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THE PSALMS
The singing of psalms is a part of the worship which God has appointed, both in the church and in the family. The Book of Psalms is rich in doctrine and experience and ought to be our only manual of praise, being sung with grace in the heart and without the accompaniment of instrumental music.

This page contains the 1650 Scottish Metrical Version of the Psalms which we use in our services. Selecting a psalm from the list below will take you to the words of the psalm and the tunes suggested for that psalm in The Scottish Psalmody published by the Free Church of Scotland in 1990. Audio files of the tunes are provided so that the tunes can be listened to and learned online.

Some of these audio files are by kind permission of Faith Presbyterian Church Reformed of Mesquite, Texas, USA; their website is at www.fpcr.org. We are also grateful to Mr Ruairidh MacLeod (Portmahomack) for providing some of the other audio files.
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Psalm 1
Psalm 2
Psalm 3
Psalm 4
Psalm 5
Psalm 6 (i)

Psalm 6 (ii)
Psalm 7
Psalm 8
Psalm 9
Psalm 10
Psalm 11
Psalm 12
Psalm 13
Psalm 14
Psalm 15
Psalm 16
Psalm 17
Psalm 18
Psalm 19
Psalm 20
Psalm 21
Psalm 22
Psalm 23
Psalm 24
Psalm 25 (i)
Psalm 25 (ii)
Psalm 26
Psalm 27
Psalm 28
Psalm 29
Psalm 30
Psalm 31
Psalm 32
Psalm 33
Psalm 34
Psalm 35
Psalm 36
Psalm 37
Psalm 38
Psalm 39
​Psalm 40
​Psalm 41
​Psalm 42
​Psalm 43
​Psalm 44
Psalm 45 (i)
Psalm 45 (ii)
​Psalm 46
​Psalm 47
​Psalm 48
​Psalm 49
​Psalm 50 (i)
​Psalm 50 (ii)
Psalm 51
Psalm 52
Psalm 53
Psalm 54
Psalm 55
Psalm 56
Psalm 57
Psalm 58
Psalm 59
​Psalm 60
Psalm 61
Psalm 62
Psalm 63
Psalm 64
Psalm 65
Psalm 66
Psalm 67 (i)
Psalm 67 (ii)
Psalm 68
Psalm 69
​Psalm 70 (i)
​Psalm 70 (ii)
Psalm 71
Psalm ​72
​Psalm 73
Psalm ​74
Psalm 75
Psalm 76
Psalm 77
Psalm 78
Psalm 79
Psalm 80
Psalm 81
Psalm 82
Psalm 83
Psalm 84
​Psalm 85
Psalm 86
Psalm 87
Psalm 88
Psalm 89
Psalm 90
Psalm 91
Psalm 92
Psalm 93
Psalm 94
Psalm 95
Psalm 96
Psalm 97
Psalm 98
Psalm 99
Psalm 100 (i)
​Psalm 100 (ii)
Psalm 102
Psalm 102 (i)
Psalm 102 (ii)
Psalm 103
Psalm 104
Psalm 105
Psalm 106
Psalm 107
Psalm 108
Psalm 109
Psalm 110
Psalm 111
Psalm 112
Psalm 113
Psalm 114
Psalm 115
Psalm 116
Psalm 117
Psalm 118
Psalm 119
Psalm 120
Psalm 121
Psalm 122
Psalm 123
Psalm 124 (i)
​Psalm 124 (ii)
Psalm 125
Psalm 126
Psalm 127
Psalm 128
Psalm 129
Psalm 130
Psalm 131
Psalm 132
Psalm 133
Psalm 134
Psalm 135
Psalm 136 (i)
Psalm 136 (ii)
Psalm 137
Psalm 138
Psalm 139
Psalm ​140
Psalm 141
Psalm 142
Psalm 143 (i)
Psalm 143 (ii)
Psalm 144
Psalm 145 (i)
Psalm 145 (ii)
Psalm 146
Psalm 147
Psalm 148 (i)
Psalm 148 (ii)
Psalm 149
​Psalm ​150
That man hath perfect blessedness
Why rage the heathen? and vain things
O Lord, how are my foes increas’d?
Give ear unto me when I call,
Give ear unto my words, O Lord,
Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not;
In thy great indignation,
O Lord my God, in thee do I
How excellent in all the earth,
Lord, thee I’ll praise with all my heart,
Wherefore is it that thou, O Lord,
I in the Lord do put my trust:
Help, Lord, because the godly man

How long wilt thou forget me, Lord?
That there is not a God, the fool
Within thy tabernacle, Lord,
Lord, keep me; for I trust in thee.
Lord, hear the right, attend my cry,

Thee will I love, O Lord, my strength.
The heav’ns God’s glory do declare,
JEHOVAH hear thee in the day
The king in thy great strength, O Lord,
My God, my God, why hast thou me
The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want.
The earth belongs unto the Lord,
To thee I lift my soul:

To thee I lift my soul, O Lord:
Judge me, O Lord, for I have walk’d
Give ye unto the Lord, ye sons
The Lord’s my light and saving health,
To thee I’ll cry, O Lord, my rock;
Lord, I will thee extol, for thou
​In thee, O Lord, I put my trust,
O blessed is the man to whom
Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice;
God will I bless all times; his praise
Plead, Lord, with those that plead; and fight

The wicked man’s transgression
For evil-doers fret thou not
In thy great indignation,
I said, I will look to my ways,
I waited for the Lord my God,
Blessed is he that wisely doth
Like as the hart for water-brooks
Judge me, O Lord, and plead my cause
O God, we with our ears have heard,
My heart brings forth a goodly thing;

My heart inditing is
God is our refuge and our strength,
All people, clap your hands; to God
Great is the Lord, and greatly he
Hear this, all people, and give ear,
The mighty God, the Lord,

