perish; and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed.

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree; and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Lebanon.

Such as are planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

They shall bring forth fruit even in their age; and shall be full of sap and flourishing.

That they may show how true the Lord my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

PSALM 103.

PRAISE the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, praise his holy name.

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits;

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities;

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness;

Who filleth the morning of thy life with good things, and reneweth thy youth like the eagle's.

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all those who are oppressed.

He showed his way unto Moses, his works unto the children of Israel.

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, long suffering and of great goodness.

He will not alway be chiding; neither keepeth he his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward those who fear him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children; even so the Lord pitieth those who fear him.

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are but dust.

The days of man are but as grass; he flourisheth as a flower of the field.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon those who fear him, and his righteousness upon children's children;

Even upon such as keep his covenant, and think upon his commandments to do them.

The Lord hath prepared his throne in heaven; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye who excel in strength, ye who fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his words.

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts, ye servants of his who do his pleasure.

O praise the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion; praise thou the Lord, O my soul.

PSALM 104.

PRAISE the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, thou art exceeding glorious; thou art clothed with majesty and honor.

Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a garment; and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain.

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.

He maketh the winds his messengers, his ministers the flaming fires.

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should never be moved.

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the hills.

At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

They sunk from the hills, down to the valleys beneath, even unto the place which thou hadst appointed for them.

Thou hast set them their bounds, which they shall not pass, neither turn again to cover the earth.

Thou pourest out the springs into the rivers, which run among the hills.

All beasts of the field drink thereof, and the wild asses quench their thirst.

Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation, and sing among the branches.

Thou waterest the hills from thy chambers; the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

He bringeth forth grass for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men;

That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen man's heart.

The lofty trees also are satisfied, even the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted;

Wherein the birds make their nests; and the fir trees are a dwelling for the stork.

The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the stony rocks for the conies.

He appointeth the moon for certain seasons; and the sun knoweth his going down.

Thou makest darkness and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do move.

The lions, roaring after their prey, do seek their meat from God.

The sun ariseth, and they get them away together and lay them down in their dens.

Then man goeth forth to his work, and to his labor until the evening.

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.

So is the great and wide sea also, wherein move creatures innumerable, both small and great.

There go the ships, and there the leviathan, which thou hast made to take his pastime therein.

These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

Thou givest it them, and they gather it; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust.

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.

The glorious majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever; the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; I will praise my God, while I have my being.

And so shall my words please him; my joy shall be in the Lord.

As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end; praise thou the Lord, O my soul; praise the Lord.