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PSALM CXXXII.

1 DAVID, and his afflictions all,

Lord, do thou think upon;

2 How unto God he sware, and vow'd to Jacob's mighty One.

3 I will not come within my house, nor rest in bed at all;

4 Nor shall mine eyes take any sleep, nor eyelids slumber shall;

5 Till for the Lord a place I find, where he may make abode; A place of habitation

for Jacob's mighty God.

6 Lo, at the place of Ephratah
of it we understood;

And we did find it in the fields,
and city of the wood.

7 We'll go into his tabernacles,
and at his footstool bow.

8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest,

th' ark of thy strength, and thou. 9 O let thy priests be clothed, Lord, with truth and righteousness; And let all those that are thy saints shout loud for joyfulness.

10 For thine own servant David's sake, do not deny thy grace;

Nor of thine own anointed one
turn thou away the face.

11 The Lord in truth to David sware,
he will not turn from it,

I of thy body's fruit will make
upon thy throne to sit.

12 My cov'nant if thy sons will keep,
and laws to them made known,
Their children then shall also sit
for ever on thy throne.

13 For God of Sion hath made choice; there he desires to dwell.

14 This is my rest, here still I'll stay; for I do like it well.

15 Her food I'll greatly bless; her poor with bread will satisfy.

16 Her priests I'll clothe with health; her shall shout forth joyfully. [saints

17 And there will I make David's horn to bud forth pleasantly: For him that mine anointed is a lamp ordain'd have I.

18 As with a garment I will clothe with shame his en'mies all:

But yet the crown that he doth wear upon him flourish shall.

PSALM CXXXIII.

1 BEHOLD, how good a thing it is,
and how becoming well,
Together such as brethren are
in unity to dwell!

2 Like precious ointment on the head,
that down the beard did flow,
Ev'n Aaron's beard, and to the skirts
did of his garments go.

3 As Hermon's dew, the dew that doth on Sion' hills descend:

For there the blessing God commands, life that shall never end.

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PSALM CXXXV.

1 PRAISE ye the Lord, the Lord's name his servants, praise ye God. [praise; 2 Who stand in God's house, in the courts of our God make abode.

3 Praise ye the Lord, for he is good;
unto him praises sing:
Sing praises to his name, because
it is a pleasant thing.

4 For Jacob to himself the Lord
did chuse of his good pleasure,
And he hath chosen Israel
for his peculiar treasure.

5. Because I know assuredly
the Lord is very great,

And that our Lord above all gods
in glory hath his seat.

6 What things soever pleas'd the Lord, that in the heav'n did he,

And in the earth, the seas, and all
the places deep that be.

7 He from the ends of earth doth make
the vapours to ascend;
With rain he lightnings makes, and
doth from his treasures send. [wind

1 PRAISE God, for he is kind: His mercy lasts for aye.

2 Give thanks with heart and mind To God of gods alway:

For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

8 The Lord of lords praise ye,
Whose mercies still endure.
4 Great wonders only he

Doth work by his great pow'r :
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

5 Which God omnipotent,
By might and wisdom high,
The heav'n and firmament
Did frame, as we may see:
For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

6 To him who did outstretch
This earth so great and wide,
Above the waters' reach
Making it to abide:

For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

SECOND VERSION.

7 Great lights he made to be;
For his grace lasteth aye:

8 Such as the sun we see,
To rule the lightsome day:

For certainly his mercies dure
Most firm and sure eternally.

9 Also the moon so clear, Which shineth in our sight; The stars that do appear, To guide the darksome night: For certainly his mercies dure Most firm and sure eternally. 10 To him that Egypt smote, Who did his message scorn; And in his anger hot Did kill all their first-born: For certainly his mercies dure Most firm and sure eternally.

11 Thence Isr'el out he brought; For his grace lasteth ever. 12 With a strong hand he wrought, And stretch'd-out arm deliver : For certainly his mercies dure Most firm and sure eternally.