2 Faithfulness in performing Promifes.]

s [Comforted.]

8 [The wisdom and comfort, which thy Law affords to all who ftudy and practise it, are fo

2 Thy [truth] alfo remaineth from one generation to another: thou haft laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.

3 They continue this day according to thine ordinance : for all things ferve thee.

4 If my delight had not been in thy law: I fhould have perifhed in my trouble.

S I will never forget thy commandments: for with them thou haft [quickened] me.

6 I am thine, O fave me: for I have fought thy commandments.

7 The ungodly laid wait for me, to deftroy me: but I will confider thy teftimonies.

8 I fee that all things come to an end: but [thy commandment is exceeding broad.] large, that I cannot find the bounds of them; but rather, the further I proceed, the greater encouragement I fee before me to go ftill further.]

Mem. xiii.

2 [For thy Commandments are ever in

my Thoughts to guide and direct me.]

3 [Thofe who taught

Quomodo dilexi!

Lord, what love have I un

:

to thy law all the day long is my ftudy in it.

2 Thou through thy commandments haft made me wifer than mine enemies: [for they are ever with me.]

3 I have more understandme the Principles, anding than [my teachers]: for fpeculative part of Re

ligion, but have not thy teftimonies are my ftudy. themfelves learn'd to practise it.]

4 I

4 I am wiser than [the aged:] because I keep thy command

ments.

5 I have refrained my feet from every evil way that I may keep thy word."

6 I have not fhrunk from thy judgments: for thou teacheft me.

7 Ohow sweet are thy words unto my throat: yea, fweeter than honey unto my mouth.

8 Through thy commandments I get understanding : therefore I hate all evil ways.

The Twenty Sixth Day,

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4 [The Sinners, let

them be never fo old in Years.]

Morning Prayer.

Nun xiv. Lucerna pedibus meis.

Hy word is a lantern unto
my feet and a light un-

to my paths.

2 I have fworn and am ftedfaftly purposed to keep thy righteous [judgments.]

3 I am troubled above meafure: [quicken] me, O Lord, according to thy word.

4 Let [the free-will-offerings of my mouth] pleafe thee, O Lord: and teach me thy judg

ments.

5 [My foul is alway in my hand:] yet do I not forget thy

2 [Precepts, Decrees.]

3 [Comfort.]

4 [My Prayers, and Praifes, and Vows of Obedience,]

in the greateft danger.] Ham. Patr. Ainfw. So this Phrafe fignifies, Jud.xii. 3. 1 Sam.xix.s. because what we have in our hands is eafily

5 [My Life is always

law. 6 The ungodly have laid a fnare for me: but yet I fwerved not from thy command- dropt or fnatcht away.

ments.

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Samech xv.

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Ain xvi. Feci judicium.

Deal with the thing that is lawful and right: O give me not over unto mine oppreffors.

2 Make thou thy fervant to delight in that which is good: [that the proud do me no wrong.]

3 Mine eyes are wafted away with looking for [thy health: and for the word of thy righteoufnefs.]

4 O deal with thy fervant according unto thy loving mercy and teach me thy ftatutes.

s I am thy fervant, O grant me understanding: that I may know thy teftimonies.

6 [It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine hand: for they have deftroyed thy law. ]

2 [That fo by thy Favour I may be placed above the reach of

wicked and infolent Men.

3 [Deliverance and Safety from thee, and for the performance of thy Promifes to me.] See [Health] in Vocab.

6 [We have now, O Lord, reafon to expect,

that thou should'st, in an extraordinary manpunishing wicked Men ; deluge of Vice and Pro

ner, exercife thy Power and Juftice in for nothing else can put a stop to that fanenefs which is broke in upon us; which is rifen to fuch a height, that thy Law is of no Authority with too many Men, who do not only disobey, but contemn and despise it.]

7 [For I love thy commandments: above gold and precious stone. ]

7 [That which makes me fo bold as to fay, That 'tis time for thee to lay to thine hand is,

the great Love and Zeal I have for thy Commandments; which I value above the greatest earthly Treasure.]

8 [Therefore hold I ftraight all thy commandments: and all falfe ways I utterly abhor.

8 [Therefore as I do in my own Mind fully approve every one of thy Commandments, fo

I have always vindicated them against the Exceptions of wicked

and profane Men.]

upon the Minds of Men, like the Sun coming from the other World.] 3 [Therefore I have, with the greateft earneftnefs, purfued the knowledge of thy Will,

like one that is run

ning, or fwimming for a make the greater speed.]

s [I fhall not be a Slave to any Sin what ever.]

With the lefs di fturbance and interuption.

Mirabilia.

THY

Hy teftimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my

foul keep them.

2 [ When thy word goeth forth]: it giveth light and underftanding unto the fimple.

3 [I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath for my delight was in thy commandments.]

prize, who holds his Wind, that he may

4 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me: as thou ufeft to do unto thofe that love thy Name.

5 Order my fteps in thy word: and fo [fhall no wickednefs have dominion over me.]

6 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men : and fo fhall I keep thy commandments †.

7 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy fervant: and teach me thy ftatutes.

8 Mine eyes gush out with water becaufe men keep not thy law.

Tfaddi xviii.

[Thy Proceedings with Men are faithful, and agreeable to what thou haft promifed and declared.

R

Juftus es, Domine.

Ighteous art thou, O Lord: [and true is thy judg

ment.]