6 Thy tender mercies, Lord,
I pray thee to remember,
And loving-kindnesses: for they
have been of old for ever.

7 My sins and faults of youth
do thou, O Lord, forget;
After thy mercy think on m",
and for thy goodness great.
8 God good and upright is:
the way he'll sinners show.
9 The meek in judgment he will guide,
and make his path to know.
10 The whole paths of the Lord
are truth and mercy sure,

To those that do his cov'nant keep,
and testimonies pure.

11 Now for thine own name's sake,
O Lord, I thee intreat
To pardon mine iniquity;
for it is very great.

12 What man is he that fears

the Lord, and doth him serve?

Him shall he teach the way that he shall chuse and still observe.

13 His soul shall dwell at ease, and his posterity

Shall flourish still, and of the earth

inheritors shall be.

14 With those that fear him is

the secret of the Lord :
The knowledge of his covenant
he will to them afford.

45 Mine eyes upon the Lord
continually are set :

For he it is that shall bring forth
my feet out of the net.

16 Turn unto me thy face,
and to me mercy show:
Because that I am desolate,

and am brought very low.

17 My heart's griefs are increas'd, me from distress relieve.

18 See mine affliction, and my pain, and all my sins forgive.

19 Consider thou my foes, because they many are, And it a cruel hatred is.

which they against me bear,

20 O do thou keep my soul,
do thou deliver me:

And let me never be asham'd,
because I trust in thee.

21 Let uprightness and truth
keep me, who thee attend.

22 Redemption, Lord, to Israel from all his troubles send.

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SECOND VERSION.

O thee I lift my soul, O Lord : 2 My God, I trust in thee: Let me not be asham'd; let not my foes triumph o'er me.

3 Yea, let thou none ashamed be
that do on thee attend:

Ashamed let them be, O Lord,
who without cause offend.

4 Thy ways, Lord, shew, teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in truth, teach me :

For of my safety thou art God,
all day I wait on thee.

6 Thy mercies that most tender are,
do thou, O Lord, remember,
And loving kindnesses for they
have been of old for ever.
Let not the errors of my youth,
nor sins remembred be:
In mercy for thy goodness' sake,
O Lord, remember me.

8 The Lord is good and gracious,
he upright is also:

He therefore sinners will instruct,
in ways that they should go.

9 The meek and lowly he will guide
in judgment just alway:
To meek and poor afflicted ones
he'll clearly teach his way.

10 The whole paths of the Lord our God
are truth and mercy sure,

To such as keep his covenant,
and testimonies pure.

11 Now for thine own name sake, O Lord, I humbly thee intreat

To pardon mine iniquity:

For it is very great.

12 What man fears God? him shall he teach

the way that he shall choose.

13 His soul shall dwell at ease, his seed the earth, as heirs, shall use.

14 The secret of the Lord is with

such as do fear his name;

And he his holy covenant
will manifest to them.

15 Towards the Lord my waiting eyes
continually are set:

For he it is that shall bring forth
my feet out of the net.

16 O turn thee unto me, O God,
have mercy me upon :
Because I solitary am,

and in affliction.

17 Enlarg'd the griefs are of mine heart:
me from distress relieve.
18 See mine affliction and my pain,
and all my sins forgive.

19 Consider thou mine enemies,
because they many are,

And it a cruel hatred is,

which they against me bear.

30 O do thou keep my soul, O God,
do thou deliver me;

Let me not be asham'd; for I
do put my trust in thee.

31 O let integrity and truth

keep me who thee attend.

32 Redemption, Lord, to Israel, from all his troubles send.

PSALM XXVI.

A Psalm of DAVID.

Here [1] David solemnly appeals to God, concerning his integrity; his constant regard to him and his grace; his regular attendance upon instituted ordinances; and his fixed aversion to sin and sinners, ver. 1-8. [2] He deprecates from himself, the condemnation of the wicked, and his being shut up in society with them, ver. 9, 10. [3] Depending on the mercy of God, he resolves

to hold fast his integrity, and maintain his confident hopes of eternal life, ver. 11, 12.

While I sing, let the perfect God man come into my mind. Let me wash myself in his blood, and so compass God's altar with songs of praise for his favours. Making Jesus' example my pattern; let his ordinances be my pleasure, and his people my sole intimates and familiars on earth.

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UDGE me, O Lord, for I have walk'd in mine integrity :

I trusted also in the Lord;

slide therefore shall not I.

2 Examine me, and do me prove :
try heart and reins, O God.
8 For thy love is before mine eyes,
thy truth's paths I have trode.

4 With persons vain I have not sat,
nor with dissemblers gone.

Th' assembly of ill men I hate ; to sit with such I shun.

6 Mine hands in innocence, O Lord,
I'll wash and purify :

So to thine holy altar go,
and compass it will I.

That I with voice of thanksgiving,
may publish and declare,
And tell of all thy mighty works
that great and wond'rous are.

8 The habitation of thy house,
Lord, I have loved well;
Yea, in that place I do delight,
where doth thine honour dwell.

9 With sinners gather not my soul,
and such as blood would spill:

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