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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 my whole 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.

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

Be honour and glory, &c.

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The Twentysixth Day. drowned

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 123. UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou who dwellest in the heavens;

Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden

stream had gone over our soul;

The proud waters had gone over our soul.

But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth.

Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler; the

snare is broken, and we are delivered.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth.

PSALM 125.

THEY who put their trust in the Lord, shall be even as the mount Sion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast for

ever.

As the hills stand about Jerusalem, even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore.

For the sceptre of the ungodly shall not rule over the righteous; unless the righteous put their hand unto wickedness.

Do well, O Lord, unto those who are good and true of heart.

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honour and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 126. WHEN the Lord turned

again the captivity of Sion, then were we like unto those who dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy.

Then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we rejoice.

Thou hast turned our captivity, O Lord, as the rivers in the south.

They who sow in tears, shall reap in joy.

He who now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.

PSALM 127.

EXCEPT the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost who build it.

Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

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

Lo, children are an her

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