22, 23. For me, the Lord shall be my tower,

My God shall be my rock of trust :
He shall upon mine enemies

Their own iniquity return:

Through their own sins the Lord our God
Shall slay, yea, He shall slay them all.

PSALM XCV.

1, 2. COME, let us sing unto the Lord,
And shouts of gladness to the Rock

Of our salvation raise:

Before his presence let us haste

With thanksgiving, and songs of praise,
And shout aloud for joy.

3, 4, 5. Because the Lord's a mighty God,
A mighty King above all gods:
Earth's depths are in his hand :
His too the mountain's toilsome heights;
The sea is his, by Him 'twas made;
He moulded the dry land.

6, 7. Come, let us worship and bow down;
Before the presence of the Lord

Our Maker let us kneel:

Because the Lord, He is our God,
And we the people whom He feeds,
The sheep of his own hand.

8, 9. Oh, if to-day ye'd hear his voice-
"Harden not ye your hearts, as when
Your fathers with Me strove

At Meribah, mid Massa's wastes,
When doubting still, my power they tried,
Proved Me, and saw my works.

10, 11.

"With loathing forty years I bare
This race, and said—A people 'tis

Whose hearts are gone astray;
They know not, nor will learn my ways:
And in my wrath I sware that they
Should enter not my rest."

PSALM XCVI.

1, 2. O SING to the Lord, a new strain awake; O sing to the Lord all ye regions of earth : O sing to the Lord, and his name extol, And declare his salvation from day to day.

3, 4. His glory abroad to the heathen make known, And his wonders to every nation proclaim : For great is the Lord, and exalted his praise; He is more to be feared than all the gods.

5, 6. For the gods of the nations are idols all;

But Jehovah it is, who the heavens hath made:
His presence with splendour and majesty shines,
With glory and might is his sanctuary fill'd.

7, 8. Ascribe to the Lord, O ye clans of the nations,
Ascribe to the Lord all glory and strength;

To the Lord give the glory that's due to his name,
With offerings enter his courts and with praise.

9, 10. In the beauty of holiness worship the Lord,
And with awe, all ye lands, in his presence bow
down:

Tell it out to the heathen-The Lord is King;
And the earth He hath fix'd that it shall not shake
He shall judge all the nations with equity.

11, 12. Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult; Let the sea lift her voice, and the dwellers therein; Let the fields and each creature within them be

glad;

And each tree of the forest shout out for joy

13, 14. In the presence of God, of the Lord Most High: For He cometh, He cometh to judge the earth : The world shall He judge in his righteousness; And the nations of earth by his stedfast truth.

PSALM XCVII.

1, 2. THE Lord is king: now let the earth exult, And be ye glad, ye multitude of isles;

Around his presence clouds and darkness roll;

On righteousness and judgment rests his throne;

3, 4. Before Him goes a fire, whose hungry flame
All round about burns up his enemies:

His lightnings' blaze illuminates the world;
The earth beholds, and staggers with affright.

5, 6. The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, Before the Governor of all the earth:

The heavens abroad his righteousness proclaim,
And all the realms behold his majesty.

7. Confounded be all they, whose worship vain
Before a graven image bends the knee:
Cursed be they, who in their idols boast,
O all ye gods, bow down before the Lord!

8, 9. With gladness Sion heard thy judgments, Lord, And Judah's daughters listen'd with delight:

For Thou, Lord, Thou, art high above the earth,
Above all gods Thou art exalted far.

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10. O ye that love the Lord, hate wickedness:

The Lord the souls of all his saints defends,

And from the hands of sinners sets them free.

11, 12. Lo, light is sown for righteous hands to reap;
And seeds of gladness for the true of heart :
Rejoice in God, ye righteous, and with thanks
In memory keep his holiness and truth.

PSALM XCVIII.

1. O SING to the Lord, a new strain awake;
For wonderful things He hath done:

With his own right hand and his holy arm
Hath He gotten the victory.

2. In the sight of the heathen the Lord hath shewn
The might of his saving power:

In the midst of the nations He hath reveal'd
His truth and his righteousness.

3. He hath thought of his mercies and of the truth
Which to Israël's house He pledged :

And the ends of the earth the salvation have seen
Which our God for his people hath wrought.