The mighty God, the Lord, hath spoke,
After thy loving-kindness, Lord,
Why dost thou boast, O mighty man,
That there is not a God, the fool
Save me, O God, by thy great name,
Lord, hear my pray’r, hide not thyself
Shew mercy, Lord, to me, for man,

Be merciful to me, O God;
Do ye, O congregation,
My God, deliver me from those
O Lord, thou hast rejected us,
O God, give ear unto my cry;
My soul with expectation
Lord, thee my God, I’ll early seek:
When I to thee my prayer make,
Praise waits for thee in Sion, Lord:

All lands to God in joyful sounds,
Lord, bless and pity us,
Lord, unto us be merciful,

Let God arise, and scattered
Save me, O God, because the floods
Lord, haste me to deliver;
Make haste, O God, me to preserve;
O Lord, my hope and confidence
O Lord, thy judgments give the king,
Yet God is good to Israel,
O God, why hast thou cast us off?
To thee, O God, do we give thanks,

In Judah’s land God is well known,
Unto the Lord I with my voice,

Attend, my people, to my law;
O God, the heathen enter’d have
Hear, Isr’el’s Shepherd! like a flock
Sing loud to God our strength; with joy
In gods’ assembly God doth stand;
Keep not, O God, we thee entreat,
How lovely is thy dwelling-place,
O Lord, thou hast been favourable
O Lord, do thou bow down thine ear,
Upon the hills of holiness
Lord God, my Saviour, day and night
God’s mercies I will ever sing;
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place
He that doth in the secret place
To render thanks unto the Lord
The Lord doth reign, and cloth’d is he
O Lord God, unto whom alone
O come, let us sing to the Lord:
O sing a new song to the Lord:
God reigneth, let the earth be glad,
O sing a new song to the Lord,
Th’ eternal Lord doth reign as king,

All people that on earth do dwell,
O all ye lands, unto the Lord
I mercy will and judgment sing,
O Lord, unto my pray’r give ear,
Lord, hear my pray’r, and let my cry
O thou my soul, bless God the Lord;

Bless God, my soul. O Lord my God,
Give thanks to God, call on his name;

Give praise and thanks unto the Lord,
Praise God, for he is good: for still
My heart is fix’d, Lord; I will sing,
O thou the God of all my praise,
The Lord did say unto my Lord,
Praise ye the Lord: with my whole heart
Praise ye the Lord. The man is bless’d
Praise God: ye servants of the Lord,
When Isr’el out of Egypt went,
Not unto us, Lord, not to us,
I love the Lord, because my voice
O give ye praise unto the Lord,
O praise the Lord, for he is good;

Blessed are they that undefil’d,
In my distress to God I cry’d,
I to the hills will lift mine eyes,
I joy’d when to the house of God,
O thou that dwellest in the heav’ns,
Had not the Lord been on our side,
Now Israel may say, and that truly,
They in the Lord that firmly trust
When Sion’s bondage God turn’d back,
Except the Lord do build the house,

Bless’d is each one that fears the Lord,
Oft did they vex me from my youth,
Lord, from the depths to thee I cry’d.
My heart not haughty is, O Lord,
David, and his afflictions all,

Behold, how good a thing it is,
Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye
Praise ye the Lord, the Lord’s name praise;
Give thanks to God, for good is he:
Praise God, for he is kind:

By Babel’s streams we sat and wept,
Thee will I praise with all my heart,
O Lord, thou hast me search’d and known.
Lord, from the ill and froward man
O Lord, I unto thee do cry,

I with my voice cry’d to the Lord,
Lord, hear my pray’r, attend my suits;
Oh, hear my prayer, Lord,
O blessed ever be the Lord,

I’ll thee extol, my God, O King;
O Lord, thou art my God and King;
Praise God. The Lord praise, O my soul.
Praise ye the Lord; for it is good
Praise God. From heavens praise the Lord,
The Lord of heav’n confess,
Praise ye the Lord: unto him sing
Praise ye the Lord. God’s praise within
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​That man hath perfect blessedness
     who walketh not astray
In counsel of ungodly men,
     nor stands in sinners’ way.
Nor sitteth in the scorner’s chair:
     But placeth his delight
Upon God’s law, and meditates
     on his law day and night.

He shall be like a tree that grows
     near planted by a river,
Which in his season yields his fruit,
     and his leaf fadeth never:
And all he doth shall prosper well.
     The wicked are not so;
But like they are unto the chaff,
     which wind drives to and fro.

In judgment therefore shall not stand
     such as ungodly are;
Nor in th’ assembly of the just
     shall wicked men appear.
For why? the way of godly men
     unto the Lord in known:
Whereas the way of wicked men
     shall quite be overthrown.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
138 Tallis

125 St Peter

121 St Matthias

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Why rage the heathen? and vain things
     why do the people mind?
Kings of the earth do set themselves,
     and princes are combin’d,
To plot against the Lord, and his
     Anointed, saying thus,
Let us asunder break their bands,
     ​and cast their cords from us.

He that in heaven sits shall laugh;
     the Lord shall scorn them all.
Then shall he speak to them in wrath,
     ​in rage he vex them shall.
Yet notwithstanding, I have him
     To be my King appointed;
And over Sion, my holy hill,
     I have him King anointed.

The sure decree I will declare;
     the Lord hath said to me,
Thou art mine only Son; this day
     I have begotten thee.
Ask of me, and for heritage
     the heathen I’ll make thine;
And, for possession, I to thee
     will give earth’s utmost line.

Thou shalt, as with a weighty rod
     or iron, break them all;
And, as a potter’s sherd, thou shalt
     them dash in pieces small.
Now, therefore, kings, be wise; be taught,
     ye judges of the earth:
Serve God in fear, and see that ye
     join trembling with your mirth.

Kiss ye the Son, lest in his ire
     ye perish from the way,
If once his wrath begin to burn:
     ​bless’d all that on him stay.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
149 York​

88 Montrose

114 St Gregory

144 Westminster
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O Lord, how are my foes increased?
     against me many rise.
Many say of my soul, For him
     in God no succour lies.
Yet thou my shield and glory art,
     th’ uplifter of my head.
I cry’d, and, from his holy hill,
     the Lord me answer made.

