The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (67 page)

I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God: than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.

Psalm 84, v. 10

118
Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Psalm 85, v. 10

119
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday: seeing that is past as a watch in the night.

Psalm 90, v. 4

120
The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years: yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

Psalm 90, v. 10

121
For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter.

Psalm 91, v. 3

122
Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night: nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
For the pestilence that walketh in darkness: nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day.

Psalm 91, v. 5

123
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 shew ourselves glad in him with psalms.

Psalm 95, v. 1

124
To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness.

Psalm 95, v. 8

125
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

Psalm 96, v. 9

126
O sing unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things.
With his own right hand, and with his holy arm: hath he gotten himself the victory.

Psalm 98, v. 1

127
O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 100, v. 1

128
The days of man are but as grass: for he flourisheth as a flower of a field.
For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone: and the place thereof shall know it no more.

Psalm 103, v. 15

129
Thou makest darkness that it may be night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do move.
The lions roaring after their prey: do seek their meat from God.

Psalm 104, v. 20

130
There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan: whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein.

Psalm 104, v. 26

131
The iron entered into his soul.

Psalm 105, v. 18

132
Thus were they stained with their own works: and went a whoring with their own inventions.

Psalm 106, v. 38

133
Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death.

Psalm 107, v. 10

134
They that go down to the sea in ships: and occupy their business in great waters;
These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep.

Psalm 107, v. 23

135
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man: and are at their wit's end.

Psalm 107, v. 27

136
Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech.

Psalm 110, v. 4

137
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Psalm 111, v. 10

138
The mountains skipped like rams: and the little hills like young sheep.

Psalm 114, v. 4

139
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the praise.

Psalm 115, v. 1

140
They have mouths, and speak not: eyes have they, and see not.
They have ears, and hear not: noses have they, and smell not.
They have hands, and handle not: feet have they, and walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

Psalm 115, v. 5

141
The snares of death compassed me round about: and the pains of hell gat hold upon me.

Psalm 116, v. 3

142
I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Psalm 116, v. 10

143
The same stone which the builders refused: is become the head-stone in the corner.
This is the Lord's doing: and it is marvellous in our eyes.

Psalm 118, v. 22

144
Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord.

Psalm 118, v. 26

145
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: from whence cometh my help.

Psalm 121, v. 1

146
So that the sun shall not burn thee by day: neither the moon by night.

Psalm 121, v. 6

147
The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in: from this time forth for evermore.

Psalm 121, v. 8

148
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Psalm 122, v. 6

149
Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

Psalm 124, v. 6

150
They that sow in tears: shall reap in joy.
He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed: shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.

Psalm 126, v. 6

151
Except the Lord build the house: their labour is but lost that build it.
Except the Lord keep the city: the watchman waketh but in vain.

Psalm 127, v. 1

152
Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant: even so are the young children.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them.

Psalm 127, v. 5

153
Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thine house.
Thy children like the olive-branches: round about thy table.

Psalm 128, v. 3

154
Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.

Psalm 130, v. 1

155
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 136, v. 1.

156
By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept: when we remembered thee, O Sion.

Psalm 137, v. 1

157
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem: let my right hand forget her cunning.

Psalm 137, v. 5

158
If I take the wings of the morning: and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.

Psalm 139, v. 8

159
I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Psalm 139, v. 13

160
O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man.

Psalm 146, v. 2

161
He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse: neither delighteth he in any man's legs.

Psalm 147, v. 10

162
To bind their kings in chains: and their nobles with links of iron.

Psalm 149, v. 8

163
Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: praise him upon the loud cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath: praise the Lord.

Psalm 150, v. 5

164
Be pleased to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of us thy servants, and the Fleet in which we serve.

Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea
First Prayer

165
That we may be…a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions.

Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea
First Prayer

166
We therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body (when the Sea shall give up her dead).

Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea
At the Burial of their Dead at Sea

167
Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation.

Articles of Religion
(1562) no. 6

168
Man is very far gone from original righteousness.

Articles of Religion
(1562) no. 9

169
It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church, to have publick Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people.

Articles of Religion
(1562) no. 24

170
The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England.

Articles of Religion
(1562) no. 37

171
It is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the Magistrate, to wear weapons, and serve in the wars.

Articles of Religion
(1562) no. 37

172
A Man may not marry his Mother.

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Booth, John Wilkes
1838–65

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Sic semper tyrannis!
The South is avenged.
having shot President Lincoln, 14 April 1865

in
New York Times
15 April 1865; the second part of the statement does not appear in any contemporary source, and is possibly apocryphal.

 
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