3 Be merciful unto me, Ö Lord: For I will call daily üpón thee.

4 Comfort the soul of thy sérvant: For unto thee O Lord, do I lift úp-my-sdul.

5 For thou Lord, art good and grá-cious : And of great mercy unto all them that call üpón thèe.

6 Give ear Lord, unto my prayer: And põnder the võice of my humble dësîres.

7 In the time of my trouble. I will call upon thée : For thöu héar-est-mè.

Major.

Who is like unto the Lord our God?

8 cr. Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Ö Lórd; There is not one that can do as thou dôest.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and wor-. ship thee, Ö Lórd : And shall glorify thý Name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thōu ärt Gód aldne.

11 dim. Teach me thy way O Lord, and I will walk in thy trúth: O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thý Name. 12 cr. I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: And will praise thy Name för évermdre.

13 For great is thy mercy toward mé: And thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermöst hêll -.

Minor.

Yet I still need help.

14 dim. O God, the proud are risen ägainst me: And the *congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes -.

[* bands of violent men.]

15 cr. But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion änd mér-cy: Long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and trûth —. 16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy üpón me: Give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of *thïne handmaid.

[* the Church.]

17 Shew some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed : Because thou Lord, hast hõlpen me, (sl.) and comforted-me.

Major.

For Thou art ever with me.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

A Prophecy. The Church, our Zion, shall be proclaimed as their
mother by all nations.

Prec. alone, m. HER found-| ations are upon the holy hills:-(Organ alone).

16 The Lord loveth the gates of Sion: More than all the dwellings of Jacob.

2 Very excellent things are spoken of thée : Thou city of Gôd -. (H)

For He saith,

3 'I will*think-upon+Rahab and Babylon with them that know me: (4) Behold ye the Philistines-also, and they of Tyre, with the Morians, -lo, Sthere was hë bôrn-. (each of these shall say).' (H)

[* reckon. † Egypt.
§in the Church by a new birth.]

5 And of Sion it shall be reported that *he was born in hér: And the most High shäll stáb-lish-hèr.

[*each, one after another.]

m. All. HER found | ations are upon the holy hills (:) the Lord loveth the gates of Sion. more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

2 All. Very excellent things are spoken of thée (:) thou city of God -.

For He saith,

3 All. 'Twill*think-upon+Rahabänd Báb-ylon(:) with them that knów mè. [* reckon. + Egypt.]

4 All. Behold ye the Philistïnes also (:) and they of Tyre, with the Morians; lo, §there was hë bôrn -. (each of these shall say).'

[§in the Church by a new birth.]

5 All. And of Sion it shall be reported that *he was born ïn hér (:) and the most High shäll stáblish her.

[* each, one after another.]

A complaint of one to whom all seems dark and hopeless.

m. O LORD | God of my salvation, I have cried. day and night beföre thée : Olet my prayer enter into thy presence; incline thine ear unto my calling.

2 dim. For my soul is full of trouble : And my life draweth nigh_ún-to-*hèll.

[* Hades.]

3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the *pít: And I have been even as a man that häth nó strength.

[* grave.]

4 *Free among the dead, like unto them that are twounded, and lie in the grave: Who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from thý hànd.

[* cast away. † slain.]

5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pít: In a place of darkness, and in the dêep –.

6 Thine indignation lieth hard üpón me: And thou hast vexed me with all-thy-storms.

7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorrëd of them: (8) I am so *fast in prison, that I cannöt tgét fòrth. (H)

7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance får from me: And made me to be abhorrëd of them.

8 All. I am so *fast in prís-on (:), that I cannöt tgét fòrth. [* clean shut off. † come.]

9 My sight faileth. for very trouble : Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands un-to-thee. 10 Dost thou shew wonders among the dead: Or shall the dead rise up again, and praise thee?

11 Shall thy loving-kindness be shewed in the grave: Or thy faithfulness. in *dëstrûction ?

[* Abaddon, the abyss.]

12 Shall thy wondrous works be known. in the dark: And thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?

13 cr. Unto thee have I cried, Ö Lórd: And early shall my prayer come bëfóre thee.

14 dim. Lord, why *abhōrrest thou my soul : And hidest

thou thy face fróm mè?

[* rejectest.]

15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point tö díe: Even from my youth up thy terrors have I suffered. with ä tróu-bled-mind.

16 Thy wrathful displeasure goëth over me: And the fear of thee hath ündône me.

17 *They came round about me daily like water: And compassed me together ön évery-side.

[* Thy terrors, displeasure, &c.]

18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me: And hid mine acquaintance (sl.) out of my sîght -.

But Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me.

Psalm 89.

m. MỸ | song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the Lórd: With my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth. from one generation to another.

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up för éver: Thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens.

For thou saidst,

3 'I have made a covenant with my chó-sen: I have sworn unto David my sêrvant;

4 'Thy seed will I stablish för éver: And set up thy throne from one generation to another.'

God's power and faithfulness on every side.

5 f. O Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous wórks: And thy truth in the *congregation of the saints -.

6 + For who is he among the clouds that shall be compared unto (the-Lord : (7) + And what is he among the gods that shall be like úntó (the-Lôrd -. (H)

[* assembly of the angels.]

6 p. All. For who is he among the clouds (:), + that shall be compared unto (theLord -?

7 p. All. And what is he among the gods (:), + that shall be like unto (theLôrd -.

8 dim. God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the *saints: And to be had in reverence. of all them that are rõund äbout hìm.

[*angels.]

9 cr. O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee : Thy truth, most mighty Lord, is ön évery-side.