I laid my down and slept, I wak’d;
     for God sustained me.
I will not fear though thousands ten
     set round against me be.
Arise, O Lord; save me, my God;
     for thou my foes hast stroke
All on the cheek-bone, and the teeth
     of wicked men hast broke.

Salvation doth appertain
     unto the Lord alone:
Thy blessing, Lord, for evermore
     ​thy people is upon.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
85 Martyrdom

106 St Anne

127 St Thomas
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Give ear unto me when I call,
     God of my righteousness:
Have mercy, hear my pray’r; thou hast
     enlarg’d me in distress.
O ye the sons of men! how long
     will ye love vanities?
How long my glory turn to shame
     and will ye follow lies?

But know, that for himself the Lord
     the godly man doth chuse:
The Lord when I on him do call,
     to hear will not refuse.
Fear, and sin not; talk with your heart
     on bed, and silent be.
Off’rings present of righteousness,
     and in the Lord trust ye.

O who will shew us any good?
     is that which many say:
But of thy countenance the light,
     Lord, lift on us alway.
Upon my heart, bestow’d by thee,
     more gladness I have found
Than they, ev’n then, when corn and wine
     did most with them abound.

I will both lay me down in peace,
     and quiet sleep will take;
Because thou only me to dwell
     ​in safety, Lord, dost make.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
46 Crimond

20 Abbey

52 Durham
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Give ear unto my words, O Lord,
     my meditation weigh.
Hear my loud cry, my King, my God;
     for I to thee will pray.
Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice:
     I early will direct
My pray’r to thee; and, looking up,
     an answer will expect.

For thou are not a God that doth
     in wickedness delight;
Neither shall evil dwell with thee,
     nor fools stand in thy sight.
All that ill-doers are thou hat’st;
     Cutt’st off that liars be:
The bloody and deceitful man
     abhorred is by thee.

But I into thy house will come
     in thy abundant grace;
And I will worship in thy fear
     toward thy holy place.
Because of those mine enemies,
     Lord in thy righteousness
Do thou me lead; do thou thy way
     make straight before my face.

For in their mouth there is no truth,
     their inward part is ill;
Their throat’s an open sepulchre,
     their tongue doth flatter still.
O God, destroy them; let them be
     by their own counsel quell’d:
Them for their many sins cast out,
     for they ’gainst thee rebell’d.

But let all joy that trust in thee,
     and still make shouting noise;
For them thou sav’st: let all that love
     thy name in thee rejoice.

For, Lord, unto the righteous man
     thou wilt thy blessing yield:
With favour thou wilt compass him
     ​about, as with a shield.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
70 Gräfenberg

136 Stracathro

133 Spohr
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Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not;
     Nor in thy hot rage chasten me.
Lord, pity me, for I am weak:
     Heal me, for my bones vexed be.
My soul is also vexed sore;
     But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make?
Return, O Lord, my soul set free;
     O save me, for thy mercies' sake.
 
Because those that deceased are
     Of thee shall no remembrance have;
And who is he that will to thee
     Give praises lying in the grave?
I with my groaning weary am,
     I also all the night my bed
Have caused for to swim; and I
     With tears my couch have watered.
 
Mine eye, consum'd with grief, grows old,
     Because of all mine enemies.
Hence from me, wicked workers all;
     For God hath heard my weeping cries.
God hath my supplication heard,
     My pray'r received graciously
Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my foes,
     Sham'd and back turned suddenly.
Long Metre (8,8,8,8)
13 Saxony

5 Finnart

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In thy great indignation,
     O Lord, rebuke me not;
Nor on me lay thy chast’ning hand,
     in thy displeasure hot.
Lord, I am weak, therefore on me
     have mercy, and me spare:
Heal me, O Lord, because thou know'st
     my bones much vexed are.
 
My soul is vexed sore: but, Lord,
     how long stay wilt thou make?
Return, Lord, free my soul; and save
     me, for thy mercies' sake.
Because of thee in death there shall
     no more remembrance be:
Of those that in the grave do lie,
     who shall give thanks to thee?
 
I with my groaning weary am,
     and all the night my bed
I caused for to swim; with tears
     my couch I watered.
By reason of my vexing grief,
     mine eye consumed is;
It waxeth old, because of all
     that be mine enemies.
 
But now, depart from me all ye
     that work iniquity:
For why? the Lord hath heard my voice,
     when I did mourn and cry.
Unto my supplication
     the Lord did hearing give:
When I to him my prayer make,
     the Lord will it receive.
 
Let all be sham'd and troubled sore,
     That en'mies are to me;
Let them turn back, and suddenly
     ashamed let them be.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
142 Walsall

123 St Neot

50 Dundee
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O Lord my God, in thee do I
     my confidence repose:
Save and deliver me from all
     my persecuting foes;
Lest that the enemy my soul
     should, like a lion, tear,
In pieces rending it, while there
     is no deliverer.
 
O Lord my God, if it be so
     that I committed this;
If it be so that in my hands
     iniquity there is:
If I rewarded ill to him
     that was at peace with me;
(Yea, ev'n the man that without cause
     my foe was I did free;)
 
Then let the foe pursue and take
     my soul, and my life thrust
Down to the earth, and let him lay
     mine honour in the dust.
Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself,
     for my foes raging be;
And, to the judgment which thou hast
     commanded, wake for me.
 
So shall th' assembly of thy folk
     about encompass thee:
Thou, therefore, for their sakes, return
     unto thy place on high.
The Lord he shall the people judge:
     my judge, JEHOVAH, be,
After my righteousness, and mine
     integrity in me.
 
