mf And thy right hand shall teach to thee things terrible and great.

5 Thy shafts shall pierce their hearts
that foes are to the King;
Whereby into subjection

the people thou shalt bring.
f6 Thy royal seat, O Lord,
for ever shall remain :

The sceptre of thy kingdom doth
all righteousness maintain.
7 Thou lov'st right, and hat'st ill;
for God, thy God, most high,
Above thy fellows hath with th' oil
of joy anointed thee.

m 8 Of myrrh and spices sweet
a smell thy garments had,
Out of the iv'ry palaces,

whereby they made thee glad.
9 And in thy glorious train

kings' daughters waiting stand;

mf And thy fair queen, in Ophir gold, doth stand at thy right hand.

m 10 O daughter, take good heed,
incline, and give good ear;

Thou must forget thy kindred all,
and father's house most dear.

mf 11 Thy beauty to the King

m

shall then delightful be:

And do thou humbly worship him,
because thy Lord is he.

12 The daughter then of Tyre
there with a gift shall be,

And all the wealthy of the land shall make their suit to thee. f13 The daughter of the King all glorious is within; And with embroideries of gold her garments wrought have been.

mf 14 She cometh to the King

in robes with needle wrought; The virgins that do follow her shall unto thee be brought. f15 They shall be brought with joy, and mirth on ev'ry side, Into the palace of the King, and there they shall abide.

mf 16 And in thy fathers' stead,

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thy children thou may'st take,
And in all places of the earth
them noble princes make.
17 I will show forth thy name
to generations all:

Therefore the people evermore
to thee give praises shall.

mf 1 God is our refuge and our strength, in straits a present aid;

c 2 Therefore, although the earth remove, we will not be afraid :

m Though hills amidst the seas be cast; Though waters roaring make,

3

And troubled be; yea, though the hills by swelling seas do shake.

f4 A river is, whose streams do glad
the city of our God;

The holy place, wherein the Lord
most high hath his abode.

mf 5 God in the midst of her doth dwell;
nothing shall her remove :

f The Lord to her an helper will, and that right early, prove.

mf 6 The heathen rag'd tumultuously, the kingdoms moved were: The Lord God uttered his voice, the earth did melt for fear.

m

mf 7 The Lord of hosts upon our side
doth constantly remain :

The God of Jacob's our refuge,
us safely to maintain.

mp 8 Come, and behold what wondrous works have by the Lord been wrought;

Come, see what desolations

he on the earth hath brought.

m 9 Unto the ends of all the earth

wars into peace he turns:

The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts, in fire the chariot burns.

p 10 Be still, and know that I am God; among the heathen I

m

Will be exalted; I on earth

will be exalted high.

f11 Our God, who is the Lord of hosts,
is still upon our side;

The God of Jacob our refuge
for ever will abide.

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f1 ALL people, clap your hands; to God with voice of triumph shout:

2 For dreadful is the Lord most high,
great King the earth throughout.

f 3 The heathen people under us
he surely shall subdue ;

ƒ And he shall make the nations under our feet to bow.

m 4 The lot of our inheritance choose out for us shall he, Of Jacob, whom he loved well, ev'n the excellency.

mf 5 God is with shouts gone up, the Lord with trumpets sounding high.

c 6 Sing praise to God, sing praise, sing praise, praise to our King sing ye.

f7 For God is King of all the earth;
with knowledge praise express.

8 God rules the nations: God sits on
his throne of holiness.

m 9 The princes of the people are
assembled willingly;

mf Ev'n of the God of Abraham they who the people be.

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For why? the shields that do defend
the earth are only his :

They to the Lord belong; yea, he
exalted greatly is.

f1 GREAT is the Lord, and greatly he is to be praised still,

f Within the city of our God,
upon his holy hill.

2 Mount Sion stands most beautiful,
the joy of all the land;
The city of the mighty King

on her north side doth stand.

3 The Lord within her palaces
is for a refuge known.

m 4 For, lo, the kings that gather'd were
together, by have gone.

5 But when they did behold the same,
they, wond'ring, would not stay;
But, being troubled at the sight,
they thence did haste away.

mp 6 Great terror there took hold on them,
they were possess'd with fear;

Their grief came like a woman's pain,
when she a child doth bear.

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m 7 Thou Tarshish ships with east wind 8 As we have heard it told, mf So, in the city of the Lord, our eyes did it behold;

f In our God's city, which his hand
for ever stablish will.

9 We of thy loving-kindness thought,
Lord, in thy temple still.

10 O Lord, according to thy name,

through all the earth's thy praise; And thy right hand, O Lord, is full of righteousness always.

11 Because thy judgments are made known, let Sion mount rejoice;