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6 Thou haft trodden down

all them that depart from the ftatutes; for they imagine but deceit.

7 Thou putteft away all the ungodly of the earth like drofs; therefore I love thy teftimonies.

8 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

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Feci judicium.

Deal with the thing that is lawful and right; O give me not over unto mine oppreffors.

2 Make thou thy fervant to delight in that which is good, that the proud do me no wrong.

3 Mine eyes are wafted away with looking for thy health, and for the word of thy righteousness.

4 O deal with thy fervant according unto thy loving mercy, and teach me thy ftatutes.

5 I am thy fervant; O

Mirabilia.

THY feftimonies are won

derful; therefore doth

my foul keep them.

2 When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and underítanding unto the fimple. 3 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath; for my delight was in thy command

ments.

4 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me; as thou uleft to do unto thofe that love thy Name.

5 Order my steps in thy word; and fo fhall no wickedness have dominion over me.

6 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men ; and fo fhall I keep thy commandments.

7 Show the light of thy countenance upon thy fervant, and teach me thy ftatutes.

8 Mine eyes gush out with water, because men keep not thy law.

Juftus es, Domine. IGHTEOUS art thou, true is thy

grant me understanding, that RO Lord, and true is th

I may know thy teftimonies.
6 It is time for thee, Lord,
to lay to thine hand; for they
have destroyed thy law.

7 For I love thy commandments above gold and precious ftones.

8 Therefore hold Iftraight all thy commandments; and all falfe ways I utterly abhor.

judgment.

2 The teftimonies that thou haft commanded, are exceeding righteous and true.

3 My zeal hath even confumed me; because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

4 Thy word is tried to the uttermoft, and thy fervant loveth it.

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5 I am small and of no re- fince, that thou haft grounded putation; yet do I not forget them for ever.

thy commandments.

6 Thy righteoufnefs is an

everlasting righteousness, and O

thy law is the truth.

Vide humilitatem.

Confider mine adversity, and deliver me, for I

7 Trouble and heavinefs do not forget thy law. have taken hold upon me; yet is my delight in thy commandments.

8 The righteousness of thy teftimonies is everlafting: Ó grant me underflanding, and

I fhall live.

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EVENING PRAYER. Clamavi in toto corde meo.

Call with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord, I will keep thy ftatutes.

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

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

4 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches; that I might be occupied in thy words.

5 Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy lovingkindness; quicken me according as thou art wont.

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

7 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord; for all thy command

ments are true.

8 As concerning thy teftimonies, I have known long

2 Avenge thou my cause, and deliver me; quicken me according to thy word.

3 Health is far from the ungodly; for they regard not thy ftatutes.

4 Great is thy mercy, O Lord; quicken me as thou

art wont.

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

6 It grieveth me when I fee the tranfgreffors; because they keep not thy law.

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7 Confider, O Lord, how love thy commandments; O quicken me according to thy loving kindness.

8 Thy word is true from everlafting; all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for evermore.

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praife thee; becaufe of thy righteous judgments.

5 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law; and they are not offended at it.

The Twenty-Seventh Day.
MORNING PRAYER.

Pfalm cxx. Ad Dominum.

I called upon the thy faving health, and done Lord, and he heard me. after thy commandments.

6 Lord, I have looked for WHENI was in trouble,

2 Deliver my foul, O Lord, 7 My foul have kept thy from lying lips, and from a teftimonies, and loved them deceitful tongue. exceedingly.

8 I have kept thy commandments and teftimonies; for all my ways are before thee. Appropinquet deprecatio. ET my complaint come before thee, O Lord; give me understanding according to thy word.

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2 Let my fupplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy word.

3 My lips fhall speak of thy praife, when thou haft taught me thy ftatutes.

4 Yea, my tongue fhall

fing of thy word; for all thy

commandments are righteous. 5 Let thine hand help me; for I have chofen thy commandments.

6 I have longed for thy faving health, O Lord; and in thy law is my delight.

O let my foul live, and 7 it fhall praife thee; and thy judgments fhall help me.

8 I have gone aftray like a fheep that is loft; Ofeek thy fervant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

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

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

5 My foul hath long dwelt among them that are enemies unto peace.

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

Pfalm cxxi. Levavi oculos meos. Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

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

3 He will not fuffer 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;

keeper; the Lord is thy de- Pfalm cxxiii. Ad te levavi

fence 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 be that shall keep thy foul. 8 The Lord fhall preferve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth for

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oculos meos.

NTO thee lift I up mine

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eyes, O thou that dwel

left in the heavens.

2 Behold, even as the eyes of fervants look'unto the hand of their mafters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her miftrefs, even fo our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us; for we are utterly despised.

4 Our foul is filled with the fcornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the defpitefulness of the proud.

Pfalm cxxiv. Nifi quia Dominus. F the Lord himself had not

Lord, to teftify unto Ifracl, I to give thanks unto thy Name

of the Lord.

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For there is the feat of judgment, even the feat of the houfe of David.

6 O pray for the peace of Jerufalem; they fhall profper

that love thee.

7 Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces.

8 For my brethren and companions' fakes, I will with thee profperity.

9 Yea, because of the houfe of the Lord our God, I will feek to do thee good.

been on our fide, now mat Ifrael fay; if the Lord himfelf had not been on our fide, when men rose up against us;

2 They had fwallowed us up quick; when they were fo wrathfully difpleafed at us.

3 Yea, the waters had drowned us; and the ftream had gone over our foul.

4 The deep waters of the proud had gone even over our foul.

5 But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth.

6 Our foul is escaped even as a bird out of the fnare of

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3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of

the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us already; whereof we rejoice.

5 Turn our captivity, O Lord, as the rivers in the fouth.

6 They that fow in tears fhall reap in joy.

7 He that now goeth on forth good feed, fhall doubthis way weeping, and beareth lefs come again with joy, and bring his fheaves with him.

Pfalm cxxvii. Nifi Dominus.

XCEPT the Lord build the house, their labour teous put their hand unto is but loft that build it. wickedness.

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4 Do well, O Lord, unto thofe that are good and true of heart.

5 As for fuch as turn back unto their own wickednefs, the Lord fhall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace fhall be upon Ifrael.

EVENING PRAYER. Pfalm cxxvi. In convertando.

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HEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion, then were we like unto them that dream.

2 Except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain.

3 It is but loft labour that ye hafte to rise up early, and fo late take reft, and eat the bread of carefulness; for fo he giveth his beloved fleep.

4 Lo, children and the fruit of the womb, are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord.

Like as the arrows in the 5 hand of the giant, even fo are the young children.

6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they fhall not be afhamed when they fpeak with their 3 Then faid they among enemies in the gate.

2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy.

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