CHANT 49.

SELECTION 136.

[Ps. cxlvi. 5.]

1. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob | for his help, Whose hope is | in JEHOVAH his God;

2. Who made | heaven and earth,

The sea, and all that is therein;

3. Who keepeth | truth forever;

Who executeth | judgment for the oppressed;

4. Who giveth | food to the hungry.

JEHOVAH looseth the prisoners:

5. JEHOVAH Openeth the eyes of the blind :

JEHOVAH raiseth | them that are bow-ed down :

6. JEHOVAH loveth the righteous:

JEHOVAH doth preserve the strangers:

7. He relieveth the fatherless and the widow :

But the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

8. JEHOVAH shall | reign forever,

Thy GOD, O Zion, to generation and generation. Praise

SELECTION 137.

Praise ye JAH

[ye JAH.

[Ps. cxlvii.]

1. For it is good to sing praises | to our GOD;

For it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

2. JEHOVAH doth build | up Jerusalem:

He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

3. He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

4. He telleth the number of the stars;

He calleth them all by their names.

5. Great is our Lord, and great his His understanding is infinite.

6. JEHOVAH lifteth | up the meek:

power;

He casteth the wicked down to the ground. 7. Sing to JEHOVAH | with thanksgiving; Sing praise to our | GOD upon the harp :

8. For it is good to sing praises | to our GOD; For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

Praise ye JAH.

SELECTION 138. [Ps. cxlvii. 12.]

1. Praise JEHOVAH, O Jerusalem; Praise thou thy GOD, O Zion.

2. For he hath strengthened the | bars of thy gates;

He hath blessed thy children within thee.

3. He maketh thy | borders peace,

He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 4. He sendeth forth his commandment to earth: His word | runneth very swiftly.

5. He giveth snow like wool:

He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

6. He casteth forth his ice like morsels:

Who can stand before his cold?

7. He sendeth his word, and melteth them:

4He causeth the wind to | blow, and the waters flow.

8. He declareth his | word to Jacob,

His statutes and his | judgments unto Israel.

9. He hath not dealt so with any nation :

And as for his judgments, they have not known them.

Praise
ye JAH..

CHANT 50.

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SELECTION 139.

[Ps. cxix. 73.]

1. Thy hands have made me and formed me: [ments. Make me to understand that | I may learn thy command

2. They that fear thee will be glad when they see me;
Because I have | ho-ped in thy word.

3. I know, O JEHOVAH, that thy | judgments are right,
And that thou in | faithfulness hast afflicted me.
4 Let, I pray thee, thy kindness | be for my comfort,
According to thy word to thy servant.

5. Let thy mercies come to me, that | I may live :
For thy | law is my delight.

6. Let the proud be ashamed; for they vex me with out a cause: But I will meditate in thy precepts.

7. Let those that fear thee | turn to me, And those that know thy testimonies. 8. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; That I may not be ashamed.

SELECTION 140.

1. Righteous art thou, | O JEHOVAH,

And thy judgments are upright.

[Ps. cxix. 137.]

2. Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded

Are righteous and very true.

3. My zeal hath consumed me,

Because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

4. Thy word is very pure:

Therefore doth thy servant love it.

5. I am small and despised:

I do not forget thy precepts.

6. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is the truth.

7. Trouble and anguish have taken | hold of me :

Yet thy commandments are my delights.

8. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: Make me to under|stand, and I shall live.

SELECTION 141.

1. Give ear to my words, | O JEHOVAH,

Consider my complaint.

[Ps. v.]

2. Hearken to the voice of my cry, my | King and my God; For to thee will I

pray.

3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, | O JEHovah; In the morning will I ad dress thee, and look up.

4. For thou art not a GOD that hath | pleasure in wickedness; Neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5. The profane shall not | stand in thy sight:

Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6. Thou shalt destroy | them that speak falsehood:

JEHOVAH will abhor the man of blood and deceit.

7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the greatness of thy mercy:

In thy fear will I worship | toward thy holy temple.

8. Lead me, O JEHOVAH, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies;

Make thy way straight before my face.

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CHANT 51. SINGLE.

SELECTION 142.

[Ps. lxxxv.] 1. Thou hast been favorable, O JEHOVAH, | to thy land: Thou hast brought | back the captivity of Jacob. 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin.

3. Thou hast taken away | all thy wrath:

Thou hast turned away from the heat of thine anger. 4. Restore us, O God of our salvation,

And turn a way thine anger from us.

5. Wilt thou be angry with us forever?

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Wilt thou prolong thine anger to generation and genera

6. Wilt thou not revive us again,

That thy people | may rejoice in thee?

7. Make us to see thy mercy, | O Jehovah, And grant us thy salvation.

SELECTION 143.

1. JEHOVAH Upholdeth | all that fall,

And raiseth up | all the bow-ed down.

2. The eyes of all wait on thee;

[Ps. cxlv. 14.]

And thou givest | them their meat in its season.

3. Thou dost open thine hand,

And satisfy the desire of | every living thing.

4. JEHOVAH is righteous in all his ways,

And merciful in all his works.

5. JEHOVAH is good to all;

And his mercies are | over all his works.

[Dox. 8, p. 251.]