For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people:- Let the saints be | joyful in with salvation. glory: Praise God in the sanctuary : Praise him in the | firmament | of his | power. Praise him for his mighty | acts: Praise him according to his ex | cellent | greatness. Let every thing that hath breath | praise the | Lord. Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CXLIX. 1,4,5. CL. 1,2,6. 51. IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, And to sing praise unto thy | name, O | God most high: To show forth thy loving kindness | in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night. The day is thine; the night also is thine : Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. the same, The Lord's name is | to be praised. I laid me down and I slept : I a waked, for the Lord sustained me. My voice shall thou hear in the morning, O Lord, In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Cause me to hear thy loving kindness | in the morning; For in thee | do I | trust. Cause me to know the way where in I should walk ; For I lift up my soul to thee. Teach me to do thy | will, For thou art my Thy spirit is good: God. Lead me in to the land of uprightness. Our fathers trusted in | thee: They trusted, and thou didst de | liver them. Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice; fendest them. For thou, Lord, wilt With favour wilt thou compass shield. cause | thou de | bless the righteous; him, as with al SELECTED. 52. SING unto the Lord, O ye | saints of | his, The righteous Lord | loveth | righteousness; His anger endureth | but for a moment: In his favour is life. Weeping may endure | for a | night, Stand in awe and sinnot: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, | and be still. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the Lord. There are many that say, Who shall shew us | any | good. Lord, lift thou up the light of thy | countenancé up on us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than in the time that their corn and their | wine increased. Let my praver be set forth before | thee as | incense, And the lifting up of my hands as the evening | sacrifice. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; 53. SELECTED. OH BLESS the Lord, ye | people, And make the voice of his praise to be | heard: Who holdeth our And suffereth souls in life, not cur | fect to be moved. For thou, O Lord, hast proved us: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the landet the living. I will pay thee my vows, which my lips have Come and hear, all ye that fear | God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul. I cried unto him with my mouth, And he was extolled with my | tongue :- "Sacrifice and offering thou didst | not desire; In the volume of the book it is written of me,, I have not refrained my lips, O| Lord, thou | knowest; heart. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great | congregation. Withhold not thy tender mercy | from me, O | Lord:Be please, O Lord, to deliver me." If I regard iniquity injmy heart, The Lord will not hear me. But verily God hath | heard me : He hath attended to the voice of my ¦ prayer, Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my l 54. THE Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and | of my cup: Thou maintainest my | lot. The lines are fallen unto me in | pleasant | places: Yea, I have a goodly | heritage. I will bless the Lord, who hath | given me | counsel My reins also in struct me in the night | seasons. I have set the Lord | always be | fore me: Because he is at my right hand, therefore | I shall | not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory re i joiceth. My flesh also shall | rest in | hope, Because thou wilt not leave my soul in the | grave, Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see cor ruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of | life: In thy light, I shall see light. In thy presence is fulness of joy, At thy right hand there are pleasures for ever | more. 55. SELECTED. THE LORD said un to my | Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine | ene mies thy footstool. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy | power, In the beauty of holiness from the womb of the morning. |