O let the wicked's malice end;
     but stablish stedfastly
The righteous: for the righteous God
     the hearts and reins doth try.
In God, who saves th' upright in heart,
     is my defence and stay.
God just men judgeth, God is wroth
     with ill men ev'ry day.
 
If he do not return again,
     then he his sword will whet;
His bow he hath already bent,
     and hath it ready set:
He also hath for him prepar'd
     the instruments of death;
Against the persecutors he
     his shafts ordained hath.
 
Behold, he with iniquity
     doth travail, as in birth;
A mischief he conceived hath,
     and falsehood shall bring forth.
He made a pit and digg'd it deep,
     another there to take;
But he is fall'n into the ditch
     which he himself did make.
 
Upon his own head his mischief
     shall be returned home;
His vi'lent dealing also down
     on his own pate shall come.
According to his righteousness
     the Lord I'll magnify;
And will sing praise unto the name
     ​of God that is most high.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
vv.1-9:
85 Martyrdom

61 Farrant

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How excellent in all the earth,
     Lord, our Lord, is thy name!
Who hast thy glory far advanc'd
     above the starry frame.
From infants' and from sucklings' mouth
     ​thou didest strength ordain,
For thy foes' cause, that so thou might'st
     th' avenging foe restrain.
 
When I look up unto the heav'ns,
     which thine own fingers fram'd,
Unto the moon, and to the stars,
     which were by thee ordain'd;
Then say I, What is man, that he
     remember'd is by thee?
Or what the son of man, that thou
     so kind to him should'st be?
 
For thou a little lower hast
     him than the angels made;
With glory and with dignity
     thou crowned hast his head.
Of thy hands' works thou mad'st him lord,
     all under's feet didst lay;
All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts
     that in the field do stray;
 
Fowls of the air, fish of the sea,
     all that pass through the same.
How excellent in all the earth,
     ​Lord, our Lord, is thy name!
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
148 Winchester

65 Gainsborough

103 Richmond
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​Lord, thee I'll praise with all my heart,
     thy wonders all proclaim.
In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy,
     and sing unto thy name.
When back my foes were turn'd, they fell,
     and perish'd at thy sight:
For thou maintain'dst my right and cause;
     on throne sat'st judging right.
 
The heathen thou rebuked hast,
     the wicked overthrown;
Thou hast put out their names, that they
     may never more be known.
O en'my! now destructions have
     an end perpetual:
Thou cities raz'd; perish'd with them
     is their memorial.
 
God shall endure for aye; he doth
     for judgment set his throne;
In righteousness to judge the world,
     justice to give each one.
God also will a refuge be
     for those that are oppress'd;
A refuge will he be in times
     of trouble to distress'd.
 
And they that know thy name, in thee
     ​their confidence will place:
For thou hast not forsaken them
     that truly seek thy face.
O sing ye praises to the Lord,
     that dwells in Sion hill;
And all the nations among
     his deeds record ye still.
 
When he enquireth after blood,
     he then rememb'reth them:
The humble folk he not forgets
     that call upon his name.
Lord, pity me; behold the grief
     which I from foes sustain;
Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death
     dost raise me up again;
 
That I, in Sion's daughters' gates,
     ​may all thy praise advance;
And that I may rejoice always
     in thy deliverance.
The heathen are sunk in the pit
     which they themselves prepar'd;
And in the net which they have hid
     their own feet fast are snar'd.
 
The Lord is by the judgment known
     which he himself hath wrought:
The sinners' hands do make the snares
     wherewith themselves are caught.
They who are wicked into hell
     each one shall turned be;
And all the nations that forget
     to seek the Lord most high.
 
For they that needy are shall not
     forgotten be alway;
The expectation of the poor
     ​shall not be lost for aye.
Arise, Lord, let not man prevail;
     judge heathen in thy sight:
That they may know themselves but men,
     ​the nations, Lord, affright.
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Wherefore is it that thou, O Lord,
     dost stand from us afar?
And wherefore hidest thou thyself,
     when times so troublous are?
The wicked in his loftiness
     doth persecute the poor:
In these devices they have fram'd
     let them be taken sure.
 
The wicked of his heart's desire
     doth talk with boasting great;
He blesseth him that's covetous,
     whom yet the Lord doth hate.
The wicked, through his pride of face,
     on God he doth not call;
And in the counsels of his heart
     the Lord is not at all.
 
His ways they always grievous are;
     thy judgments from his sight
Removed are: at all his foes
     he puffeth with despight.
Within his heart he thus hath said,
     I shall not moved be;
And no adversity at all
     shall ever come to me.
 
His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit,
     is fill'd abundantly;
And underneath his tongue there is
     mischief and vanity.
He closely sits in villages;
     he slays the innocent:
Against the poor that pass him by
     his cruel eyes are bent.
 
He, lion-like, lurks in his den;
     he waits the poor to take;
And when he draws him in his net,
     his prey he doth him make.
Himself he humbleth very low,
     he croucheth down withal,
That so a multitude of poor
     may by his strong ones fall.
 
He thus hath said within his heart,
     The Lord hath quite forgot;
He hides his countenance, and he
     for ever sees it not.
O Lord, do thou arise; O God,
     lift up thine hand on high:
Put not the meek afflicted ones
     out of thy memory.
 
Why is it that the wicked man
     thus doth the Lord despise?
Because that God will it require
     he in his heart denies.
Thou hast it seen; for their mischief
     and spite thou wilt repay:
The poor commits himself to thee;
     thou art the orphan's stay.
 
The arm break of the wicked man,
     and of the evil one;
Do thou seek out his wickedness,
     until thou findest none.
The Lord is King through ages all,
     ev'n to eternity;
The heathen people from his land
     ​are perish'd utterly.
 
O Lord, of those that humble are
     thou the desire didst hear;
Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou
     to hear wilt bend thine ear;
To judge the fatherless, and those
     that are oppressed sore;
That man, that is but sprung of earth,
     ​may them oppress no more.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
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I in the Lord do put my trust:
     how is it then that ye

Say to my soul, Flee, as a bird,
     unto your mountain high? 
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow,
     their shafts on string they fit,
That those who upright are in heart
     they privily may hit.

