15.

JUDGE | me,-O | God,

And plead my cause against | an—un | god—ly |

nation:

O deliver | me

From the deceitful | an-d | un-just | man.

For thou art the | God of-my | strength;
I
Why dost-thou | cast-me | off?

Why go-I mourning

Because of the op | pres-sion | of—the | enemy.

O send out thy | light and-thy | truth:
Let them lead | me;

Let them bring me unto thy | ho—ly | hill,
And to-thy | ta-ber | nacles.

Then will I go unto the altar-of | God,
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Unto | God-my ex | ceed-ing | joy:
Yea, up on-the | harp

Will I praise | thee,—O | God—my | God.

Why art thou cast down, | O—my | soul?
And why art thou-dis | quieted-with | in me?
Hope-in | God:

For I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my counten-ance, | and-my | God.

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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-my | 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-I | 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 | altogether | vanity.

Surely every man | walk-eth | in a-vain | show;

Surely they are dis | quieted-in | vain :

He heapeth up riches, and who shall gather them.

knoweth-not |

And now, Lord, what | wait-I | for?
My ho-pe | 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 :
Becau- —se | th—ou | didst it.

Remove thy stroke a | wa-y | from me:

I am consumed | by-the | blow of―thine hand.

When thou-with re | bukes

Dost correct | man-for in | iquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume a waylike a moth:

Surely ever-y | man-is | vanity.

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear | unto1

my cry;

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

Blot-out | my-transgressions.

Wash me throughly from | mine—in | iquity,
And cleanse-me from-my sin.
I

For I acknowledge my-transgressions:
And my | sin-is | ever-be | fore me.

Against thee, thee only, | 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 kno-w | wisdom. 1

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 in | iquities.
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 trans | gressors-thy | ways; And sinners shall be con | vert―ed | 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. 1 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.

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

Then shalt thou-be | pleased
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With the sacrifices-of | righteousness,
With burnt offering and

offering;

whole-burnt |

Then shall they offer | bullocks-up | on-thine |

altar.