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THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS.

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THE

SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS.

David, struck down by sickness, asks pardon of God, and beseeches him to heal the wounds of his soul.

PSALM Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak ; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

And my soul is troubled exceedingly but thou, Lord, how long 1 Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul save me, for thy mercy's sake.

6.

Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me * neque in ira tua corripias me. Miserere mei, Domine,

quoniarn infirmus sum sana me Domine, quoniam conturbata sunt ossa mea. Et anima mea turbata est

sed tu Domine

valde

usquequo 1

Domino,

Convertere, eripe

animam meam

salvum

me

et

fac propter mis-

ericordiam tuam.

For there that

is

who

no one in death mindful of thee and is

shall confess to thee in

hell?

1 have laboured in my groanings, every night I will

my

bed

couch with

I

will

my

wash

water

my

tears.

My eye is troubled through indignation I have grown old among all mine enemies.

SEPTUAGESIMA.

Quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui * in inferno autem quis confitebitur tibi 1

Laboravi in gemitu meo, lavabo per singulas noctes

lacrymis

lectum meum meis stratum meum rigabo.

Turbatus ius ter

est a furore o cu-

meus * inveteravi inomnes inimicos meos.

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