As I live, saith Adonai JEHOVAHÉ Behold, all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine.(v) Fury is not in me.(w) For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit should fail before me, & the souls which I have made.(x) For I am JEHOVAH, I change not; therefore, ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.(y) I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love.(z)

O praise the JEHOVAH, all ye nations; praise him, all ye people: for his merciful kindness is great towards us; and the truth of JE HOVAH endureth forever. Praise ye JEHOVAH. a The glory of JEHOVAH shall endure forever: JEHOVAH shall rejoice in his works. b.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits; even the God of our salvation! c JEHOVAH is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. d O bless our God, ye people; and make the voice of his praise to be heard!e For with JEHOVAH there is merey, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all her iniquities. fHe bath remembered his mercy, and his truth, toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise unto JEHOVAH, all the earth; make a loud noise, and rejoice,and sing praise. g Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For, God is the

Ezek. xviii. 3, 4.

x Isa. lvii. 16. y Mal. b Psal. civ. 31. c Psal.

Isa. xxvii. 4. iii. 6. z Hos. xi. 4. a Psal. cxvii. laviii. 10. d Psal. cxlv. 17. e lxvi. 8. ƒ cxxx. 7, 8. g xcviii. 3, 4.

King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sittteth upon the throne of his holiness. b

Make a joyful noise unto JEHOVAH, all ye lands. Serve the JEHOVAH with gladness:-come before his presence with singing. Know ye, that JEHOVAH is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves: we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him, and bless his name. ¿

O give thanks unto JEHOVAH; for he is good for his mercy endureth forever. O give thanks unto the God of Gods: for his mercy endureth forever. O give thanks unto the Lord of Lords: for his mercy endureth forever. To Him, who alone doeth great wonders for his mercy endureth for ever. j Who remembered us in our low estate for his mercy endureth forever. And hath redeemed us from our enemies for his mercy endureth forever. Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth forever. k: Let them, now, that fear JEHOVAH, say, that his mercy endureth forever. /

b Psal. xlvii. 6, 7, 8. ic. 14. j cxxxvi. 1—4. * cxxxvi 23, 24, 25. lexviii. 4.

N. B. The italic letters do not mark the emphatic words, as in common composition; but the supplementary parts, conformable so the English translation.

CHAP. II.

An Address to GOD, as our Father, Friend, Creator, and Redeemer.

O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, a doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, & Israel acknowledge us not: Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. b Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure, they are and were created. c Thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. d But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. e But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah; neither remember iniquity forever : behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou those that are appointed to die. g So we thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, will give thee thanks forever we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. b

a Numb. xvi. 22. b Isa. lxiii. 16. e Rev. iv. 11. d Job, xiv. 15,e Isa. Ixiv, 6. f Isa. Ixiv. 3, 9. g Psalm, lxxix, 11. Psalm, Ixxix. 13

All thy works shall praise thee, O Jehovah ; and thy saints shall bless thee They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. The eyes of all wait upon thee thou givést them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. i. O Jehovah, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep! Many, O Jehovah, my God, are thy wonderful works, which thou hast done, and thy thoughts, which are to us ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. k Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways; thou king of saints! Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. Amongst the gods there is none like unto thee, O Jehovah, neither are there any works like unto thy works. All nations whom thou hast made, shall come & worship before thee, O Jehovah! and shall glorify thy name. For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God aPsalm, cxli. 10-16. Psalm, xcii, 5. Psalm, xl. S. 1. Rev. xv. 3, 4.

lone. m O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches. n Thy mercy, O Jehovah, endureth forever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.. o

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But thou hast mercy upon all; for thou canst do all things; and winkest at the sins of men because they should amend. For thou lovest all the things that are, and hatest nothing that thou hast made for never wouldst thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it. And how could any thing have endured, if it had not been. thy will? or been preserved, if not called by thee? But thou sparest all; for they are thine,. O Lord, thou lover of souls. p

For, thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things.. Therefore, chastenest thou them by little and little, that offend; and warmest them, by putting them in remembrance wherein they have offended; that, leaving their wickedness, they may believe on thee, O Lord. q For thy power is the beginning of righteousness; and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious to all. r But thou, O God, art gracious and true long suffering, and in mercy ordering all things. For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy power: but we will not sin, knowing that we are counted thine. s Al. so unto thee, O Jehovah, belongeth mercy for thou renderest to every man according to his work, t

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m Psalm, lxxxvi. 8. 9, 10. n Psalm, civ. 24, o Psalm, cxxxviii. 8. p Wisdom of Solomon, xi. 23--26. q Wisdom, xii. 1, 2 ☛ Wisdom, xii. 16. Wisdom, xv. 1, 2. t Psalm, lxii. 12.