If the foundations be destroyed,
     what hath the righteous done?
God in his holy temple is,
     ​in heaven is his throne:
His eyes do see, his eyelids try
     men's sons. The just he proves:
But his soul hates the wicked man,
     and him that vi'lence loves.

Snares, fire and brimstone, furious storms,
     on sinners he shall rain:
This, as the portion of their cup,
     doth unto them pertain.
Because the Lord most righteous doth
     in righteousness delight;
And with a pleasant countenance
     beholdeth the upright.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
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Help, Lord, because the godly man
     doth daily fade away;
And from among the sons of men

​     the faithful do decay.
Unto his neighbour ev'ry one
​     doth utter vanity:
They with a double heart do speak,
​     and lips of flattery.

God shall cut off all flatt'ring lips,
​     tongues that speak proudly thus, 
We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips
​     are ours: who's lord o'er us?
For poor oppressed, and for the sighs
​     of needy, rise will I,
Saith God, and him in safety set
​     from such as him defy.

The words of God are words most pure;
​     they be like silver tried
In earthen furnace, seven times
​     that hath been purified.
Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep
​     ​for ever from this race.
On each side walk the wicked, when
​     ​vile men are high in place.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
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How long wilt thou forget me, Lord?
     shall it for ever be?
O how long shall it be that thou
     wilt hide thy face from me?
How long take counsel in my soul,
     still sad in heart, shall I?
How long exalted over me
     shall be mine enemy?

O Lord my God, consider well,
     and answer to me make:
Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep
     of death me overtake:
Lest that mine enemy should say,
     Against him I prevailed;
And those that trouble me rejoice,
     when I am moved and failed.

But I have all my confidence
     thy mercy set upon;
My heart within me shall rejoice
     in thy salvation.
I will unto the Lord my God
     sing praises cheerfully,
Because he hath his bounty shown
     to me abundantly.  
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
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That there is not a God, the fool
     doth in his heart conclude:
They are corrupt, their works are vile;
     ​not one of them doth good.
Upon men's sons the Lord from heav'n
     did cast his eyes abroad,
To see if any understood,
     and did seek after God.

They altogether filthy are,
     they all aside are gone;
And there is none that doeth good,
     yea, sure there is not one.
These workers of iniquity
     do they not know at all,
That they my people eat as bread,
     and on God do not call?

There feared they much; for God is with
     the whole race of the just.
You shame the counsel of the poor,
     because God is his trust.
Let Isr'el's help from Zion come:
     when back the Lord shall bring
His captives, Jacob shall rejoice,
     ​and Israel shall sing.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
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Within thy tabernacle, Lord,
     who shall abide with thee?
And in thy high and holy hill
     who shall a dweller be?
The man that walketh uprightly,
     and worketh righteousness,
And as he thinketh in his heart,
     so doth he truth express.
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Who doth not slander with his tongue,
     nor to his friend doth hurt;
Nor yet against his neighbour doth
     take up an ill report.
In whose eyes vile men are despised;
     but those that God do fear
He honoureth; and changeth not,
     though to his hurt he swear.
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His coin puts not to usury,
     nor take reward will he
Against the guiltless. Who doth thus
     ​shall never moved be.

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
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​Lord, keep me; for I trust in thee.
     To God thus was my speech,
Thou art my Lord; and unto thee
     my goodness doth not reach:
To saints on earth, to th' excellent,
     where my delight's all placed.
Their sorrows shall be multiplied
     to other gods that haste:

Of their drink-offerings of blood
     I will no off'ring make;
Yea, neither I their very names
     up in my lips will take.
God is of mine inheritance
     and cup the portion;
The lot that fallen is to me
     thou dost maintain alone.
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Unto me happily the lines
     in pleasant places fell;
Yea, the inheritance I got
     ​in beauty doth excel.
I bless the Lord, because he doth
     by counsel me conduct;
And in the seasons of the night
     my reins do me instruct.
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Before me still the Lord I set:
     since it is so that he
Doth ever stand at my right hand,
     I shall not moved be.
Because of this my heart is glad,
     and joy shall be expressed
Ev'n by my glory; and my flesh
     in confidence shall rest.

Because my soul in grave to dwell
     shall not be left by thee;
Nor wilt thou give thine Holy One
     corruption to see.
Thou wilt me show the path of life:
     of joys there is full store
Before thy face; at thy right hand
     are pleasures evermore.
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Lord, hear the right, attend my cry,
     unto my pray'r give heed,
That doth not in hypocrisy
     from feigned lips proceed.
And from before thy presence forth
     my sentence do thou send:
Toward these things that equal are
     do thou thine eyes intend.

Thou prov'dst mine heart, thou visit'dst me
     by night, thou didst me try,
Yet nothing found'st; for that my mouth
     shall not sin, purposed I.
As for men's works, I, by the word
     that from thy lips doth flow,
Did me preserve out of the paths
     wherein destroyers go.

Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide
     in those thy paths divine,
So that my footsteps may not slide
     out of those ways of thine.
I called have on thee, O God,
     because thou wilt me hear:
That thou may'st hearken to my speech,
     to me incline thine ear.

Thy wondrous loving-kindness show,
     thou that, by thy right hand,
Sav'st them that trust in thee from those
     that up against them stand.
As th' apple of the eye me keep;
     in thy wings shade me close
From lewd oppressors, compassing
     me round, as deadly foes.

In their own fat they are enclosed;
     their mouth speaks loftily.
Our steps they compassed; and to ground
     down bowing set their eye.
He like unto a lion is
     that's greedy of his prey,
Or lion young, which lurking doth
     in secret places stay.

Arise, and disappoint my foe,
     and cast him down, O Lord:
My soul save from the wicked man,
     the man which is thy sword.
From men, which are thy hand, O Lord,
     from worldly men me save,
Which only in this present life
     their part and portion have.

