OFFICE OF THE DEAD
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LAUDS
PSALM L
Ant. The bones that are humbled.
Have mercy on me, O God, * according to Thy great mercy.
And according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.
Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my iniquity; * and my sin is always before me.
Against Thee only have I sinned and I have done evil before Thee: * that Thou mayst be justified in Thy words, and mayst overcome, when Thou art judged.
For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, * and in sins did my mother conceive me.
For behold, Thou lovest truth: * the secret and hidden things of Thy wisdom Thou hast made manifest to me.
Thou wilt sprinkle me with hyssop,
