FIRST SEMICHORUS

The sea saw it, and fled;

Jordan was driven back.

The mountains skipped like rams,

The little hills like young sheep.

SECOND SEMICHORUS

What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest?
Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams;
Ye little hills, like young sheep?

CHORUS

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of Jacob;

Which turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of waters.

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Doxology of Israel

CHORUS OF PRIESTS

Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give

glory,

For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God? But our God is in the heavens:

He hath done whatsoever he pleased.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

They have mouths, but they speak not;

Eyes have they, but they see not;

They have ears, but they hear not;
Noses have they, but they smell not;

They have hands, but they handle not;
Feet have they, but they walk not;
Neither speak they through their throat.
They that make them shall be like unto them;
Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

THE PEOPLE

O Israel, trust thou in the LORD:
He is their help and their shield.

THE PRIESTS

O house of Aaron, trust ye in the LORD:
He is their help and their shield.

PRIESTS AND PEOPLE

Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD:
He is their help and their shield.

THE PEOPLE

The LORD hath been mindful of us; he will bless us :

He will bless the house of Israel;

He will bless the house of Aaron.

He will bless them that fear the LORD,

Both small and great.

THE PRIESTS

The LORD increase you more and more,
You and your children.

THE PEOPLE

Blessed are ye of the LORD,

Which made heaven and earth.

PRIESTS AND PEOPLE

The heavens are the heavens of the LORD;
But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

The dead praise not the LORD,

Neither any that go down into silence;

But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for

evermore.

Hallelujah

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V

Votive Song of the Worshipper: with Refrain

I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my

supplications.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,

Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

The cords of death compassed me,

And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me:
I found trouble and sorrow.

Then called I upon the name of the LORD:
O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
Yea, our God is merciful.

The LORD preserveth the simple:

I was brought low, and he saved me.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul;

For the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted:

I said in my haste, All men are a lie.

What shall I render unto the LORD

For all his benefits toward me?

I will take the cup of salvation,

And call upon the name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord,

Yea, in the presence of all his people.

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

O LORD, truly I am thy servant :

I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid;

Thou hast loosed my bonds.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD,
Yea, in the presence of all his people;
In the courts of the LORD's house,
In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Hallelujah

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