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5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy Chapter 113
and lendeth: he shall order his words with judg-
ment: When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Ja-
cob from a barbarous people:
6 Because he shall not be moved for ever.
2 Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his do-
7 The just shall be in everlasting remem-
minion.
brance: he shall not fear the evil hearing. His
3 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned
heart is ready to hope in the Lord:
back.
8 His heart is strengthened, he shall not be 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the
moved until he look over his enemies. hills like the lambs of the flock.
9 He hath distributed, he hath given to the 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst
poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned
his horn shall be exalted in glory. back?
10 The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams,
he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?
desire of the wicked shall perish. 7 At the presence of the Lord the earth was
moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob:
8 Who turned the rock into pools of water,
and the stony hill into fountains of waters.
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Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name
give glory.
Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name 2 For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest
of the Lord. the Gentiles should say: Where is their God?
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from hence- 3 But our God is in heaven: he hath done all
forth now and for ever. things whatsoever he would.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going 4 The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold,
down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy the works of the hands of men.
of praise. 5 They have mouths and speak not: they have
4 The Lord is high above all nations; and his eyes and see not.
6 They have ears and hear not: they have
glory above the heavens.
noses and smell not.
5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth
7 They have hands and feel not: they have feet
on high: 6 and looketh down on the low things
and walk not: neither shall they cry out through
in heaven and in earth?
their throat.
7 Raising up the needy from the earth, and
8 Let them that make them become like unto
lifting up the poor out of the dunghill:
them: and all such as trust in them.
8 That he may place him with princes, with 9 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord:
the princes of his people. he is their helper and their protector.
9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a 10 The house of Aaron hath hoped in the
house, the joyful mother of children. Lord: he is their helper and their protector.