[Cht. 26.]

SELECTION 332.

[Is. xxvi. 4.]

1. Trust ye in JEHOVAH for ever:

4For in JAH JEHOVAH | is the Rock of ages.

2. For he bringeth down them that | dwell on high; The lofty city, he layeth it low;

3. He layeth it | low, to the ground; He bringeth it | even to the dust.

4. The foot shall | tread it down,

The feet of the poor, the steps of the needy,

5. The way of the just is uprightness:

Thou, Most Upright! dost | weigh the path of the just. 6. Yea, in the way of thy judgments,

O JEHOVAH! have we waited for thee:

7. The desire of our soul is | to thy name, And to the remembrance of thee.

8. With my soul have I desired thee | in the night; Yea, with my spirit within me

I will I seek thee early: 9. For when thy judgments are | in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

[Cht. 115.]

SELECTION 333. [Is. xxxiii. 14.] 1. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire! Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings! 2. He that | walketh in righteousness

And speaketh | in uprightness;

3. He that despiseth the gain of oppressions, That shaketh his hands from | holding of bribes,

4. That stoppeth his ears from | hearing of blood, And shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

5. He shall dwell on high;

His place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: 6. Bread shall be | given him ;

His waters | shall be sure.

7. Thine eyes shall see the | King in his beauty:
"They shall behold the land that is | very far off.

[Cht. 80.]

SELECTION 334.

1. Have ye not known? Have ye not heard?

[Is. xl. 21.]

2. Hath it not been told you | from the beginning?

Have ye not understood from the foundations | of the

earth?

3. It is He that sitteth upon the circle | of the earth,
And the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;
4. That stretcheth out the heavens | as a curtain,
And spreadeth them out as a | tent to dwell in :
5. That bringeth the | princes to nothing;

'He maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 6. Yea, they shall not be planted;

'Yea, they shall not be sown:

Yea, their stock shall not take | root in the earth : 7. And He shall also blow upon them, and | they shall wither,

And the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

[Cht. 79.]

SELECTION 335.

[Is. xli. 17.]

1. The poor and needy seek | water, and there is none, And their tongue doth | fail for thirst,

2. I JEHOVAH will hear them,

I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

3. I will open | rivers in high places,

And fountains in the midst of the valleys:

4. I will make the | wilderness a pool of water,

And the dry land | springs of water.

[tree,

5. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah And the myrtle, | and the oil tree:

6. I will set in the desert the fir tree, The pine, and the | box tree together:

7. That they may see, and know,

And consider, and understand together, 8. That the hand of JEHOVAH hath done this, And the Holy One of Israel | hath created it.

[Cht. 77.]

SELECTION 336.

1. Since thou wast precious | in my sight,

Thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee:

2. Therefore will I give | men for thee,

And people for thy life.

3. Fear not: for | I am with thee:
I will bring thy | seed from the East,
And gather thee | from the West;
4. I will say to the | North, Give up ;
And to the South, | Keep not back:
5. Bring my sons from far,

And my daughters from the ends of the earth:
6. Every one that is | called by my name;
For I have created him for my glory;

7. I have form-ed him;

Yea, I have made him.

[Cht. 76.]

SELECTION 337.

1. Thus saith JEHOVAH,

[Is. xlix. 8.1

In an acceptable time | have I heard thee, And in a day of salvation | have I helped thee: 2. And I will preserve thee,

And give thee for a covenant of the people,

3. To establish the earth,

To cause to inherit the | desolate heritages: 4. That thou mayest say to the | prisoners, Go forth! To them that are in darkness, Show yourselves!

5. They shall feed in the ways,

And their pastures shall be in all high places. 6. They shall not | hunger nor thirst;

Neither shall the | heat nor sun smite them:

7. For he that hath mercy | on them shall lead them, Even by the springs of water | shall He guide them. 8. And I will make all my | mountains a way, And my highways shall be exalted.

9. Behold! these shall | come from far;

3And, lo! these from the north and | from the west; And these from the | land of Sinim.

[Cht. 115.]

SELECTION 338.

[Lam. v. 9.]

1. We gat our bread with the peril | of our lives, Because of the | sword of the wilderness.

2. Our skin was | black like an oven, Because of the | terrible famine.

3. They ravished the | women in Zion, The maids in the | cities of Judah.

4. Princes are hanged | up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored. 5. They took the young men to grind,

And the children fell | under the wood. 6. The elders have | ceased from the gate, The young men | from their music. 7. The joy of our | heart is ceased;

Our dance is | turned into mourning. 8. The crown is fallen | from our head: Woe unto us! that we have sinned.

[Lam. v. 17.]

1. For this our | heart is faint;

For these things our eyes are dim;

2. Because of the mountain of Zion, | which is desolate; The foxes walk upon it.

3. Thou, O JEHOVAH! re|mainest for ever;

Thy throne from generation to generation. 4. Wherefore dost thou for get us for ever? And forsake us for | length of days?

5. Turn thou us unto thee, O JEHOVAH!

And we shall he turned; renew our | days as of old. 6. But thou hast utterly rejected us;

Thou art very wroth against us.

[Cht. 83.]

SELECTION 340.

[Ps. xxxii.]

1. O JEHOVAH! remember David,

And all | his afflictions:

2. How he sware | to JEHOVAH,

And vowed unto the Mighty | One of Jacob;

3. Surely I will not come into the tabernacle | of my house, Nor go up into my bed;

4. I will not give sleep | to mine eyes,

Or slumber to mine eyelids,

5. Until I find out a place for JEHOVAH,

Habitations for the Mighty | One of Jacob.

6. Lo! we heard of it | at Ephratah:

We found it in the fields of the wood.

7. We will go into his tabernacles:

We will worship | at his footstool.

2. For the first heaven and the first earth | passed away, And the sea was no more.

3. And I saw the holy city, | New Jerusalem, Descending out of heaven from GOD,

4 Prepared as a bride

Adorned for her husband.

5. And I heard a great voice out of | heaven, saying, 'Behold, the tabernacle of | GOD is with men,

And he shall dwell with them,

6. And they shall be his people;

And God himself shall be with them, their GOD. 7. And he shall wipe away all | tears from their eyes; And death shall be no more;

8. Neither sorrow nor crying nor | pain shall be more; For the former things are passed away.

9. And He that sat up on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new ;

10. I will give to | him that thirsteth

Of the fountain of the water of life freely.

[Cht. 76.]

SELECTION 342.

[Rev. xxi. 10.]

1. And he led me alway in the spirit

Upon a mountain | great and high,

2. And showed me the city, | Holy Jerusalem,
Descending out of | heaven from God,
"Having the glory of GoD.

3. And I saw no | temple therein;

[temple of it.

For the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, are the

4. And the city had no | need of the sun,
Neither of the moon, to | shine in it;

5. For the glory of GoD did lighten it,
And the Lamb is the | lamp thereof.
6. And the nations of | them that are saved,
Shall walk in the | light of it;

7. And the kings of the earth shall bring
Their glory and honor | into it.

8. And the gates of it shall not be shut by day; "For night shall not be there.