2 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: O teach me thy statutes!

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

4 My soul melteth away for very heaviness; comfort thou me, accordmg unto thy word.

5 Take from me the way of lying, and cause thou me to make much of thy law.

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

4 So shall I alway keep thy law: yea, for ever and ever.

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

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

7 And my delight shall be in thy. commandments, which I have loved. 8 My hands also will I lift up unto

6 I have chosen the way of truth, and thy judgments have I laid before thy commandments, which I have

me.

loved; and my study shall be in thy

7 I have stuck unto thy testimo-statutes. nies; O LORD, confound me not! 8 I will run the way of thy com. mandments, when thou hast set my heart at liberty.

Memor esto servi tui.

concerning thy word, wherein thou
O THINK upon thy servant, as
hast caused me to put my trust.
2 The same is my comfort in my

THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY. trouble; for thy word hath quickened

MORNING PRAYER.

Legem pone.

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

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

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

4 Incline mine heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 5 O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

6 O stablish thy word in thy serv. ant, that I may fear thee.

7 Take away the rebuke that I am I afraid of; for thy judgments are good. 8 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments; O quicken me in thy righteousness.

Et veniat super me. LET thy loving mercy come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according unto thy word.

2 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers; for my trust is in thy

word.

me.

3 The proud have had me exceed. shrinked from thy law. ingly in derision; yet have I not

4 For I remembered thine everreceived comfort. lasting judgments, O LORD, and

5 I am horribly afraid, for the ungodly that forsake thy law.

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

O LORD, in the night-season, and 7 I have thought upon thy name, have kept thy law.

8 This I had, because I kept thy commandments.

Portio mea, Domine. THOU art my portion, O LORD; have promised to keep thy law.

2 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart; be merciful unto me, according to thy word.

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

4 I made haste, and prolonged not the time, to keep thy commandments.

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

6 At midnight I will rise to give | me; but I will be occupied in thy thanks unto thee; because of thy commandments.

righteous judgments.

7 Let such as fear thee, and have

8 O let my heart be sound in thy

7 I am a companion of all them known thy testimonies, be turned that fear thee, and keep thy com- unto me. mandments.

8 The earth, O LORD, is full of statutes, that I be not ashamed. thy mercy: O teach me thy statutes!

Bonitatem fecisti.

Defecit anima mea.

MY soul hath longed for thy sal

O LORD, thou hast dealt gravation, and I have a good hope beciously with thy servant, according cause of thy word.

unto thy word.

2 Mine eyes long sore for thy 2 O learn me true understanding word; saying, O when wilt thou and knowledge; for I have believed comfort me?

thy commandments.

3 For I am become like a bottle in 3 Before I was. troubled, I went the smoke;. yet do I not forget thy wrong; but now have I kept thy word.

4 Thou art good and gracious: O teach me thy statutes!

5 The proud have imagined a lie against me; but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart. 6 Their heart is as fat as brawn; but my delight hath been in thy law. 7 It is good, for me that I have been in trouble; that I may learn thy statutes.

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

EVENING PRAYER.

Manus tuæ fecerunt me.. THY hands have made me, and fashioned me: O give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

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

statutes.

4 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou be avenged of them that persecute me?

5 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

6 All thy commandments are true: they persecute me falsely; O be thou my help.

7 They had almost made an end of me upon earth; but I forsook not thy commandments.

8 O quicken me after thy loving kindness; and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

In æternum, Domine.

O. LORD, thy word endureth for ever in heaven.

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

3 They continue this day accord ing to thine ordinance; for all things 3 I know, O LORD, that thy judg-serve thee.

ments are right, and that thou of very 4 If my delight had not been in faithfulness hast caused me to be thy law, I should have perished in troubled. my trouble.

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

5 Olet thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight,

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

6 I am thine: O save me, for I have sought thy commandments. 7 The ungodly laid wait for me,

6 Let the proud be confounded, to destroy me; but I will consider for they go wickedly about to destroy thy testimonies.

2 Thou, through thy command-GOD. ments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

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

4 I am wiser than the aged; because I keep thy commandments. 5 I have refrained my feet from evil way, that I may keep thy

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

8 Thy word is true from everlasting; all the judgments of thy right 8 The righteousness of thy testi-eousness endure for evermore. monies is everlasting: O grant me understanding, and I shall live.

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, I hate and abhor them; but thy law do I love.

2 Yea, even unto thee do I call; 4 Seven times a-day do I praise help me, and I shall keep thy testi-thee; because of thy righteous judg

3 Early in the morning do I cry 5 Great is the peace that they have

3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue ?thee. even mighty and sharp arrows, with 7 Peace be within thy walls, and hot burning coals. plenteousness within thy palaces. 4 Wo is me, that I am constrained 8 For my brethren and compato dwell with Mesech, and to have nion's sakes, I will wish thee pros my habitation among the tents of perity. Kedar!