DOUBLE.

5. For the pillars of the

earth are JEHOVAH'S,

And he hath | set the world upon them.

6. He will keep the | feet of his saints,

And the wicked | shall be silent in darkness;

4For by strength shall no man prevail.

7. The adversaries of JEHOVAH shall be | broken to pieces; Out of heaven | shall he thunder upon them:

8. JEHOVAH shall judge the | ends of the earth;

And he shall give strength to his king,

And exalt the horn of his anointed.

SELECTION 188.

[Ps. lxxxix. 19.]

1. Then thou spakest in vision to thy | holy one, 'And saidst, I have laid help upon | one that is mighty; I have exalted one | chosen out of the people.

2. I have found | David my servant;

With my holy | oil have I anointed him: 3. With whom my hand shall be established: Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

4. The enemy shall not exact upon him; Nor the son of | wickedness afflict him.

5. And I will beat down his foes before his face,

And will plague them that hate him.

6. But my faithfulness and my mercy | shall be with him : And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

7. I will set his hand also | in the sea,

And his right hand in the rivers.

8. He shall cry unto me, | Thou art my Father, My GoD, and the Rock of my salvation!

CHANT 72.

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SELECTION 189.

[Deut. xxxii.] 1. Give ear, O ye heavens! and | I will speak; And hear, O | earth, the words of my mouth. 2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain,

My speech shall distil as the dew;

upon the

grass :

3. As the small rain upon the | tender herb,
And as the showers
4. Because I will publish the name of JEHOVAH :
Ascribe ye greatness to our GOD!

5. He is the Rock, his work is perfect :
For all his ways are judgment:

6. A GOD of truth and without iniquity, Both, just and right is he.

7. Do ye thus re quite JEHOVAH,

O foolish people and unwise?

8. Is not he thy father | that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee, and established thee?

SELECTION 190.

1. For JEHOVAH's portion | is his people;

Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 2. 'He found him in a desert land,

And in the waste howling wilderness, 3. He led him about, he instructed him, He kept him as the apple of his eye. 4. As an eagle stirreth | up her nest, And fluttereth over her young, 5. Spreadeth albroad her wings,

[Deut. xxxii. 9.]

DOUBLE.

Taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 6. 'SO JEHOVAH alone did lead him,

And there was no strange GOD with him.

7. He made him ride on the high places | of the earth, That he might eat the | increase of the fields; 8. And he made him to suck honey | out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock.

SELECTION 191. [Deut. xxxii. 36.]

1. For JEHOVAH shall | judge his people,
And repent himself for his servants,

2. When he seeth that their | power is gone,
And there is none shut up, or left.
3. For I lift up my hand to heaven,
And say, I live forever.

4. 'If I whet my glittering sword,

And mine hand take hold on judgment; 5. I will render vengeance | to mine enemies, And will reward them that hate me.

6. I will make mine arrows | drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh;

7. With the blood of the slain and of the captives, From the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 8. Rejoice, O ye nations | with his people:

For he will a venge the blood of his servants, 9. And will render vengeance | to his adversaries, And will be merciful | to his land, to his people.

CHANT 73. TERNARY.

SELECTION 192.

[Ps. xliii.]

1. Judge me, O GOD! and plead my cause, Against an ungodly nation:

O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! 2. For thou art the | GoD of my strength:

Why dost thou | cast me off?

[enemy? Why go I mourning, because of the oppression of the

3. O send out thy | light and thy truth! Let them lead me;

[nacles. Let them bring me to thy holy | hill, and to thy taber4. Then will I go unto the altar of GOD, Unto GoD my exceeding joy :

Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my GOD! 5. Why art thou cast down, | O my soul?

6.

And why art thou dis quieted within me?

thou in GoD:

For I shall yet praise him,

Who is the health of my | countenance, and

SELECTION 193.

my GOD.

[Ps. lxxix. 8.]

1. O remember not against us | former iniquities!

Let thy tender mercies | speedily prevent us:
For we are brought very low.

2. Help us, O GOD of our salvation!

For the glory of thy name:

[sake.

And deliver us, and purge away our | sins, for thy name's

3. Wherefore should the heathen say, | Where is their God? Let him be known among the heathen | in our sight, By the revenging of the blood of thy servants shed. 4. Let the sighing of the prisoner | come before thee; According to the greatness of thy power, Preserve thou those that are appointed to die; 5. And render unto our neighbors sevenfold, Into their bosom | their reproach,

Wherewith they have reproach-ed thee, O Lord! 6. So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever:

We will show forth thy | praise to all generations.

SELECTION 194.

1. O God, the proud are | risen against me,

[Ps. lxxxvi. 14.]

And the assemblies of the violent have sought my soul;
And have not set thee before them.

2. But thou, O Lord,

Art a GOD full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
3. O turn unto me, and have | mercy upon me!
Give thy strength to thy servant,

And save the son of thine handmaid.

4. Show me a token for good;

That those who hate me may see, and be ashamed: Because thou, O JEHOVAH, hast | helped me, and comforted me.

SELECTION 195.

1. Come, and let us return to JEHOVAH :
For he hath torn, and | he will heal us;
He hath smitten, and | he will bind us up.
2. After two days will | he revive us :
In the third day he will | raise us up,
And we shall live in his sight.

3. Then | shall we know,

'If we follow on to know JEHOVAH.

4. His going forth is prepared as the morning; And he shall come unto us as the rain,

As the latter and former | rain unto the earth.

[Ho. vi.]