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A Song of God's House

How lovely are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the
LORD;

My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

Yea, the sparrow hath found her an 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 high ways to Zion.
Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a

place of springs;

Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

They go from strength to strength,

Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

'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 a 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.'

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Anthem of the Captivity Brought Back

LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land:
Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people,
Thou hast covered all their sin.

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath:

Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

'Turn us, O God of our salvation,

'And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
'Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?

'Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations ?
'Wilt thou not quicken us again:

'That thy people may rejoice in thee?

'Shew us thy mercy, O LORD,

'And grant us thy salvation.

'I will hear what God the LORD will speak:
'For he will speak peace unto his people,

'And to his saints:

'But let them not turn again to folly.'

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him;
That glory may dwell in our land.

Mercy and truth are met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth springeth out of the earth;

And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good;
And our land shall yield her increase.
Righteousness shall go before him;

And shall make his footsteps a way to walk in.

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A Liturgy

Supplication and Penitence

Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and answer me;

For I am poor and needy.

Preserve my soul; for I am godly:

O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. Be merciful unto me, O Lord;

For unto thee do I cry all the day long.

Rejoice the soul of thy servant;

For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive,

And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer;

And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee;
For thou wilt answer me.

Confession of Faith

There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord;
Neither are there any works like unto thy works.
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship
before thee, O Lord;

And they shall glorify thy name.