165 Great is the peace that they have who I love thy | law and they are not of- I -fended I at it. 166 Lord, I have looked for thy saving health : and done I after I thy com- I -mandments.

167 My soul hath I kept thy I testimonies : and I loved them ex- -ceedingly.

168 I have kept thy com- I -mandments

and I

testimonies for áll my ways I are be- I -fore thee.

Appropinquet deprecatio.

LET my complaint cóme before I thee O Lord

give me understánding, ac- | -cording | to thy |

word.

170 Let my supplicátion I come be- I -fore thee: deliver me, ac- I -cording | to thy | word.

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

172 Yea, my tongue shall síng of thy I word for áll thy com- I -mandments. are righteous. I 173 Lét thine | hand | help me : for I' have I chosen | thy com- -mandments.

174 I have longed for thy sáving | health O| Lord : and in thy law is I my de- I -light.

175 O let my soul live, and I it shall | praise thee : and thy | judgements | shall I help me.

176 I have gone astray like a sheep I that is

lost :

O seek thy servant for I do not for- I get I thy com- -mandments.

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DAY 27.

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MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM CXX.-Ad Dominum.

HEN I was in trouble I called up- I -on the I
Lord and I he I heard me.

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying | lips : ánd I from a de- I -ceitful I tongue.

3 What reward shall be given or done unto thée, thou I false I tongue: even mighty and sharp árrows, with hot | burning I coals.

4 Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to have my habitátion a- I -mong the I tents of I Kedar.

5 My soul hath lóng I dwelt a mong | them :thật are I enemies I unto | peace.

6 I labour for peace but when I speak unto them there of théy I make them I ready. to I battle.

PSALM CXXI.-Levavi oculos.

WILL lift up mine éyes I unto. the hills: from whence I cometh

my help.

2 My help cometh éven I from the Lord: whó hath I made I heaven and I earth.

3 He will not suffer thy foot I to be I moved

hé that I keepeth. thee I will not I sleep.

and

4 Behold, hé that keepeth Israel: shåll | neither slumber. nor sleep.

5 The Lord himself is thy | keeper: the Lord is thy defence up- I -on thy I right | hand;

6 So that the sun shall not búrn I thee by | day: néither the moon I by I night.

7 The Lord shall presérve thee from all | evil : yea, it is even hê I that shall I keep thy | soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy ! coming in from this time I forth for I ever- I

more.

PSALM CXxii.-Lætatus sum.

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WAS glad when they said

unto me: We will go into the house I of the Lord.

2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates: 0′ 1 –

Je--rusa--lem.

3 Jerusalem is built as a city

ty in it--self.

4 For thither the tribes go up

that is at I uni

even the tribes I of

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the Lord to testify unto Israel
thanks unto the I Name I of the

Lord.

to give

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

6 O pray for the peace of Je- I -rusalem: they shall prosper. that I love thee.

7 Peace be with- I -in thy | walls: and plénteous. I ness with- | -in thy | palaces.

8 For my brethren and com- I -panions' I sakes: I' will I wish I thee pros- I -perity.

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

PSALM CXxiii.-Ad te levavi oculos meos.

mine O thou

that I dwellest I 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 hånd of her I mistress : even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God * until he have I mercy up- I -on us.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have I mercy up- on us for wé are I utterly de- I spised.

4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof! of the wealthy: and with the de- I -spiteful- . ness of the I proud.

IF

PSALM CXXIV.-Nisi quia Dominus.

F the Lord himself had not been on our side *
nów may Israel say: If the Lord himself
had not been on our side, when I men rose I
up a- I -gainst us;

2 They had swallowed I us up I quick: when they
were so wráthful- I -ly dis- I -pleased I at us.
3 Yea, the waters had I drowned us: and the
stream had gone I over. our I soul.

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

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2nd part.

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2nd

part.

Lord: who hath not given prey I unto their teeth.

6 Our soul is escaped

even as a bird out of the snáre of the fowler: the snare is bróken, | and we are de- I -livered.

7 Our help standeth in the Náme I of the Lord: whó hath I made I heaven and I earth.

THEY

PSALM CXXV.-Qui confidunt.

HEY that put their trust in the Lord shall be éven as the mount | Sion: which may not be removed, but I standeth I fast for ever. 2 The hills stand a- | -bout Je- I -rusalem: even so standeth the Lord round about his people * from this time I forth for I ever- I -more.

3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lót of the righteous: lest the righteous pút their hand I unto | wickedness.

4 D8 well O Lord: unto those that are good and true of | heart.

1 5 As for such as turn báck unto their own wickedness: the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil doers but peace shall I be up- I on Israel.

DAY 27. EVENING PRAYER.

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PSALM CXXVI.-In convertendo.

HEN the Lord turned again the captivi- ! ty of Sion: then were we like | unto | them that I dream.

F. 2 Then was our mouth filled. with I laughter : ánd our tongue I with I joy.

3 Then said they a- I-mong the heathen: The Lord hath done great I things for them.

4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us al. I ready: where- I -of I we re- I -joice.

2nd

part.

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5 Turn our captívity | O Lord: as the rivers I

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in the south.

6 They that I sow in I tears: shall I reap in I joy. He that now goeth on his way weeping and beareth forth good I seed: shall doubtless come again with joy, and | bring his I sheaves I with him.

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PSALM CXXVII.-Nisi Dominus.

XCEPT the Lord build the house : their labour is but I lost that I build it.

2 Except the Lord keep the

man I waketh | but in vain.

city: the watch

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

Lord.

4 Lo, children and the fruit | of the womb are an
heritage and gift that I cometh I of the
5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the I giant :
even só are the young children.

6 Happy is the man that hath his quíver I full of
them they shall not be ashamed when they
speak with their I enemies in the I gate.

PSALM CXXViii.-Beati omnes.

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LESSED are all they that I fear the | Lord :

2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine

hands:

O well is thée, and I happy I shalt thou | be. 3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful | vine: upón the walls of thine house.

4 Thy children like the olive- I -branches : round I a- I about thy I table.

5 Lo, thús shall the man be blessed: thất | fear--eth the Lord.

6 The Lord from out of Sion shall I so I bless thee: that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prospérity I all thy life long.