Scripture Readings for the Uses of Common Worship

2 I pour out my complaint before Him; I show before Him my trouble.

3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.

4 Look on my right hand, and see; for there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.

5 I cried unto Thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto Thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For Thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

PSALM 145.

WILL extol Thee, my God, O King; And I will bless Thy name for ever and ever.

2 Every day will I bless Thee; And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. 3 Great is Jehovah, and highly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.

4 One generation shall laud Thy works to another, And shall declare Thy mighty acts.

5 Of the glorious majesty of Thine honor, And of Thy wondrous works, will I meditate.

6 And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts; And I will declare Thy greatness.

7 They shall utter the memory of Thy great goodness, And shall sing of Thy righteousness.

8 Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

9 Jehovah is good to all; And His tender mercies are over all His works.

10 All Thy works shall give thanks unto Thee, O Jehovah; And Thy saints shall bless Thee.

11 They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, And talk of Thy power:

12 To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, And the glory of the majesty of His kingdom.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Thy dominion endureth throout all generations.

14 Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon Thee; And Thou givest them their food in due season.

16 Thou openest Thy hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

17 Jehovah is righteous in all His ways, And gracious in all His works.

18 Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, To all that call upon Him in truth.

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

20 Jehovah preserveth all them that love Him; But all the wicked will He destroy.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of Jehovah, And let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever.

Selection 25.

PSALM 146.

ALLELUJAH! Praise Jehovah, O my soul.

2 While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God, While I have any being.

3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

6 Who made Heaven and Earth, The sea, and all that in them is: Who keepeth truth for ever:

7 Who executeth judgment for the opprest, Who giveth food to the hungry: Jehovah looseth the prisoners ;

8 Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the right

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He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

3 He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

4 He counteth the number of the stars: He giveth them all their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

6 Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

7 Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God:

8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the Earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

9 He giveth to the beast his food, And to the young ravens which cry.

10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, In those that hope in His lovingkindness.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.

13 For He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blest thy children within thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy borders; He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

15 He sendeth out his commandment upon Earth; His word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth His ice like

morsels : Who can stand before His cold?

18 He sendeth out His word, and melteth them: He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19 He showeth His word unto Jacob, His statutes and His judgments unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: And as for his judgments, they have not known them. HALLELUJAH!

PSALM 150.

ALLELUJAH! Praise God in His sanctuary: Praise Him in the firmament of His power.

2 Praise Him for His mighty acts: Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.

3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the psaltery and harp.

4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance: Praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe.

5 Praise Him upon the loud cymbals: Praise Him upon the high-sounding cymbals.

6 LET EVERYTHING BREATH PRAISE

LUJAH!

THAT HATH JEHOVAH. HALLE

Selection 26.

EXODUS, 15:1-18.

WILL sing unto Jehovah for He hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath He thrown into the

sea.

2 Jehovah is my strength and song, And He is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will exalt Him.

3 Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is His name.

4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea: And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

5 The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.

6 Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.

7 And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee: Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.

8 And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as an heap: The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 The enemy said, I will pursue, 1 will overtake, I will divide the spoil: My lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

10 Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.

11 Who is like unto Thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like Thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?

12 Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand, The Earth swallowed them.

13 Thou in Thy mercy hast led the people which Thou hast redeemed: Thou

hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation.

14 The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

15 Then were the dukes of Edom amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted

away.

16 Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of Thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till Thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over which Thou hast purchased.

17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, The place, O Jehovah, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Jehovah, which Thy hands have established.

18 JEHOVAH SHALL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER.

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CURELY there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine. 2 Iron is taken out of the Earth, copper is molten out of the stone.

And

3 Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out to the furthest bound The stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.

4 He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

5 As for the Earth, out of it cometh bread: And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, And it hath dust of gold.

7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

morsels: Who can stand before His cold?