thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

3. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

4. In his hand are the deep places of the earth; the strength of the hills is his also. 5. The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land.

6. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

7. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, if ye will hear his voice,

8. Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in

the wilderness:

9. When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

10. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

11. Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

PSALM XCVI.

An exhortation to praise God for his general judgment.

1.SING unto the LORD a new song; sing unto the LORD all the earth.

2. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name: show forth his salvation from day to day. 3. Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

4. For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. 5. For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

6. Honour and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7. Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength;

8. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.

9. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him all the earth.

10. Say among the heathen, that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

11. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

12. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

13. Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

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PSALM XCVII.

The church rejoiceth at God's judgments upon idolaters. "TH HE LORD reigneth, let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

2. Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the

habitation of his throne.

3. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

4. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

5. The hills melted like wax at the pre sence of the LORD, at the presence of the LORD of the whole earth.

6. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

7. Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him all ye gods.

8. Sion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of thy judgments, O LORD.

9. For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth; thou art exalted far above all gods.

10. Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

11. Light is sown for the righteous, an gladness for the upright in heart.

12. Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

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PSALM XCVIII.

The Psalmist exhorteth all to praise. God. A Psalm.

SING

for he hath done marvellous things his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory.

2. The LORD hath made known his salvation his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.

3. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of ourGod.

4. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth; make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

5. Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

6. With trumpets, and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the LORD the King.

7. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 8. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

9. Before the LORD: for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

20. To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to death; 21. To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

22. When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 23. He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

24. I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

26. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

27. But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

28. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

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PSALM CIII.

An exhortation to bless God for his mercy. A Psalm of David.

BLESS

name.

LESS the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy

2. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

3. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

4. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;

5. Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6. The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

7. He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

8. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9. He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger for ever.

10. He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

11. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

12. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

13. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 14. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

15. As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field so he flourisheth:

16. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

17. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

18. To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

19. The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

20. Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

21. Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his pleasure.

22 Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

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BLESS

PSALM CIV.

A meditation upon the mighty power and providence of God. LESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty: 2. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

3. Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

4. Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire;

5. Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

6. Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

7. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

8. They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

9. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

10. He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

11. They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

12. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

13. He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

14. He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

15. And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. 16. The trees of the LORD are full of sap: the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

17. Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

18. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the conies.

19. He appointeth the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

20. Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

21. The young lions roar after their and seek their meat from God.

prey,

22. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23. Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour, until the evening.

24. O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches;

25. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

26. There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. 27. These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 28. That thou givest them, they gather: thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. 29. Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

30. Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.

31. The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. 32. He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. 33. I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

34. My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

35. Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

2. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

3. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 4. Seek the LORD, and his strength; seek his face evermore.

5. Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

6. O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

7. He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations:

9. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

10. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant;

11. Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

12. When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13. When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people,

14. He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 15. Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

16. Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 17. He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant ;

18. Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron;

19. Until the time that his word came; the word of the LORD tried him.

20. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 21. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance;

22. To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his senators wisdom.

23. Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

24. And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies. 25. He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

26. He sent Moses his servant, ana Aaron whom he had chosen.

27. They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

28. He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

29. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.