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3 Blest is the man whom thou dost choose,
And mak'st approach to thee,
That he within thy courts, O Lord,
May still a dweller be.

4 We surely shall be satisfied
With thy abundant grace,
And with the goodness of thy house,
Even of thy holy place.

5 O God of our salvation,

Thou, in thy righteousness,
By fearful works unto our prayers
Thine answer dost express:

6 Therefore the ends of all the earth,
And those afar that be
Upon the sea, their confidence,
O Lord, will place in thee.

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SELECTION 23. (Ps. 66.)

Praise to the Hearer of Prayer.

LL lands to God, in joyful sounds,
Aloft your voices raise,

Sing forth the honour of his name,
And glorious make his praise.

2 All that fear God, come, hear, I'll tell,
What he did for my soul.
I with my mouth unto him cried,
My tongue did him extol.

3 If in my heart I sin regard,

The Lord me will not hear:
But surely God me heard, and to
My prayer's voice gave ear.

4 0 let the Lord, our gracious God,
For ever blessed be,

Who turned not my prayer from him,
Nor yet his grace from me.

SELECTION 24. (Ps. 68.)
The Ascension of Christ.

THOU hast, O Lord, most glorious,
Ascended up on high;

And in triumph victorious led
Captive captivity.

2 Thou hast received gifts for men,

For such as did rebel;

Yea, even for them, that God the Lord
In midst of them might dwell,

3 Bless'd be the Lord, who is to us
Of our salvation God;
Who daily with his benefits
Us plenteously doth load.

4 He of salvation is the God,
Who is our God most strong;
And unto God the Lord from death
The issues do belong.

SELECTION 25. (Ps. 71.)

The Aged Saint's Prayer.

LORD, my hope and confidence
Is placed in thee alone;

Then let thy servant never be
Put to confusion.

2 For even from my youth, O God,
By thee I have been taught;
And hitherto I have declared

The wonders thou hast wrought.

3 And now, Lord, leave me not, when I Old and grey-headed grow:

Till to this age thy strength, and power
To all to come I show.

4 And thy most perfect righteousness,
O Lord, is very high,

Who hast so great things done: O God,
Who is like unto thee?

5 Thou Lord, who great adversities,
And sore to me didst show,
Shalt quicken, and bring me again
From depths of earth below.

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SELECTION 26. (Ps. 72.)

The Blessings of Messiah's Reign.

LORD thy judgements give the king,
His son thy righteousness.

With right he shall thy people judge,
Thy poor with uprightness.

2 The just shall flourish in his days,
And prosper in his reign:

He shall, while doth the moon endure,
Abundant peace maintain.

3 His large and great dominion shall
From sea to sea extend:

It from the river shall reach forth
Unto earth's utmost end.

4 His name for ever shall endure;
Last like the sun it shall:

Men shall be blest in him, and blest
All nations shall him call.

5 Now blesssd be the Lord our God,
The God of Israel,

For he alone doth wonderous works,
In glory that excel,

6 And blessed be his glorious name
To all eternity:

The whole earth let his glory fill.
Amen, so let it be.

SELECTION 27. (Ps. 78.)

Children taught to hope in God.

THE praises of the Lord our God,
And his almighty strength,
The wondrous works that he hath done,
We will show forth at length.

2 His testimony and his law
In Israel he did place,

And charged our fathers it to show
To their succeeding race;

3 That so the race which was to come
Might well them learn and know;
And sons unborn, who should arise,
Might to their sons them show;

4 That they might set their hope in God,
And suffer not to fall

His mighty works out of their mind,
But keep his precepts all.

SELECTION 28. (Ps. 80.)
Prayer for a Revival.

GOD of hosts, we thee beseech,

Return now unto thine;

Look down from heaven in love, behold,
And visit this thy vine:

2 This vineyard, which thy own right hand Hath planted us among;

And that same branch which for thyself
Thou hast made to be strong.

3 Burnt up it is with flaming fire,
It also is cut down:

They utterly are perished,

When as thy face doth frown.

4 0 let thy hand be still upon The man of thy right hand,

The Son of man, whom for thyself
Thou madest strong to stand.
5 So henceforth we will not go back,
Nor turn from thee at all;
O do thou quicken us, and we
Upon thy name will call.

6 Turn us again, Lord God of hosts,
And upon us vochsafe

To make thy countenance to shine,
And so we shall be safe.

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SELECTION 29. (Ps. 84.)

Delight in God's Worship.

[OW lovely is thy dwelling-place
O Lord of hosts, to me!

The tabernacles of thy grace,
How pleasent, Lord, they be!

2 My thirsty soul longs vehemently,
Yea faints, thy courts to see:
My very heart and flesh cry out,
O living God, for thee.

3 Lord God of hosts, my prayer hear;
O Jacob's God, give ear.

See God our Shield, look on the face
Of thine Anointed dear.

4 For in thy courts one day excels
A thousand; rather in

My God's house will I keep a door,
Than dwell in tents of sin.

5 For God the Lord's sun a shield:
He'll grace and glory give;
And will withhold no good from them
That uprightly do live.

60 thou that art the Lord of hosts,

That man is truly blest,

Who by assured confidence
On thee alone doth rest.

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