3. Ever since the world began hath Thy seat been prepared; Thou art from everlasting. 4. The floods are risen, O LORD, the floods have lift up their voice, the floods lift up their waves. 5. The waves of the sea are mighty, the waves rage horribly but yet the LORD, Who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 6. Thy testimonies, O LORD, are very sure: holiness becometh Thine house for ever. Amen. BLOW, BOYCE, GADSBY, Ouseley. 618 PSALM Xviii. 47. The LORD liveth, and blessed be my strong helper, and praised be the GOD of my salvation. 48. Even the GOD that seeth that I be avenged, and subdueth the people unto me. 49. It is He that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine adversaries: Thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. 50. For this cause will I give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles, and sing praises unto Thy Name. 51. Great prosperity giveth He to His Anointed, and to His seed for evermore. Amen. 619 BOYCE. PSALM XXV. 15. Turn Thee unto me, O LORD, and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and in misery. 16. The sorrows of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my troubles. 17. Look upon my adversity and misery, and forgive me all my sin. 18. Consider mine enemies, how many they are, and they bear a tyrannous hate against me. 19. O keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be confounded, for I have put my trust in Thee. 620 BLOW, v. 17. 621 BLOW, vv. 18, 19. 622 BOYCE, vv. 15-17, 19. 623 J. L. HOPKINS, LANGDON, 15-17. BOYCE. M 624 PSALM XCIX. I. The LORD is King, be the people never so impatient: He sitteth between the Cherubims, be the earth never so unquiet. [2. The LORD is great in Sion, and high above all people. 3. They shall give thanks unto Thy Name, which is great, and wonderful, and holy. 5. O magnify the LORD our GOD, and fall down before His footstool for He is holy.] JEREMIAH xlvii. 6. O thou sword of the LORD, put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest and be still. PSALM XX. 7. Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the Name of the LORD our God. cxlvii. 14. He maketh peace in our borders, xlvi. 9. And causeth wars to cease in all the world. cvii. 31. O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness, and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men. 32. That they would exalt Him also in the congregation of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders. Hallelujah. BOYCE. 627 PSALM XXXIV. 15. The eyes of the LORD are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers. 16. But the countenance of the LORD is against them that do evil. 17. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth them, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. [19. Great are the troubles of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of all.] 8. O taste and see how gracious the LORD is: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. 628 C. WOOD, vv. 15, 19. NARES. PSALM CXXxiii. 629 I. Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity. [2. It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard, even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing.] 3. It is like the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4. For there the LORD promised His blessing, and life for evermore. [c. 4. For the LORD is gracious, His mercy is everlasting and His truth endureth from generation to generation. 3. O go your way into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and speak good of His Name.] cxxii. 7. Peace be within Thy walls, and plenteousness within Thy palaces. 8. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will wish thee prosperity. Hallelujah. Amen. [cxxxiv. 6. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the LORD.] 630 BAILDON, Coward, vv. 1, 3, 4. [Amen.] NARES. 631 BATTISHILL, VV. I, 3, 4; c. 4, 3. Hallelujah. Amen. 632 BLOW, CHILD, H. CLARKE, W. H. GLADSTONE, JEKYLL, OUSELEY, B. ROGERS, WHITFELD, vv. 1-4. [Hallelujah. Amen.] 633 EBDON, vv. I, 3, 4, I. 634 STEVENSON, VV. 1−4; cxxxiv. 6; cxxii. 7, 8, 7. Amen. 635 A PRAYER. Hide not Thou Thy face from us, O LORD, nor cast away Thy servants in Thy displeasure, for we confess our sins unto Thee, and our unrighteousness have we not hid. LORD, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us; so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. Amen. NARES. 636 PSALM XCIV. 2. Arise, Thou Judge of the world: reward the proud after their deserving. 3. LORD, how long shall the ungodly triumph? 7. And yet they say, The LORD shall not see it, neither shall the GOD of Jacob regard it. 8. Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye understand? 9. He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? or He that made the eye, shall He not see? 10. Or He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not He punish? II. The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are but vain. xcv. 6. O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the LORD our Maker. 7. For He is the LORD our GOD: His judgments are in all the world. ciii. 9. He will not alway be chiding, neither keepeth He His anger for ever. cvii. 8. O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness, and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men! NARES. 637 WISDOM iii. 1. The souls of the righteous are in the hand of GOD, and there shall no torment touch them. 2. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die and their departure is taken for misery, 3. [And their going from us to be their destruction:] but they are in peace. 4. For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality. 5. [And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded:] for GOD proved them, and found them worthy for Himself. [6. As gold in the furnace hath He tried them, and received them as a burnt-offering.] 7. And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, [and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.] 8. They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their LORD shall reign for ever and ever. Amen. 638 CROFT, vv. 1-8. 639 MACFARREN, vv. I-3. 640 Ave verum corpus, natum Undâ fluxit et sanguine; [O JESU dulcis, O JESU pie, NARES. O JESU, Fili Mariæ, miserere nobis. Amen.] Paraphrase. JESU, [Blessed] Word of GOD Incarnate, For us men with nails was torn. Amen.] (Sometimes sung to the following words.) Give ear unto me, LORD, I beseech Thee, for I have walked in Thy commandments. Let me be judged with righteous judgment; hold my goings in Thy paths, that my steps may not be moved. DOCKER, MOZART. |