He cast out the heathen | also before them, tents. Yet they tempted and provoked the | most high | God, And kept not his | testimonies. They turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their | fathers; They were turned aside, | like a deceitful | bow. They mingled among the heathen, and learned. their works, And they served their idols. Then he gave them into the hand of their enemies, Save us, O Lord our God, And gather us | from a mong the heathen, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph | in thy | praise. SELECTED FROM PSALMS LXXVIII, CV, CVI. 23. GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest. Joseph like a | flock; Thou that dwellest between the | cherub | im, shinë | forth. Turn us again, O God of hosts, And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. O Lord God of | hosts, How long wilt thou be angry at the prayer of thy ❘ people! Thou feedest them with the | bread ol | tears; Thou makest us a strife un to our neighbours; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Thou hast brought a | vine out of Egypt; Thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Thou preparedst| room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, | and it | filled 1 the land. The hills were covered with the | shadow | of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars; She sent out her boughs un to the sea, And her branches un | to the river. Why hast thou broken | down her | hedges, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck her! The boar out of the wood doth | waste it, And the wild beast of the | field doth devour it. 1 Return, we beseech thee, O | God of hosts; Look down from heaven, and be hold, and | visit this vine; f And vineyard which thy right hand hath | planted, And the branch thou madest | strong | for thy | self. It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the re buke | of thy countenance, Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou | madest | strong for thyself. HOW aimable | are thy | tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh crieth | out for the living | God. Yea, the sparrow hath | found a | house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may | lay her young, Even thine altars, O | Lord of | hosts, My King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house They will be still | praising | thee. Blessed is the man whose | strength is in thee; In whose heart | are thy | ways. They go from strength to | strength ; Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. O Lord of hosts, | hear my | prayer: Give | ear, O God of | Jacob. Behold, O And look upon the face of thine a nointed. God, our | shield; For a day in thy Is better I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of | wickedness. No good thing will he with hold O Lord of hosts, Blessed is the man that | trusteth in | thee. PSALM LXXXIV. 1-5,7-12. 25. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy | land; Thou hast brought back the cap | tivi | ty of | Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; Thou hast covered all their sin. Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine | anger | towards us to cease. Wilt thou be angry with us for | ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all gene | rations? Wilt thou not re | vive us again, That thy people | may rejoice in thee? And grant us thy salvation. I will hear what God the | Lord will speak; For he will speak | peace un | to his people, And to his saints: But let them not | turn a gain to folly. Surely his salvation is nigh | them that fear him ; Righteousness and | peace have | kissed each other. earth; down from heaven. good; Truth shall spring out of the increase. Righteousness shall go before him ; And shall set us in the way of his steps. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy | throne; Mercy and truth shall go be | fore thy face. Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: They shall walk, O Lord, in the Countenance. light of thy | In thy name shall they rejoice | all the day: And in thy righteousness | shall they be exalted. PSALMS LXXXV. 1,2,4—13. LXXXIX. 14—16.1 26. LORD thou hast | been our | dwelling place Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to ever | lasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; And sayest, Return, ye children of ❘ men. 436 |