been my delight, I in mine affliction.

should then have perished I will never forget thy pre

cepts, for with them thou hast quickened me. I have seen an end of all perfection; thy commandment is exceeding broad. O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

I am continually with thee; thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

DESIRING COMFORT IN SORROW.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat. I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusteth in thee. Yea,

in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

Will the Lord cast off forever; and will he be favorable no more? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?

My tears have been my meat, day and night, while they continually say unto me, "Where is thy God?” When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his coun

tenance.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Deep calleth unto deep, at the noise of thy water-spouts; all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God.

FAITH AND CONFIDENCE.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life; to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord, in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

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though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.

The Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength and my refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times, ye people. Pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.

FOR FORGIVENESS.

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I

acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight.

For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses, for they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy mercy remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit. O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.