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.
AFTER MASS.
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.
WHEN PRAYING FOR OTHERS.
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.
AT READING OR STUDY.
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.
BEFORE GOING INTO COMPANY OR CONVERSATION.
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.
