2

Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers?

Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Unless the LORD had been my help,

My soul had soon dwelt in silence. When I said, My foot slippeth;

Thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me

Thy comforts delight my soul.

3

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

They gather themselves together against the soul of the

righteous,

And condemn the innocent blood.

But the LORD hath been my high tower;

And my God the rock of my refuge.

And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity,

And shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall cut them off.

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XCV-C

JEHOVAH Reigneth

A FESTAL Anthem

CHORUS

O come, let us sing unto the LORD:

Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

SEMICHORUS

For the LORD is a great God,

And a great King above all gods.

In his hand are the deep places of the earth;

The heights of the mountains are his also.

The sea is his, and he made it;

And his hands formed the dry land.

CHORUS

O come, let us worship and bow down;

Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

SEMICHORUS

For he is our God,

And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of

his hand.

"To-day," (Oh that ye would hear his voice!)

"Harden not your heart, as at Meribah,

“As in the day of Massah in the wilderness:
"When your fathers tempted me,

"Proved me, and saw my work:

"Forty years long was I grieved with that generation,
"And said, It is a people that do err in their heart,
"And they have not known my ways:

"Wherefore I sware in my wrath, that they should
not enter into my rest."

CHORUS

O sing unto the LORD a new song:
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.

Sing unto the LORD, bless his name;
Shew forth his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the nations,

His marvellous works among all the peoples.

SEMICHORUS

For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised:
He is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols :
But the LORD made the heavens.

Honour and majesty are before him:

Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

CHORUS

Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples,
Give unto the LORD glory and strength.

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name.
Bring an offering, and come into his courts.

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness:
Tremble before him, all the earth.

SEMICHORUS

Say among the nations, The LORD reigneth:
The world also is stablished that it cannot be moved:
He shall judge the peoples with equity.

CHORUS

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

Let the field exult, and all that is therein;

Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy:

SEMICHORUS

Before the LORD, for he cometh;

For he cometh to judge the earth:

He shall judge the world with righteousness
And the peoples with his truth.

II

FIRST SEMICHORUS

The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice;
Let the multitude of isles be glad.

Clouds and darkness are round about him:

Righteousness and judgement are the foundation of his throne.

A fire goeth before him,

And burneth up his adversaries round about. His lightnings lightened the world:

The earth saw, and trembled.

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

The heavens declare his righteousness,

And all the peoples have seen his glory.

SECOND SEMICHORUS

Ashamed be all they that serve graven images,
That boast themselves of idols:

Worship him, all ye gods.

Zion heard, and was glad,

And the daughters of Judah rejoiced;

Because of thy judgements, O Lord.