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135 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy fervant and teach me thy ftatutes.

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136 Mine eyes gush out with water : because men keep not thy law.

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Juftus es, Domine.

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IGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord and true is thy judgement.

138 The teftimonies that thou haft commanded : are exceeding righteous and

true.

139 My zeal hath even confumed me : because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

140 Thy word is tried to the uttermoft : and thy fervant loveth it.

141 I am fmall, and of no reputation : yet do I not forget thy commandments. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and thy law is the truth.

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143 Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me yet is my delight in thy commandments.

144 The righteousness of thy teftimonies is everlasting: O grant me understanding, and I fhall live.

Evening Prayer.

Clamavi in toto corde meo.

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Call with my whole heart hear me,
O Lord, I will keep thy statutes.
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146 Yea,

146 Yea, even unto thee do I call : help me, and I fhall keep thy teftimonies.

147 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee for in thy word is my trust.

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148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches: that I might be occupied in thy words.

149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy loving-kindness : quicken me, according as thou art wont.

150 They draw nigh that of malice perfecute me and are far from thy law.

151 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord: for all thy commandments are true.

152 As concerning thy teftimonies, I have known long fince that thou haft grounded them for ever.

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Vide humilitatem.

Confider mine adverfity, and deliver me for I do not forget thy law. 154 Avenge thou my caufe, and deliver me: quicken me, according to thy word. 155 Health is far from the ungodly: for they regard not thy ftatutes.

156 Great is thy mercy, O Lord quicken me, as thou art wont.

157 Many there are that trouble me, and perfecute me yet do I not fwerve from thy teftimonies.

158 It grieveth me when I fee the tranfgreffors: because they keep not thy law. 159 Confider,

159 Confider, O Lord, how I love thy commandments: O quicken me, according to thy loving-kindness.

160 Thy word is true from everlasting : all the judgements of thy righteousness endure for evermore.

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Principes perfecuti funt.

RINCES have perfecuted me without a caufe but my heart ftandeth in awe of thy word.

162 I am as glad of thy word as one that findeth great spoils.

163 As for lies, I hate and abhor them : but thy law do I love.

164 Seven times a day do I praise thee: because of thy righteous judgements. 165 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law : and they are not

offended at it.

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166 Lord, I have looked for thy faving health and done after thy commandments. 167 My foul hath kept thy teftimonies : and loved them exceedingly.

168 I have kept thy commandments and teftimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

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Appropinquet deprecatio.

ET my complaint come before thee, O Lord give me understanding according to thy word.

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170 Let my fupplication come before thee: deliver me, according to thy word. 171 My lips fhall speak of thy praise : when thou haft taught me thy ftatutes.

172 Yea, my tongue fhall fing of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteous. 173 Let thine hand help me : for I have chofen thy commandments.

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174 I have longed for thy faving health, O Lord and in thy law is my delight. 175 O let my foul live, and it fhall praise thee and thy judgements fhall help me.

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176 I have gone aftray like a fheep that is loft: O feek thy fervant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

Morning Prayer.

PSALM cxx. Ad Dominum.

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HEN I was in trouble I called upon the Lord and he heard me. 2 Deliver my foul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.

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3 What reward, fhall be given or done unto thee, thou falfe tongue : even mighty and fharp arrows, with hot burning coals.

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4 Wo is me, that I am conftrained to dwell with Mefech, and to have my bitation among the tents of Kedar.

15 My foul bath long dwelt among them that are enemies unto peace...

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6 I labour

6 I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof: they make them ready to battle.

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PSALM cxxi. Levavi oculos.

Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help.

2 My help cometh even from the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth.

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: and he that keepeth thee will not fleep. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael : fhall neither flumber nor fleep.!

5 The Lord himself is thy keeper : the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand; 6 So that the fun fhall not burn thee by day neither the moon by night.

7 The Lord fhall preferve thee from all evil: yea, it is even he that shall keep thy foul.

8 The Lord fhall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in from this time forth for evermore.

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PSALM cxxii. Lætatus fum. Was glad when they faid unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord.. 2 Our feet fhall ftand in thy gates: O Jerufalem.

3 Jerufalem is built as a city that is at unity in itself..

4 For thither the tribes go up, even the

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