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Wherefore should the nations say, where is now their God?

But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.

Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men's hands.
They have mouths, but they speak
not;

Eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not;

Noses have they, but they smell not;

Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD:

He is their help and their shield. The LORD hath been mindful of us; he will bless us:

He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

The LORD increase you more and more, you and your children. Blessed are ye of the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

SELECTION 50

THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY

EVENING WORSHIP
PSALM 116: 1-9, 12-19

I LOVE the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,

Therefore will I call upon him as

They have hands, but they han- long as I live. dle not;

Feet have they, but they walk not, neither speak they through their throat.

They that make them shall be like unto them;

Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: He is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust ye in the LORD:

He is their help and their shield.

The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me:

I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD;

O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Gracious is the LORD, and right

eous;

Yea, our God is merciful.
The LORD preserveth the simple:

I was brought low, and he saved

me.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death,

Mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the Lord,

I will pay my vows unto the LORD,

Yea, in the presence of all his people.

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

O Lord, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid;

Thou hast loosed my bonds.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And will call upon the name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD,

Yea, in the presence of all his people;

In the courts of the LORD's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

PSALM 117

O PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations;
Laud him, all ye peoples.

For his mercy is great toward us; And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.

SELECTION 51

THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY

MORNING WORSHIP
PSALM 118

O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:

For his mercy endureth for ever.
Let Israel now say,

That his mercy endureth for ever. Let the house of Aaron now say, That his mercy endureth for ever. Let them now that fear the LORD say,

That his mercy endureth for ever. Out of my distress I called upon the LORD:

The Lord answered me and set me in a large place.

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear:

What can man do unto me? The LORD is on my side among them that help me:

Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

All nations compassed me about:

In the name of the Lord I will cut them off.

They compassed me about; yea,

they compassed me about:

I will give thanks unto thee, for thou hast answered me,

And art become my salvation.
The stone which the builders re-

In the name of the Lord I will jected is become the head of the cut them off.

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns:

In the name of the Lord I will cut them off.

Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall:

But the Lord helped me.

The LORD is my strength and song;

And he is become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly,

The right hand of the LORD is exalted:

The right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

I shall not die, but live,

And declare the works of the Lord.

The LORD hath chastened me sore:

But he hath not given me over unto death.

Open to me the gates of right

eousness:

I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto the Lord.

This is the gate of the LORD;
The righteous shall enter into it.

corner.

This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day which the LORD hath made;

We will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, we beseech thee, O LORD:

O Lord, we beseech thee, send now prosperity.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD:

We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

The LORD is God, and he hath given us light:

Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto thee:

Thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:

For his mercy endureth for ever.

SELECTION 52

THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY

EVENING WORSHIP

PSALM 119, SELECTED VERSES

BLESSED are they that are perfect

in the way,

Who walk in the law of the Lord.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,

That seek him with the whole

heart.

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Thy word have I laid up in my heart,

That I might not sin aganst thee.
Open thou mine eyes,

That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

I am a sojourner in the earth,
Hide not thy commandments from

me.

I will run the way of thy commandments

When thou shalt enlarge my heart.

I will walk at liberty,

For I have sought thy precepts. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage:

The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy.

Before I was afflicted I went. astray;

But now I observe thy word.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are righteous,

And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort,

According to thy word unto thy

servant.

O, how love I thy law!

It is my meditation all the day. How sweet are thy words unto my taste;

Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path. Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever;

For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

The opening of thy words giveth light:

It giveth understanding unto the simple.

Order my footsteps in thy word, And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

The sum of thy word is truth: And every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

I rejoice at thy word as one that findeth great spoil:

Great peace have they which love thy law.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep:

Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

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From whence shall my help come?

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:

He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD is thy keeper:

The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall keep thee from all evil;

He shall keep thy soul.

The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for evermore.

PSALM 122

I WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the LORD.

Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem;

Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together:

Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,

For a testimony unto Israel, To give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

For there are set thrones for judgement,

The thrones of the house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

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They shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes I will now say, Peace be within thee.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.

SELECTION 54

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY

EVENING WORSHIP
PSALM 123

UNTO thee do I lift up mine eyes,
O thou that sittest in the heav-

ens.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress;

So our eyes look unto the LORD our God,

Until he have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us:

For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at

ease,

And with the contempt of the proud.

PSALM 124

IF it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say;

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

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