1 GOD reigneth, let the earth be glad, and isles rejoice each one.

2 Dark clouds him compass; and in right with judgment dwells his throne.

3 Fire goes before him, and his foes it burns up round about:

4 His lightnings lighten did the world; earth saw, and shook throughout.

5 Hills at the presence of the Lord,
like wax, did melt away;
Ev'n at the presence of the Lord
of all the earth, I say.

6 The heav'ns declare his righteousness, all men his glory see.

7 All who serve graven images, confounded let them be.

Who do of idols boast themselves, let shame upon them fall:

Ye that are called gods, see that ye do him worship all.

8 Sion did hear, and joyful was,

glad Judah's daughters were; They much rejoic'd, O Lord, because thy judgments did appear.

9 For thou, O Lord, art high above all things on earth that are; Above all other gods thou art exalted very far.

10 Hate ill, all ye that love the Lord: his saints' souls keepeth he; And from the hands of wicked men he sets them safe and free.

11 For all those that be righteous sown is a joyful light,

And gladness sown is for all those that are in heart upright.

12 Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice; express your thankfulness, When ye into your memory do call his holiness.

3 Thy great and dreadful name (for it is holy) let them bless.

4 The king's strength also judgment loves; thou settlest equity:

Just judgment thou dost execute in Jacob righteously.

5 The Lord our God exalt on high, and rev'rently do ye

Before his footstool worship him: the Holy One is he.

6 Moses and Aaron 'mong his priests, Samuel, with them that call

Upon his name: these call'd on God, and he them answer'd all.

7 Within the pillar of the cloud
he unto them did speak:
The testimonies he them taught,
and laws, they did not break.

8 Thou answer'dst them, O Lord our God; thou wast a God that gave

Pardon to them, though on their deeds thou wouldest vengeance have.

9 Do ye exalt the Lord our God,
and at his holy hill

Do ye him worship: for the Lord
our God is holy still.

1 ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 2 Him serve with mirth, his praise forth Come ye before him and rejoice.

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3 Know that the Lord is God indeed;
Without our aid he did us make:
We are his flock, he doth us feed,
And for his sheep he doth us take.
4 O enter then his gates with praise,
Approach with joy his courts unto:
Praise, laud, and bless his name always,
For it is seemly so to do.

5 For why? the Lord our God is good,
His mercy is for ever sure;
His truth at all times firmly stood,
And shall from age to age endure.

100 PSALM C.

SECOND VERSION.

1 O ALL ye lands, unto the Lord make ye a joyful noise.

2 Serve God with gladness, him before come with a singing voice.

3 Know ye the Lord that he is God; not we, but he us made:

We are his people, and the sheep within his pasture fed.

4 Enter his gates and courts with praise, to thank him go ye thither:

To him express your thankfulness, and bless his name together.

5 Because the Lord our God is good,
his mercy faileth never;

And to all generations
his truth endureth ever.

101

PSALM CI.

1 I MERCY will and judgment sing, Lord, I will sing to thee.

2 With wisdom in a perfect way shall my behaviour be.

O when, in kindness unto me, wilt thou be pleas'd to come? I with a perfect heart will walk within my house at home. 3 I will endure no wicked thing. before mine eyes to be:

I hate their work that turn aside, it shall not cleave to me.

4 A stubborn and a froward heart
depart quite from me shall;
A person giv'n to wickedness
will not know at all.

5 I'll cut him off that slandereth
h s neighbour privily:
The haughty heart I will not bear,
nor him that looketh high.

6 Upon the faithful of the land

mine eyes shall be, that they

May dwell with me: he shall me serve that walks in perfect way.

7 Who of deceit a worker is

in my house shall not dwell; And in my presence shall he not remain that lies doth tell.

8 Yea, all the wicked of the land early destroy will I;

All from God's city to cut off that work iniquity.

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1 O LORD, unto my pray'r give ear,
my cry let come to thee;
my distress

2 And in the day of:

hide not thy face from me.

Give ear to me; what time I call, to answer me make haste:

3 For, as an hearth, my bones are burnt, my days, like smoke, do waste.

4 My heart within me smitten is, and it is withered

Like very grass; so that I do
forget to eat my bread.

5 By reason of my groaning voice
my bones cleave to my skin.
6 Like pelican in wilderness
forsaken I have been :

I like an owl in desert am,
that nightly there doth moan;
7 I watch, and like a sparrow am
on the house top alone.

8 My bitter en'mies all the day reproaches cast on me:

And, being mad at me, with rage against me sworn they be.

9 For why? I ashes eaten have like bread, in sorrows deep; My drink I also mingled have with tears that I did weep.

10 Thy wrath and indignation

did cause this grief and pain; For thou hast lift me up on high, and cast me down again.

11 My days are like unto a shade,
which doth declining pass;
And I am dry'd and withered,
ev'n like unto the grass.

12 But thou, Lord, everlasting art,
and thy remembrance shall
Continually endure, and be
to generations all.

13 Thou shalt arise, and mercy have upon thy Sion yet;

The time to favour her is come,

the time that thou hast set.

14 For in her rubbish and her stones thy servants pleasure take; Yea, they the very dust thereof do favour for her sake.