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* ISAIAH XXV. 1. O LORD, Thou art my GOD; I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy Name; Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth; Thou hast done wonderful things;

4. For Thou hast been a strength to the poor and needy in his distress.*

PSALM XXXiii. 21. For our heart shall rejoice in Him; because we have trusted in His holy Name.

22. Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in Thee.

ISAIAH XXV. 8. He will swallow up death in victory; and the LORD GOD will wipe tears from off all faces; the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth for the LORD hath spoken it.

I CORINTHIANS XV. 53. For this mortal must put on immortality.

34. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God.

WISDOM iii. 9. They that put their trust in Him shall understand the truth.

I CORINTHIANS xv. 51, 52. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

ISAIAH XXV. 9. And in that day it shall be said, Lo, This is our GOD; we have waited for Him, and He will save us; This is the LORD; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.

S. S. WESLEy.

Sometimes sung as a separate Anthem.

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PSALM ciii. 1. Praise the LORD, my soul, and all that is within me praise His holy Name.

iii. 5. I laid me down and slept, and rose up again, for the LORD sustained me.

V. 2. O hearken Thou unto the voice of my calling, my King, and my GOD.

3. Early in the morning will I direct my prayer to Thee, and will look up.

ciii. 1. Praise the LORD, my soul, and all that is within me praise His holy Name. Praise the LORD, O my soul; praise the LORD.

V. 3. My voice shalt Thou hear betimes, O LORD; early in the morning will I direct my prayer to Thee.

1. Give ear to my words, O LORD; O LORD, give ear unto my prayer.

2. Hearken Thou unto the voice of my cry.

12. Let all them that trust in Thee rejoice; they shall ever be giving of thanks, because Thou defendest them; they that love Thy Name shall be joyful in Thee.

3. My voice shalt Thou hear betimes, O LORD; early in the morning will I direct my prayer to Thee.

1. Give ear to my words, O LORD; O LORD, give ear. 7. As for me, I will come into Thy house, in the multitude of Thy mercy; and in Thy fear will I worship toward Thy holy temple.

*8. Lead me, LORD, lead me in Thy righteousness; make Thy way plain before my face:

iv. 9. For it is Thou, LORD, only that makest me dwell in safety.*

PSALM XXXiv.

S. S. WESLEY.

-* Sometimes sung as a separate Anthem.

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16. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

18. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivereth him out of all.

17. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

20. He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken. 21. Evil shall slay the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

17. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

*22. The LORD redeemeth the soul of His servants, and they that trust in Him shall not be desolate.*

S. S. WESLEY.

Sometimes sung as a separate Anthem.

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ISAIAH XXXV. 1. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.

2. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing.

4. Say to them of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your GOD, even GOD, He will come and save you.

6. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

8, 9. And a highway shall be there: it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but the redeemed shall walk there.

10. And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

S. S. WESLEY.

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* ISAIAH XXVI. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee.

PSALM CXXXix. II. The darkness is no darkness with Thee, but the night is as clear as the day; the darkness and light to Thee are both alike.

I ST. JOHN i. 5. GOD is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

PSALM CXIX. 175. O let my soul live, and it shall praise Thee.*

ST. MATTHEW vi. 13. For Thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory, for evermore.

ISAIAH XXVI. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee.

S. S. WESLEY.

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PSALM li. 2. Wash me throughly from my wickedness, and forgive me all my sin.

3. For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me.

S. S. WESLEY.

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PSALM CXXXVII. 1. (Paraphrase.)

By the waters of Babylon sat we down and wept, when we our Zion remembered.

2. And our harps, them we hanged on the willows in the midst thereof.

3. There did they ask of us singing, the same that led us captive; mirth was required of us by them who vexed and spoiled us: Sing to us a song of Zion.

4. How shall we sing the LORD'S song, sing it in a land of strangers?

5. If I think not on thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

6. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if thou art not in remembrance, yea, if thou, Jerusalem, art not more to me than all my joy.

7. LORD, remember the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem, how they shouted, Destroy it, yea, down to the ground.

8. Daughter of Babylon, set for destruction, happy, who thee repays what on us thou wroughtest.

GOETZ.

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PSALM 1xxxiv. I. O how amiable are Thy dwellings, Thou LORD of Hosts!

2. My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living GOD.

4. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, they will be alway praising Thee.

cxvi. II. What reward shall I give unto the LORD, for all the benefits that He hath done unto me?

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lv. 18. In the evening and morning, and at noon-day will I pray, and He shall hear my voice.

cxlv. 2. Every day will I give thanks unto Him, and praise His Name for ever and ever.

cxvi. 12. I will receive the cup of salvation, and call upon the Name of the LORD.

13. I will pay my vows now in the presence of all His people right dear in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

15. I will offer to Him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the Name of the LORD.

16. I will pay my vows unto the LORD, in the sight of all His people: in the courts of the LORD's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD. Amen. G. T. SMITH.

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PSALM XXXii. 12. Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the LORD, and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart! xxx. 5. For His wrath endures but for a moment, and in His pleasure is life for evermore; heaviness may endure for a night, but in the morning cometh joy.

xlvii. 1. O clap your hands together, all ye people, sing unto GOD with the voice of melody. Hallelujah. Amen.

H. SMART.

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PSALM XC. 1. LORD, Thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another.

2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the world was made, Thou art GOD from everlasting, and world without end.

xxii. 4. Our fathers hoped in Thee, they trusted in Thee, and Thou didst deliver them.

5. They called upon Thee, and were holpen : they put their trust in Thee, and were not confounded.

xxvii. 8. Hearken unto my voice, O LORD, when I cry unto Thee: have mercy upon me, and hear me, O LORD. 10. O hide not Thou Thy face from me, nor cast Thy servant away in displeasure.

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