Copyright, 1911, by The Trustees of The Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work

1 Lord, make me to know mine end that I may know how | frail

and the measure of my days | what it | is || | I = | am.

2 Behold, Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth * and mine age is as noth| | ing before Thee || verily every man at his best state is altogether | vanity.

3 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew* surely they are disquiet | ed · in | vain || he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather | them.

Thee.

4 And now Lord what wait I for || my | hope is in 5 Deliver me from all my transgressions || make me not the reproach · = = 1 of the foolish.

6 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth || because | Thou |

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7 Remove thy stroke a way from me || I am consumed by the [ blow of | Thine = | hand.

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8 When Thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity* Thou makest his beauty to consume a way like a moth || surely | every man is vanity.

9 Hear my prayer O Lord * and give ear unto my cry* hold not Thy peace | at my tears for I am a stranger with Thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.

10 O spare me, that I may re | cover | strength || before I go hence | and

no more.

Glory be to the Father and to the | Son || and | to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning * is now, and ever | shall be

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world without |

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1 Lord Thou hast been our | dwelling place || in | all !! generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world || even from everlasting to everlasting Thou

| God.

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3 Thou turnest man | to destruction || and sayest Re | turn ye | children · of |

men.

4 For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is | past || and as a watch | in the night.

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5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood they are as a sleep || in the morning they are like | grass which groweth | up.

6 In the morning it flourisheth and groweth | up || in the evening it is cut down and wither eth.

7 For we are consumed by Thine | anger || and by Thy | wrath troubled.

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before light = | of Thy | countenance.

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| Thee || our secret sins in the |

9 For all our days are passed away | in Thy | wrath || we spend our years as a | tale = | that is | told.

10 The days of our years are threescore | years and | ten || and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years* yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off and we | fly away.

11 Who knoweth the power of Thine anger || even according to Thy fear | = | is Thy | wrath.

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12 So teach us to number our | days || that we may apply our | hearts unto wisdom.

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13 Return O Lord, how | long || and let it repent Thee concerning | Thy ⋅ =

servants.

14 O satisfy us early with Thy | mercy || that we may rejoice and be | glad all our days.

15 Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast af | flicted | us || and the years where | in we have seen | evil. 16 Let Thy work appear un to Thy | servants || and Thy | glory un❘ to their

children.

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17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God | be up on us || and establish Thou the work of our hands upon us * yea the work of our hands establish | Thou = | it.

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Glory be to the Father

and to the | Son || and | to the | Holy Ghost;

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As it was in the beginning is now, and ever | shall be || world without | end = | A = | men.

1 The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that | fear Him and His righteousness | unto | children's children.

2 To such as keep His covenant || and to those that remember His com | mand =ments to do them.

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3 He shall feed His flock | like a shepherd || He shall gather the lambs with His arm and carry them in His | bosom.

4 Suffer little children to come unto Me and for | bid them | not || for of | such is the kingdom of heaven.

5 Then will I sprinkle clean
6 A new heart also will I
7 And I will take away the
give you a heart of

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water up on you || and | ye shall | be give you || and a new spirit will I put with | in you, stony heart out of your flesh || and I will | flesh.

8 I will pour my Spirit up on thy | seed || and My | blessing up on thine |

offspring:

9 And they shall spring up as a | mong the | grass || as willows | by the water |

courses.

10 For the promise is unto you and to your children || and to all that are afar off * even as many as the Lord our God shall | call.

Glory be to the Father and

As it was in the beginning end · = |A · = | men.

to the | Son || and | to the | Holy Ghost;

is now, and ever | shall be || world without |

Directions for Chanting

CHANTS consist of two distinct divisions: one portion is recited, the other portion is sung.

2 The words from the commencement of each verse and half-verse up to the accented syllable, which is printed in italics, are called the Recitation, and should be recited smoothly, and without undue haste.

3 On reaching the accented syllable, and beginning with it, the music of the chant commences, in strict time (a tempo), the upright strokes corresponding to the bars. The Recitation must therefore be considered as outside the chant, and may be of any length. The note on which the Recitation is made is called the Reciting-note.

4 If there is no syllable after that which is accented, the accented syllable must be held for one whole bar or measure.

5 An asterisk (*) is a direction to take breath. Other stops (, ;) must be attended to, as in good reading.

6 As the accent holds the position of the first beat of the first bar, it is unnecessary to sing it louder than any of the words recited: its position, musically, will give it quite enough emphasis.

7 Final ed is always to be pronounced as a separate syllable.

8 The expression "2nd part" indicates that the verse so marked is to be sung to the second half of a double chant, when such chant is used.