115:18 2 Blessed be the Name of the LORD: from this time forth for

evermore.

22:27 3 The LORD's Name is praised: 65:8 66:3 from the rising up of the sun unto 1171 the going down of the same.

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97:9 99:2 4 The LORD is high above all 10319 heathen: and his glory above the 8:1 heavens.

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5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth!

6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust and lifteth the poor 147:6 out of the mire ;

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45:17 7 That he may set him with the princes: even with the princes of

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his people.

68:6 8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house: and to be a joyful mother of children.

Prop. Ps. Easter E. V. 2, Conf., 4th Cant. Prayers at Sea. Int. Tues. in Easter Wk., Michaelmas. Sar. Name of Jesus. Ambrosian Liturgy, v. 2 at beginning. Liturgies of SS. James and Chrysostom, v. 2 at Reception. Rom., (see CX); Easter through Octave; Bur. Children; v. 1, Holy Innocents'." Gk., Christmas, 9th H. V. (Sun.). In Temple, at the Passover Sacrifice, on Pentecost, and daily in Feast of Tabernacles and Dedication. See p. x.

PSALM CXIV. In exitu Israel. WHEN Israel came out of Egypt: and the house of Jacob from among the strange people,

78:69,70, 2 Judah was his sanctuary : 871 and Israel his dominion.

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2 "Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his " Dan. 2:20.

3 "From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles" Mal. 1:11.

5 Lit. Who is like the LORD our God, who maketh high to sit (i. e. sitteth throned on high). "Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit Is. 57:15.

6 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill. Taken from 1 Sam 2:8. "He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree" S. Lu. 1:52.

7 First clause from 1 Sam. 2:8. "Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted" Job 36:5, 7. "God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus" Eph. 2:4-6.

8 Lit. Who maketh her who is barren in the house to dwell as a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah. See 1 Sam. 2:5. Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD" IS. 54:1.

PSALM 114.

Probably written soon after the deliverance of the Jews from the Babylonish Captivity.

God's Deliverance of His chosen people.

THE PASCHAL SONG OF THE REDEemed. "In exitu Israel de Ægypto!'

They chanted all together in one voice, With whatso in that psalm is after written." Purgatorio II. 46-48. [Longfellow]. 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language.

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"Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established" Ex. 15:17. "I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them" Ex. 29:45, 46.

Isaac, Joseph, Samson, Samuel, and S. John the Baptizer were thus miraculously born.

Ps. CXIV. His i. e. God's.

See Ps. 113, n.

2 Was; better, became.

66:5 3 The sea saw that, and fled : 77:16 Jordan was driven back.

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78:14 4 The mountains skipped like 136:13 rams: and the little hills like 68:8 young sheep.

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5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest: and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills, like young sheep?

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the God of Jacob;

74:16 8 Who turned the hard rock 78:16,21 into a standing water: and the 107:35 flint-stone into a springing well.

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Prop. Ps. Easter E. Sar., Commend. Souls, Bur. Rom., (with CXV.) Epiph., Easter through Octave, Whitsun. through Octave; v. 1, 21st Sun. af. Pent. V. (Sun.). In Temple, at the Passover Sacrifice, on Pentecost, and daily in Feast of Tabernacles and Dedication.

PSALM CXV.

Non nobis, Domine.

Nor unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the 103:11 praise for thy loving mercy, and 146:5 for thy truth's sake.

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2 Wherefore shall the heathen 79:10 say: Where is now their God? 3 As for our God, he is in 103:19 heaven: he hath done whatsoever 135:6 pleased him.

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96:5 4 Their idols are silver and 135:15 gold even the work of men's hands.

erance.

3 The passages of the Red Sea and the Jordan are combined, to mark the beginning and the end of the great deliv8 Here are combined the miracles at Horeb and Kadesh. Springing well; K. J. fountain of waters. Ps. CXV. See Ps. 113, n. 1 Praise, K. J. glory.

3 Lit. The sea saw (God) and fled. "With the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea" Ex. 15:8. See Josh. 3:13, 16. "Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?" Is. 51:10. He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers" Nah. 1:4. "The overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high" Hab.

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4 Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly" Ex. 19:18. "When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence" Is. 64:3. The everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did The mountains saw thee, and they trembled " Hab. 3:6, 10. "The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt Nah. 1:5.

bow."

7 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven" Heb. 12:26.

out of

8 See Ex. 17:6; Num. 20:11. "Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint" Deut. 8:15. And broughtest forth water the rock for their thirst" Neh. 9:15. "They thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out" Is. 48:21. "When they were thirsty, they called upon thee, and water was given them out of the flinty rock, and their thirst was quenched out of the hard stone Wisd. 11:4. "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life" S. Jo. 4:14. "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink" S. Jo. "And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ" I Cor. 10:4.

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PSALM 115.

An Ascription of Praise.

Exaltation of the Invisible and Omnipotent God, and contempt for idols and their worshippers. vv. 1-8. Verse 18. See Acts 14:11-18.

2 Joel 2:17 is almost identical.

3 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing" Is. 40:12, 15.

4"They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for

135:16 5 They have mouths, and speak not: eyes have they, and see not. 6 They have ears, and hear not noses have they, and smell

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not.

7 They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, and walk not neither speak they through their throat.

8 They that make them are like 135:18 unto them and so are all such as put their trust in them.

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9 But thou, house of Israel, 84:9,12 trust thou in the LORD: he is 118:2-4 their succour and defence.

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10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the LORD: he is their helper and defender.

II Ye that fear the LORD, put your trust in the LORD: he is their helper and defender.

28:10 12 The LORD hath been mind2910ful of us, and he shall bless us : even he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron.

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13 He shall bless them that fear the LORD: both small and great.

14 The LORD shall increase you more and more: you and your children.

15 Ye are the blessed of the 121:2 LORD: who made heaven and 134:4 earth.

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16 All the whole heavens are the LORD'S: the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The dead praise not thee,