7 Thy testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage for ever; and why? they are the very jay of my heart.

8 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway, even unto the end,

Feci judicium.

I DEAL with the thing that is lawful and right; O give me not over unto mine oppressors!

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

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

4 O deal with thy servant accord. ing unto thy loving mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

MORNING PRAYER.

Lucerna pedibus meis. THY word is a lantern unto my feet, and a light unto my paths.

2 I have sworn, and am steadfastly purposed, to keep thy righteous judgments.

3 I am troubled above measure:

quicken me, O LORD, according to thy word.

4 Let the free-will offerings of my

6 It is time for thee, LORD, to lay mouth please thee, O LORD; and to thine hand; for they have destroy. teach me thy judginents. ed thy law.

5 My soul is alway in my hand; yet do I not forget thy law.

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

7 For I love thy commandments above gold and precious stones. 8 Therefore hold 1 straight all thy commandments; and all false ways, utterly abhor.

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5 I am thy servant; O grant me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

Mirabilia.

THY testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them.

2 When thy word goeth forth, it

giveth light and understanding unto unto thee; for in thy word is my the simple.

trust.

3 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath; for my delight was in thy commandments.

4 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

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

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

7 Show the light of thy countenance upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

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

EVENING PRAYER.

Clamavi in toto corde meo. I CALL with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD; I will keep thy

statutes.

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

3 Early in the morning do I cry

5 Hear my voice, O LORD, according unto thy loving kindness; ; quicken me according as thou art wont.

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

7 Be thou nigh at hand, O LORD; for all thy commandments are true.

8 As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since, that thou hast grounded them for ever.

Vide humilitatem.

O CONSIDER mine adversity, and deliver me, for I do not forget thy law.

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 statutes.

4 Great is thy mercy, O LORD; quicken me as thou art wont.

5 Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me; yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies.

6 It grieveth me when I see the transgressors; because they keep not thy law.

7 Consider, O LORD, how I love thy commandments; O quicken me according to thy loving kindness.

8 Thy word is true from everlasting; all the judgments of thy right testi-eousness endure for evermore.

Principes persecuti sunt.

PRINCES have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

2 I am as glad of thy word, as one. that findeth great spoils. 3 As for lies, hate and abhor them; but thy law do I love.

4 Seven times a-day do I praise thee; because of thy righteous judg.

ments.

5 Great is the peace that they have

who love thy law; and they are not offended at it.

6 LORD, I have looked for thy saving health, and done after thy commandments.

7 My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly. 8 I have kept thy commandments

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto

and testimonies; for all my ways the hills, from whence cometh my are before thee.

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 sleep.

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Appropinquet deprecatio,

LET my complaint come before thee, O LORD; give me understanding according to thy word.

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

3 My lips shall speak of thy praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 4 Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteous.

5 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy commandments.

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

70 let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me.

8 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.

THE

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

TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY.

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

PSALM 121. Levavi oculos meos.

5 The LORD himself is thy keeper; the LORD is thy defence upon thy right hand;

6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night.

7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul..

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

PSALM 122. Lætatus sum.

I WAS glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the LORD.

2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem.

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

4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

5 For there is the seat of judgment, even the seat of the house of David.

6 Q pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love thee.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 120. Ad Dominum. WHEN I was in trouble, I called upon the LORD, and he heard me.

2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.

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4 Wo is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech, and to have my habitation among the tents of perity. Kedar!

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

8 For my brethren and compa nion's sakes, I will wish thee pros

9 Yea, because of the house of the

LORD our GOD, I will seek to do eth not unto the lot of the righteous; thee good. lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness.

PSALM 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos.

UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, even 80 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 soul is filled with the scorn-like unto them that dream. ful reproof of the wealthy, and with the despitefulness of the proud. PSALM 124. Nisi quia Dominus.

IF the LORD himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say; if the LORD himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against

us;

2 They had swallowed us up quick; when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.

3 Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul.

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

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

6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler; the snare is broken and we are de livered.

7 Our help standeth in the name of the LORD, who hath made heaven and earth.

PSALM 125.

Qui confidunt.

THEY that put their trust in the LORD shall be even as the mount Sion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever.

4 Do well, O LORD, unto those that are good and true of heart.

5 As for such as turn back unto. their own wickedness; the LORD shall lead thein forth with the evil doers, but peace shall be upon Israel,

2 The hids stand about Jerusalem; even so standeth the LORD round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.

3 For the rod of the ungodly com

EVENING PRAYER. PSALM 126. In convertendo.

WHEN the LORD turned again the captivity of Sion, then were we

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

then, the LORD hath done great 3 Then said they among the hea 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 south.

6. They that sow in tears, shalk reap in joy.

7 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 127. Nisi Dominus. EXCEPT the LORD build the house, their labor is but lost that build it..

2 Except the LORD keep the city, the watchinan waketh but in vain,

3 It is but lost labor that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness; for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

4 Lo, children and the fruit of the womb, are a heritage and gift that cometh of the LORD.

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

6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate,

PSALM 130. De profundis. OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice. 20 let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint.

8 Arise, O LORD, into thy resting

3 If thou, LQRD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O place; thou, and the ark of thy LORD, who may abide it?

strength.