Part 298 (1/2)

Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.

Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.

Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.

Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: Quicken me according to thy judgments.

Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

I beheld the treacherous dealers, and was grieved; Because they observe not thy word.

Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.

The sum of thy word is truth; And everyone of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

--_Psalm 119:1-48, 73-160_.

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MOUNT CARMEL

”I will lift my eyes unto the mountains.”

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I WILL LIFT MINE EYES UNTO THE MOUNTAINS

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

My help cometh from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy keeper: The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul.

The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy coming in, From this time forth and for evermore.

--_Psalm 121_.

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A PILGRIM SONG

I was glad when they said unto me, ”Let us go unto the house of the Lord.”

Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem; Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, For a testimony unto Israel, To give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

For there are set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.

Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, ”Peace be within thee.”

For the sake of the house of the Lord our G.o.d I will seek thy good.

--_Psalm 122_.