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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d levavit_fw-la evexit_fw-la sustu_fw-la liâ—_n signify_v to_o ease_v or_o to_o lift_v up_o or_o to_o ease_v by_o lift_v up_o if_o a_o man_n have_v a_o burden_n upon_o he_o the_o way_n to_o ease_v he_o be_v to_o lift_v it_o off_o from_o he_o so_o job_n here_o i_o lie_v down_o upon_o my_o couch_n with_o a_o burden_n of_o heavy_a sorrow_n upon_o i_o god_n know_v hope_v my_o couch_n will_v be_v a_o mean_n to_o take_v off_o that_o burden_n a_o while_n that_o i_o may_v have_v a_o little_a breathe_n but_o to_o my_o grief_n i_o find_v it_o do_v not_o the_o use_n of_o sleep_n be_v to_o unburthen_v the_o spirit_n and_o take_v off_o the_o load_n of_o care_n the_o word_n be_v use_v in_o that_o sense_n jun._n magnum_fw-la est_fw-la peccatum_fw-la meum_fw-la prae_fw-la tollendo_fw-la vel_fw-la majus_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la tolli_fw-la possit_fw-la sept._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quam_fw-la ut_fw-la remittatur_fw-la mihi_fw-la quam_fw-la ut_fw-la sustinere_fw-la possim_fw-la 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d singulis_n mane_n quotidie_fw-la mane_n mane_n autem_fw-la fieri_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la quotidie_fw-la fit_a ac_fw-la diligenter_n seduloque_fw-la drus_n that_o thou_o shall_v visit_v he_o every_o morning_n fvery_n morning_n the_o hebrew_n be_v in_o the_o morning_n and_o the_o word_n here_o use_v for_o morning_n be_v considerable_a there_o be_v a_o twofold_a morning_n which_o the_o jew_n distinguish_v exact_o by_o their_o watch_n one_o morning_n be_v that_o which_o they_o account_v from_o a_o hour_n before_o sun_n rise_v from_o the_o very_a first_o break_v of_o the_o day_n till_o the_o sun_n appear_v above_o the_o horizon_n which_o be_v about_o the_o space_n of_o a_o hour_n and_o the_o word_n which_o they_o use_v for_o it_o be_v shachar_n which_o signify_v to_o be_v darkish_a or_o blackish_a because_o that_o first_o morning_n be_v somewhat_o dark_a and_o so_o the_o lux_fw-la the_o latini_n vocant_fw-la dilucuium_fw-la quasi_fw-la diei_fw-la 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