See my abjection and my labor: * and forgive me all my sins.
Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, * and they hate me with malignant hatred.
Keep Thou my soul, and deliver me: * I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in Thee.
The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: * because I have waited on Thee.
Deliver Israel, O God, * from all his tribulations.
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,* and let perpetual light shine on them.
Ant. The sins of my youth, and my offences, do not remember, O Lord.
PSALM XXVI
Ant. I believe that I shall see.
The Lord is my light and my salvation, * whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the protector of my life; * of whom shall I be afraid?
Whilst the wicked advance against me, * to eat my flesh:
