Psalm cxli.  “Lord, I cry unto Thee; Make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice.  Let my prayer be set forth before Thee as incense, and the lifting up of hands as the evening sacrifice.  Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.  Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity.  Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness:  and let Him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil.  Mine eyes are unto Thee, O God the Lord; in Thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.  Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.  Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while that I withal escape.

Psalm cxlii.  I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.  I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble.  When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.  In the way wherein I walked, have they privily laid a snare for me.  I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me; refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.  I cried unto Thee, O Lord; I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.  Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low:  deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Thy name.

Psalm cxliii.  Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications; in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.  And enter not into judgment with Thy servant; for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.  For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath made me to dwell in darkness.  Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.  Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit faileth; hide not Thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.  Cause me to hear Thy loving kindness in the morning; for in Thee do I trust; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto Thee.  Bring my soul out of trouble, and of Thy mercy cut off mine enemies; for I am Thy servant.”

At length we arrived at Jerusalem, and presented ourselves at the first Veil of the Tabernacle.

Q. What was there said to you?  A. The Master of the first Veil demanded of us, “Who comes there?  Who dares approach this outer Veil of our sacred Tabernacle?  Who comes here?”

Q. Your answer?  A. Three weary travelers from Babylon.  They then demanded of us who we were, and what were our intentions.

Q. Your answer?  A. We are your own brethren and kindred of the tribe of Benjamin; we are the descendants of those noble families of Giblemites, who wrought so hard at the building of the first temple, were present at its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar, by him carried away captive to Babylon, where we remained servants to him and his sons till the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia, by whose order we were liberated, and are now returned to assist in rebuilding the house of the Lord, without expectation of fee or reward.