7. All sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field;

8. The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the

seas.

9. O LORD our Governor how excellent is thy Name in all the world! Hallelujah.

[ROSINGRAVE, BISHOP, MARCELLO, BOND, KENT, P. HAYES, LANGDON, PORTER, STEVENSON.

1. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in thy displeasure.

4. Turn thee, O LORD, and deliver my soul: 0 save me for thy mercy's sake.

2. Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak: O LORD, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

9. My soul also is sore troubled: but, LORD, how long wilt thou punish me? [CROFT, BIRD, WELDON.

O LORD, give thy holy Spirit into our hearts, and lighten our understanding, that we may dwell in the fear of thy Name all the days of our life, and may know thee the only true GOD, and JESUS CHRIST Whom thou hast sent. [TALLIS.

24. O LORD, why hidest thou thy face: wilt thou hide thy face away from us, and forget our misery and trouble?

25. Unto the dust our soul is bowed, and brought low.

26. Arise, and help us, and deliver us for thy mercy's sake.

[BIRD.

1. O LORD, thou hast searched me out, and known me thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine uprising; thou understandest my thoughts long before. 2. Thou art about my path, and about my bed: and spiest out all my ways.

3. For lo, there is not a word in my tongue : but thou, O LORD, knowest it altogether.

6. Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit: or whither shall I go then from thy presence?

7. If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: if I go down to hell, thou art there also.

8. If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea,

9. Even there also shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me.

PART II.

1. O LORD, thou hast searched me out, and known me thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thoughts long before.

17. How dear are thy counsels unto me, O GOD: O how great is the sum of them!

18. If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand when I awake up, I am present with thee. 23. Try me, O GOD, and seek the ground of my heart prove me, and examine my thoughts.

24. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me and lead me in the way everlasting.

[BLOW, SHEELES, CROFT.

9. O LORD, we trust alone in thee. [HANDEL.

1. O LORD, I will give thanks to thee: O LORD, with my whole heart.

2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou most Highest.

3. While mine enemies are driven back they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the throne that judgest right.

5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

6. O thou enemy: destructions are come to a perpetual end.

7. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath also prepared his seat for judgment.

vii. 18. Therefore will I praise the Name of the LORD most Highest. Hallelujah. Amen.

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[MATTHEWS from HAYDN.

ISAIAH XXV.

1. O LORD, thou art my GoD, I will exalt thee; I will praise thy Name. Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth; thou hast done wonderful things.

4. For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat.

Ps. xxxiii. 21. Our hearts shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy Name.

22. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us : according as we hope in thee.

Is. xxv. 8. He will swallow up death in victory : and the LORD GOD shall wipe away tears from off all faces: the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth.

1 Cor. xv. 53. For this mortal must put on immortality.

34. Awake to righteousness, awake, and sin not: some have not the knowledge of GOD.

WISD. iii. 9. They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth.

1 COR. XV. 51. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

Is. xxv. 9. And in that day it shall be said, Lo! this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him : we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

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A PRAYER.

[S. S. WESLEY.

O LORD, turn thy wrath away from us, for thy mercy's sake; call to mind no more, O our GoD, our former sins and wickednesses; look down with thy merciful eyes, and see we be thy people and thy pasture sheep. [BIRD.

15. O LORD, look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels, and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

16. Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not; doubtless thou art our father. Thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy Name is from everlasting. [GREENE, BATTISHILL.

10. O LORD, have mercy upon me: for I am in trouble.

12. My strength faileth me.

16. But my hope hath been in thee, O LORD: I have said, Thou art my GoD. And with songs I will celebrate the Name of Jehovah most high. Amen.

[MATTHEWS from PERGOLESI and MARCELLO.

5. O LORD, how glorious are thy works!

cxlv. 10. All thy works praise thee, O LORD, and thy saints give thanks unto thee.

Ixvi. 7. Praise, O praise our GOD, ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard, make his praise to be glorious.

xcvi. 1. Sing unto the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD all the whole earth, for the LORD JEHOVAH he is our helper and defender.

cxlviii. 1. O praise the LORD of heaven.

cxiii. 2. Blessed be the Name of the LORD, from this time forth for evermore. Hallelujah. Amen. [BOND from HANDEL.

5. O LORD, how glorious are thy works thy thoughts are very deep.

6. An unwise man doth not well consider this: and a fool doth not understand it.

7. When the ungodly are green as grass, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish : then shall they be destroyed for ever; but thou, LORD, art the most Highest for evermore.

8. For lo, thine enemies, O LORD, lo, thine enemies shall perish and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed. [GOLDWIN.

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24. O LORD, how manifold are thy works in wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.

ix. 2. Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, my GOD, for ever: I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will speak of all thy marvellous works.

lxxxix. 6. For who is he among the clouds that shall be compared unto the LORD?

7. And what is he among the gods that shall be like unto the LORD? [BOND from HANDEL.