As with a sword in my bones, my enemies re proach me;

While they say daily unto me, | Where is thy | God?

Why art thou cast down, | O my soul!
And why art thou dis | quieted | in me?
Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise
Who is the health of my

my God.

him countenance | and

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an un godly nation:

Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust |

man.

Oh send out thy light and thy truth; | let them | lead me;

Let them bring me out of thy holy hill, | and | to thy tabernacles.

Then will I go unto the altar of God,
Unto God, my exceeding | joy.
Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee,
O God, my] God.

Why art thou cast down, | O my soul?
And why art | thou dis | quieted | in me?

Hope thou in God, for I shall | yet praise | him
Who is the health of my countenance | and

my God.

PSALMS XLII, XLIII.

16.

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness:

According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies | blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from | mine iniquity,
And cleanse me | from my sin.

For I acknowledge | my transgressions:
And my sin is ever before me.
Against thee, thee only have I | sinned,
And done this evil | in thy | sight:

That thou mightest be justified when thou | speakest, And be clear when thou | judgest.

Behold, I was shapen | in iniquity;

And in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the | inward | 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 broken | may rejoice. 1

Hide thy face from my sins,

And blot out all mine in | iquities.

Create in me a clean | heart, O | God;
And renew a right | spirit with in me.
Cast me not away from my | presence;
I
And take not thy | holy | spirit | from me.

Restore unto me the joy of thy sal | vation;
And up hold me with thy free | spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
And sinners shall be con verted unto thee.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:

And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy | righte

ousness.

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 | broken | spirit:

A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt | not des pise.

PSALM LI. 1—17.′′

17.

TRULY my soul waiteth | upon | God:
From him cometh | my sal | vation.
He only is my rock, and my salvation :
He is my defence, I shall not be greatly moved.

In God is my salvation, | and my | glory:

The rock of my strength, and my refuge is in | God. Trust in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him :

God is a refuge for us.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:

To be laid in the balance, they are altogether | lighter than vanity.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in | robbery :

If riches increase, | set not your heart up on them.

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this,
That power be | longeth unto God.

Also unto thee, O Lord, be | longeth | mercy :

For thou renderest to every man

according to

his work.

PSALM LXII. 1,2,7-12.

18.

O GOD, thou art my | God;
Early will I seek | thee:
My soul thirsteth for thee,

My flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land | where no water | is ;

To see thy power and thy | glory,

So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Because thy loving kindness is | better than | life,
My lips shall praise | thee.

Thus will I bless thee while I | live:

I will lift up my hands | in thy | name.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;

And my mouth shall | praise thee with | joyful | lips:

When I remember thee up | on my bed,

And meditate on thee | in the | night | watches.
Because thou hast | been my help,

Therefore in the shadow of thy | wings will I re

joice.

PSALM LXIII. 1–7.

19.

PRAISE wai:eth for thee, O | God, in | Sion;
And unto thee shall the | vow be performed.
O thou that hearest | prayer,

Unto thee shall all flesh | come.

Iniquities prevail against me :

As for our transgressions, thou shalt | purge them

a way.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee,

That he may dwell | in thy | courts:

We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy | house, Even of thy holy | temple.

By terrible things in righteousness | wilt thou [

answer us,

O God of our salvation;

ends of the earth, on the sea : mountains;

Who art the confidence of all the
And of them that are afar off up
Which by his strength setteth | fast the
Being | girded with power:

Which stilleth the noise of the

seas,

The noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are a | fraid at thy tokens:

Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and

evening | to re | joice.

Thou visitest the earth, and | waterest | it: Thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, | which is full of water:

Thou preparest them corn,

When thou hast | so provided | for it.