16. I SAID I will take | heed to-my | ways, I was dumb-with | silence, And-mý | sorrow-was | stirred. My heart was hot-with | in me, Then spake-I | with-my | tongue, Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, | what-it | is; That I may know-how | frail—Ï | am. Behold thou hast made my days—as an | handbreadth; And mine | age-is as | nothing-be | fore thee; Verily every man at his best state is | alto— gether vanity. Surely every man | walk-eth | in a—vain | show; Surely they are dis | quieted-in | vain: He heapeth up riches, and | knoweth-not | who-shall gather them. And now, Lord, what | wait-I | for? Deliver me from | all my-transgressions: Make me not the reproach | of—the | foolish. I was dumb, I opened | not-my | mouth : Remove thy stroke a | wa-y | from me: When thou-with rebukes Surely ever-y | man-is | vanity. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear | unto my cry; . Hold not-thy | peace at-my | tears: For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers | were. O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go | hence, and [be-no | more. 17. HAVE mercy up | on me,- -O | God, According to thy | lov-ing | kindness: According unto the multitude of thy | ten-der | mercies Blo | t-out | my-transgressions. Wash me throughly from | mine-in | iquity, Against thee, thee only, I have-I | sinned, And be clear | when-thou | judgest. Behold, I was shapen-in in | iquity; And in sin-did my mother-conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the | in-ward | parts: And in the hidden part thou shalt | make— me to know | wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I-shall be | clean; Wash me, and | I-shall be | whiter-than | snow. Make me to hear | joy-and | gladness; That the bones which thou hast | bro-ken | may-rejoice. Hide thy face from-my sins, Then will I teach transgressors-thy | ways; And sinners shall be converted | un-to | thee. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation. And my tongue shall sing a loud of―thy | righteousness. O Lord, open thou-my | lips; And my mouth shall-show | forth-thy | praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice; | else would-I | give it : Thou de lightest-not | in-burnt offering, The sacrifices of God are a | bro-ken | spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O | God,-thou | wilt not-despise. L Do good in thy good pleasure | un-to | Zion: Build thou-the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou-be | pleased With the sacri | fices-of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole-burnt offering; Then shall they offer | bullocks-up | on-thy | altar. C 18. HEAR my cry,-O | God; From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, For thou hast been a shel-ter | for me, For thou, O God, hast | heard-my | vows: Thou hast given me the heritage of thosethat fear-thy | name. Thou wilt prolong the | ki-ng's | life: He shall abide before God-forever: So will I sing praise unto thy | name-for | ever, That I may daily-per | form-my | vows. 19. O GOD, thou art my God: early | will-I | seek thee: My sou-1 thirst-eth | for thee: My flesh long-eth | for thee In a dry and thirsty land, where--no | water | is; |