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6 Honour and majefty are before him ftrength and beauty are in his fanctuary.

7 Give unto the Lord, Oye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and trength.

8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name, bring an offering, and come into his courts.

9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him all the earth.

10 Say among the heathen, that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be eftablifhed that it fhall not be moved; he fhall judge the people righteously.

II Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad let the fea roar, and the fulnefs thereof.

12 Let the field be joyful,

and all that is therein: then fhall all the trees of the wood rejoice

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4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth faw and trembled.

5 The hills melted like wax at the prefence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

6 The heavens declare his righteoufnefs: and all the people fee his glory.

7 Confounded be all they that ferve graven images, that boaft themfelves of idols: worship him all ye gods.

8 Zion heard, and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced; because of thy judgments, O Lord.

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

10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the fouls of his faints, he deliverthem out of the hand of the wicked.

13 Before the Lord; for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he fhall judge the world with righte-eth oufness, and the people with his truth.

PSALM XCVII.

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II Light is fown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous: and give thanks at the remembrance of his holinefs.

PSALM

PSALM XCVIII.

Sing unto the Lord a

new fong, for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory.

2 The Lord hath made known his falvation: his righteousness hath he openly thewed in the fight of the heathen.

3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Ifrael: all the ends of the earth have feen the falvation of our God.

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PSALM XCIX. HE Lord reigneth, let the people tremble: he fitteth between the cherubims, let the earth be moved.

2 The Lord is great in Zion, and he is high above all people.

3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name: for it is holy.

4 The king's ftrength also loveth judgment, thou dost eftablifh equity, thou executeft judgment and righteoufnefs in Jacob.

4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise and re-footitool: for he is holy. joice, and fing praise.

5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his

6 Mofes and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call

5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp and the voice of a pfalm. upon his name: they called 6 With trumpets and found of cornet make a joy-fwered them. ful noife before the Lord, the King.

7 Let the fea roar, and the fulness thereof: the world, and they that dwell therein. 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

9 Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness fhall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

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7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his teftimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

8 Thou answeredft them, O Lord our God: thou waft a God that forgaveft them, though thou tookeft vengeance of their inventions.

9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill: for the Lord our God is holy.

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PSALM

PSALM C.

MAKE a joyful noife

lands.

AKE a joyful noife unto the Lord, all ye

2 Serve the Lord with gladness come before his prefence with finging.

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God, it is he that hath made us, and not we ourfelves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his

name.

5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting: and his truth endureth to all generations.

PSALM CI.

5 Whofo privily flandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look, and a proud heart, will not I fuffer.

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he fhall ferve me.

He that worketh deceit, fhall not dwell within my house he that telleth lies, fhall not tarry in my fight.

8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land: that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.

PSALM CII. EAR my prayer, O HLord, and let my cry

come unto thee.

I will fing of mercy and 2 Hide not thy face from

Lord, will I fing.

2 I will behave myself wifely in a perfect way; O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 I will fet no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn afide, it shall not cleave

to me.

4 A froward heart fhall depart from me: I will not know a wicked perfon.

in trouble, incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call, answer me speedily.

3 For my days are confumed like fmoke and my bones are burnt as an hearth.

4 My heart is fmitten and withered like grass: so that I forget to eat my bread.

5 By reafon of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin.

6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl

owl of the defert. 7 I watch, and am as a fparrow alone upon the houfe

top.

8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day: and they that are mad againft me, are fworn against me.

9 For I have eaten afhes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping:

10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou haft lifted me up, and caft me down.

11 My days are like a fhadow that declineth: and I am withered like grass.

12 But thou, O Lord, fhalt endure for ever, and thy remembrance unto all generations.

13 Thou fhalt arife, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the fet time is come.

14 For thy fervants take pleafure in her ftones, and favour the duft thereof.

15 So the heathen fhall fear the name of the Lord: and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created fhall praise the

Lord.

19 For he hath looked down from the height of his fanctuary: from heaven did. the Lord behold the earth:

20 To hear the groaning of the prifoner, to loose those that are appointed to death;

21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerufalem:

22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms to ferve the Lord.

23 He weakened my ftrength in the way; he fhortened my days.

24 I faid, O my God, take me not away in the midft of my days: thy years are throughout all genera tions.

25 Of old haft thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

26 They shall perish, but thou fhalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt 16 When the Lord fhall thou change them, and they build up Zion, he fhall ap-fhall be changed. pear in his glory.

17 He will regard the prayer of the deftitute, and not defpife their prayer.

18 This fhall be written

27 But thou art the fame, and thy years fhall have no end.

28 The children of thy fervants fhall continue, and Z3

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their feed fhall be established great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

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2 Bless the Lord, O my foul, and forget not all his benefits:

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities who healeth all thy diseases..

4 Who redeemeth thy life from deftruction: who crowneth thee with loving kindness, and tender mercies. 5 Who fatisfieth thy mouth with good things: fo that thy youth is renewed like the eagles.

6 The Lord executeth righteousnefs and judgment, for all that are oppreffed.

12 As far as the caft is from the weft, fo far hath he removed our tranfgreffions from us.

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, fo the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth our frame he remembereth that we are duft.

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15 As for man, his days are as grafs as a flower of the field, fo he flourisheth.

16 For the wind paffeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof fhall know it no more.

17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him and his righteoufnefs unto children's children,

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18. To fuch as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his command

7 He made known his ways unto Mofes, his acts unto the children of Ifrael.ments to do them. 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, flow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever,

10 He hath not dealt with us after our fins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

II For as the heaven is high above the earth, fo

19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens: and his kingdom ruleth over all."

20 Blefs the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in ftrength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

21 Blefs ye the Lord, all ye his hofts, ye minifters of his that do his pleasure. 22 Blefs

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