164 Seven times a day do I praise thee: because of thy | right.eous judgements.

165 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law: and they are not · of | fended at it.

166 Lord I have looked for thy | saving | health: and done after | thy commandments.

167 My soul hath | kept thy | testimonies: and I loved them exceedingly.

168 I have kept thy commandments · and | testimonies for all my ways are be | fore | thee.

Appropinquet deprecatio.

ET my complaint come before) thee, O Lord:

I word.

170 Let my supplication | come before thee: deliver me, according to thy | word.

171 My lips shall | speak of thy | praise: when | thou hast taught me thy statutes.

172 Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy | word : for all thy commandments are righteous. 173 Let thine hand | help me: for I have | chosen thy commandments.

174 I have longed for thy saving | health, 01 Lord and in thy law is my delight.

175 O let my soul live, and it shall | praise thee and thy | judgements shall help me. 176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is | lost: O seek thy servant, for I do | not · for | get · thy commandments.

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DAY 27.]

MORNING PRAYER.

Psalm cxx. Ad dominum.

W Lord: and he heard me.

WHEN I was in trouble I called up | on the

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.

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

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

6 I labour for peace, but when I speak unto | them there of: they make them | ready · to | battle.

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Psalm cxxi. Levavi oculos.

Will lift up mine eyes un | to the hills: from whence cometh my 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 keep eth | Israel: shall | neither slumber nor sleep.

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 |

ev er more.

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Was glad when they said unto me: We in to the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall | stand in thy | gates: 0 |· 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 | un⋅ to the Name of the Lord.

5 For there is the seat of judgement: even the seat of the | house of David.

6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that | love | thee.

7 Peace be within thy | walls ousness with | in thy | palaces.

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8 For my brethren and com | pan · ion's | sake: I will wish thee prosperity.

9 Yea, because of the house of the | Lord our | God: I will seek to do thee | good.

Psalm cxxiii. NTO thee lift I that dwell est

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Ad te levavi oculos meos.

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 so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, un | til. he have mercy upon us.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have | mercy up on us: for we are utterly des \pised.

4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof · of the wealthy: and with the de | spitefulness | of the proud.

Psalm cxxiv. Nisi quia Dominus. the Lord himself had not been on our side,

had not been on our side, when | men · rose | up · against us;

They had swallowed | us up | quick when they were so wrathfully dis | pleased | 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 un | to 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 delivered.

7 Our help standeth in the Name of the | Lord: who hath | made | heaven · and | earth.

Psalm cxxv. Qui confidunt.

HEY that put their trust in the Lord shall be

Pentsion: which may not

removed, but stand eth | fast for | ever.

2 The hills stand a bout Jerusalem: even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for | ever | more.

3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous: lest the righteous | put their hand unto | wickedness.

4 Dowell, O Lord: unto those that are | good and true of heart.

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5 As for such as turn back unto their | own | wickedness: the Lord shall lead them forth with

the evil-doers; but | peace shall be upon |

Israel.

DAY 27.]

WHE

EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm cxxvi. In convertendo. HEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion: then were we like unto them. that dream.

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

3 Then said they among the heathen: The Lord hath done great things for them. 4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us. already: where | of we rejoice. 5 Turn our captivity, rivers in the south.

O Lord: as the|

6 They that sow in | tears: shall || 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 cxxvii. Nisi dominus.

XCEPT the Lord | build the house: their

Elabour is but lost that build it.

2 Except the Lord keep the city: the watchmen wa keth | but in vain.

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

4 Lo, children and the | fruit of the womb are an 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.