Whose belly with thy treasure hid
     thou fill'st: they children have
In plenty; of their goods the rest
     they to their children leave.
But as for me, I thine own face
     in righteousness will see;
And with thy likeness, when I wake,
     ​I satisfied shall be.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
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Thee will I love, O Lord, my strength.
     My fortress is the Lord,
My rock, and he that doth to me
     deliverance afford:
My God, my strength, whom I will trust,
     a buckler unto me,
The horn of my salvation,
     and my high tow'r, is he.

Upon the Lord, who worthy is
     of praises, will I cry;
And then shall I preserved be
     safe from mine enemy.
Floods of ill men affrighted me,
     death's pangs about me went;
Hell's sorrows me environed;
     death's snares did me prevent.

In my distress I called on God,
     cry to my God did I;
He from his temple heard my voice,
     to his ears came my cry.
Th' earth, as affrighted, then did shake,
     trembling upon it seized:
The hills' foundations moved were,
     because he was displeased.

Up from his nostrils came a smoke,
     and from his mouth there came
Devouring fire, and coals by it
     were turned into flame.
He also bowed down the heav'ns,
     and thence he did descend;
And thickest clouds of darkness did
     under his feet attend.

And he upon a cherub rode,
     and thereon he did fly;
Yea, on the swift wings of the wind
     his flight was from on high.
He darkness made his secret place:
     ​about him, for his tent,
Dark waters were, and thickest clouds
     of th' airy firmament.

And at the brightness of that light,
     which was before his eye,
His thick clouds passed away, hailstones
     and coals of fire did fly.
The Lord God also in the heav'ns
     did thunder in his ire;
And there the Highest gave his voice,
     hailstones and coals of fire.

Yea, he his arrows sent abroad,
     and them he scattered;
His lightnings also he shot out,
     and them discomfited.
The waters' channels then were seen,
     the world's foundations vast
At thy rebuke discovered were,
     and at thy nostrils' blast.

And from above the Lord sent down,
     and took me from below;
From many waters he me drew,
     which would me overflow.
He me relieved from my strong foes,
     and such as did me hate;
Because he saw that they for me
     too strong were, and too great.

They me prevented in the day
     of my calamity;
But even then the Lord himself
     a stay was unto me.
He to a place where liberty
     and room was hath me brought;
Because he took delight in me,
     he my deliv'rance wrought.

According to my righteousness
     he did me recompense,
He me repaid according to
     my hands' pure innocence.
For I God's ways kept, from my God
     did not turn wickedly.
His judgments were before me, I
     his laws put not from me.

Sincere before him was my heart;
     with him upright was I;
And watchfully I kept myself
     from mine iniquity.  
After my righteousness the Lord
     hath recompensed me,
After the cleanness of my hands
     appearing in his eye.

Thou gracious to the gracious art,
     to upright men upright:
Pure to the pure, froward thou kyth'st
     unto the froward wight.  
For thou wilt the afflicted save
     in grief that low do lie:
But wilt bring down the countenance
     ​of them whose looks are high.
 
The Lord will light my candle so,
     that it shall shine full bright:
The Lord my God will also make
     my darkness to be light.  
By thee through troops of men I break,
     and them discomfit all;
And, by my God assisting me,
     I overleap a wall.
 
As for God, perfect is his way:
     the Lord his word is try'd;
He is a buckler to all those
     who do in him confide.  
Who but the Lord is God? but he
     who is a rock and stay?
'Tis God that girdeth me with strength,
     and perfect makes my way.
 
He made my feet swift as the hinds,
     set me on my high places.
Mine hands to war he taught, mine arms
     brake bows of steel in pieces.  
The shield of thy salvation
     thou didst on me bestow:
Thy right hand held me up, and great
     thy kindness made me grow.

And in my way my steps thou hast
     enlarged under me,
That I go safely, and my feet
     are kept from sliding free.

Mine en'mies I pursued have,
     and did them overtake;
Nor did I turn again till I
     an end of them did make.

I wounded them, they could not rise;
     they at my feet did fall.
Thou girdedst me with strength for war;
     my foes thou brought'st down all:  
And thou hast giv'n to me the necks
     of all mine enemies;
That I might them destroy and slay,
     who did against me rise.
 
They cried out, but there was none
     that would or could them save;
Yea, they did cry unto the Lord,
     but he no answer gave.  
Then did I beat them small as dust
     before the wind that flies;
And I did cast them out like dirt
     upon the street that lies.

Thou mad'st me free from people's strife,
     and heathen's head to be:
A people whom I have not known
     shall service do to me.  
At hearing they shall me obey,
     to me they shall submit.
Strangers for fear shall fade away,
     who in close places sit.

God lives, blessed be my Rock; the God
     of my health praised be.
God doth avenge me, and subdues
     the people under me.  
He saves me from mine enemies;
     yea, thou hast lifted me
Above my foes; and from the man
     of vi'lence set me free.
 
Therefore to thee will I give thanks
     the heathen folk among;
And to thy name, O Lord, I will
     sing praises in a song.  
He great deliv'rance gives his king:
     he mercy doth extend
To David, his anointed one,
     ​and his seed without end.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
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31 Bedford

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​The heav'ns God's glory do declare,
     the skies his hand-works preach:
Day utters speech to day, and night
     to night doth knowledge teach.
There is no speech nor tongue to which
     their voice doth not extend:
Their line is gone through all the earth,
     their words to the world's end.

In them he set the sun a tent;
     Who, bridegroom-like, forth goes
From's chamber, as a strong man doth
     to run his race rejoice.
From heav'n's end is his going forth,
     circling to th' end again;
And there is nothing from his heat
     that hidden doth remain.

God's law is perfect, and converts
     the soul in sin that lies:
God's testimony is most sure,
     and makes the simple wise.
The statutes of the Lord are right,
     and do rejoice the heart:
The Lord's command is pure, and doth
     light to the eyes impart.

