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

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

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

1 have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes, which are an everlasting reward.

SAMECH.

I HATE wicked imaginations; but thy law do I love.

Thou art my defence and shie d; and my trust is in thy word.

Depart from me, ye wicked; I will keep the commandments of my God.

O stablish me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be disappointed of my hope. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; yea, my delight shall be ever in thy

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I HAVE done judgment and justice; O give me not over unto mine oppressors.

O lead thy servant in safety, that the proud do

me no wrong.

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

O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

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

It is time for thee, Lord, to execute judgment; for they have set at nought thy law.

For I love thy commandments above gold and precious stones.

Therefore I direct my way according to all thy commandments; and all false ways I utterly abhor. Now unto the King eter

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EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

PE.

THY testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep them. When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and understanding unto the simple.

I opened my mouth, and panted for thy commandments; for they are my exceeding delight.

O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those who love thy name. Order my steps in thy word; and let no wickedness have dominion over

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The testimonies that thou hast commanded are exceeding righteous and

true.

My indignation hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

Thy word is approved to the uttermost; and thy servant loveth it.

I am small, and of no reputation; yet do I not forget thy commandments.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness; and thy law is the truth.

When trouble and heaviness take hold upon me, my delight is in thy commandments.

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting; O grant me understanding, and I shall live.

KOPH.

ICALL with whole my heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep thy statutes.

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

Early in the morning do I cry unto thee; for in thy word is my trust.

Mine eyes anticipate the night watches, that I might be occupied in thy words. Hear my voice, O Lord,

according unto thy loving kindness; quicken me according as thou art wont. They draw nigh who of malice persecute me, and are far from thy law.

But thou also art nigh, O Lord; all thy command

ments are true.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since, that thou hast established them for ever. Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

The Twentyfifth Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

RESH.

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

Plead thou my cause, and deliver me; preserve me according to thy word.

Salvation is far from the ungodly; for they regard not thy statutes.

Great is thy mercy, O Lord; quicken me according to thy judgments.

Many there are who trouble me, and persecute

me; yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies.

It grieveth me, when I see the transgressors, because they keep not thy

law.

Consider, O Lord, how I love thy commandments; O revive me according to thy loving kindness.

Thy word is true from everlasting; all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for evermore.

SCHIN.

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

I am as glad of thy word as one who findeth great spoils.

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

Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

Great is the peace that they have who love thy law; and nothing shall offend them.

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

My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly.

I have kept thy com

mandments and testimo

nies; for all my ways are before thee.

TAU.

LET my prayer come before thee, O Lord; give me understanding according to thy word. Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy word.

My lips shall speak of thy praise, when thou hast taught me thy stat

utes.

Yea, my tongue shall speak of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteous.

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

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

O let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help

me.

I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; O seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy command

ments.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 121.

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh even from the Lord, who hath

made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; and he who keepeth thee will not sleep.

Behold, he who keepeth Israel, shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord himself is thy keeper; the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;

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

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; yea, it is even he who shall keep thy soul.

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

PSALM 122.

I WAS glad, when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is built as a city, that is at unity in itself.

For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, according to the law f Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

For there is the seat of judgment, even the throne of the house of David. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper who love thee.

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will wish thee prosperity.

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Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek to do thee good. Now unto the King eter

nal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

PSALM 124.

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;

They had swallowed us up quick, when they were so wrathfully displeased at

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