He cast out the heathen | also before them,
And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their |

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,
And they that hated them | ruled over them.
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction,
When he heard their cry.

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;
And givest them tears to drink | in great | measure.

Thou makest us a strife un to our neighbours;
And our enemies | laugh among themselves.
Turn us again, Ó | God of | hosts,

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.
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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;

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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
For the Lord God is a
The Lord will give

tents of | wickedness.
sun and a | shield:
grace and glory.

No good thing will he with hold
From them that walk | uprightly.

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?
Show us thy mercy, O Lord,

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 ;
That glory may dwell in our | land.
Mercy and truth are met together;

Righteousness and | peace have | kissed each other.

earth;

down from heaven. good;

Truth shall spring out of the
And righteousness shall look
Yea, the Lord shall give | that which is
And our | land shall | yield her

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
In all generations.

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.

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