DOMINE, EXAUDI.

HEAR my prayer, O LORD, and consider my desire: hearken unto me for Thy truth and righteousness' sake.

And enter not into judgment with Thy servant for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground: he hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead.

Therefore is my spirit vexed within me: and my heart within me is desolate.

Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all Thy works: yea, I exercise myself in the works of Thy hands.

I stretch forth my hands unto Thee : my soul gaspeth unto Thee as a thirsty land.

Psalm cxliii.

Hear me, O LORD, and that soon; for my spirit waxeth faint: hide not Thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

O let me hear Thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in Thee is my trust show Thou me the way that I should walk in; for I lift up my soul unto Thee.

Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies : for I flee unto Thee to hide me.

Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth Thee; for Thou art my GOD: let Thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righte

ousness.

Quicken me, O LORD, for Thy Name's sake and for Thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

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And of Thy goodness slay mine enemies : and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am Thy servant.

Proper Psalms for Good-Friday.

DEUS, DEUS MEUS.

MY GOD, my GOD, look upon me; why hast Thou forsaken me: and art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint?

O my GOD, I cry in the day-time, but Thou hearest not: and in the night-season also I take no rest.

And Thou continuest holy: O Thou worship of Israel.

Our fathers hoped in Thee: they trusted in Thee, and Thou didst deliver them.

They called upon Thee, and were holpen : they put their trust in Thee, and were not confounded.

Psalm xxii.

But as for me, I am a worm, and no man: a very scorn of men and the out-cast of the people.

All they that see me, laugh me to scorn : they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying,

He trusted in GOD, that He would deliver him: let Him deliver him if He will have him.

But Thou art He that took me out of my mother's womb: Thou wast my hope when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts.

I have been left unto Thee ever since I was born: Thou art my GOD, even from my mother's womb.

O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand and there is none to help me.

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Many oxen are come about me: fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side.

They gape upon me with their mouths: as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting

wax.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my gums: and Thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.

For many dogs are come about me: and the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me.

They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones: they stand staring and looking upon me.

They part my garments among them: and cast lots upon my vesture.

But be not Thou far from me, O LORD: Thou art my succour, haste Thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword: my darling from the power of the dog.

Save me from the lion's mouth: Thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns.

I will declare Thy Name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee.

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O praise the LORD, ye that fear Him: magnify Him, all ye of the seed of Jacob, and fear Him, all ye seed of Israel.

For He hath not despised, nor abhorred,