Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Hold Thou me up and I shall be safe: Yea my delight shall be ever in Thy statutes. O look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me: And so shall no wickedness have dominion over me. O let my soul live, and it shall praise Thee : I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: O seek Thy servant, for I do not forget Thy com mandments. Psalm 119. O praise the LORD of heaven: Praise Him in the height: Praise Him, all ye angels of His : Praise Him, all His host: Praise Him, sun and moon : Praise Him, all ye stars of light. Praise the LORD upon earth : Ye dragons and all deeps: Fire and hail, snow and vapours : Wind and storm, fulfilling His word: Kings of the earth and all people: Princes and all judges of the world: Young men and maidens, old men and children : O praise GOD in His holiness: Praise Him in the firmament of His power. Praise Him in His noble acts: Praise Him according to His excellent greatness : Praise Him in the sound of the trumpet: Praise Him upon the lute and harp: Let everything that hath breath : Praise the LORD. Psalms 148, 150. Almighty GOD, Who through Thy only-begotten SON JESUS CHRIST hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech Thee, that, as by Thy special grace preventing us Thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by Thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through JESUS CHRIST our LORD, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, and the HOLY GHOST, ever one GOD, world without end. Amen. Blessed LORD, Who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of Thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given us in our SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Amen. |