VI.

The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside the still waters;

He refresheth my heart;

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
For his name's sake.

When I walk through the dark valley,

I fear no evil; for thou art with me:

Thy crook and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table for me in sight of my enemies;

My cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

VII.

The heavens declare the glory of God;

The firmament showeth the work of his hands.

Day uttereth wisdom unto day,

And night showeth knowledge unto night.

They have no speech nor language;

Their voice is not heard:

Yet their sound goeth forth to all the earth,

And their words to the ends of the world.

The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the

soul;

The precepts of the Lord are sure, making wise the simple;

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;

The commandments of the Lord are pure, enlightening the eyes;

The service of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous. Oh! cleanse thou me from secret faults;

Keep back thy children from presumptuous sins. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

Be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer!

VIII.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills,
From whence cometh my help.
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 us will never slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is our keeper;

The Lord is our shade on the right hand.

The sun shall not smite us by day,

Nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve us from all evil;

He shall preserve our souls.

The Lord shall preserve our going-out and our

coming-in

From this time forth, and even for evermore.

IX.

The Lord is my light and my safety:

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life:

Of whom shall I be afraid?

When tempters come upon me to destroy me,
They stumble and fall.

Though an army should encamp about me,
My heart should not fear;

Though war should rise against me,

In God would I trust.

One thing I have desired of the Lord,

That I will seek for,

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life;

That I may behold the beauty of the Lord, and see his truth.

For, in the time of trouble, he shall hide me in his tent;

In a corner of his tent he shall hide me; he shall

set me on a rock.

Then shall my head be lifted up

above my my enemies. Therefore will I bring him sacrifices of joy:

I will sing, I will sing praises unto the Lord. Hear, O Lord! when I cry to thee with my heart; Have pity upon me, and answer me.

When thou saidst, "Seek ye my face,"

My heart said, "Thy face, Lord, I will seck."
Hide not thy face from me;

Put me not away from thee.

Thou hast been my help; leave me not:
Do not forsake me, O God of my safety!
When my father and mother forsake me,
Then the Lord will take me up.
Teach me thy way, O Lord!

Lead me in a plain path.

Let me not fall under the power of temptation; For the tempters have risen up all about me.

I must think I see the goodness of the Lord day by day.

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage: he shall strengthen thy heart.

Wait, I say, on the Lord.

X.

I will bless the Lord at all times;

His praise shall be continually in my mouth.

My soul shall exult in the Lord:

The humble shall hear me, and be glad.
Oh! magnify the Lord with me;
Let us exalt his name together.

I sought the Lord, and he heard me;
He delivered me from all my fears.
They looked up to him, and were lightened;
And I was saved from shame.

This poor soul cried, and the Lord heard;

He saved it from all its trouble.

The angel of the Lord encamps about them that trust him,

And protects them.

Oh! taste and see how good is the Lord.

Blessed are they that trust him.

Trust the Lord, ye children:

They that trust him have no want.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me:

Thou wilt teach us the fear of the Lord.

Who is it that loves life,

That loves the days for the good they bring?
Keep our tongue from evil,

Our lips from speaking guile.

Lead us from evil toward the good;

Make us love peace, and secure it.

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous;
His ear is open to their cry.

They cry, and the Lord heareth;

He delivereth them from all their troubles.

The Lord is nigh to them that are of a broken

heart;

He saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.
Though the troubles of the good be many,
The Lord delivereth him from them all.
The Lord defendeth the lives of his servants,
And none that trust in him shall be deserted.