Wherein are things creeping innumerable, There go the ships: There is that leviathan, whom thou hast | made to play therein. These wait all upon thee: That thou mayest give them their | meat | in due | season. That thou givest | them, they gather Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. Thou hidest thy face, they are | troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, and re↓ turn to their | dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, And thou re newest the face of the earth. PART 6. works. The glory of the Lord shall endure for | ever: and it trembleth; and they smoke. OH GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: For his mercy en | dur] eth for | ever. They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary | way; They found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.. Then they cried unto the Lord | in their | trouble, Oh that men would praise the Lord for his f goodness, And for his wonderful works to the children of| men! For he satisfieth the longing | soul, And filleth the hungry soul with | goodness. PART 2. They were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron, Because, they rebelled against the word of God, and contemned the counsel of the most | High: Therefore he brought down their heart with labour: They fell down, and there was none to help. J Then they cried unto the Lord | in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses He brought them out of darkness and the | shadow of death, And brake their | bands in | sunder. Oh that men would praise the Lord | for his | good ness, And for his wonderful | works to the children of | men! For he hath broken the gates of brass, PART 3. Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities | are afflicted. And delivered | them from | their destruction. Oh that men would praise the Lord | for his good ness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men! And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanks | giving, And declare his | works with re | joicing. PART 4. They that go down to the sea in | ships, And his wonders | in the deep.. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, Which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again | to the depths: Their soul is melted be | cause of | trouble. They reel and fro, and stagger like a drunken | man, And are at their wit's end. Then they cry unto the Lord | in their trouble, He maketh the storm a | calm, So that the waves there of are | still. Then are they glad because they are | quiet, Oh that men would praise the Lord | for his | good. ness, And for his wonderful | works to the | children of [ men! Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, And praise him in the assembly of the elders. PART 5. He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs in to dry ground; A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell there | in. He turneth the wilderness into a And dry ground | into And there he maketh the standing water, water springs. hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a city for habitation; He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied And suffereth not their cattle to decrease. Again they are minished and brought low, Through oppression, af | flic | tion, and sorrow. He poureth contempt upon | princes, And causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. | Yet setteth he the poor on | high from affliction, The righteous shall see it and rejoice: PSALM CVII, 35. PRAISE ye the | Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, And in the congregation. The works of the Lord are great, there in. that have pleasure His work is honourable and glorious; And his righteousness endureth for ever. He hath made his wonderful works to be re membered: The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. He hath showed his people the That he may give them the heathen. power of his works heritage of the | |