Unspotted is the fear of God,
     and doth endure for ever:
The judgments of the Lord are true
     and righteous altogether.
They more than gold, yea, much fine gold,
     to be desired are:
Than honey, honey from the comb
     that droppeth, sweeter far.

Moreover, they thy servant warn
     how he his life should frame:
A great reward provided is
     for them that keep the same.
Who can his errors understand?
     O cleanse thou me within
From secret faults. Thy servant keep
     from all presumptuous sin:

And do not suffer them to have
     dominion over me:
Then, righteous and innocent,
     I from much sin shall be.
The words which from my mouth proceed,
       the thoughts sent from my heart,
Accept, O Lord, for thou my strength
     ​and my Redeemer art.
Common Metre (8,6,8,6)
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Jehovah hear thee in the day
     when trouble he doth send:
And let the name of Jacob's God
     thee from all ill defend.
O let him help send from above,
     out of his sanctuary:
From Zion, his own holy hill,
     let him give strength to thee.

Let him remember all thy gifts,
     accept thy sacrifice:
Grant thee thine heart's wish, and fulfill
     thy thoughts and counsel wise.
In thy salvation we will joy;
     in our God's name we will
Display our banners: and the Lord
     thy prayers all fulfill.

Now know I God his king doth save:
     he from his holy heav'n
Will hear him, with the saving strength
     by his own right hand giv'n.
In chariots some put confidence,
     some horses trust upon:
But we remember will the name
     of our Lord God alone.

We rise, and upright stand, when they
     are bowed down, and fall.
Deliver, Lord; and let the King
     ​us hear, when we do call.
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The king in thy great strength, O Lord,
     shall very joyful be:
In thy salvation rejoice
     how veh'mently shall he!
 Thou hast bestowed upon him
     all that his heart would have;
And thou from him didst not withhold
     whate'er his lips did crave.
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For thou with blessings him prevent'st
     of goodness manifold;
And thou hast set upon his head
     a crown of purest gold.
When he desired life of thee,
     thou life to him didst give;
Ev'n such a length of days, that he
     ​for evermore should live.

In that salvation wrought by thee
     his glory is made great;
Honour and comely majesty
     thou hast upon him set.
Because that thou for evermore
     most blessed hast him made;
And thou hast with thy countenance
     made him exceeding glad.
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Because the king upon the Lord
     his confidence doth lay;
And through the grace of the most High
     shall not be moved away.
Thine hand shall all those men find out
     ​that en'mies are to thee;
Ev'n thy right hand shall find out those
     ​of thee that haters be.

Like fiery ov'n thou shalt them make,
     when kindled is thine ire;
God shall them swallow in his wrath,
     devour them shall the fire.
Their fruit from earth thou shalt destroy,
     their seed men from among:
For they beyond their might 'gainst thee
     did plot mischief and wrong.
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Thou therefore shalt make them turn back,
     when thou thy shafts shalt place
Upon thy strings, made ready all
     to fly against their face.
In thy great pow'r and strength, O Lord,
     be thou exalted high;
So shall we sing with joyful hearts,
     ​thy power praise shall we.
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My God, my God, why hast thou me
     forsaken? why so far
Art thou from helping me, and from
     my words that roaring are?
All day, my God, to thee I cry,
     yet am not heard by thee;
And in the season of the night
     I cannot silent be.

But thou art holy, thou that dost
     inhabit Isr'el's praise.
Our fathers hoped in thee, they hoped
     ​and thou didst them release.
When unto thee they sent their cry,
     to them deliv'rance came:
Because they put their trust in thee,
     ​they were not put to shame.

But as for me, a worm I am,
     and as no man am prized:
Reproach of men I am, and by
     the people am despised.
All that me see laugh me to scorn;
     shoot out the lip do they;
They nod and shake their heads at me,
     ​and, mocking, thus do say,

This man did trust in God, that he
     would free him by his might:
Let him deliver him, sith he
     had in him such delight.
But thou art he out of the womb
     that didst me safely take;
When I was on my mother's breasts
     ​thou me to hope didst make.

And I was cast upon thy care,
     ev'n from the womb till now;
And from my mother's belly, Lord,
     my God and guide art thou.
Be not far off, for grief is near,
     and none to help is found.
Bulls many compass me, strong bulls
     ​of Bashan me surround.

Their mouths they opened wide on me,
     upon me gape did they,
Like to a lion ravening
     and roaring for his prey.
Like water I'm poured out, my bones
     all out of joint do part:
Amidst my bowels, as the wax,
     ​so melted is my heart.

My strength is like a potsherd dried;
     my tongue it cleaveth fast
Unto my jaws; and to the dust
     of death thou brought me hast.
For dogs have compassed me about:
     the wicked, that did meet
In their assembly, me enclosed;
     ​they pierced my hands and feet.

I all my bones may tell; they do
     upon me look and stare.
Upon my vesture lots they cast,
     and clothes among them share.
But be not far, O Lord, my strength;
     haste to give help to me.
From sword my soul, from pow'r of dogs
     my darling set thou free.

Out of the roaring lion's mouth
     do thou me shield and save:
For from the horns of unicorns
     an ear to me thou gave.
I will show forth thy name unto
     those that my brethren are;
Amidst the congregation
     thy praise I will declare.

Praise ye the Lord, who do him fear;
     him glorify all ye
The seed of Jacob: fear him all
     that Isr'el's children be.
For he despised not nor abhorred
     th' afflicted's misery;
Nor from him hid his face, but heard
     when he to him did cry.

Within the congregation great
     my praise shall be of thee;
My vows before them that him fear
     shall be performed by me.
The meek shall eat, and shall be filled;
     they also praise shall give
Unto the Lord that do him seek:
     your heart shall ever live.

