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McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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set thy glory above the heavens. When I consider thy heavens, the work of
thy fingers; the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; what is man,
that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned
him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the work
of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet. O Lord, our Lord,
how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

3. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God; in him
will I trust. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I
deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He
shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him, and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him, and
show him my salvation.

4. O come, let us sing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice in the
strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving, and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the Lord is
a great God, and a great King above all gods. O worship the Lord in the
beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. For he
cometh, for he cometh, to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge
the world, and the people with his truth.

5. Oh that men would praise the Lord' for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men! They that go down to the sea in
ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord,
and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy
wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven;
they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;
they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their
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