every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 1 And God blessed every living creature, and said. unto them; Be fruitful and multiply. He said also to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat; and it was so. 2 The Lord, He is the preserver of men. 3 In him we live, and move, and have our being. * He holdeth our soul in life; and he will be our guide even unto death. 5 My defence is of God. The Lord is my keeper. I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me: the Lord shall preserve my going out and my coming in. 6 He is with me, and will keep me in all places whither I go, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on. For by him have I been holden up from the womb; he hath fed me all my life long. 7 Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety, and thy visitation preserveth my spirit. 8 The most high God is the possessor of heaven and earth. All that is in the heaven and in the earth is his. The world is his, and the fulness thereof. 9 God is the judge of all, and he reigneth over 1 Gen. i. 21, 22. 25. 28. 30. 4 Psal. lxvi. 9. Psal. xlviii. 14. cxxi. 5. Psal. iii. 5. Psal. cxxi. 8. Psal. lxxi. 6. Gen. xlviii. 15. 2 Job vii. 20. 8 Gen. xiv. 22. 1 Chron. xxix. 11. 3 Acts xvii. 28. 5 Psal. vii. 10. Psal. 6 Gen. xxviii. 15. 20. 7 Psal. iv. 8. Job x. 12. Psal. 1. 12. 9 Heb. xii. 23. all. Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. All things serve thee. 1 Whatsoever the Lord pleaseth, that doth he in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deep places. He hath appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; and he doth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. 3 The counsel of the Lord, that shall stand, and he will do all his pleasure. 4 All angels, and authorities, and powers, are subject to him; and his angels do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. The sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, the Lord hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. ⚫ He appointeth the moon for seasons, and the sun knoweth his going down. He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars. He turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night. * God thundereth marvellously with his voice; he directeth the sound of it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. ' He causeth the vapours to ascend; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. 10 He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; he calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth. 1 By the breath of God frost is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened. 2 Fire and hail, snow and vapour, wind and storm, fulfil his word. He turneth them round about by his counsels, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them, upon the face of the world in the earth; he causeth them to come, whether for correction or mercy. 3 The Lord giveth rain, both the former and the latter rain in his season, that men may gather in their corn, their wine, and their oil: he also shutteth up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit. * He visiteth the earth, and blesseth the springing thereof; he reneweth the face of the earth, and crowneth the year with his goodness; so that the pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered over with corn. 5 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth. " He turneth a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. The Lord is the God of all flesh, and of the spirits of all flesh; all his living creatures, both small and great beasts, and things creeping innumerable, wait upon him, that he may give them their meat in due season. That which he giveth them they gather; he openeth his hand, and they are filled with good. When he hideth his face, they are troubled; when he taketh away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 1 Job xxxvii. 10. 12, 13. Psal. civ. 30. cvii. 33, 34. 2 Psal. cxlviii. 8. [Old Transl.] Job xxxvii. 3 Jer. v. 24. Deut. xi. 14. 17. 4 Psal. lxv. 9, 10. Psal. lxv. 11. 13. 5 Psal. civ. 14. 6 Psal. 7 Jer. xxxii. 17. Numb. xvi. 22. Psal. civ. 25. 1 He feedeth the fowls of the air, and not a sparrow falleth to the ground without him. 2 The Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. He is the governor among the nations; God ruleth unto the ends of the earth. * The Lord is our Judge; the Lord is our Lawgiver; the Lord is our King. 5 When the Most High separated the sons of Adam, he divided to the nations their inheritance, and set the bounds of the people. 6 He appointed the ancient people, and the things that are coming, and shall come. 7 The Lord increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he enlargeth the nations and straiteneth them again and at what instant he speaketh concerning a nation or a kingdom, to build and to plant it, or to pluck up, and pull down, and to destroy it, it shall be done. He changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: God the Judge putteth down one and setteth up another. 9 By him kings reign, and princes decree justice, even all the judges of the earth. 10 From him cometh every good and every perfect gift; neither is there any evil in the world, and the Lord hath not done it. 11 He killeth, and he maketh alive; he woundeth, and he healeth: he bringeth down to the grave, and he bringeth up. Unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. If he gather unto himself 1 Matt. vi. 26. Matt. x. 29. xxii. 28. Psal. lix. 13. 6 Isa. xliv. 7. ii. 21. Psal. lxxv. 7. Amos iii. 6. Job xxxiv. 14, 15. 2 Dan. iv. 17. 4 Isa. xxxiii. 22. ? Prov. viii. 15, 16. 3 Psal. 5 Deut. xxxii. 8. 8 Dan. 10 James i. 17. 11 Deut. xxxii. 39. 1 Sam. ii. 6. Psal. lxviii. 20. the spirit of man and his breath, all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. 1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. He giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding; and when it so seemeth good in his sight, he hideth things from the wise and prudent, and revealeth them unto babes. 2 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich ; he bringeth low, and lifteth up. Riches and honour come of him and in his hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. He raiseth the poor out of the dust, and maketh the barren woman to be a joyful mother of children. 3 The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; for who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? * The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but safety is of the Lord: for he delivereth and rescueth; he maketh wars to cease, and restraineth the wrath of man. 5 The lot also is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord: in whose hand our breath is, and whose are all our ways. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what works thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 7 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as |