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Lord’s Day 23, 2006
I reioyced, when they sayd to me, We wil go into the house of the Lord. Psalms 122:1, (Geneva Bible)

PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING

O my God,

hou fairest, greatest, first of all objects,
my heart admires, adores, loves thee,
for my little vessel is as full as it can be,
and I would pour out all that fullness before thee
in ceaseless flow.
When I think upon and converse with thee
ten thousand delightful thoughts spring up,
ten thousand sources of pleasure are unsealed,
ten thousand refreshing joys spread over my heart,
crowding into every moment of happiness.
I bless thee for the soul thou hast created,
for adorning it, sanctifying it,
though it is fixed in barren soil;
for the body thou hast given me,
for preserving its strength and vigour,
for providing senses to enjoy delights,
for the ease and freedom of my limbs,
for hands, eyes, ears that do thy bidding;
for thy royal bounty providing my daily support,
for a full table and overflowing cup,
for appetite, taste, sweetness,
for social joys of relatives and friends,
for ability to serve others,
for a heart that feels sorrows and necessities,
for a mind to care for my fellow-men,
for opportunities of spreading happiness around,
for loved ones in the joys of heaven,
for my own expectation of seeing thee clearly.
I love thee above the powers of language
to express,
for what thou art to thy creatures.

Increase my love, O my God, through time
and eternity.

—from The Valley of Vision, Arthur Bennett, editor (Banner of Truth Trust, 2002).


Psalme 5 (Geneva Bible)
To him that excelleth vpon Nehiloth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1 Heare my wordes, O Lorde: vnderstande my meditation.
2 Hearken vnto the voyce of my crie, my King and my God: for vnto thee doe I pray.
3 Heare my voyce in the morning, O Lorde: for in the morning will I direct me vnto thee, and I will waite.
4 For thou art not a God that loueth wickednes: neither shall euill dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shal not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lorde will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull.
7 But I wil come into thine house in the multitude of thy mercie: and in thy feare will I worship toward thine holy Temple.
8 Leade me, O Lord, in thy righteousnes, because of mine enemies: make thy way plaine before my face.
9 For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.
10 Destroy them, O God: let them fall from their counsels: cast them out for the multitude of their iniquities, because they haue rebelled against thee.
11 And let all them that trust in thee, reioyce and triumph for euer, and couer thou them: and let them, that loue thy Name, reioyce in thee.
12 For thou Lorde wilt blesse the righteous, and with fauour wilt compasse him, as with a shielde.


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Grace and peace to you this Lord’s Day.

by David
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