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Principes persecuti sunt.

RINCES have persecuted me but my my heart standeth in 162 I am as glad of thy | word great | spoils.

163 As for lies, I hate | and ab | hor them: but thy | law | do I love.

164 Seven times a day do I | praise | thee: because of thy righteous | judg | ments.

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 com | mand | ments.

167 My soul hath kept thy | testimo | nies : and loved | them exceeding | ly.

168 I have kept thy commandments and | testimo | nies: for all my ways are be | fore | thee.

Appropinquet deprecatio.

ET my complaint come before | thee, O Lord : give me understanding, ac | cording to thy | 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 | sta | tutes.

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, O | Lord : and in thy law is | my de | light.

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

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176 I have gone astray like a sheep | that is | lost seek thy servant, for I do not forget | thy com | mand |

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THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY.

Morning Prayer.

PSALM 120. Ad Dominum.

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

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2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from | lying | lips : and | from a de | ceitful | 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 | Ke❘ dar.

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 | bat | tle.

3 He will not suffer thy foot | to be moved and he that keepeth thee will not | sleep.

4 Behold, he that keepeth | Isra | el shall neither | slumber | nor | sleep.

5 The Lord himself is thy | keeper: the Lord is thy defence up on 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 | ever

more.

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WAS glad when they said unto | me: We will go into the house | of the | Lord.

2 Our feet shall stand | in thy | gates: O Je rusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built | as a | city that is at | unity | in it self.

4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes | of the Lord to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the

Lord.

5 For there is the seat of | judgment: even the seat of the house of | Da | vid.

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

7 Peace be with in thy | walls and plenteousness with in thy pala | ces.

8 For my brethren and com | panions' | sakes : I will wish thee pros | peri | ty.

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

NTO thee lift I | up mine | eyes: O thou that | dwellest 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 hand of her | mistress even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have | mercy up | on | us.

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3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have| mercy up on for we are utter | ly des | pis | ed.

4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the | wealthy and with the de | spitefulness of the

PSALM 124. Nisi quia Dominus.

proud.

F 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 a | gainst | us ;

2 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.

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PSALM 125. Qui confidunt.

HEY that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Si | on which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever.

2 The hills stand about Je | rusa | lem 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 Do well, | O | Lord : unto those that are | good and| true of heart.

5 As for such as turn back unto their own | wicked | ness : the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil-doers; but peace shall be upon | Isra | el.

DAY 27.

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Evening Prayer.

PSALM 126. In convertendo.

HEN the Lord turned again the captivity of | Si | on : 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 al | ready: where | of | we re | joice.

5 Turn our captivity, | O | Lord : as the rivers | in the | south.

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.

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PSALM 127. Nisi Dominus.

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

2 Except the Lord waketh but in vain.

keep the city the watchman |

3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of | careful | ness for so he giveth | his be | loved | 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 | child | ren.

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.

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PSALM 128. Beati omnes.

LESSED are all they that | fear the | Lord : and | walk in his ways.

2 For thou shalt eat the labours | of thine | hands: O well is thee, and happy | shalt thou | be.

3 Thy wife shall be as the | fruitful | vine: upon the | walls of thine | house.

4 Thy children like the olive | branches : round a | bout thy table.

5 Lo, thus shall the | man be | blessed that | fear | eth the Lord.

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

7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy | children's | children and peace upon | Israel