Yes, the darkness hideth not from thee,

But the night shineth as the day:

The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How great is the sum of them!

If I should count them, they would outnumber

the sand.

When I awake, I am still with thee.

Search me, O God! and know my heart;
Try me, and know my thoughts;

And see if there be any evil way in me;
And lead me in the way everlasting.

II.

I will extol thee, my God, my King;
I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Every day will I bless thee,

And praise thy name for ever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised:
His greatness is unsearchable.

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion;
Slow to anger, and rich in mercy.

The Lord is good to all,

And his tender mercies are over all his works.

The Lord upholdeth all that fall,

And raiseth up all that are bowed down.

The eyes of all wait upon thee,

And thou givest them their food in due season. Thou openest thine hand,

And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

The Lord is just in all his ways,
And merciful in all his works.

The Lord is nigh to all that call upon him, —
To all that call upon him in truth.

He meets the desire of them that fear him;
He heareth their cry, and helpeth them.

The Lord preserveth all those that love him:
Let all men bless his holy name for ever and

Praise the Lord, O my soul!

I will praise the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praises to my God while I have my

being.

He made heaven and earth;

The sea, and all that is therein.

He keepeth truth forever;

He maintaineth the cause of the oppressed;

He giveth food to the hungry;

He setteth free the prisoners;

He openeth the eyes of the blind;

He raiseth them that are bowed down;

He loveth the good;

He defendeth the stranger;

He relieveth the fatherless and the widow;

He gathereth together the exiles;

He healeth the broken in heart,

And bindeth up their wounds.

He lifteth up the lowly;

He casteth the wicked down to the ground.
He covereth the heavens with clouds;

He causeth grass to grow on the mountains.
He giveth to the beast his food;

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse;
He taketh not pleasure in the power of a man:
The Lord taketh pleasure in those that love him,
In those that trust in his mercy.

Great is the Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.

IV.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!.

O Lord, my God! thou art very great;
Thou art clothed with glory and majesty;
Thou coverest thyself with light as with a gar-

ment.

He spreadeth out the heavens like a curtain; He layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters;

He maketh the clouds his chariot;

He rideth on the wings of the wind;
He maketh the winds his messengers;
The flaming lightnings are his ministers.
He sendeth forth the springs in brooks;
They run among the mountains;

They give drink to all the beasts of the forest:

Near them the birds of heaven have their habi

tation.

He causeth grass to spring up for cattle,
And herbage for the service of man.
The mighty trees are full of sap:
There the birds have their nests.
He set the moon to mark the seasons :
The sun knoweth when to go down.
He maketh darkness, and it is night,
When all the beasts of the forest go forth:
The young lions roar for prey,

And seek their food from God.
The sun ariseth: they retire,

And lie down in their dens.

Man goeth forth to his labor until the evening. All creatures look up to thee

To give them their food in due season.

Thou givest it to them: they take it.

Thou openest thine hand: they are satisfied with

good.

Thou hidest thy face: they are confounded.

Thou takest away their breath: they die,

And return to the dust.

Thou sendest forth thy Spirit; they are created: And thou renewest the face of the earth.

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have being.

V.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul!

And forget not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;

Who healeth all thy diseases;

Who saveth thy life from destruction;

Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies.

The Lord is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and rich in mercy.

He hath not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor requited us according to our iniquities.
As high as are the heavens above the earth,
So great is his mercy to them that trust him.
As far as the east is from the west,

So far hath he removed our transgressions from

us.

Even as a father pitieth his children,
So the Lord pitieth them that trust him.
As for man, his days are as grass:

As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
The wind passes over it, and it is gone;
And its place shall know it no more:

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting,

And his goodness to children's children.

Bless the Lord, ye his angels,

Ye mighty ones that do his commands;
Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts,-

Ye servants of his that do his pleasure;
Bless the Lord, all his works;

Bless the Lord, O my soul!