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*The Penitential Psalms.1

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Ant. Remember not, O Lord, our offences, nor those of our parents; neither take thou vengeance of our sins.

1. Psalm vi. Domine, ne in furore.

1. David, in deep affliction, prays for a mitigation of the Divine anger; 4. in consideration of God's mercy; 5. his glory; 6. his own repentance. 8. By faith he triumphs over his enemies. 1 O Lord, rebuke me not I wash my bed and water in thine indignation: nor my couch with my tears. chastise me in thy wrath.

2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

3 My soul also is troubled exceedingly but thou, O Lord, how long?

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4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake.

7 Mine eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old among all mine enemies.

8 Depart from me, all ye that work iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9 The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.

10 Let all mine enemies

5 For in death there is no one that remembereth be ashamed and sore vex

thee: and who will give thee thanks in hell?

6 I have laboured in my groanings, every night will

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let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily.

Glory, &c.

It is a pious custom to recite the seven penitential Psalms, respectively, by way of prayer against the seven deadly sins.

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2. Psalm xxxi. Beati quorum.

1. The blessedness of those whose sins are forgiven.

3. The

misery of impenitence. 6. Confession of sin brings ease, 8. safety, 14. joy.

1 Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven: and whose sins are covered.

2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3 Because I was silent, my bones grew old: while I cried aloud all the day long.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I turned in my anguish, while the thorn was fastened in me.

5 I have acknowledged my sin unto thee: and my injustice have I not concealed.

6 I said, I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: and thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.

7 For this shall every one that is holy pray unto thee: in a seasonable time.

8 But in the flood of

3. Psalm xxxvii.

many waters: they shall not come nigh unto him.

9 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath surrounded me my joy, deliver me from them that compass me about.

10 I will give thee understanding, and will instruct thee in the way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee.

11 Be ye not like unto horse and mule, which have no understanding.

12 With bit and bridle bind fast the jaws of those who come not nigh unto thee.

13 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but mercy shall compass him about that hopeth in the Lord.

14 Be glad, O ye just, and rejoice in the Lord: and glory all ye that are right of heart. Glory, &c.

Domine, ne in furore.

1. David's extreme anguish. 15. He hopes in God. 18. His resignation and grief. 22. Prayer.

1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation:

nor chastise me in thy wrath.

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me: and thou hast laid thy hand heavily upon

me.

3 There is no health in my flesh because of thy wrath: there is no rest to my bones because of my sins. 4 For my iniquities are gone over my head: and, like a heavy burden, press sorely upon me.

5 My wounds have putrified and are corrupt: because of my foolishness.

6 I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end I go sorrowfully all the day long.

7 For my loins are filled with illusions: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

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14 But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and as one that is dumb, who openeth not his mouth.

15 I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no reproofs in his mouth.

16 For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God.

17 For I said, Let not mine enemies at any time triumph over me: and when my feet slip, they have spo8 I am afflicted and hum- ken great things against bled exceedingly I have me. roared for the groaning of my heart.

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9 Lord, all my desire is before thee: and my groaning is not hidden from thee.

10 My heart is troubled, my strength hath failed me: the very light of mine eyes is gone from me.

11 My friends and my neighbours drew near, and stood up against me.

18 For I am prepared for scourges and my sorrow is always before me.

19 For I will confess mine iniquity: and will think upon my sin.

20 But mine enemies live, and are strengthened against me and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

21 They that render evil

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1. David prays for remission of his sins; 8. for perfect sanctity. 17. God delights not in sacrifice, but in a contrite heart. David prays for the exaltation of the Church.

Miserére mei, Deus :* secúndum magnam misericórdiam tuam.

Et secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum:* dele iniquitátem

meam.

Amplius lava me ab iniquitáte mea:* et a peccáto meo munda me.

Quóniam, iniquitátem meam ego cognosco: et peccátum meum contra me est semper.

Tibi soli peccávi, et malum coram te feci:* ut justificéris in sermónibus tuis, et vincas cum judicáris.

Ecce enim in iniquitátibus concéptus sum:* et in peccátis concépit

me mater mea.

Ecce enim veritátem dilexísti: incérta et oc

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cúlta sapiéntiæ tuæ ma- hidden things of thy wisdom nifestásti mihi. thou hast made manifest unto

Aspérges me hyssópo, et mundábor:* lavábis me, et super nivem deal

bábor.

Audítui meo dabis gaúdium et lætitiam:* et exultábunt ossa humiliáta.

Avérte fáciem tuam a peccátis meis:* et omnes iniquitátes meas dele. Cor mundum crea in me, Deus:* et spíritum rectum ínnova in viscéribus meis.

Ne projícias me a fácie tua:* et Spíritum sanctum tuum ne aúferas a

me.

Redde mihi lætítiam salutáris tui:* et spíritu principali confirma me.

Docébo iníquos vias tuas :* et ímpii ad te converténtur.

Líbera me de sanguínibus, Deus, Deus salútis meæ:* et exultábit lingua mea justítiam tuam.

Dómine, lábia mea apéries et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

Quóniam si voluísses sacrificium, dedíssem ú

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13 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation: and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

14 I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted unto thee.

15 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice.

16 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

17 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would surely have

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