Evening Prayer. Psalm cxix. Beati immaculati. BLESSED are those that are undefiled in the way, and walk in the law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and seek him with their whole heart. 3 For they who do no wickedness, walk in his ways. 4 Thou hast charged that we shall diligently keep thy commandments. 5 0 that my ways were made so direct, that I might keep thy statutes! 6 So shall I not be confounded, while I have respect unto all thy commandments. 7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteous ness. 8 I will keep thy ceremonies; O forsake me not utterly. WE In quo corriget? HEREWITHAL shall a young man cleanse his way? even by ruling himself after thy word. 2 With my whole heart have I sought thee; O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments! 3 Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I should not sin against thee. 4 Blessed art thou, O LORD; O teach me thy statutes! 5 With my lips have I been telling of all the judgments of thy mouth. 6 I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all manner of riches. 7 I will talk of thy commandments, and have respect unto thy ways. 8 My delight shall be in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy word. Retribue servo tuo. DO well unto thy servant; DO well unto thy servant; that I may live, and keep thy word. 2 Open thou mine eyes; that I may see the wondrous things of thy law. 3 I am a stranger upon earth; O hide not thy commandments from me! 4 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that it hath alway unto thy judgments. 5 Thou hast rebuked the proud; and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments. 6 O turn from me shame and rebuke; for I have kept thy testimonies. 7 Princes also did sit and speak against me; but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes. 8 For thy testimonies are my delight, and my counsellors. MY Adhesit pavimento. Y soul cleaveth to the dust; O quicken thou me, according to thy word. 2 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: O teach me thy statutes! 3 Make me to understand the way of thy commandments; and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 4 My soul melteth away for very heaviness; comfort thou me according unto thy word. 5 Take from me the way of lying, and cause thou me to make much of thy law. 6 I have chosen the way of truth, and thy judgments have I laid before me. 7 I have stuck unto thy testimonies; O LORD, confound me not! 8 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou hast set my heart at liberty. TEA THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY. Morning Prayer. EACH me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes, and 2 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart. 3 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein is my desire. 4 Incline mine heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 5 0 turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. 6 O stablish thy word in thy servant, that I may fear thee. 7 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of; for thy judgments are good. 8 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments; O quicken me in thy righteousness. Et veniat super me. LET thy loving mercy come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according unto thy word. 2 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers; for my trust is in thy word. 3 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth; for my hope is in thy judgments. 4 So shall I alway keep thy law; yea, for ever and ever. 5 And I will walk at liberty; for I seek thy commandments. 6 I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings, and will not be ashamed. 7 And my delight shall be in thy commandments, which I have loved. 8 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and my study shall be in thy statutes. O trust. Memor esto servi tui. THINK upon thy servant, as concerning thy word, wherein thou hast caused me to put my 2 The same is my comfort in my trouble; for thy word hath quickened me. 3 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrinked from thy law. 4 For I remembered thine everlasting judgments, O LORD, and received comfort. 5 I am horribly afraid, for the ungodly that forsake thy law. 6 Thy statutes have been my songs, in the house of my pilgrimage. 7 I have thought upon thy Name, O LORD, in the night-season, and have kept thy law. 8 This I had, because I kept thy commandments. Portio mea, Domine. THOU art my portion, O LORD; I have promised to keep thy law. 2 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart; O be merciful unto me, according to thy word. 3 I called mine own ways to remembrance, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 4 I made haste, and prolonged not the time, to keep thy commandments. 5 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me; but I have not forgotten thy law. 6 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments. 7 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and keep thy commandments. 8 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: 0 teach me thy statutes! Bonitatem fecisti. LORD, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant, according unto thy word. 2 O learn me true understanding and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments. 3 Before I was troubled, I went wrong; but now have I kept thy word. 4 Thou art good and gracious; O teach me thy statutes! 5 The proud have imagined a lie against me; but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart. 6 Their heart is as fat as brawn; but my delight hath been in thy law. 7 It is good for me that I have been in trouble; that I may learn thy statutes. 8 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me than thousands of gold and silver. Evening Prayer. Manus tuæ fecerunt me. THY hands have made me and fashioned me: 0 give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. |