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spect unto all thy commandments.

I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

I will keep thy laws; O forsake me not utterly.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

BETH.

WHEREWITHAL shall a young man cleanse his way? even by ruling himself after thy word.

With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments.

Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I should not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O Lord; O teach me thy statutes.

With my lips have I been telling of all the judgments of thy mouth.

I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all manner of riches.

I will meditate on thy commandments, and have respect unto thy ways.

My delight shall be in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy word.

GIMEL.

O DEAL kindly unto thy servant, that I may live and keep thy word.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may see the wondrous things of thy law.

I am a stranger upon earth; O hide not thy commandments from me.

My soul trembles for the very fervent desire that it hath alway unto thy judgments.

Thou hast rebuked the proud; and cursed are they who do err from thy commandments.

O turn from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

Though princes did sit and speak against me, thy servant is occupied in thy statutes.

For thy testimonies are

my delight and my counsellors.

DALETH.

MY soul cleaveth to the dust; O quicken thou me according to thy word.

I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me; O teach me thy

statutes.

Make me to understand the way of thy commandments; and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. My soul melteth away for very heaviness; comfort thou me according unto thy word.

Remove me from the deceitful way; and cause thou me to make much of thy law.

I have chosen the way of truth; and thy judgments have I laid before

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The Twenty-second Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

HE.

TEACH me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes ; and I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea I shall keep it with my whole heart.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein is my desire,

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not

to covetousness.

O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity ; and quicken thou me in thy way.

O establish thy word in thy servant, that I may fear thee.

Take away the reproach that I am afraid of; for thy judgements are good.

Behold, my delight is in thy commandments; O quicken me in thy righteousness.

VAU.

LET thy loving mercy come unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according unto thy word.

So shall I make answer unto those who reproach me; for my trust is in thy word.

O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth; for my hope is in thy judgements.

So shall I alway keep thy law; yea for ever and

.ever.

And I will walk at liberty; for I seek thy commandments.

I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings, and will not be ashamed.

And my delight shall be in thy commandments, which I have loved.

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

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

ZAIN.

O THINK upon thy word of promise to thy servant, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust.

The same is my comfort in my trouble; for thy word hath quickened me.

The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrunk from thy law.

For I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord, and received comfort.

Horror hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked who forsake thy law.

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

I have thought upon thy name, O Lord, in the night season; and have kept thy law.

I esteemed myself rich in that I have kept thy commandments.

CHETH.

THOU art my portion, O Lord; I have promised to keep thy law.

I entreated thy favor with my whole heart; O be merciful unto me according to thy word.

I called my ways to remembrance, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

The bands of the ungodly have robbed me; but I have not forgotten thy law.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.

I am a companion of all those who fear thee and keep thy commandments.

The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy; O teach me thy statutes.

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

&c.

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Be honor and glory, silver.

JOD.

THY hands have made me, and fashioned me; O

give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

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

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.

O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testimonies be turned unto

me.

O let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

CAPH.

MY soul hath longed for thy salvation; and I have a good hope because of thy word.

Mine eyes languish for thy word, saying, O when wilt thou comfort me?

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

Now unto the King eternal, &c.

Be honor and glory, &c.

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 119.

LAMED.

O LORD, thy word endureth for ever in heaven.

Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another; thou hast laid the foundation of the earth and it abideth.

They continue this day according to thine ordinance; for all things serve thee.

If my delight had not been in thy law, I should have perished in my misery.

I will never forget thy commandments; for with them thou hast quickened me.

I am thine; O save me; for I have sought thy commandments.

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