Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them:

They sank as lead in the mighty waters.

Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness,
Fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Thou stretchest out thy right hand,
The earth swallowed them.

Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed:

Thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. The people shall hear, and be afraid :

Sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed;

The mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; All the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

Fear and dread shall fall upon them;

By the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone;
Till thy people pass over, O Lord,

Till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance,

In the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in,
In the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
The Lord shall reign for ever and ever.

Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously;
The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

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INCLYTI ISRAEL

THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places:

How are the mighty fallen!

Tell it not in Gath,

Publish it not in the streets of Askelon;

Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,

Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

Ye mountains of Gilboa,

Let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings;

For there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away,

The shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,

The bow of Jonathan turned not back,

And the sword of Saul returned not empty.

Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided:

They were swifter than eagles,

They were stronger than lions.

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,

Who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights,
Who put on ornaments of gold on your apparel.
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!
O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan :
Very pleasant hast thou been unto me:

Thy love to me was wonderful,

Passing the love of women.

How are the mighty fallen,

And the weapons of war perished!

THE earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof;
The world, and they that dwell therein.

For he hath founded it upon the seas,

And established it upon the floods.

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ?
Or who shall stand in his holy place?

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity,
Nor sworn deceitfully.

He shall receive the blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that seek him,
That seek thy face, O Jacob.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates;

And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors;

And the King of glory shall come in.

Who is this King of glory?

The Lord strong and mighty,

The Lord mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, O ye gates;

Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors;

And the King of glory shall come in.

Who is this King of glory?

The Lord of hosts,

He is the King of glory.

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AFFERTE DOMINO

GIVE unto the Lord, O ye mighty,
Give unto the Lord glory and strength.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name;
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters:

The God of glory thundereth :

The Lord is upon many waters.

The voice of the Lord is powerful :

The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars;
Yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf;
Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness;
The Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve,
And discovereth the forests:

And in His temple doth every one speak of His glory.
The Lord sitteth upon the flood;

Yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.

The Lord will give strength unto his people;

The Lord will bless his people with peace.

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QUEMADMODUM

As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
When shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my meat day and night,

While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me:
For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the
house of God,

With the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted in me?
Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him
For the help of his countenance.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me:

Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan,
And of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts :
All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me:

Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night his song shall be with me,

And my prayer unto the God of my life.

I will say unto God my rock :-Why hast thou forgotten me?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me;
While they say daily unto me :-Where is thy God?
Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,

Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

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OMNES GENTES PLAUDITE

O, CLAP your hands, all ye people;
Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
For the Lord most high is terrible;
He is a great King over all the earth.
He shall subdue the people under us,
And the nations under our feet.
He shall choose our inheritance for us,
The excellency of Jacob whom he loved.
God is gone up with a shout,

The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God, sing praises :

Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

For God is the King of all the earth:
Sing ye praises with understanding.

God reigneth over the heathen;

God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

The princes of the people are gathered together,

Even the people of the God of Abraham
For the shields of the earth belong unto God
He is greatly exalted.

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DEUS, QUIS SIMILIS

KEEP not thou silence, O God:

Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult :

And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,

And consulted against thy hidden ones.

They have said :—Come, and let us cut them off from being

a nation;

That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

For they have consulted together with one consent:

They are confederate against thee.

The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites;

Of Moab, and the Hagarenes.

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek ;

The Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre.

Assur also is joined with them:

They have holpen the children of Lot.

Do unto them as unto the Midianites;

As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

Which perished at En-dor:

They became as dung for the earth.

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb:

Yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna :

Who said:-Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in

possession.

O my God, make them like a wheel;

As the stubble before the wind.

As the fire burneth a wood,

And as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,

So persecute them with thy tempest,

And make them afraid with thy storm.

Fill their faces with shame,

That they may seek thy name, O Lord.

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever;

Yea, let them be put to shame, and perish;

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, Art the most high over all the earth.