1. JEHOVAH is gracious, and | full of compassion; Slow to anger, and of great mercy.

2. JEHOVAH is good to all;

And his mercies are | over all his works.

3. All thy works shall praise thee, | O JEHOVAH; And thy saints shall bless thee.

4. They shall speak of the glory | of thy kingdom, And talk of thy mighty power;

5. To make known to the sons of men his | mighty acts, And the glorious | majesty of his kingdom.

6. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

And thy dominion through out all generations. [D. 9, p.251.]

SELECTION 179.

1. JEHOVAH is my strength, and song,

And is become my salvation.

[Ps. cxviii. 14.]

2. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles |

of the righteous:

The right hand of JEHOVAH doeth valiantly.

3. The right hand of JEHOVAH | is exalted:

The right hand of JEHOVAH doeth valiantly.

4. I shall not | die, but live,

And declare the works of JEHovah.

5. JEHOVAH hath | chastened me sore;
But he hath not | given me over to death.
6. O give thanks to JEHOVAH; for | he is good;
For his mercy is forever.

Jacob is our refuge.

2. Come, behold the works of JEHOVAH,

What desolations he hath made in the earth.

3. He maketh wars to cease to the end of the earth,
1He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the | spear asunder;
He burneth the | chariots in the fire.

4. Be still, and know that I am GoD:
I will be exalted among the nations,
21 will be exalted in the earth.

5. JEHOVAH of

The GoD of

hosts is with us;

Jacob is our refuge.

SELECTION 181.

[Ps. lvi. 10.]

1. In God will I praise his word:
In JEHOVAH will I praise his word.

2. In God have I | put my trust:

I will not fear what | man can do to me.
3. Thy vows are up on me, O GOD:
I will render | praises unto thee.
4. In God I will praise his word:
In GOD | have I put my trust:

5. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death:

6. Wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling,

That I may walk before | GOD in the light of the living?

[Dox. 17, 252.]

CHANT 69. SINGLE.

SELECTION 182.

1. Who hath believed | our report ?

[Is. liii.]

And to whom is the arm of JEHOVAH revealed? 2. For he shall grow up before him as a | tender plant, And as a root out of a dry ground.

3. He hath no | form nor comeliness;

'And when we shall see him,

There is no beauty that we should desire him.

4. He is despised and rejected of men;

A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 5. And we hid as it were our faces from him; He was despised, and | we esteemed him not.

SELECTION 183.

1. Yet it pleased JEHOVAH to bruise him; He hath put him to grief.

[Is. liii. 10.]

2. When thou shalt make his soul an | offering for sin, 'He shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days,

And the pleasure of JEHOVAH shall prosper in his hand. 3. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and | shall be satisfied:

[many; By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify For he shall bear their iniquities.

4. Therefore will I divide him a portion | with the great, And he shall divide the spoil with the strong:

5. Because he hath poured out his soul unto death; And he was numbered with the transgressors:

6. And he bare the sin of many,

And made intercession for the transgressors.

CHANT 70. SINGLE.

SELECTION 184.

[Is. liii. 4.]

1. Surely he hath | borne our griefs,

And carried our sorrows:

2. Yet we did esteem him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

3. But he was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities:

4. The chastisement of our | peace was upon him;
And with his stripes we are healed.

5. All we, like sheep, have gone astray;
We have turned every | one to his own way:
6. And JEHOVAH hath | laid on him

The iniquity of us all.

SELECTION 185.

1. He was oppressed, and | he was afflicted,
Yet he opened not his mouth:

2. He is brought as a | lamb to the slaughter,
'And as a sheep before her | shearers is dumb,
So he openeth not his mouth.

[Is. liii. 7.]

3. He was taken from prison | and from judgment: And who shall declare his generation?

4. For he was cut off out of the land of the living: For the transgression of my people was he stricken 5. And he made his | grave with the wicked,

And with the rich in his death;

6. Because he had done no violence, Neither was deceit in his mouth.

CHANT 71.

SELECTION 186..

1. My heart rejoiceth | in JEHOVAH, Mine horn is exalted in JEHOVAH ;

2. My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation.

3. There is none holy | as JEHOVAH: 3For there is none beside thee:

Neither is there any | rock like to our God. 4. Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your 5. For JEHOVAH is a God of knowledge,

And by him are actions weighed.

[1 Sam. ii.]

mouth :

6. The bows of the mighty | men are broken,
4And they that | stumbled are girded with strength.
7. The full have hired out themselves for bread;
And they that were hungry ceased:

8. So that the barren | hath born seven ;

And she that hath many | children is waxed feeble.

SELECTION 187. [1 Sam. ii. 6.]

1. JEHOVAH killeth, and | maketh alive:

He bringeth down to the | grave, and bringeth up.
2. JEHOVAH maketh poor, and | maketh rich :
He bringeth | low, and lifteth up.

3. He raiseth up the poor | out of the dust,
And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,
4. To set them among princes,

And to make them inherit the throne of glory.