"Thou, even thou, art to be feared:

And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven;

The earth feared, and was still,

9 When God arose to judgment,

To save all the meek of the earth.

10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee:

The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God:

Let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes:

He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

LESSON 21.

PSALM LXXX.

LIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;
Thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth.

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength,
And come and save us.

3 Turn us again, O God,

And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

4 O LORD God of hosts,

How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears;

And givest them tears to drink in great measure.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts,

And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt:

Thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it.

9 Thou preparedst room before it,

And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it,

And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea,

And her branches unto the river.

12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges,

So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it,

And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts:

Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit thie vine : 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down:

They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,

Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

18 So will not we go back from thee:

Quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts,

Cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

PSALM LXXXI.

CING aloud unto God our strength;

SING

Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon,

In the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

4 For this was a statute for Israel,

And a law of the God of Jacob.

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony,
When he went out through the land of Egypt:
Where I heard a language that I understood not.

6 I removed his shoulder from the burden:

His hands were delivered from the pots.

? Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee;
I answered thee in the secret place of thunder:
I proved thee at the waters of Meribah.

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8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

9 There shall no strange God be in thee:

Neither shalt thou worship any strange God.

10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 But my people would not hearken to my voice ; And Israel would none of me.

12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: And they walked in their own counsels.

13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, And Israel had walked in my ways!

14 I should soon have subdued their enemies,

And turned my hand against their adversaries.

15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: But their time should have endured for ever.

16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house,

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her youna Even thine altars, O LORD of hosts,

My King and my God.

+ Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee.

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;

In whose heart are the ways of them,

6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well:

The rain also filleth the pools.

7 They go from strength to strength,

Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer:

Give ear, O God of Jacob.

9 Behold, O God our shield,

And look upon the face of thine anointed.

10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.

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I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,

Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory. No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

12 O LORD of hosts,

Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

PSALM LXXXV.

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ORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land:
Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people;
Thou hast covered all their sin.

3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath:

Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

4 Turn us, O God of our salvation,

And cause thine anger toward us to cease.

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?

Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

6 Wilt thou not revive us again:

That thy people may rejoice in thee?

7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD,

And grant us thy salvation.

8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak:

For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints:
But let them not turn again to folly.

9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him;
That glory may dwell in our land.

10 Mercy and truth are met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11 Truth shall spring out of the earth;

And righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; And our land shall yield her increase.

18 Righteousness shall go before him;

And shall set us in the way of his steps.

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LESSON 23

PSALM LXXXVI.

down thine ear, O LORD, hear me:

For I am poor and needy.

2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy:

O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O LORD:

For I cry unto thee daily.

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant:

For unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

5 For thou, LORD, art good, and ready to forgive;

And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee,

6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer;

And attend to the voice of my supplications.

7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee:

For thou wilt answer me.

8 Among the Gods there is none like unto thee, O LORD; Neither are there any works like unto thy works.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD; And shall glorify thy name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things:

Thou art God alone.

11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth.

Unite my heart to fear thy name.

12 I will praise thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart: And I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13 For great is thy mercy toward me:

And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

14 O God, the proud are risen against me,

And the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul;

And have not set thee before them.

15 But thou, O LORD, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

16 Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;

Give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

17 Shew me a token for good;

That they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed:

Because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.