26 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou | heard est me: O teach | me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy: commandments: and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

28 My soul melteth away for ve

ry heaviness: comfort thou me ac | cor ding | unto thy | word.

29 Take from me the | way of lying: and cause thou me to make much of thy | law.

30 I have chosen the way of truth: and thy judgements have I laid before me.

31 I have stuck un to thy | testimonies: 0 | Lord, confound me not.

32 I will run the way of thy ments: when thou hast | set my liberty.

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DAY 25.]

MORNING PRAYER.

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EACH me, O Lord, the way of. thy | statutes: and I shall | keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep · thy law: yea, I shall keep it | with my whole | heart.

35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments: for there in is my desire. 36 Incline my heart unto

not to covetousness. 37 O turn away mine eyes, lest they be | hold | vanity and quicken thou | me in thy | way. 38 O stablish thy word | in thy | servant: that

39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of: for thy judgements are good.

40 Behold, my delight is in thy · com | mandments: 0 | quicken · me | in thy | righteousness.

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Et veniat super me.

ET thy loving mercy come also unto | me, O | Lord: even thy salvation, ac | cording | unto thy word.

42 So shall I make answer unto | my blas | phemers: for my | trust is | in thy word.

43 O take not the word of thy truth utterly | out of my mouth: for my hope is | in · thy | judge

ments.

44 So shall I alway | keep thy | law: yea, |forever. and | ever.

45 And I will | walk · at | liberty: for I seek | thy commandments.

46 I will speak of thy testimonies also, even be fore kings: and will not be ashamed.

47 And my delight shall be in | thy commandments: which || I have | loved.

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

Memor esto servi tui.

Think upon thy servant, as concerning · thy | word: wherein thou hast | caused me to put ! my trust.

50 The same is my comfort | in my | trouble: for thy word hath quickened me.

51 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision yet have I not | shrink · ed | from · thy law.

52 For I remembered thine everlasting | judgements, O Lord: and received comfort. 53 I am horribly afraid: for the ungodly • that forsake thy | law.

54 Thy statutes have been my song: in the house of my pilgrimage.

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55 I have thought upon thy Name, O Lord, in the night season: and kept thy law. 56 This I had: because I kept | thy com¦ mandments.

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Portio mea, Domine.

HOU art my | portion, O Lord: I have | promised to keep thy | law.

58 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole | heart: O be merciful unto me ac | cording to thy | word.

59 I called mine own | ways to remembrance: and turned my feet unto thy | testimonies. 60 I made haste, and prolonged | not the | time: to keep thy commandments.

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61 The congregations of the ungodly have | robbed me but I have not forgotten thy law. 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks. unto thee: because | of· thy | righte· ous | judge

ments.

63 I am a companion of all | them that fear | thee and keep thy commandments.

64 The earth, O Lord, is full of · thy | mercy: O teach me thy statutes.

66 O learn me true under standing and | knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.

67 Before I was troubled, I went | wrong: but now have I | kept thy | word.

68 Thou art good" · and" | gracious: O teach | methy statutes.

69 The proud have imagined a | lie against me: but I will keep thy commandments. with my whole heart.

70 Their heart is as | fat as | brawn: but my de light hath | been in thy | law.

71 It is good for me that I have been in | trouble: that I may learn thy | statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is dearer | un to | me · than thousands of | gold · and | silver.

DAY 25.]

EVENING PRAYER.

Manus tuæ fecerunt me.

HY hands have made me and | fashioned me:

To give me understanding, that I may learn

thy commandments.

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

75 I know, O Lord, that thy | judgements · are right: and that thou of very faithfulness hast | caused me to be troubled.

76 O let thy merciful kindness | be my | comfort: according to thy word un to`

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77 O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy | law is | my · deĺ light.

78 Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to destroy me: but I will be | occupied in thy commandments.

79 Let such as fear thee, and have | known thy | testimonies: be | turned | un to me.

80 O let my heart be sound | in thy | statutes: that I be not a shamed.

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Defecit anima mea.

Y soul hath longed for | thy salvation: and
I have a good hope because of thy |

word.

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82 Mine eyes long | sore for thy | word: saying, O when I wilt thou | comfort | me?

83 For I am become like a bottle | in the | smoke: yet do I not for | get thy | statutes.

84 How many are the days of thy servant : when wilt thou be avenged of them that | perse · cute me?

85 The proud have digged | pits for | me: which are not | after thy | law.

86 All thy commandments are true: they persecute me falsely; | Obe | thou my help. 87 They had almost made an end of me ир. • on | earth: but I for | sook not | thy commandments.

88 O quicken me after thy | loving kindness: and so shall I keep the | testimonies | of thy | mouth.

In æternum, Domine.

Lord thy word: en | dureth · for | ever ·

in heaven.

90 Thy truth also remaineth from one generation | to another thou hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it a

| bideth.

91 They continue this day according to thine | ordinance: for all things | serve | thee.

92 If my delight had not been in thy law: I should have | perished | in my trouble.

93 I will never forget | thy commandments: for with them thou hast | quickened me. 94 I am thine, O| save me: for I have sought thy commandments.