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Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

His work is honour and majesty:

And his righteousness endureth for ever.

He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered:

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.

He hath given meat unto them that fear him:

He will ever be mindful of his covenant.

He hath shewed his people the power of his works,
In giving them the heritage of the nations.
The works of his hands are truth and judgement;
All his precepts are sure.

They are established for ever and ever,
They are done in truth and uprightness.
He hath sent redemption unto his people;
He hath commanded his covenant for ever:

Holy and reverend is his name.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;

A good understanding have all they that do thereafter:
His praise endureth for ever.

XXIV. GOD'S MAJESTY.

PSALM 97: 1-12.

The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice;

Let the multitude of isles be glad.

Clouds and darkness are round about him:

Righteousness and judgement are the foundation of his throne.

A fire goeth before him,

And burneth up his adversaries round about.

His lightnings lightened the world:

The earth saw, and trembled.

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord,

At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

The heavens declare his righteousness,

And all the peoples have seen his glory.
Ashamed be all they that serve graven images,
That boast themselves of idols:

Worship him, all ye gods.

Zion heard and was glad,

And the daughters of Judah rejoiced;

Because of thy judgements, O Lord.

For thou, Lord, art most high above all the earth:
Thou art exalted far above all gods.

O ye that love the Lord, hate evil:

He preserveth the souls of his saints;

He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Light is sown for the righteous,

And gladness for the upright in heart.
Be glad in the Lord, ye righteous;
And give thanks to his holy name.

PSALM 33: 1-22.

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous:
Praise is comely for the upright.

Give thanks unto the Lord with harp:

Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.

Sing unto him a new song;

Play skilfully with a loud noise.

For the word of the Lord is right;

And all his work is done in faithfulness.

He loveth righteousness and judgement:

The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made;
And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap:
He layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the Lord:

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done;

He commanded, and it stood fast.

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought:

He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

The counsel of the Lord standeth fast for ever,
The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord;

The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. The Lord looketh from heaven;

He beholdeth all the sons of men;

From the place of his habitation he looketh forth

Upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

He that fashioneth the hearts of them all,

That considereth all their works.

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host:

A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

An horse is a vain thing for safety:

Neither shall he deliver any by his great power.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him,

Upon them that hope in his mercy;

To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.
Our soul hath waited for the Lord:
He is our help and our shield.
For our heart shall rejoice in him,
Because we have trusted in his holy name.
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
According as we have hoped in thee.

PSALM 100:1-5.

XXV. THANKSGIVING TO GOD.

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
Serve the Lord with gladness:

Come before his presence with singing.

Know ye that the Lord he is God:

It is he that hath made us, and we are his;

We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,

And into his courts with praise:

Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.

For the Lord is good; his mercy endureth for ever;
And his faithfulness unto all generations.

PSALM 65:1-13.

Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion:

And unto thee shall the vow be performed.

O thou that hearest prayer,

Unto thee shall all flesh come.

Iniquities prevail against me:

As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach

unto thee,

That he may dwell in thy courts:

We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,

The holy place of thy temple.

By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness,

O God of our salvation;

Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth,

And of them that are afar off upon the sea:

Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains;

Being girded about with might:

Which stilleth the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it,

Thou greatly enrichest it;

The river of God is full of water:

Thou providest them corn, when thou hast so prepared the earth. Thou waterest her furrows abundantly;

Thou settlest the ridges thereof:

Thou makest it soft with showers;

Thou blessest the springing thereof.

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness;

And thy paths drop fatness.

They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness:

And the hills are girded with joy.

The pastures are clothed with flocks;

The valleys also are covered over with corn;

They shout for joy, they also sing.

XXVI. PRAISE TO GOD FOR HIS MERCY.

PSALM 103:1-18.

Bless the Lord, O my soul;

And all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And forget not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;

Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies:
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;
So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.
The Lord executeth righteous acts,
And judgements for all that are oppressed.
He made known his ways unto Moses,
His doings unto the children of Israel.
The Lord is full of compassion and gracious,
Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
He will not always chide;

Neither will he keep his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins,
Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above the earth,

So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Like as a father pitieth his children,

So the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

For he knoweth our frame;

He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass;

As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;

And the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon

them that fear him,

And his righteousness unto children's children;

To such as keep his covenant.

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