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6. SEEKING GOD,

I will bless the LORD at all times;

His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2. In the LORD doth my soul boast;

Let the afflicted hear, and rejoice! 3. O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt his name together!

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I sought the LORD, and he heard me,
And delivered me from all my fears,
5. Look up to him, and ye shall have light;
Your faces shall never be ashamed.

6. This afflicted man cried, and the LORD heard,

And saved him from all his troubles.

7. The angels of the LORD encamp around those who fear him.

And deliver them.

8. O taste, and see how good is the LORD!

Happy the man who trusteth in him!

9. O fear the LORD, ye his servants!

For to those who fear him there shall be no want.

10. Young lions want, and suffer hunger;

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But they who fear the LORD want no good thing.

(Ps. XXXIV; 1-10.)

7. TRUST IN GOD'S PROVIDENCE. Happy the nation whose God is the Eternal; The people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.

2. The LORD looketh down from heaven;

He beholdeth all the children of men;

3. From his dwelling-place he beholdeth all the inhabitants of the

earth,

4. He that formed the hearts of all,

And observeth all their works,

5. A king is not saved by the number of his forces, Nor a hero by the greatness of his strength.

6. The horse is a vain thing for safety,

Nor can he deliver his master by his great strength.

7. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him,— Upon them that trust in his goodness;

8. To save them from the power of death, And keep them alive in famine.

9. The hope of our souls is in the LORD;
He is our help and our shield.

10. Yea, in him doth our heart rejoice;
In his holy name we have confidence.
May thy goodness be upon us O LORD!
According as we trust in thee!

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(Ps. XXXIII; 12-22.)

8. GOD OUR KEEPER.

I lift up mine eyes to the hills.
Whence cometh my help?

My help cometh from the LORD
Who made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to stumble;
Thy guardian doth not slumber.

Behold, the guardian of Israel

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Doth neither slumber nor sleep.

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He will preserve thy life.

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From this time forth for ever.

The LORD is thy guardian;

The LORD is thy shade at thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day,

Nor the moon by night.

The LORD will preserve thee from all evil;

The LORD will preserve thy going out and thy coming in,

(Ps., CXXI.)

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TIME AND ETERNITY.

1. THE ETERNITY OF GOD, AND THE FRAILTY OF MAN.

LORD! thou hast been our strong-hold in all generations!

2. Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God!

3. But man thou turnest again to dust,

And say'st, "Return, ye children of men!"

4. For a thousand years are, in thy sight,

As yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. 5. Thou carriest him away as with a flood; he is a dream; In the morning he springeth up like grass,

6. Which flourisheth and shooteth up in the morning,
And in the evening is cut down, and withered:
We spend our years like a thought.

7. The days of our life are threescore years and ten,
And, by reason of strength, may be fourscore years:
Yet is the pride of them weariness and sorrow;
For it vanisheth swiftly, and we fly away.

8. Teach us so to number our days,

That we may apply our hearts to wisdom!

(Ps. XC; 1-6, 10, 12.)

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2. THE FLEETNESS OF TIME.

LORD make me to know mine end,

And the number of my days,

That I may know how frail I am!

Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth,
And my life is as nothing before thee;

Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity. 3. Surely every man walketh in a vain show;

Surely he disquieteth himself in vain;

He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 4. What, then, O LORD, is my hope?

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My hope is in thee!

Deliver me from all my transgressions;

Let me not be the reproach of scoffers!

6. But remove from me thine infliction;

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For I am perishing by the blow of thy hand.

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for his iniquity,
Thou causest his glory to waste away like a moth!
Surely every man is vanity.

8. Hear my prayer, O LORD! give ear to my cry;
Be not silent at my tears!

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For I am but a stranger with thee,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

O spare me, that I may recover strength,
Before I go away, and be no more!

(Ps. XXXIX.)

3. THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY.

He that dwelleth in the covert of the Highest,
Abideth in the shadow of the Almighty.

2. I say to the LORD: My refuge and my fortress,
My God in whom I trust.

3. Yea, He saveth thee from the fowler's snare, From noisome pestilence.

4. With His pinions He covereth thee,

And under his wings thou art safe;

His truth is shield and buckler.

5. Thou shalt not fear for the terrors by night,
The arrow that flieth by day;

6. The plague that stalketh in darkness,
The death that wasteth at noonday.
7. Though a thousand fall beside thee,
Ten thousand at thy right hand,
Unto thee it shall not come nigh.

8. But with thine eyes shalt thou look,

And behold the reward of the wicked. 9. Yea, Thou, O LORD, art my refuge. 10. Thou hast made the Highest thy defence, There shall no evil befall thee,

Nor plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11. For He giveth His angels charge of thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.

12. "Because he loveth me, I will deliver him;

I will set him on high, because he knoweth my name. 13. When he calleth upon me, I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will deliver him, and bring him to honor.

14. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation."

4. IMMORTALITY.

(Ps. XCI.).

Who redeemeth thy life from the grave;

Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;
Who satisfieth thine old age with good,

So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

The LORD executeth justice

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BLESS the LORD, O my soul!

And all that is within me, bless his holy name!

Bless the LORD O my soul!

And forget not all his benefits!

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Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who healeth all thy diseases;

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The LORD is merciful and kind,

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And equity for all the oppressed.

He made known his ways to Moses,

His doings to the children of Israel.

Slow to anger and rich in mercy.

He doth not always chide,

Nor doth he keep his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us according to our sins

Nor requited us according to our iniquities.
Even as a father pitieth his children,

So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
For he knoweth our frame,

He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
The wind passeth over it, and it is gone;
And its place shall know it no more.

15. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting to them that fear him,

And his righteousness to children's children.

(Ps. CIII; 1-10, 13-17.)

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VIII.

REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS.
1. OUT OF THE DEEP.

OUT of the depths do I cry to thee, O LORD!

2. O LORD! listen to my voice,

Let thine ears be attentive to my supplication! 3. If thou, LORD, shouldst mark iniquities Lord, who could stand?

4. But with thee is forgiveness,

That thou may'st be feared.

5. I trust in the LORD; my soul doth trust, And in his promise do I confide.

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My soul waiteth for the LORD

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More than they who watch for the morning;

Yea, more than they who watch for the morning!

O Israel! trust in the LORD! for with the LORD is mercy, And with him is plenteous redemption.

8. He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

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2. THE TROUBLED HEART.

(Ps. CXXX.)

HEAR my prayer, O LORD! give car to my supplications In thy faithfulness, and in thy righteousness, answer me !

2. Enter not into judgment with thy servant;

For before thee, no man living is righteous.

3. My spirit is overwhelmed within me;

My heart within me is desolate.

4. I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the deeds of thy hands.

5. I stretch forth my hands unto thee;

My soul thirsteth for thee, like a parched land. 6. Hear me speedily, O LORD! my spirit faileth; Hide not thy face from me,

Lest I become like those who go down to the pit !