13 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,

14 Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

15 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee.

16 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them:

17 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well:

18 The rain also filleth the pools.

19 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

20 O Lord God of hosts hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. 21 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

22 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.

23 I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

24 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory:

25 No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 26 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Fifteenth Selection.

JOY IN THE SANCTUARY.

I GREAT is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, the city of the great King.

3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

4 We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

5 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth thy right hand is full of righteousness.

6 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judan be glad, because

of thy judgments.

7 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. 8 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

II THEY that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

12 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

13 Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity:

14 But peace shall be upon Israel.

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

16 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

17 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

18 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

19 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 20 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 21 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

22 Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.

23 GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us.

24 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

25 Let the people praise thee, O God let all the people praise thee. 26 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy.

27 For thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the cations upon earth.

28 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. 29 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

30 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

Sixteenth Selection.

GOD'S OMNIPRESENCE AND OMNISCIENCE.

I THE Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

2 The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him; unto all that call upon him in truth.

3 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold the heaven of heavens cannot contain him.

4 And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them.

5 For thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth Eternity, whose name is Holy;

6 I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit.

7 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. 8 His eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.

9 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

10 Shall not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

II Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight.

12 But all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

13 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

14 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; thou under standest my thought afar off

15 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

16 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

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Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 18 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

19 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

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20 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

21 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

22 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 23 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall

be light about me.

24 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

25 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

26 I will praise thee: for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

27 Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 28 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

29 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect and in thy book all my members were written,

30 Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there were none of them.

31 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

32 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

33 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

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And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Seventeenth Selection.

MORNING WORSHIP.

I GIVE ear to my words, O Lord; consider my meditation.

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6 But 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.

7 Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:

8 Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them.

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Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

10 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous: with favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

11 THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handywork.

12 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.

13 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 14 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.

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In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun;

16 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

17 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it:

18 And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.