all mine iniquities.

4. Create in me a clean | heart, O GOD,

And renew a right spirit within me.

5. Cast me not alway from thy face;

And take not thy | Holy Spirit from me.

6. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; And let a free spirit uphold me.

7. Then will I teach trans gressors thy ways;

And sinners shall be converted to thee.

8. Deliver me from the guilt of blood, O GOD, thou GOD of my salvation:

My tongue shall | sing aloud of thy righteousness.

1. Judge me, O JEHOVAH ;

For I have walked in mine integrity:

2. I have trusted also | in JEHOVAH ;

I therefore shall not slide.

3. Examine me, O JEHOVAH, and prove me; Try my reins and my heart.

4. For thy kindness is before mine eyes: And I have walk-ed in thy truth.

5. I have not sat with vain persons,

Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

6. I have hated the congregation of | evil-doers ; And will not sit with the wicked.

7. I will wash mine | hands in innocence :

So will I compass thine | altar, O JEHOVAH :

8. That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all thy wondrous works.

1. Whither shall I go from thy spirit?

Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

2. If I ascend up into | heaven, thou art there:

If I make my bed in | hell, behold, thou art there.

3. If I take the wings of the morning,

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

4. Even there thy | hand shall lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

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5. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me;
Even the night shall be light about me.
6. Yea, the darkness hideth | not from thee;
But the night shineth as the day.

7. I will praise thee;

For I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

8. Marvellous are thy works;

And that my soul doth know right well.

SELECTION 31.

1. How precious are thy thoughts unto me, How great is the sum of them!

[Ps. cxxxix. 17.]

O GOD!

2. If I should count them, they are more in number than the

sand:

When I alwake, I am still with thee.

3. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O GOD: Depart from me, therefore, ye men of blood.

4. For they speak against thee wickedly,

And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

5. Do not I hate, O JEHOVAH, those that hate thee?

And am I not grieved with | those that rise up against thee?

6. I hate them with | perfect hatred:

I reckon them mine enemies.

7. Search me, O GOD, and | know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts:

8. And see if there be any | wicked way in me, And lead me | in the way everlasting.

CHANT 11. SINGLE.

SELECTION 32.

[Ps. lxxiv.]

1. O GOD, why hast thou cast us | off forever?

Doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

2. Remember thy congregation,

Which thou hast purchased of old;

3. The rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; This mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

4. Have respect to the covenant :

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For the dark places of the earth are full of the | habitations

5. O let not the oppressed return ashamed:

Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

6. Arise, O GOD, plead | thine own cause;

Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. I

7. Forget not the voice of thine enemies :

The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth

continually.

SELECTION 33.

[Ps. xxv. 6.]

1. Remember, O JEHOVAH, thy mercies | and thy kindnesses For they are from everlasting.

2. Remember not the sins,

Nor the transgressions of my youth.

3. According to thy mercy remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O JEHOVAH.

4. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; For I do wait on thee.

5. Redeem Israel, O GOD,

From out of all his troubles.

[Dox. 5, p. 250.]

CHANT 12. SINGLE.

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SELECTION 34.

[Ps. lxxx. 3.]

1. Restore us again, O GOD,

And cause thy face to | shine, and we shall be saved.

2. O JEHOVAH, | GOD of hosts,

How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

3. Thou makest them to eat the bread of weeping;

Thou makest them to drink the cup of tears.

4. Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors:

And our enemies | laugh among themselves.

5. Restore us again, O | GOD of hosts,

And cause thy face to | shine, and we shall be saved. 6. So will not we go | back from thee:

Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.

SELECTION 35.

1. Have mercy up on me, O God,

According to thy kindness:

2. According to the greatness of thy mercies, Blot thou out my transgressions.

3. Wash me thoroughly from | mine iniquity, And | cleanse me from my sin.

4. For I acknowledge | my transgressions: And my | sin is ever before me.

5. Against thee, against thee only, have I sinned
And done evil in thy sight:

6. That thou mightst be justified | in thy words,
And be clear when thou judgest.
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[Ps. li.]