For I am poor and necdy, Yet the Lord thinketh_up | on me, Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and | he shall sus tain thee; He shall never suffer the righteous | to be | moved. The humble shall see this, and be | glad, For he will abundantly | bless their pro | visions : He will satisfy their poor with | bread. The Lord will be a refuge for the op pressed; trouble. hand of the poor, To save him from | those that condemn his soul. O Lord, save thy | people, And bless thine inheritance: And lift them up for ever. Defend the poor and | fatherless : Do justice to the afflicted and needy. For vain is the help of man. 30. HEAR my prayer, O Lord: SELECTED: In thy faithfulness | answer me, Set a watch, O Lord, be | fore my | mouth; Consider and hear me, O Lord my | God : Lord, be merciful unto me; | heal my | soul; Quicken thou me, O Lord, for thy mercy's sake; For thy righteousness sake, bring my soul cut of trouble. I call to remembrance my song in the night: commune with my own heart: my spirit | maketh | diligent search. I Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be | favoura⚫ ble no | more Is his kindness with | drawn for ever? Hath he in anger cut off his tender | mercies? Then I said, This is my grief, The change of the right hand of the most high. Let me remember the deeds of Je | hovah, Yea, let me remember his former | wonders. Blessed is the man whom thou | chastenest, O | Lord, For the Lord will not cast | off his people, But judgment shall return unto | righteousness, That men may know that he whose name alone is JEHOVAH Is the Most High over | all the earth. SELECTED. 61. BLESSED be the name of the | Lord He causeth the vapours | to ascend He maketh lightnings for the rain: He bringeth the wind | out of his treasury. They were afraid the depths | also were | troubled; The clouds poured out | water: The skies sent | forth a sound. Thine arrows also | went a | broad: The voice of thy | thunder was | in the | heaven : The earth shook and | trembled. Thy way is in the sea, and thy path | in the great | waters; And thy footsteps are not known. Therefore we will not fear, though the moved: And though the mountains be carried midst of the sea. into the troubled ; swelling Though the waters thereof roar and are thereof. How excellent is thy loving | kindness, Q | God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Be of good courage, and he shall | strengthen your | heart, All | ye that | hope in the Lord. 62. SELECTED. BY the rivers of Babylon, there we sat ; For there they who had carried us away captives required of us a song; And they who had brought us a way required | joy. "Sing us one of the songs of | Zion." "How can we sing a song of Jehovah in the | land of a stranger? When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like them that dream. Then was our mouth | filled with | laughter, And our tongue with singing. SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS Then said they among the heathen, "Jehovah hath done | great things | for them." Yea, Jehovah hath done great things for us, Where of we are glad. Glorious is it to speak of | thee, O city of our | God. Happy that people in such a | state, Yea, happy that people whose | God | is Je | hovah ! HOW am I glad when they say un | to me "I will go up to the house of Je | hovah." My foot hath stood already In thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, thou | beautifully | built: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ; Prosperity in thy | palaces! For my brethren and companions' | sake I wish thee peace! For the sake of the temple of our God I bless thee with | good, 1 PSALM CXXII. 1-3, 59. |