6 Prayer also shall be made for him continually; And daily shall he be praised.

7 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth, Up on the top of the mountains:

8 The fruit thereof shall shake like | Lebanon ;

[earth.

And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the |

9 His name shall endure for ever:

His name shall be continued as long as the sun :

10 And they shall be blessed in him;

All nations shall | call him | blessed.

11 Blessed be JEHOVAH GOD, the GOD of Israel, Who only doeth | wondrous things:

12 And blessed be his glorious name for ever;

And let the whole earth be filled with his glory.

CXXXIV.

Ps. lxxii. 11.

*This note is sung only when two syllables fall to this measure.

OW goodly are thy tents, O Jacob;

143 HO

Thy tabernacles, | O | Israel.

2 As the valleys are they spread forth,

As gardens by the river's side.

3 As the trees of lign-aloes which JEHOVAH hath | planted, As cedar trees beside the waters.

4 He shall pour the water out of his buckets;

And his seed shall be in many waters:

5 And his king shall be higher than | Agag ; And his kingdom shall be exalted.

6 GOD brought him forth out of | Egypt:

He hath as it were the strength of an | unicorn.

7 He shall eat up the nations his enemies;

And break their bones, and pierce them with his arrows.

8 He couched, he lay down as a lion,

And as a great lion; who shall | stir him up?

9 Blessed is he that blesseth thee;

And cursed is he that | curs eth thee.

Num. xxiv.

5.

144 GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and | I will speak; And hear, Ŏ | earth, the | words of my mouth.

2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall dis til · as the dew;

3 As the small rain upon the tender | herb, And as the showers up on the grass:

4 Because I will publish the name of JEHOVAH : Ascribe ye greatness to our | GOD.

5 He is the Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are judgment:

6 A GOD of truth, and without iniquity; Both just and | right is | He.

7 They have corrupted themselves:

Their spot is not the spot of his children:

8 They are a perverse

And a crooked generation.

9 Do ye thus re quite JEHOVAH, O foolish people and unwise? 10 Is not He thy Hath He not

father that hath | bought thee? made thee, and established | thee?

Deut. xxxii.

CXXXVI.

ND they shall build the old wastes;

145 AN

They shall raise up the former | desolations :

2 And they shall re pair the waste cities,

The desolations of many generations.

3 And strangers shall stand, and feed your | flocks; And the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen | and your vine-dressers.

4 But ye shall be named the priests of JEHOVAH : They shall call you the ministers

of our | GOD.

Gentiles;

5 Ye shall eat of the riches of the
And in their glory shall ye | boast your selves.

6 For your shame ye shall receive double;

And for confusion they shall rejoice in their | portion.

7 Therefore in their land they shall possess the double: Everlasting joy shall be unto them.

8 For I JEHOVAH | love | judgment:

I hate robbery | for burnt-[offering.

9 And I will direct their work in | truth;

And I will make an ever lasting | covenant | with them.

10 And their seed shall be known a'mong the nations, And their off spring among the people.

11 All that see them shall acknowledge | them,

That they are the seed JEHOVAH hath | blessed.

Is. lxi. 4.

CXXXVII.

2

9:#

HOU dost visit the earth, and | water | it;

146 THOU

Thou greatly enrichest it with the river of | GOD, which is full of water.

2 Thou dost prepare them | corn,

When Thou hast so provided for it.

3 Thou waterest the ridges thereof a bundantly; Thou set tlest the furrows there of.

4 Thou makest it | soft with showers; Thou blessest the springing there of.

5 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; And thy paths | drop | fatness :

6 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; And the little hills rejoice on | every | side.

7 The pastures are | clothed with | flocks:

The valleys also are covered | over with | corn:

8 They shout for joy:

They do also sing.

CXXXVIII.

Ps. lxv. 9.

2 They give drink to every | beast of the field: The wild asses | quench their

thirst.

3 By them shall the fowls of the heavens | dwell: They shall sing among the | branches.

4 He watereth the mountains from his | chambers: The earth is filled with the

5 He causeth the grass to grow And herb for the service of

6 That He may bring forth food

|

fruit of thy works.

for the cattle,

man :

out of the earth; And wine that maketh | glad the heart of man :

7 With oil to make his face to shine,

And bread which doth sus tain the heart of man.

8 Bless thou JEHOVAH, O my soul: Hallelujah : Praise ye JAH.

CXXXIX.

Ps. civ. 10.

148 WHO

HO hath measured the waters in the hollow of his And meted out | heaven with a span? [hand? 2 And comprehended the dust of the earth | in a measure? And weighed the mountains in | scales, and the | hills in a | balance?

3 Who hath directed the Spirit of JEHOVAH ? Or, being his counsellor, hath | taught Him?

4 With whom took He counsel, and who in structed | Him? And taught Him in the path of | judgment?

5 And taught | Him | knowledge?

And showed unto Him the way of | under standing?

6 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket; And are counted as the small dust of the balance.

7 Behold, He taketh | up the | isles As a very little thing:

8 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,

Nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. 9 All nations before Him | are as And they are counted to Him less than | nothing, and |

nothing;

10 To whom then will ye | liken | GOD?
will ye com pare unto | Him?

Or what likeness

[vanity.

Is. xl. 12