The Book of Hours in Which Are Contained Offices for the Seven Canonical Hours, Litanies, and Other Devotions (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ... upon thy people. T From Trinity Monday to Advent, Ps. '109, 17-32. Retribue servo tuo. ODO 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; 0 hide not thy commandments from me 4 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that it hath alway unto thy judgments. 6 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. Adhcesit pavimento. MY soul cleaveth to the dust; O quicken thou me, according to thy word. 2 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: 0 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 meltcth away foi 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. At Vespers. Psalms 123,124,125. Psalm cxxiii. Ad te levavi oculos meos. UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us; for we are utterly despised. 4 Our soul is filled with the scor...