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5. Blessed are they that | dwell in thy house : They will still be praising thee.

6. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the ways.

7. They go from strength to strength;

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one of them in Zion will appear before God. 8. O JEHOVAH of hosts,

Blessed is the man who trusteth in thee.

SELECTION 46.

[Luke ii. 8.]

1. And in the same country were shepherds abiding | in the

field,

Keeping watch over their flock by night;

2. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them,
And the glory of the | Lord shone round about them.
3. And they were sore afraid;

And the angel said unto them, Fear not;

4. For behold, I bring you good tidings
Of great joy, which shall be to all people;

5. For to you, in the city of David, is born this day
A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.

6. And this shall be a sign unto you;

Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling | clothes, ly

ing in a manger.

7. And suddenly there was with the angel

A multitude of the heavenly | host, praising God, and saying, 8. Glory to GoD in the highest ;

And on earth peace; among men good will.

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1. In my distress I called up on JEHOVAH, And cried unto my GoD:

2. He heard my voice from his temple,

And my cry came before him into his ears. 3. JEHOVAH also thundered | in the heavens,

And the Highest gave his | voice; hail and coals of fire. 4. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; And he shot out | lightnings, and did vanquish them.

5. Then the channels of waters were seen,

And the foundations of the world were discovered, 6. At thy rebuke, O JEHOVAH,

At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

7. He sent from above, he took me,

He drew me | out of many waters.

8. JEHOVAH liveth; and blessed | be my rock; And let the God of my salvation be exalted.

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1. In my distress I called up on JEHOVAH, And cried unto my GoD:

2. He heard my | voice from his temple,

And my cry came before him, into his ears. 3. He sent from above, he took me,

He drew me out of many waters.

4. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them

that hated me:

For they were too strong for me.

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5. They prevented me in the day of | my calamity :
But JEHOVAH was my stay.

6. He brought me forth also into a large place :

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He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

7. Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O JEHOVAH, a mong

the nations,

And sing praises to thy name.

8. Great deliverance giveth | he to his king; And showeth mercy to his anointed.

SELECTION 49.

1. O clap your hands, all ye people,

Shout unto GoD with the voice of triumph. 2. For JEHOVAH most high is to be feared; A great | King over all the earth.

3. He shall subject the people under us, And the nations under our feet. 4. He shall choose for us | our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob whom he loved. 5. GOD is gone up with a shout,

JEHOVAH with the sound of a trumpet. 6. Sing praises to | GOD, sing praises : Sing praises to our King, sing praises. 7. For GoD is King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding. 8. GOD reigneth over the nations : GOD sitteth up on the throne of his holiness.

[Ps. xlvii.]

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1. In my distress I called up on JEHOVAH, And cried unto my GoD:

2. He heard my voice from his temple,

And my cry came before him, into his ears.

3. JEHOVAH rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

4. For I have kept the | ways of JEHOVAH,

And have not wickedly departed from my GOD.

5. For all his judgments | were before me,

And I did not put a way his statutes from me.

6. I was also up right with him,

And I kept my self from mine iniquity.

7. Therefore hath JEHOVAH recompensed me according to my righteousness,

According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes. 8. JEHOVAH liveth, and blessed | be my rock; And let the God of my salvation be exalted.

SELECTION 51. [Ps. xviii. 25.]

1. I will love thee, O JEHOVAн, my strength: JEHOVAH is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 2. My God, my strength, in | whom I will trust;

My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 3. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With an upright man thou wilt | show thyself upright:

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4. With the pure thou wilt | show thyself pure; And with the froward | thou wilt show thyself froward. 5. For thou wilt save the afflicted people;

But wilt bring down high looks.

6. For thou wilt light my lamp:

JEHOVAH my GOD will enlighten my darkness. 7. JEHOVAH liveth, and blessed | be my rock; And let the GoD of my salvation be exalted. 8. Great deliverance giveth | he to his king, And showeth | mercy to his anointed.

SELECTION 52.

1. GOD is my | King of old,

[Ps. lxxiv. 12.]

Working salvation | in the midst of the earth.

2. Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength:

Thou didst break the heads of the sea-beasts in the waters. 3. Thou didst break in pieces the | heads of leviathan,

And gavest him for meat to the people in|habiting the wil

derness.

4. Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood:
Thou didst dry up the unfailing streams.
5. The day is thine, the night | also is thine :
Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
6. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth :
Summer and winter, thou hast made them.

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7. Remember this, that the enemy hath re|proached, O JEAnd that the foolish people | have blasphemed thy name. 8. Give not the soul of thy turtle | dove to the multitude: Forget not the congregation of thy poor forever.

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