⁴For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

⁵Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

⁶Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,

⁷In the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set.

⁸For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

⁹O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.

¹⁰Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

¹¹For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

¹²For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

¹³He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Psalm 84

¹Unto the end, for the sons of Core, a psalm.

²Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

³Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people: thou hast covered all their sins.

⁴Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou hast turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.

⁵Convert us, O God our saviour: and turn off thy anger from us.

⁶Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation to generation?

⁷Thou wilt turn, O God, and bring us to life: and thy people shall rejoice in thee.

⁸Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy; and grant us thy salvation.

⁹I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his people: And unto his saints: and unto them that are converted to the heart.

¹⁰Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him:that glory may dwell in our land.

¹¹Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.

¹²Truth is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven.

¹³For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.

¹⁴Justice shall walk before him: and,shall set his steps in the way.

Psalm 85

¹A prayer for David himself.

Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

²Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

³Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

⁴Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

⁵For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

⁶Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.

⁷I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.

⁸There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

⁹All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.

¹⁰For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.

¹¹Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.

¹²I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

¹³For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.

¹⁴O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

¹⁵And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

¹⁶O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

¹⁷Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.

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