All ends of th' earth remember shall,
     and turn the Lord unto;
All kindreds of the nations
     to him shall homage do:
Because the kingdom to the Lord
     doth appertain as his;
Likewise among the nations
     the Governor he is.

Earth's fat ones eat, and worship shall:
     all who to dust descend
Shall bow to him; none of them can
     his soul from death defend.
A seed shall service do to him;
     unto the Lord it shall
Be for a generation
     reckon'd in ages all.

They shall come, and they shall declare
     his truth and righteousness
Unto a people yet unborn,
     ​and that he hath done this.
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The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want.
     He makes me down to lie
In pastures green: he leadeth me
     the quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again;
     and me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
     ev'n for his own name's sake.
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Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
     yet will I fear none ill:
For thou art with me; and thy rod
     and staff me comfort still.
My table thou hast furnished
     in presence of my foes;
My head thou dost with oil anoint,
     and my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
     shall surely follow me:
And in God's house for evermore
     ​my dwelling-place shall be.

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The earth belongs unto the Lord,
     and all that it contains;
The world that is inhabited,
     and all that there remains.
For the foundations thereof
     he on the seas did lay,
And he hath it established
     upon the floods to stay.

Who is the man that shall ascend
     into the hill of God?
Or who within his holy place
     shall have a firm abode?
Whose hands are clean, whose heart is pure,
     and unto vanity
Who hath not lifted up his soul,
     nor sworn deceitfully.

He from th' Eternal shall receive
     the blessing him upon,
And righteousness, ev'n from the God
     of his salvation.
This is the generation
     that after him enquire,
O Jacob, who do seek thy face
     with their whole heart's desire.

Ye gates, lift up your heads on high;
     ye doors that last for aye,
Be lifted up, that so the King
     of glory enter may.
But who of glory is the King?
     The mighty Lord is this;
Ev'n that same Lord, that great in might
     and strong in battle is.
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Ye gates, lift up your heads; ye doors,
     doors that do last for aye,
Be lifted up, that so the King
     of glory enter may.
But who is he that is the King
     of glory? who is this?
The Lord of hosts, and none but he,
     ​the King of glory is.
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To thee I lift my soul:
     O Lord, I trust in thee:
My God, let me not be ashamed,
     nor foes triumph o'er me.
Let none that wait on thee
     be put to shame at all;
But those that without cause transgress,
     let shame upon them fall.

Show me thy ways, O Lord;
     thy paths, O teach thou me:
And do thou lead me in thy truth,
     therein my teacher be:
For thou art God that dost
     to me salvation send,
And I upon thee all the day
     expecting do attend.

Thy tender mercies, Lord,
     I pray thee to remember,
And loving-kindnesses; for they
     have been of old for ever.
My sins and faults of youth
     do thou, O Lord, forget:
After thy mercy think on me,
     and for thy goodness great.

God good and upright is:
     the way he'll sinners show.
The meek in judgment he will guide,
     and make his path to know.
The whole paths of the Lord
     are truth and mercy sure,
To those that do his cov'nant keep,
     and testimonies pure.

Now, for thine own name's sake,
     O Lord, I thee entreat
To pardon mine iniquity;
     for it is very great.
What man is he that fears
     the Lord, and doth him serve?
Him shall he teach the way that he
     shall choose, and still observe.

His soul shall dwell at ease;
     and his posterity
Shall flourish still, and of the earth
     inheritors shall be.
With those that fear him is
     the secret of the Lord;
The knowledge of his covenant
     he will to them afford.

Mine eyes upon the Lord
     continually are set:
For he it is that shall bring forth
     my feet out of the net.
Turn unto me thy face,
     and to me mercy show;
Because that I am desolate,
     and am brought very low.

My heart's griefs are increased:
     me from distress relieve.
See mine affliction and my pain,
     and all my sins forgive.
Consider thou my foes,
     because they many are;
And it a cruel hatred is
     which they against me bear.
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O do thou keep my soul,
     do thou deliver me:
And let me never be ashamed,
     because I trust in thee.
Let uprightness and truth
     keep me, who thee attend.
Redemption, Lord, to Israel
     ​from all his troubles send.
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To thee I lift my soul, O Lord: 
     My God, I trust in thee:
Let me not be ashamed; let not
     my foes triumph o'er me.
Yea, let thou none ashamed be
     that do on thee attend:
Ashamed let them be, O Lord,
     who without cause offend.

Thy ways, Lord, show; teach me thy paths:
     Lead me in truth, teach me:
For of my safety thou art God;
     all day I wait on thee.
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, remembered be:
In mercy, for thy goodness' sake,
     O Lord, remember me.
The Lord is good and gracious,
     he upright is also:
He therefore sinners will instruct
     in ways that they should go.

The meek and lowly he will guide
     in judgment just alway:
To meek and poor afflicted ones
     he'll clearly teach his way.
The whole paths of the Lord our God
     are truth and mercy sure,
To such as keep his covenant,
     and testimonies pure.

Now, for thine own name's sake, O Lord,
     I humbly thee entreat
To pardon mine iniquity;
     for it is very great.
What man fears God? him shall he teach
     the way that he shall choose.
His soul shall dwell at ease; his seed
     the earth, as heirs, shall use.

The secret of the Lord is with
     such as do fear his name;
And he his holy covenant
     will manifest to them.
Towards the Lord my waiting eyes
     continually are set;
For he it is that shall bring forth
     my feet out of the net.

O turn thee unto me, O God,
     have mercy me upon;
Because I solitary am,
     and in affliction.
Enlarged the griefs are of mine heart;
     me from distress relieve.
See mine affliction and my pain,
     and all my sins forgive.

Consider thou mine enemies,
     because they many are;
And it a cruel hatred is
     which they against me bear.
O do thou keep my soul; O God,
     do thou deliver me:
Let me not be ashamed; for I
     do put my trust in thee.
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O let integrity and truth
     keep me, who thee attend.
Redemption, Lord, to Israel
     from all his troubles send.
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