PSALM LXXXIX.

1 I WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all gene- | -rations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou es-1 -tablish in the | ve- · -ry | heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto | David my ser

vant,

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all gene- rations. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened un- | -to · the LORD?

7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that | are a- | -bout him. 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy | faithful- · -ness | round a- -bout thee?

9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves therefore arise, thou | still- · -est them.

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy | strong

arm.

11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast | foun--ded them. 12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall re- | -joice in thy — | name.

13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall | go · be--fore thy | face.

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of · thy | countenance.

16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they | be · ex- |-alted.

17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall | be -alted.

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18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel | is our | king.

PSALM XC.

1 LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in | all gene- |-rations.

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to ever- | -lasting, thou art | God.

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye | children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a j watch in the night. | · |

5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which grow--eth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut | down, | withereth.

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7. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath | are we | troubled.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light. of | thy

countenance.

9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath we spend our years, as a | tale

that is

told.

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut | off · and we fly a- |-way.

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, | so is · thy | wrath.

12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee con- |-cerning thy servants. |

14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad - all our | days.

15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen | evil.

16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glo- -ry | unto their children.

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17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us and establish thou the work of our hands up- |-on us;

18 Yea, the work of our | hands es- |-tablish· thou❘ it,

PSALM XCI.

1 HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow. of th' Al- |-mighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him

I | trust.

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3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the | noi- · -some | pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buck

ler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that | flieth by

day: 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the de- | -struction · that | wasteth at noon-day.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh | thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the re- |-ward · | of the | wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the LORD which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy | hab- · -i- | -tation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come | nigh thy | dwell

ing.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy | ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy | foot a- | -gainst

stone.

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13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample un--der | feet. |

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath | known my|

name.