FOURTH SELECTION OF PSALMS Psalm 23. 12 What man is he that lusteth The Lord is my shepherd: there- to live: and would fain see good fore can I lack nothing. days? 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters, of comfort. 3 He shall convert my soul: and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou are with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. 5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall me full. 6 But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 34. I will alway give thanks unto the Lord: his praise shall ever be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O praise the Lord with me: and let us magnify his name together. 1 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he delivered me out of all my fear. 5 They had an eye unto him, and were lightened, and their faces were not ashamed. 6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him; yea, and saveth him out of all his trouble. 7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him: and delivereth them. 8 O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints: for they that fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions do lack and suffer hunger: but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good. 11 Come, ye children and hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 13 Keep thy tongue from evil: and thy lips, that they speak no guile. 14 Eschew evil, and do good: seek peace, and ensue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their prayers. 16 The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil: to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them: and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and will save such as be of an humble spirit. 19 Great are the troubles of the him out of all. righteous: but the Lord delivereth 20 He keepeth all his bones: so that not one of them is broken. 21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants: and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute. Psalm 65. Thou, O God, art praised in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. 2 Thou that hearest the prayer: unto thee shall all flesh come. 3 My misdeeds prevail against me: O be thou merciful unto our sins. 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and receiveth unto thee: he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 5 Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation: thou that are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth for so thou providest for the earth. fast the mountains: and is girded about with power. 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea; and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens; thou that makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee. 9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it, thou makest it very plenteous. 10 The river of God is full of water: thou preparest their corn, 11 Thou waterest her furrows: thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof: thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. 12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness: and thy clouds drop fatness. 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness: and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 14 The folds shall be full of sheep: the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. FIFTH SELECTION OF PSALMS Be thou my judge, O Lord, for I have walked innocently; my trust hath been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall. 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me: try out my reins and my heart. 3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes: and I will walk in thy truth. 4 I have not dwelt with vain persons: neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful. 5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked: and will not sit among the ungodly. 6 I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord: and so will I go to thine altar; 7 That I may show the voice of thanksgiving: and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house: and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners: nor my life with the bloodthirsty; Psalm 43. Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people: O deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man. 2 For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou put me from thee: and why go I so heavily while the enemy oppresseth me? 3 O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. 4 And that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness: and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God. 5 Why art thou so heavy, O my soul: and why art thou so disquieted within me? 6 O put thy trust in God: for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 141. unto me: and consider my voice, Lord, I call upon thee, haste thee when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth in10 In whose hands is wicked-thy sight as the incense: and let ness: and their right hand is full the lifting up of my hands be an of gifts. evening sacrifice. 11 But as for me, I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be merciful unto me. 12 My foot standeth right: I will praise the Lord in the congregations. 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and keep the door of my lips. 4 0 let not my heart be inclined to any evil thing: let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I, the pit: like as when one breaketh eat of such things as please them. and heweth wood upon the earth. 5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly: and reprove me. 6 But let not their precious balms break my head: yea, I will pray yet against their wickedness. 7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony places: that they may hear my words; for they are sweet. 8 Our bones lie scattered before 9 But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God: in thee is my trust; O cast not out my soul. 10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me: and from the traps of the wicked doers. 11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together: and let me ever escape them. SIXTH SELECTION OF PSALMS Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven: and whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin: and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 For whilst I held my tongue: my bones consumed away through my daily complaining. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night: and my moisture is like the drought in summer. 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee: and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. 6 I said, will I confess my sins unto the Lord, and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin, 7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found: but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him. 8 Thou art a place to hide me in; thou shalt preserve me from trouble: thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go: and I will guide thee with mine eye. 10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding: whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly: but whose putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side. 12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord: and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. Psalm 130. Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice. 2 O let thine ears consider well: the voice of my complaint. 3 If, thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss: O Lord, who may abide it? 4 For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared. 5 I look for the Lord: my soul doth wait for him: in his word is my trust. 6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord: before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch. 7 O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy: and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel: from all his sins. Psalm 121. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh even from the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand; 6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day: neither the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in: from this time forth for evermore. Hymns for Sunday School and Church 1 Lo, He Comes. mf 1. Lo, He comes, with clouds de-scend-ing, Once for our sal 2. Ev'ry eye shall now be - hold Him Robed in dread-ful 3. Now re-demp-tion, long ex-pect-ed, See in sol-emn 4. Yea, A-men; let all a-dore Thee, High on Thine e va- tion slain: maj-es - ty; pomp ap- pear; ternal throne; tree, Thou-sand angel hosts attend - ing Swell the tri-umph of His train: ΑΙ leluia! Al-le- luia! Christ, the Lord, re- turns to reign. Deep-ly wail-ing, Deep-ly wail-ing, Shall the true Mes - si - ah see. Α1 leluia! Al-le-luia! See the day of God ap-pear. Alleluia! Al-le-lu-ia! Thou shalt reign, and Thou a-lone. A-men. 2 C. WESLEY. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus. STUTTGARD H. L. HASSLER [?] 1. Come, Thou long ex-pected Jesus, Born to set Thy people free; 2. Is-rael's strength and con-so-la-tion, Hope of all the earth Thou art; 3. Born Thy people to deliver, Born a child, and yet a King, 4. By Thine own е- ternal Spirit, Rule in all our hearts a- lone: 1. Thou Lamb of My faith looks (up to Thee, 2. May Thy rich grace im-part 3. While life's dark maze I tread, 4. When ends life's tran-sient dream, When death's cold, |