S. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path:

P. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living:

S. Wait on the Lord:

P. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart.

S. Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplication.

P. The Lord is my strength and my shield.

S. My heart trusted in him, and I am helped:

P. Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise him. S. Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty! give unto the Lord glory and strength.

P. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

S. The voice of the Lord is powerful:

P: The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

S. The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.

P. The Lord shaketh the wilderness: the Lord sitteth upon the flood.

S. Yea, the Lord sitteth king for ever: P. The Lord will bless his people with peace.

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LESSON XXII.

HUMAN FRAILTY AND THE DIVINE HELP.

S. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; P. That I may know how frail I am. S. Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee:

P. Every man at his best estate is altogether vanity.

S. Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,

P. Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

S. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. P. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

S. Thou carriest them away as with a flood:

P. They are as a sleep.

S. They are like grass, which groweth up in the morning;

P. And in the evening is cut down and withereth.

S. God is our refuge and strength:
P. A very present help in trouble.

S. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed;

P. And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.

S. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my

cry.

P. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God.

S. Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust;

P. And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside unto lies.

S. Many, O Lord, are thy wonderful works, and thy thoughts which are to us ward. P. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

S. I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart.

P. Let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me: let those that seek thee rejoice, and be glad in thee. S. God is our guide, for ever and ever: P. He will be our guide, even unto death.