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28“You are my God, and I will thank you; *
you are my God, and I will exalt you.”

29Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; *
his mercy endures for ever.

Twenty‑fourth Day: Evening Prayer

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1Happy are they whose way is blameless, *
who walk in the law of the Lord!

2Happy are they who observe his decrees *
and seek him with all their hearts!

3Who never do any wrong, *
but always walk in his ways.

4You laid down your commandments, *
that we should fully keep them.

5Oh, that my ways were made so direct *
that I might keep your statutes!

6Then I should not be put to shame, *
when I regard all your commandments.

7I will thank you with an unfeigned heart, *
when I have learned your righteous judgments.

8I will keep your statutes; *
do not utterly forsake me.

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