4. I will praise God, because of his word: I have put my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

5. They daily mistake my words: all that they imagine is to do me evil.

6. They hold all together, and keep themselves close and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.

7. Shall they escape for their wickedness? Thou, O God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down.

10. In God's word will I rejoice: in the Lord's word will I comfort me.

11. Yea, in God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Hallelujah. Amen.

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PSALM lxxxvi. 3. Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I will call daily upon thee.

4. Comfort the soul of thy servant: för unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5. For thou, Lord, art good and gracious: and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

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6. O Lord, give ear unto my prayer: and ponder the voice of humble desires.

7. In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou hearest me.

8. Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord: there is not one that can do as thou doest.

9. All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, O Lord: and shall glorify thy name.

10. For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

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PSALM XXI. 13. Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy mighty power.

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PSALM XXVI. 1. Be thou my judge, O Lord, for I have walked innocently: my trust hath been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall.

2. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me: try out my reins and my heart.

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3. For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes: and I will walk in thy truth.

4. I have not dwelt with vain persons: neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful.

5. I have hated the congregation of the wicked: and will not sit among the ungodly.

6. I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord: and so will I go to thine altar;

7. That I may shew the voice of thanksgiving: and tell of all thy wondrous works.

xx. 9. Save, Lord, and hear us, O King of heaven: when we call upon thee.

lxxxv. 7. Shew us thy mercy, O Lord: and grant us thy salvation. Hallelujah.

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PSALM CXXViii. 1. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: and walk in his ways.

2. For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.

3. Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thine house.

4. Thy children like the olive-branches: round about thy table.

5. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth the Lord. 6. The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee: that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long.

7. Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children: and peace upon Israel. Hallelujah.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

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REVELATION xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, from henceforth and for ever: they rest from their labours, and their works follow them.

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PSALM lxxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will alway be praising thee.

5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee: in whose heart are thy ways.

7. They will go from strength to strength: and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.

8. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob.

9. Behold, O God our defender: and look upon the face of thine anointed.

12. The Lord God is a light and defence: the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

13. O Lord God of hosts: blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

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LUKE xii. 37. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching;

40. Be ye therefore ready also for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

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PSALM CXix. 1. Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way and walk in the law of the Lord.

2. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies: and seek him with their whole heart.

4. Thou hast charged: that we shall diligently keep thy commandments.

5. O that my ways were made so direct: that I might keep thy statutes.

18. Open thou mine eyes: that I may see the wondrous things of thy law.

15. Then will I talk of thy commandments: and have respect unto thy ways.

16. My delight shall be in thy statutes: and I will not forget thy word.

171. My lips shall speak of thy praise: when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

172. Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteous.

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PSALM CXix. 12. Blessed art thou, O Lord: O teach me thy statutes.

9. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way: even by ruling himself after thy word.

10. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments.

13. With my lips have I been telling: of all the judgments of thy mouth.

16. My delight shall be in thy statutes: and I will not forget thy word. Hallelujah. Amen.

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1 PETER i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4. To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

5. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

15. But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

17. Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

22. Love one another with a pure heart fervently:

23. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God.

24. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

25. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.

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PSALM 1xxii. 18. Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel which only doeth wondrous things.

11. All kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall do him service.

12. For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth: the needy also, and him that hath no helper.

17. His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain under the sun among the posterities: which shall be blessed through him; and all the heathen shall praise him.

19. And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen. Amen.

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LUKE i. 68. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people.

Therefore we will rejoice before God, we will rejoice in the God of our salvation.

LUKE ii. 10. Glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

11. For unto you is born this day a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

14. Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, goodwill toward men.

Amen.

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PSALM XXviii. 6. Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

7. The Lord is my strength and my shield; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. 8. The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

9. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

6. Blessed be the Lord for evermore.

Amen.

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PSALM cxliv. 1. Blessed be the Lord my strength: who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight;

2. My hope and my fortress, my castle and deliverer, my defender in whom I trust: who subdueth my people that is under me.

3. Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him: or the son of man, that thou so regardest him?

4. Man is like a thing of nought: his time passeth away like a shadow.

5. Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6. Cast forth thy lightnings, and tear them: shoot out thine arrows, and consume them.

7. Send down thine hand from above, and deliver me: save me from the hands of strange children.

8. Whose mouth talketh of vanity: and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness, and of iniquity.