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77 To me thy saving grace restore, Whose soul can relish no delight 78 Defeat the proud, who, unprovok'd, Who only on thy sacred laws

79 Let those that fear thy Name espouse Who have by strict and pious search 80 In thy blest statutes let my heart That guilt and shame, the sinner's lot,

31 My soul with long expectance faints

Yet still on thy unerring word

82 My very eyes consume and fail

O when wilt thou thy kind relief

CAPH.

85 The proud have digg'd a pit for me, But such as are averse to thee,

86 With sacred truth's eternal laws Men persecute me without cause;

87 With close designs against my life But in obedience to thy will

88 Thy wonted kindness, Lord, restore, That, by thy righteous statutes, I

83 My skin like shrivell'd parchment shows, that long in smoke is set;

Yet no affliction me can force

thy statutes to forget.

84 How many days must I endure

of sorrow and distress?

When wilt thou judgment execute

on them who me oppress? that have no other foes, and thy just laws oppose. all thy commands agree: thou, Lord, my helper be. they had almost prevail'd; my duty never fail'd. my drooping heart to cheer; my life's whole course may steer.

89 For ever, and for ever, Lord, Thy word establish'd in the heav'ns 90 Through circling ages, Lord, thy truth As doth the earth, which thou uphold'st 91 All things the course by thee ordain'd They are the faithful subjects all,

92 Unless thy sacred law had been I must have fainted and expir'd

that I again may live; but what thy precepts give. to ruin me have sought, employ my harmless thought.

LAMED.

95 The wicked have their ambush laid But in the midst of danger I 96 I've seen an end of what we call But thy commandments, like thyself,

my cause, and those alone, thy sacred precepts known. continue always sound; may never me confound.

93 Thy precepts therefore from my thoughts For thou by them hast to new life 94 As I am thine, entirely thine, Who have thy precepts sought to know,

97 The love that to thy laws I bear They with fresh wonders entertain 98 Through thy commands I wiser grow For thy sure word doth me direct,

99 From me my former teachers now Because thy sacred precepts I 100 In understanding I excel Because by thy unerring rules

to see thy saving grace; my confidence I place. with waiting for thy word; and promis'd aid afford?

105 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, A watch- light to point out the path

unchang'd thou dost remain: does all their orbs sustain. immoveable shall stand, by thy Almighty hand. e'en to this day fulfil; and servants of thy will. my comfort and delight, in dark affliction's night. shall never, Lord, depart; restor'd my dying heart. protect me, Lord, from harm; and carefully perform.

MEM.

101 My feet with care I have refrain'd That to thy sacred word I might

102 I have not from thy judgments stray'd, For, Lord, thou hast instructed me 103 How sweet are all thy words to me! How much more grateful to my soul 104 Taught by thy sacred precepts, I Thro' which the treach'rous ways of sin

NUN.

my guiltless life to take; thy word my study make. perfection here below: no change or period know.

no language can display; my ravish'd thoughts all day. than all my subtle foes; and all my ways dispose. may abler counsel take, my constant study make. the sages of our days; I order all my ways. from ev'ry sinful way, entire obedience pay. by vain desires misled; thy righteous paths to tread. O what divine repast! than honey to my taste! with heav'nly skill am blest: I utterly detest.

the way of truth to show; in which I ought to go.