"Proseuchai tines christianikai, symbolon kai dekalogos"

I have lifted up my soul.
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord: I have fled to thee.
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Thy good spirit irrigates me in the straight land.

A PRAYER
of a boy
going to school.

From Psalm 119.

IN what shall a young man direct his way? In the observation of thy words.
I have sought thee with my whole heart, do not repel me from thy commands.
I have hidden thy oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me thy justices.

And a little later,
Open my eyes, and I shall see the wonders of thy law, etc.

O Lord, who art the fountain of all discipline and wisdom

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up? to my soul.
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord; I have fled to thee.
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Thy good spirit shall lead me in the straight land.

PRAYER OF THE
student boy going to the
teacher.

From the 119th Psalm.

WITH what shall a young
man direct his way?
By keeping thy
words.
I have sought thee
with my whole heart; do not thrust me away
from thy commands.
In my heart I have hid
thy oracles, so that I might not
sin against thee.
Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach
me thy statutes.

And after a little,
Open my eyes, and I shall consider
the wonders of thy law.
and the rest.

O Lord, who art the fountain of all instruction
and wisdom, thou