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 saints rejoice. I will freely sacrifice to  thee,  and  will give praise,  O God,  to  thy Name, because  it  is  good.

Let my  soul  be  filled  as  with marrow and  fatness,  and my mouth  shall  praise  thee with joyful  lips.

Make thy  face  to  shine  upon thy servant; save  me  in  thy mercy, O Lord; let  me  not be confounded,  for  I have called upon  thee.

I stretched forth  my  hands to thee; my  soul  is  as  earth without water  to  thee.

For thee  my  soul  has  thirsted; for thee  my  flesh,  oh,  how many ways  I

That thy  beloved  may  be  delivered, save  me  with  thy right hand,  and  hear  me.

A sacrifice to  God  is  an  afflicted spirit; a contrite  and a humbled heart,  O God, thou wilt  not  despise.

Enlighten them  that  sit  in darkness,  and  in  the  shadow of  death,  to  guide  our feet into  the  way  of  peace.

Arise, O Lord,  help  us,  and redeem us,  for  thy  Name’s sake. '

Save thy  people,  O Lord,  and bless thy  inheritance,  and govern them,  and  exalt them for  ever.

That they  may  put  their  hope in God,  and  may  not  forget the works  of  God,  and  may seek his  commandments.

Save thy  servants,  O God, that trust  in  thee.

Give me  understanding,  O Lord,  and  I will  search  thy law, and  I will  keep  it  with my whole  heart.

Deliver me  from  my  enemies, O Lord; to thee  have  I fled; teach me  to  do  thy  will,  for thou art  my  God.

I am thy  servant,  give  me understanding,  that  I may know thy  testimonies.

Make me  to  understand  the way of  thy  justifications, and I shall  be  exercised  in thy  wondrous  works.

Holy and  terrible  is  his  Name; the fear  of  the  Lord  is  the beginning of  wisdom.

Judge me,  O Lord,  and  distinguish my  cause  from  the nation that  is  not  holy; deliver me  from  the  unjust and deceitful  man.

And save  me  from  the  hand of strange  children,  whose mouth has  spoken  vanity, and their  right  hand  is  the right hand  of  iniquity.

Uphold thy  servant  to  good, let not  the  proud  calumniate me.

Behold, I have  loved  thy  commandments, O Lord,  quicken thou  me  in  thy  mercy.

Save me,  O Lord,  for  there  is now  no  saint,  for  truths  are decayed from  among  the children of  men.