37 O turn thou, Lord, mine eyes away, When vanities before them play: Mine eyes are only fix'd on thee; Lord, in thy way, receive thou me : 38 Confirm to me, devoted, Lord, Unto thy fear, thy plighted word; 39 And turn away my fear and shame, For glory of thy holy name: 40 Behold, thy precepts I've defir'd; And by thy precepts I am fir'd, In righteousness to do thy will; Lord, quicken me when men fhall kill.

VAU. PART VI,

41 O let thy mercies to me come,
And raife me from the rueful tomb,.
According to thy faithful word,
That I may boat in thee, O Lord:
42 So fhall I have wherewith I may
The fpeech of my upbraiders stay:
Because I've hoped in thy word,
And lying vanities abhorr❜d:

43 O never take thy word away,
Nor difannul the word I fay;
For in my mouth thy judgments dwell,TM
Which I to all my brethren tell.

44 So fhall I keep for evermore

Thy laws, and con them o'er and o'er: 45 And I will walk with God at large, Because I keep his holy charge.

46 I'll of thy teftimonies fing

Before the proudeft fwelling King;
Nor will I ever be asham'd

When I have God my Father named:
47 I'll glory in my goodly theme,
And all thy glorious ways proclaim;

For I have lov'd, and ever will,
Thy holy laws, which I fulfil:
48 I'll lift my hands up to thy laws,
Which I have lov'd, and made my
I'll meditate upon thy will,"

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Which is my ground of glorying ftill.

ΖΑΙΝ. PART VII.

49 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word,
Which thou haft pledg'd to me;
Which is my only hope, O Lord,
My only ground of plea:

50 Thy word's my comfort on my cross,
Thy word fhall quicken me:

51 The proud have trod on me as drofs, But to thy faw I flee,

52 I call'd to mind thy judgments all," O Lord, and was rejoic'd;

53 For horrors deep on me did fall, When men thy law defpis'd."

54 Thy ftatutes, Lord, are aye my song,
In houfe of pilgrimage,

And all my weary night fo long
My forrows they affwage:

55 For all my days and nights, O Lord,
I think upon thy name;

Thy laws and name, by me ador'd,
Are evermore my theme: T

56 This comfort was bestow'd on me,
Becaufe I've kept thy ways:

Thy precepts kept have made me free,
And fill'd my mouth with praife.

57 Thou art my portion, O my God;
I've faid, I'll keep thy word
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O let thy love to me be show'd,
As thou haft promis'd, Lord.
58 I thought upon my ways, O Lord,
My ways appointed me;

59 And turn'd my feet unto thy word,

As I was led by thee:

60 I haften'd me without delay,
To keep thy holy will;
But wicked bands did me belay,
And fought my foul to kill:
61 They robbed me in fearful guise,
With raging wrath and pride;
Yet still thy laws, before mine eyes,
Suflain'd me till I dy'd:

62 But I, in midst of darkest night,
Arofe to give thee praise:
Because I lov'd thy judgments right,

Thou didst thyfelf me raise.

63 I am the friend of ev'ry one Who loves thy holy name,

Who glories in what thou haft done,
And founds abroad thy fame. uod

64 The earth is with thy mercy ftor'd
Teach me thy ftatutes ftill:

So fhall I found thy name, O Lord,
From Zion's holy hill. !

65 Well haft thou with thy fervant dealt,
According to thy word, O Lord;
Thy confolations which I've felt,
I'll regifter, and aye record.

66 Goodness, and truth, and knowledge, Lord,
O teach thou me in all my ways:
For I the precepts of thy word
Believe, and live by all my days.
67 Till

67 Till I affum'd my humble ftate,

I walk'd before the Lord at large;
Now, bound by my afflictions great,
I bind myself to keep thy charge.
68 Good thou thyfelf, and doing good,
Teach me thy ftatutes, O my God:
So, fill'd with pureft gratitude,
I'll fill with praife thy world abroad.
69 The proud have forg'd malicious lies,
And held confpiracies on me;
Their contradictions I defpife,

And praife thee on th' accurfed tree. 70 Their heart is waxen fat and grofs, With worldly eafe, and wealth, and pride; But I will glory in my cross,

And joyfully in God confide.

71 'Tis good for me my crofs to bear,
That I may foon be fill'd with joy:
I'll tread and bruise the serpent there,
And fin, and death, and hell destroy.
72 The law that from thy mouth does flow,
Flows to my heart a living well;
Thy laws are all the joy I know,
Gold's glitt'ring glory they excel.

73 Thy hands have made and framed me;,
Give me thy will to understand;
Let all my members, form'd by thee,
Obfequious be to thy commai.

74 The lovers of the Lord fhall fee,
And when they fee they shall be glad,
For all the glory giv'n to me,
Because thy word my hope I made..

75 I know, and will acknowledge, Lord,
Thy judgments all are righteousness;
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Thou

Thou haft, according to thy word,
Afflicted me in faithfulness.

76 Now, let thy mercy to me come,
And give me confolation sweet,
When I have undergone my doom,
And fallen at thy mercy's feet.
77 Let thy fure mercies to me come,
And quicken me within the ground;
That I may live, and leave my tomb
As empty as the fame I found:
For I've delighted in thy law,

And its conditions all have done;
My righteoufnefs without a flaw,
Let promis'd life reward anon:
78 So fhall the proud afhamed be,
Unjustly who've condemn'd thy Son,
Alive-prefented, when they fee
Me juftify'd, with all I've done:
I've made thy ways perpetually
My meditations night and day;
That I thy righteoufnefs fo high
Might duly to the world difplay.
Let thofe who love thee turn to me,
And thofe who've waited for my day;
For lo, my God, I come to thee,
And am to thee the only way:
80 Sound in thy ways let me be found,
That I may never be afham'd,
Nor any of my faints around,
Toom thy ways I have proclaim'd.

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CAPH. PART XI.

81 My foul for thy falvation faints;
But faith in thee my foul prevents:
For I have hoped in thy word;
Nor fhall I be afham'd, O Lord.

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