11 They said, God leaves him; him pursue and take: none will him save.

12 Be thou not far from me, my God: thy speedy help I crave.

19

20

Till to this age thy strength and pow'r
to all to come I show.

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

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

Thou, Lord, who great adversities,

and sore, to me didst show,
Shalt quicken, and bring me again
from depths of earth below.

21 My greatness and my pow'r thou wilt increase, and far extend:

On ev'ry side against all grief
thou wilt me comfort send.

22 Thee, ev'n thy truth, I'll also praise, my God, with psaltery:

23

ithine

Thou Holy One of Israel,

with harp I'll sing to thee. My lips shall much rejoice in thee, when I thy praises sound;

My soul, which thou redeemed hast, in joy shall much abound.

My tongue thy justice shall proclaim, continuing all day long;

For they confounded are, and sham'd, that seek to do me wrong.

1 O LORD, thy judgments give the king, his son thy righteousness.

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

3 The lofty mountains shall bring forth unto the people peace; Likewise the little hills the same shall do by righteousness.

4 The people's poor ones he shall judge, the needy's children save; And those shall he in pieces break who them oppressed have.

5 They shall thee fear, while sun and moon do last, through ages all.

6 Like rain on mown grass he shall drop, or show'rs on earth that fall.

7 The just shall flourish in his days, and prosper in his reign:

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

8 His large and great dominion shall
from sea to sea extend:

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

9 They in the wilderness that dwell
bow down before him must;
And they that are his enemies
shall lick the very dust.

10 The kings of Tarshish, and the isles, to him shall presents bring; And unto him shall offer gifts Sheba's and Seba's king.

Chant.

11 Yea, all the mighty kings on earth before him down shall fall; And all the nations of the world do service to him shall.

12 For he the needy shall preserve,
when he to him doth call;
The poor also, and him that hath
no help of man at all.

13 The poor man and the indigent
in mercy he shall spare;
He shall preserve alive the souls
of those that needy are.
14 Both from deceit and violence
their soul he shall set free;
And in his sight right precious
and dear their blood shall be.

shall be of Sheba's gold:

For him still shall they pray, and he shall daily be extoll'd.

16 Of corn an handful in the earth on tops of mountains high,

With prosp'rous fruit shall shake, like on Lebanon that be.

The city shall be flourishing, her citizens abound

[trees

In number shall, like to the grass
that grows upon the ground.

17 His name for ever shall endure;
last like the sun it shall:

Men shail be bless'd in him, and bless'd all nations shall him call.

18 Now blessed be the Lord our God, the God of Israel,

For he alone doth wondrous works, in glory that excel.

19 And blessed be his glorious name to all eternity:

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

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PSALM LXXIII.

1 YET God is good to Israel,

to each pure-hearted one.

2 But as for me, my steps near slipp'd, my feet were almost gone.

3 For I envious was, and grudg'd

the foolish folk to see,

When I perceiv'd the wicked sort
enjoy prosperity.

4 For still their strength continueth their death of bands is free. [firm; 5 They are not toil'd like other men, nor plagu'd, as others be.

6 Therefore their pride, like to a chain, them compasseth about;

And, as a garment, violence

doth cover them throughout.

7 Their eyes stand out with fat; they have more than their hearts could wish. 8 They are corrupt; their talk of wrong both lewd and lofty is.

9 They set their mouth against the in their blasphemous talk; [heav'ns And their reproaching tongue throughthe earth at large doth walk. [out 10 His people oftentimes for this look back, and turn about;

Sith waters of so full a cup
to these are poured out.

11 And thus they say, How can it be that God these things doth know? Or, Can there in the Highest be knowledge of things below?

12 Behold, these are the wicked ones, yet prosper at their will

13

In worldly things; they do increase
in wealth and riches still.

I verily have done in vain
my heart to purify;
To no effect in innocence
washed my hands have I.

14 For daily, and all day throughout,
great plagues I suffer'd have;
Yea, ev'ry morning I of new
did chastisement receive.

15 If in this manner foolishly
to speak I would intend,
Thy children's generation,
behold, I should offend.

16 When I this thought to know, it was too hard a thing for me; 17 Till to God's sanctuary I went, then I their end did see.

Handel.

18 Assuredly thou didst them set a slipp'ry place upon; Them suddenly thou castedst down into destruction.

19 How in a moment suddenly

to ruin brought are they! With fearful terrors utterly they are consum'd away.

20 Ev'n like unto a dream, when one from sleeping doth arise;

So thou, O Lord, when thou awak'st,
their image shalt despise.

21 Thus grieved was my heart in me,
and me my reins opprest:
22 So rude was I, and ignorant,
and in thy sight a beast.

23 Nevertheless, continually,

O Lord, I am with thee:

Thou dost me hold by my right hand, and still upholdest me.

24 Thou, with thy counsel, while I live, wilt me conduct and guide; And to thy glory afterward receive me to abide.

25 Whom have I in the heavens high
but thee, O Lord, alone?

And in the earth whom I desire
besides thee there is none.

26 My flesh and heart doth faint and fail, but God doth fail me never :

For of my heart God is the strength
and portion for ever.

27 For, lo, they that are far from thee
for ever perish shall;
Them that a whoring from thec go
thou hast destroyed all.

28 But surely it is good for me
that I draw near to God:

In God I trust, that all thy works
I may declare abroad.