Turn away mine eyes from be | holding | vanity;
And quicken thou me | in thy way.
Establish thy word unto thy servant,
Who is devoted to thy | fear.

Let thy mercies come also unto | me, O | Lord,
Even thy salvation, according to thy
And take not the word of truth utterly out of

word.

f my f

mouth,

For I have hoped | in thy | judgments.

So shall I keep thy law continually,
Forever and ever.

And I will walk at liberty
For I seek thy | precepts.

Thy statutes have been my songs
In the house of my | pilgrimage.
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I made haste, and delayed not.
To keep thy commandments.

I am a companion of all them that fearthce,
And of them that keep thy | precepts.

The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy:

Teach

| me thy

statutes.

PART 3.

Thou hast dealt well with thy | servant, O Lord,

According to thy | word.

Before I was afflicted, I went a | stray;

But now have I kept thy | word.

Thou art good, and doest | good:
Teach me thy statutes.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I might | learn thy statutes.

I know, O Lord, that thy | judgments are right, And that thou in | faithfulness | hast afflicted me: Let I pray thee, thy merciful kindness | be for my comfort,

According to thy | word unto thy servant.

Unless thy law had been my chief de | light,

I should long ago have | perished in my affliction.
I have seen an end of all perfection:

But thy commandment | is exceeding | broad.
Oh, how I love thy | law!

It is my meditation | all the | day.
I understand more than the

ancients,

Because I keep thy | precepts.

I have refrained my feet from every | evil | way,
That I might keep thy word.

I have not departed from thy | judgments :
For thou hast | taught me.

Thy word is a lamp un | to my | feet,

And a light unto my path.

The free will offerings of my mouth ac | cept, j

Lord,

And teach me thy | judgments.

I hate vain | thoughts;

But thy law do I love.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield:

I hope in thy word.

PART 4.

Righteous art thou, O Lord,

And upright are thy judgments.

Thou hast commanded righteousness in thy testi

monies,

And the most perfect | truth.

Thy word is very pure;

Therefore thy servant | loveth it,
Mean am I, and despised;

Yet do I not forget thy precepts.

Thy righteousness is an ever | lasting | righteousnesɛ, And thy law | is the truth.

Trouble and anguish have | over | taken me:

Yet thy commandments | are my great delight.

Great peace have they which | love thy | law:

And nothing

My soul hath

causeth them to stumble.
kept thy testimonies,

And I love them exceedingly.

Let my cry come near before | thee, O | Lord:
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
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Let my supplication | come before thee:
According to thy promise de liver me.

My lips shall utter | praise,

When thou hast | taught me thy statutes.
Let thine hand help me;

For thy precepts | I have chosen.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;
And let thy judgments | help me.

I have gone astray as a lost sheep; | seek thy | servant
For I do not forget thy commandments.

SELECTED FROM PEALM CXIX.

39.

I WILL lift up mine eyes un
From whence | cometh my
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My help cometh | from the
Which made | heaven and

to the hills,
help.
Lord,

earth.

He will not suffer thy | foot to be moved :
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel

Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy | keeper:

The Lord is thy | shade up on thy right hand,
The sun shall not | smite thee by day,

Nor the moon | by | night.

The Lord shall preserve thee | from all | evil;

He shall preserve thy soul.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy |

coming in,

From this time forth, and | even for ever | more.

PSALM CXXI,

40.

EXCEPT the Lord build the

house,

They labour in | vain that | build it,
Except the Lord keep the city,

The watchman | walketh | but in | vain.

It is vain for you to rise up early,
To go late to | rest,

To eat the bread of sorrows:

Truly he giveth to | his be | loved | sleep.

Blessed is every one that feareth the | Lord;
That walketh | in his | ways.

The labour of thine hands, thou shalt surely eat: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, by the sides of thy house;

Thy children like olive plants | round about tl y |

LORD, my heart is not | haughty,

Nor are mine | eyes | lofty:

Neither do I exercise myself in great matters,

Or in things too | high for me.

Truly I have com | posed

And quieted my spirit,

As a weaned child | towards its | mother:
My soul is even | as a | weaned | child.

If thou, Lord, shouldest | mark in | iquities,
O Lord, who shall stand!

But with thee is forgiveness,

That thou mayest be feared.

For with the Lord there is mercy;

And with him is plenteous redemption.
They that sow in tears

Shall reap in | joy.

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