THE PSALMS Thou waterest the ridges there | of abundantly; Thou crownest the year | with thy | goodness; | They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: The pastures are | clothed with | flocks; PSALM LXV. 20. GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; shine up on us. And cause his face to That thy way may be | known upon earth, Thy saving health a mong all nations. Let the people praise | thee, O | God; Let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and | sing for | joy: Let the people praise | thee, O God; Then shall the earth | yield her increase; And God, even | our own | God, shall | bless us. God shall bless us; And all the ends of the earth shall | fear | him. PSALM LXVII. 21. IN thee, O Lord, do 1 | put my trust: Cast me not off in the | time of old | age; O my God, make | haste for my | help. I will go in the strength of the | Lord | God; I will make mention of thy righteousness, | even | of thine only. O God, thou hast taught me | from my youth ; And hitherto have I declared thy | wondrous | works. Now also when I am old and grey | headed, Until I have showed thy strength unto this gene | ration, And thy power to every | one that | is to | come. Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, O God, who is like thee, Who hast showed me | great and | sore | troubles. Thou wilt quicken | me a | gain, And wilt bring me up again | from the depths the earth. Thou wilt increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side. My lips shall greatly rejoice, when I sing unto thee, And afterwards receive | me to glory. Whom have I in | heaven but | thee? And there is none upon earth that | I de | sire bel side thee, My flesh and my heart | faileth : But God is the strength of my heart, and my | portion for ever, PSALMS LXXI. 1,5,9,12,16-21,23. LXXIII, 24—26. 22. OH give thanks unto the Lord; call up on his | name; Make known his deeds a | mong the people, For he appointed a | law | in Israel, Which he charged our fathers to make | known to their children, That the generation to come might | know them, born: That they should arise and declare them to their | children; That they might set their | hope in | God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments. He called for a famine up on the | land: E He sent a man before them, Even Joseph, who was sold | for a servant : Whose feet they | hurt with | fetters, Until the time that the word of the Lord I tried him. The king sent and | loosed him, And made him | lord | of his | house. Israel also came into | Egypt; And Jacob sojourned | in the land of Ham. And he increased his | people | greatly, And made them stronger than their enemies. He sent Moses his servant, And Aaron, whom he had chosen. And wonders in the land of | Ham. He sent darkness, and made it | dark; And they re | belled not against his word. And slew their fish. Their land brought forth frogs in a | bundance, He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, He gave them | hail for | rain, . And flaming | fire | in their | land. He smote their vines also and their | fig trees, And brake the trees of their | coasts. He spake, and the locusts | came, And caterpillars, and that without number. He smote also all the first born | in their | land; He divided the Red sea, and caused them to pass | through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap, There was not one of them | left, light of fire. In the daytime, he led them | with a cloud, out. He rained down manna up on them to eat, He caused feathered fowls to alight in the midst of their camp, Round about their habi | tations, So he gave them | their request, And smote down the chosen | men of | Israel They soon for got his works, And waited not for his counsel. But made a calf in Horeb, And | worshiped the molten | image. They flattered God with their mouth, And they lied unto him with their tongues. But he, being full of compassion, for gave their iniquity, And destroyed them | not. |