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Rh :Ye that eat the bread of toil;
 * So He giveth unto His beloved in sleep.


 * Lo, children are a heritage of the ;
 * The fruit of the womb is a reward.
 * As arrows in the hand of a mighty man,
 * So are the children of one's youth.
 * Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them;
 * They shall not be put to shame,
 * When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

A Song of Ascents.


 * Happy is every one that feareth the ,
 * That walketh in His ways.
 * When thou eatest the labour of thy hands,
 * Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
 * Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thy house;
 * Thy children like olive plants, round about thy table.
 * Behold, surely thus shall the man be blessed
 * That feareth the.


 * The bless thee out of Zion;
 * And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life;
 * And see thy children's children.
 * Peace be upon Israel!

A Song of Ascents.


 * 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up',
 * Let Israel now say;
 * 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up;
 * But they have not prevailed against me.
 * The plowers plowed upon my back;
 * They made long their furrows.
 * The is righteous;
 * He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'


 * Let them be ashamed and turned backward,
 * All they that hate Zion.
 * Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,
 * Which withereth afore it springeth up;
 * Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand,
 * Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
 * Neither do they that go by say:
 * 'The blessing of the be upon you;
 * We bless you in the name of the .'

A Song of Ascents.


 * Out of the depths have I called Thee, O.
 * Lord, hearken unto my voice;
 * Let Thine ears be attentive
 * To the voice of my supplications.


 * If Thou,, shouldest mark iniquities,
 * O Lord, who could stand?
 * For with Thee there is forgiveness,
 * That Thou mayest be feared.


 * I wait for the, my soul doth wait,
 * And in His word do I hope.
 * My soul waiteth for the Lord,
 * More than watchmen for the morning;
 * Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.