XLVI.

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto knowledge: for it is a pleasant thing, if thou keep them within thee. Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious of the wicked; for there shall be no reward to the evil man.

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Teacher. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens.

Pupils. Let thy glory be above all the earth. T. Be merciful unto me, O God, for my soul trusteth in thee.

P. In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge.

T. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity: P. Save me from bloody men, that lie in wait for my soul.

T. My soul cleaveth unto the dust:

P. Quicken thou me according to thy word. T. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:

P. So shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

T. Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: P. Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

T. It is good for me, that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes ·

P. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

T. Uphold me, according unto thy word, that I may live:

P. And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

T. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe:

P. And I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

T. My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing and give praise :

P. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

T. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: P. Let thy glory be above all the earth.

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These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on earth; I have finished the work, which thou gavest me to do.

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory, which I had with thee, before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto the men, which thou gavest me out of the world: Thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me, and they have received them

and have known, surely, that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep, through thine own name, those, whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Sanctify them through thy truth: Thy word is truth.

Neither pray I for these alone; but for them, also, which shall believe on me through their word: That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they, also, may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

And the glory, which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

Father, I will that they, also, whom thou hast given me, be with me, where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me; for thou lovedst. me before the foundation of the world.

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me and I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it; that the love, wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.

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OUR FATHER, which art in heaven, &c.

RISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings;
Thy better portion trace;
Rise, from transitory things,

Towards heaven, thy native place.
Sun, and moon, and stars decay;
Time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepared above.

Rivers to the ocean run,

Nor stay in all their course;
Fire, ascending, seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source.
So a soul that's born of God,

Pants to view his glorious face;
Upward tends to his abode,

To rest in his embrace.

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To thee, my God and Savior,
My heart, exulting, sings,
Rejoicing in thy favor,

Almighty King of kings:
I'll celebrate thy glory,
With all thy saints above,
And tell the joyful story
Of thy redeeming love.

Soon as the morn with roses

Bedecks the dewy east, And when the sun reposes

Upon the ocean's breast,

My voice in supplication,

Well pleased, thou then shalt hear:

O grant me thy salvation,

And to my soul draw near.

XLVII.

THOUGH a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet, surely, it shall be well with them, that fear God, which fear before him: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he feareth not God.

God is jealous, and the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries. The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not acquit the wicked. The Lord is good; a strong hold in the day of trouble: and he knoweth them, that put their trust in him.

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Teacher. Praise ye the Lord; for it is good to sing praises unto our God:

Pupils. For it is pleasant, and praise is comely. T. Great is the Lord our God, and of great power: P. His understanding is infinite.

T. He healeth the broken heart, and bindeth up their wounds:

P. The Lord lifteth up the meek; he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

T. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens, which cry:

P. The Lord taketh pleasure in them, that fear him; in those, that hope in his mercy.

T. The Lord taketh pleasure in his people:
P. He will beautify the meek with salvation.