For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people:-
He will beautify the meek

Let the saints be | joyful in
Let them sing aloud up

with salvation.

glory:
on their beds.

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.
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of

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.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered;
They trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice;
Let them ever sing for joy, be

fendest them. For thou, Lord, wilt With favour wilt thou compass

shield.

cause | thou de |

bless the

righteous;

him, as with al

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52.

SING unto the Lord, O ye | saints of | his,
And give thanks at the remembrance of his |
holiness.

The righteous Lord | loveth | righteousness;
His countenance | doth be | hold the upright.

His anger endureth | but for a moment:

In his favour is life.

Weeping may endure | for a | night,
But joy cometh | in the morning.

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;
For thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

53.

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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:
Thou hast tried us as silver is | tried.
I cried unto thee, O | Lord :

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;
Then said I, Lo, I | come;

In the volume of the book it is written of me,,
I delight to do thy will, O God.

I have not refrained my lips, O| Lord, thou | knowest;
I have not hid thy righteousness with in my ¦

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.

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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.