The seed that they had garnered in their hearts,
Their bread of life, alas! no more their own.
Into its furrows shall we all be cast,

In the sure faith that we shall rise again
At the great harvest, when the archangel's blast
Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff and grain.
Then shall the good stand in immortal bloom,
In the fair gardens of that second birth;
And each bright blossom mingle its perfume

With that of flowers which never bloomed on earth.
With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod,
And spread the furrow for the seed we sow;
This is the field and Acre of our God,

This is the place where human harvests grow!

32.-FAMILIAR PSALMS.

PSALM I.

Blessed is the man that walketh not
In the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor standeth in the way of sinners,
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord;

And in his law doth he meditate day and night.

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

That bringeth forth his fruit in his season:

His leaf also shall not wither;

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so:

But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous:

But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

O Lord our Lord,

PSALM VIII.

How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies,

That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,

The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,
And hast crowned him with glory and honor;

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands. Thou hast put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen,

Yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,

And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

O Lord our Lord,

How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

PSALM XXIII.

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul:

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;

Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me

In the presence of mine enemies:

Thou anointest my head with oil: my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. [life:

PSALM XXXVII.

Fret not thyself because of evil doers,

Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,

And wither as the green herb.

Trust in the Lord and do good;
So shalt thou dwell in the land,
And verily thou shalt be fed.

Delight thyself also in the Lord;

And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy ways unto the Lord;

Trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,
And thy judgment as the noonday.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him:

Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way,

Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:

Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

For evil doers shall be cut off:

But those that wait upon the Lord,

They shall inherit the earth.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be:

Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth;

And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

PSALM LXXXIV.

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Yea, the sparrow hath found a house,

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:

They will be still praising thee.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee:

In whose heart are the ways of them.

Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well;

The rain also filleth the pools.

They go from strength to strength,

Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer:

Give ear, O God of Jacob.

Behold, O God our shield,

And look upon the face of thine anointed.

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

I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,

Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield:

The Lord will give grace and glory:

No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts,

Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

PSALM XC.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place

In all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.
Thou turnest man to destruction;

And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

For a thousand years in thy sight

Are but as yesterday when it is past.

And as a watch in the night.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;

In the evening it is cut down and withereth.

For we are consumed by thine anger,

And by thy wrath are we troubled.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,
Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:
We spend our years as a tale that is told.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten;
And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years,
Yet is their strength labor and sorrow;

For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Who knoweth the power of thine anger,
Even according to thy fear so is thy wrath.
So teach us to number our days,

That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Return, O Lord, how long?

And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
O satisfy us early with thy mercy;

That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us

And the years wherein we have seen evil.

Let thy work appear unto thy servants,

And thy glory unto their children.

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us:
And establish thou the work of our hands upon us;

Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it,

PSALM C.

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all
Serve the Lord with gladness:

Come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord he is God:

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It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves,
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
And into his courts with praise:

Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting :
And his truth endureth to all generations.

PSALM CIII.

The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
He will not always chide :

Neither will he keep his anger for ever.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins;
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
For as the heaven is high above the earth,
So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Like as a father pitieth his children,

So the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

For he knoweth our frame;

He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass:

As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone,

And the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,

And his righteousness unto children's children;

To such as keep his covenant,

And to those that remember his commandments to do them. The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens ;

And his kingdom ruleth over all.

Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength,

That do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts;

Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

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Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: Bless thou the Lord, 0 my soul.

PSALM CXLVI.

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

While I live will I praise the Lord:

I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Put not your trust in princes,