16.

I SAID I will take | heed to-my | ways,
That I sin-not with-my tongue:
I will keep my mouth-with a bridle,
While the wick-ed | is-be | fore me.

I was dumb-with | silence,
I held my peace,
Even fro-m | good;

And-mý | sorrow-was | stirred.

My heart was hot-with | in me,
While I -was musing
The fire burned:

Then spake-I | with-my | tongue,

Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, | what-it | is;

That I may know-how | frail—Ï | am. Behold thou hast made my days—as an | handbreadth;

And mine | age-is as | nothing-be | fore thee;

Verily every man at his best state is | alto— gether vanity.

Surely every man | walk-eth | in a—vain |

show;

Surely they are dis | quieted-in | vain:

He heapeth up riches, and | knoweth-not | who-shall gather them.

And now, Lord, what | wait-I | for?
My hope is-in | thee.

Deliver me from | all my-transgressions:

Make me not the reproach | of—the | foolish.

I was dumb, I opened | not-my | mouth :
Because thou didst it.

Remove thy stroke a | wa-y | from me:
I am consumed by-the blow of-thine |
hand.

When thou-with rebukes
Dost correct | man-for in | iquity,
Thou makest his beauty to consume a | way-
like a moth:

Surely ever-y | man-is | vanity.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear | unto

my cry;

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Hold not-thy | peace at-my | tears:

For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers | were.

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go | hence, and [be-no | more.

17.

HAVE mercy up | on me,- -O | God,

According to thy | lov-ing | kindness: According unto the multitude of thy | ten-der | mercies

Blo | t-out | my-transgressions.

Wash me throughly from | mine-in | iquity,
And cleanse-me from-my | sin.
For I acknowledge my-transgressions:
And my | sin-is | ever-be | fore me.

Against thee, thee only, I have-I | sinned,
And done this | e-vil | in-thy sight:
That thou mightest be justified | when-thou |
speakest,

And be clear | when-thou | judgest.

Behold, I was shapen-in in | iquity;

And in sin-did my mother-conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the | in-ward | 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 | bro-ken | may-rejoice.

Hide thy face from-my sins,
And blot-out | all-mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean | heart,-O | God;
And re | new a—right | spirit-with | in me.
Cast me not a | way from-thy | presence;
And take not thy | ho-ly | Spi-rit | from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy-sal | vation;
And uphold me-with | thy-free | Spirit.

Then will I teach transgressors-thy | ways; And sinners shall be converted | un-to | thee.

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

And my tongue shall sing a loud of―thy | righteousness.

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 | bro-ken | spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O | God,-thou | wilt not-despise.

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Do good in thy good pleasure | un-to | Zion: Build thou-the walls of Jerusalem.

Then shalt thou-be | pleased

With the sacri | fices-of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole-burnt offering; Then shall they offer | bullocks-up | on-thy |

altar.

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18.

HEAR my cry,-O | God;
At te-nd unto-my prayer.

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee,
when my heart is | o-verwhelmed :
Lead me to the rock-that is higher-than | I.

For thou hast been a shel-ter | for me,
And a strong tow- -er from-the enemy.
I will abide in thy tabernacle | for ever:
I will trust in the co-vert | of-thy | wings.

For thou, O God, hast | heard-my | vows: Thou hast given me the heritage of thosethat fear-thy | name.

Thou wilt prolong the | ki-ng's | life:
And his years as ma-ny ge-ne | rations.

He shall abide before God-forever:
O prepare mercy and | truth,-which | may-
preserve him.

So will I sing praise unto thy | name-for | ever, That I may daily-per | form-my | vows.

19.

O GOD, thou art my God: early | will-I | seek thee:

My sou-1 thirst-eth | for thee:

My flesh long-eth | for thee

In a dry and thirsty land, where--no | water |

is;