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OFFICE OF THE DEAD
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Thy heart upon him? Thou visitest him early in the morning, and Thou provest him suddenly. How long wilt Thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle? I have sinned, what shall I do to Thee, O keeper of men? why hast Thou set me opposite to Thee, and I am become burdensome to myself? Why dost Thou not remove my sin, and why dost Thou not take away mine iniquity? Behold now, I shall sleep in the dust: and if Thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.

R. I believe my Redeemer liveth, and that in the last day I shall rise from the earth. * And in my flesh I shall see God my Saviour.

V. Whom I myself shall see, and not another, and my eyes shall behold. * And in my flesh I shall see God my Saviour.

SECOND LESSON

Job x

My soul is weary of life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my