99 I have more understanding than my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study. 100 I am wiser than the aged: because I keep thy commandments. 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way : that I may keep thy word." 102 I have not shrunk from thy judgements : for thou teachest me. 103 O how sweet are thy words unto my throat : yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth. 104 Through thy commandments I get understanding: therefore I hate all evil ways. MORNING PRAYER. THY word is a lantern unto my feet: and a light unto my paths. 106 I have sworn, and am stedfastly purposed : to keep thy righteous judgements. 107 I am troubled above measure: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy word. 108 Let the free-will offerings of my mouth please thee, O Lord and teach me thy judgements. 109 My soul is alway in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 110 The ungodly have laid a snare for me: but yet I swerved not from thy commandments. 111 Thy testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage for ever: and why? they are the very joy of my heart. 112 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway even unto the end. I Iniquos odio habui. HATE them that imagine evil things: but thy law do I love. 114 Thou art my defence and shield : and my trust is in thy word. 115 Away from me, ye wicked: I will keep the commandments of my God. 116 O stablish me according to thy word, that I may live and let me not be disappointed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe : yea, my delight shall be ever in thy statutes. 118 Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy statutes; for they imagine but deceit. 119 Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy judgements. Feci judicium. DEAL with the thing that is lawful and right: ID give me not over unto mine oppressors. 122 Make thou thy servant to delight in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong. 123 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy righteousness. 124 O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy servant, O grant me understanding : that I may know thy testimonies. 126 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine hand: for they have destroyed thy law. 127 For I love thy commandments: above gold and precious stone. 128 Therefore hold I straight all thy commandments and all false ways I utterly abhor. Mirabilia. HY testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth Tmy soul keep them. 130 When thy word goeth forth: it giveth light and understanding unto the simple. 131 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath: for my delight was in thy commandments. 132 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Namé. 133 Order my steps in thy word and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me. 134 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men and so shall I keep thy commandments. 135 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy servant and teach me thy statutes. 136 Mine eyes gush out with water keep not thy law. Justus es, Domine. because men RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord and true is thy judgement. 138 The testimonies that thou hast commanded : are exceeding righteous and true. 139 My zeal hath even consumed me : because mine 140 Thy word is tried to the uttermost : and thy servant loveth it." 141 I am small, and of no reputation: yet do I not forget thy commandments. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me yet is my delight in thy commandments. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: O grant me understanding, and I shall live. EVENING PRAYER. Clamavi in toto corde meo. I CALL with my whole heart will keep thy statutes. hear me, O Lord, I 146 Yea, even unto thee do I call help me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 147 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee: for in thy word is my trust. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches: that I might be occupied in thy words. 149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy loving-kindness: quicken me, according as thou art wont. 150 They draw nigh that of malice persecute me : and are far from thy law. 151 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord: for all thy commandments are true. 152 As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since that thou hast grounded them for ever. Vide humilitatem. CONSIDER mine adversity, and deliver me : for 154 Avenge thou my cause, and deliver me : quicken me, according to thy word. 155 Health is far from the ungodly: for they regard not thy statutes. 156 Great is thy mercy, O Lord thou art wont. quicken me, as 157 Many there are that trouble me, and persecute ine: yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies. 158 It grieveth me when I see the transgressors : because they keep not thy law. 159 Consider, O Lord, how I love thy command ments: O quicken me, according to thy loving-kind ness. 160 Thy word is true from everlasting: all the judgements of thy righteousness endure for evermore. Principes persecuti sunt. PRINCES have persecuted me without a cause : but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I am as glad of thy word as one that findeth great spoils. 163 As for lies, I hate and abhor them: but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee: because of thy righteous judgements. 165 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law and they are not offended at it. 166 Lord, I have looked for thy saving health: and done after thy commandments. 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies them exceedingly. and loved 168 I have kept thy commandments and testimonies for all my ways are before thee. L' Appropinquet deprecatio. ET my complaint come before thee, O Lord: give me understanding, according 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 statutes. 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 delight. 175 O let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and thy judgements shall help me. 176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost : O seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy command ments. MORNING PRAYER. PSALM 120. Ad Dominum. WHEN I was in trouble I called upon the Lord : me. 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful 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 Kedar. 5 My soul hath long dwelt among them: that are enemies unto peace. 6 I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof: they make them ready to battle. PSALM 121. Levavi oculos. I whence cometh my help. WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills: from 2 My help cometh even from the Lord who hath made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand; 6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : nei. ther 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 evermore. PSALM 122. Lætatus sum. I into the house of the Lord. WAS glad when they said unto me: We will go 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates: O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city: that is at unity in itself. 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 judgement: even the seat of the house of David. 6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls and plenteousness within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes: I will thee prosperity. |