CHANT 74. SELECTION 196. 1. O JEHOVAH! I have heard thy speech, I [Hab. iii.] was afraid: O JEHOVAH! revive thy | work in the midst of the years, 2. In the midst of the | years make known; In | wrath remember mercy. 3. GOD came from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. 4. His glory | covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.5. And his brightness was | as the light; 'He had horns coming out of his hand : And there was the | hiding of his power. 6. Before him | went the pestilence, And burning 7. He stood, and coals went forth at his feet. He beheld, and drove asunder the nations: 8. And the everlasting | mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills did bow: his | ways are everlasting. SELECTION 197. 1. I saw the tents of Cushan | in affliction: [Hab. iii. 7.] The curtains of the | land of Midian did tremble. 2. Was JEHOVAH displeased against the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers? 3. Was thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst | ride upon thine horses, "Thy chariots of salvation? 4. Thy bow was made quite naked, According to the oaths of the tribes, thy word. DOUBLE. "Thou didst | cleave the earth with rivers. 5. The mountains | saw thee, they trembled: The overflowing of the water pass-ed by : 6. The deep uttered his voice, And lifted up his hands on high. 7. The sun and moon stood still in their | habitation : At the light of thine | arrows they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear. SELECTION 198. [Hab. iii. 12.] 1. Thou didst march through the land in | indignation, Thou didst | thresh the heathen in anger. 2. Thou wentest forth for the salvation | of thy people, For salvation with thine anointed. 3. Thou woundedst the head of the house of the wicked, By discovering the foundation unto the neck. 4. Thou didst strike through With his staves the head of his villages. 5. They came out as a | whirlwind to scatter me: Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. 6. Thou didst walk through the | sea with thine horses, The heap of many waters. 7. When I heard, my | belly trembled; My lips quivered at the voice: 8. Rottenness entered into my bones, 3And I trembled | in myself, That I might | rest in the day of trouble. 9. When he cometh up | unto the people, "He will invade them with his troops. CHANT 75. SELECTION 199. [Num. xxiii. 19.] 1. GOD is not a | man, that he should lie; 2. Hath he said, and shall he not do? Or hath he spoken, and | shall he not make it good? 3. Behold! I have received to bless : And he hath blessed; and | I cannot reverse it. 4. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath he | seen perverseness in Israel. 5. JEHOVAH his GoD is with him, And the shout of a king is among 6. GOD brought them out of Egypt; them. He hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. 7. Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, Neither is there any divination against Israel. 8. According to this time it shall be said of Jacob And of Israel, What hath GOD wrought! 9. Behold the people shall rise | up as a great lion, And lift up himself as a young lion: 10. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And | drink the blood of the slain. 1. How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob! Thy tabernacles, O Israel! 2. As the valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river's side, DOUBLE. 3. As the trees of lign aloes | which JEHOVAH hath planted, As cedar trees beside the waters. 4. He shall pour the water out of his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters; 5. And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. 6. GOD brought him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: 7. He shall eat up the nations his enemies, [his arrows. And shall break their bones, and | pierce through with 8. He couched, he | lay down as a lion, And as a great lion; | Who shall stir him up? 9. Blessed is he that blesseth thee! And cursed is he that curseth thee! SELECTION 201. 1. I shall see him, but not now: [Num. xxiv. 17.] Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; 5. Out of Jacob shall come | He that shall have dominion, And shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. 9: CHANT 76. SELECTION 202. [Isa. liv.] 1. Sing, O barren, thou that | didst not bear! Than the children of the married wife, | saith JEHOVAH. 3. Enlarge the | place of thy tent, [tations: And let them stretch forth the curtains of thine | habi4. Spare not, | lengthen thy cords, And strengthen thy stakes: 5. For thou shalt break forth On the right hand and | on the left ; 6. And thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, And make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 7. Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: [to shame: Neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put 8. For thou shalt forget the | shame of thy youth, And shalt not remember the reproach of thy widow hood any more. SELECTION 203. [Is. xxxv. 6.] 1. For in the wilderness shall | waters break out, And streams | in the desert. 2. And the parched ground shall become a pool, And the thirsty land | springs of water: 3. In the habitation of dragons, where each lay, Shall be grass with | reeds and rushes. |