The Even the sure mercies of David.

Infinite Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, Mercy of A leader and commander to the people.

God Behold, thou shalt call a nation

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That thou knowest not,

And nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee Because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel;

For he hath glorified thee.

Seek
ye the LORD while he may
be found,
Call ye upon him while he is near:

Let the wicked forsake his way,

And the unrighteous man his thoughts:

And let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him;

And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

Neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

20 So are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts.

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,

And returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, 25 And maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

So shall my word be that goeth forth

Out of my mouth :

It shall not return unto me void,

But it shall accomplish that which I please, and it God's

shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

For ye shall go out with joy,

And be led forth with peace:
The mountains and the hills

Shall break forth before you into singing,
And all the trees of the field

Shall clap their hands.

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,

Day of Salvation

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And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree. 10
And it shall be to the LORD for a name,

For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

*Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do

justice :

For my salvation is near to come,

And my righteousness to be revealed.
Blessed is the man that doeth this,

And the son of man that layeth hold on it;
That keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,
And keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Neither let the son of the stranger,

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That hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying,
The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people :
Neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep 25
my sabbaths,

And choose the things that please me, and take hold
my covenant;

of

Observance Even unto them will I give in mine house and within

of the

my walls

Sabbath A place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: ordained I will give them an everlasting name,

5 That shall not be cut off.

Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD,

To serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to
be his servants,

Every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,
And taketh hold of my covenant;

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain,
And make them joyful in my house of prayer :
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
15 Shall be accepted upon mine altar;

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For mine house shall be called

An house of prayer for all people.

The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel Saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

All

ye beasts of the field, come to devour, Yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

His watchmen are blind:

They are all ignorant,

25 They are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark;
Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough,
And they are shepherds that cannot understand:
They all look to their own way,

The Backsliding of Israel

Every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine,

And we will fill ourselves with strong drink;

And to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

* The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart:
And merciful men are taken away,
None considering that the righteous
Is taken away from the evil to come.
He shall enter into peace:
They shall rest in their beds,

Each one walking in his uprightness.

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress,
The seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Against whom do ye sport yourselves?

Against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out
the tongue ?

Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree,
Slaying the children in the valleys under the cliffs of
the rocks?

Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion;
They, they are thy lot:

Even to them hast thou poured a drink offering,
Thou hast offered a meat offering.

Should I receive comfort in these?

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed:
Even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

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Divine Behind the doors also and the posts Forbear- Hast thou set up thy remembrance: ance and For thou hast discovered thyself Mercy To another than me, and art gone up; Thou hast enlarged thy bed,

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And made thee a covenant with them;

Thou lovest their bed where thou sawest it.
And thou wentest to the king with ointment,
And didst increase thy perfumes,

And didst send thy messengers far off,

And didst debase thyself even unto hell.

Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way;
Yet saidst thou not, There is no hope:

Thou hast found the life of thine hand;

15 Therefore thou wast not grieved.

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And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that
thou hast lied,

And hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart?
Have not I held my peace even of old,

And thou fearest me not?

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works;
For they shall not profit thee.

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee;
But the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shal!
take them:

But he that putteth his trust in me

Shall possess the land,

And shall inherit my holy mountain; and shall
ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way,

Cast

say,