my delight and my counsellors.

DALETH.

MY soul cleaveth to the dust; O quicken thou me according to thy word.

I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me; O teach me thy

statutes.

Make me to understand the way of thy commandments; and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

My soul melteth away for very heaviness; comfort thou me according unto thy word.

Remove me from the deceitful way; and cause thou me to make much of thy law.

I have chosen the way of truth; and thy judgments have I laid before

me.

I have kept close unto thy testimonies; O Lord confound me not.

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou hast set my heart at liberty.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

The Twenty-second Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

HE.

TEACH me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes ; and I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea I shall keep it with my whole heart.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein is my desire,

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not

to covetousness.

O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

O establish thy word in thy servant, that I may fear thee.

Take away the reproach that I am afraid of; for thy judgements are good.

Behold, my delight is in thy commandments; O quicken me in thy righteousness.

VAU.

LET thy loving mercy come unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according unto thy word.

So shall I make answer unto those who reproach me; for my trust is in thy word.

O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth; for my hope is in thy judgements.

So shall I alway keep thy law; yea for ever and

ever.

And I will walk at liberty; for I seek thy commandments.

I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings, and will not be ashamed.

And my delight shall be in thy commandments, which I have loved.

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and my study shall be in thy statutes.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

ZAIN.

O THINK upon thy word of promise to thy servant, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust.

The same is my comfort in my trouble; for thy word hath quickened me.

The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrunk from thy law.

For I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord, and received comfort.

Horror hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked who forsake thy law.

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

I have thought upon thy name, O Lord, in the night season; and have kept thy law.

I esteemed myself rich in that I have kept thy commandments.

CHETH.

THOU art my portion, O Lord; I have promised to keep thy law.

I entreated thy favor with my whole heart; O be merciful unto me according to thy word.

I called my ways to remembrance, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

The bands of the ungodly have robbed me; but I have not forgotten thy law.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

I am a companion of all those who fear thee and keep thy commandments.

The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy; O teach me thy statutes.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

The Twenty-third Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

TETH.

O LORD, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according unto thy word.

O teach me true understanding and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy word.

Thou art good and doest good; O teach me thy

statutes.

The proud have forged a lie against me; but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart.

It is good for me that I have been in trouble, that I may learn thy stat

utes.

The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me than thousands of gold and

&c.

JOD.

THY hands have made me, and fashioned me; O

They who fear thee, will be glad when they see me, because I have put my trust in thy word.

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.

O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testimonies be turned unto

me.

O let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

CAPH.

MY soul hath longed for thy salvation; and I have a good hope because of thy word.

Mine eyes languish for thy word, saying, O when wilt thou comfort me?

thy loving kindness; and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

LAMED.

O LORD, thy word endureth for ever in heaven.

Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another; thou hast laid the foundation of the earth and it abideth.

They continue this day according to thine ordinance; for all things serve thee.

If my delight had not been in thy law, I should have perished in my misery.

I will never forget thy commandments; for with them thou hast quickened me.

I am thine; O save me; for I have sought thy commandments.

The ungodly laid wait for me, to destroy me; but I will consider thy testimonies.

I see that all things come to an end; but thy commandment is eter

nal.

MEM.

O HOW I love thy law all the day long is my study in it!

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

I have more understanding than my teachers; for thy testimonies are my study.

I am wiser than the aged; because I keep thy commandments.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, because I keep thy word. I have not shrunk from thy judgments; for thou teachest me.

How sweet are thy words unto my taste, yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth.

Through thy commandments I get understand

I am troubled above measure; revive me, O Lord, according to thy word.

Let the free will offerings of my mouth please thee, O Lord; and teach thou me thy judgments.

My life is in constant peril; yet do I not forget thy law.

The ungodly have laid a snare for me; but yet I swerve not from thy commandments.