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Rh :And the heavens are the work of Thy hands.
 * They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure;
 * Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment;
 * As a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall pass away;
 * But Thou art the selfsame,
 * And Thy years shall have no end.
 * The children of Thy servants shall dwell securely,
 * And their seed shall be established before Thee.'

[A Psalm] of David.


 * Bless the, O my soul;
 * And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
 * Bless the, O my soul,
 * And forget not all His benefits;
 * Who forgiveth all thine iniquity;
 * Who healeth all Thy diseases;
 * Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit;
 * Who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
 * Who satisfieth thine old age with good things;
 * So that Thy youth is renewed like the eagle.


 * The executeth righteousness,
 * And acts of justice for all that are oppressed.
 * He made known His ways unto Moses,
 * His doings unto the children of Israel.
 * The is full of compassion and gracious,
 * Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
 * He will not always contend;
 * Neither will He keep His anger for ever.
 * He hath not dealt with us after our sins,
 * Nor requited us according to our iniquities.
 * For as the heaven is high above the earth,
 * So great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.
 * As far as the east is from the west,
 * So far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
 * Like as a father hath compassion upon his children,
 * So hath the compassion upon them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame;
 * He remembereth that we are dust.
 * As for man, his days are as grass;
 * As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
 * For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;
 * And the place thereof knoweth it no more.
 * But the mercy of the is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him,
 * And His righteousness unto children's children;
 * To such as keep His covenant,
 * And to those that remember His precepts to do them.


 * The hath established His throne in the heavens;
 * And His kingdom ruleth over all.
 * Bless the, ye angels of His,
 * Ye mighty in strength, that fulfil His word,
 * Hearkening unto the voice of His word.
 * Bless the, all ye His hosts;
 * Ye ministers of His, that do His pleasure.
 * Bless the, all ye His works,
 * In all places of His dominion;
 * Bless the, O my soul.