1. Lord, hear my pray'r, attend my suits;and in thy faithfulnessGive thou an answer unto me,and in thy righteousness.
2. Thy servant also bring thou notin judgment to be try'd:Because no living man can bein thy sight justify'd.
3. For th' en'my hath pursu'd my soul,my life to ground down tread:In darkness he hath made me dwell,as who have long been dead.
4. My sp'rit is therefore overwhelm'din me perplexedly;Within me is my very heartamazed wondrously.
5. I call to mind the days of old,to meditate I useOn all thy works; upon the deedsI of thy hands do muse.
6. My hands to thee I stretch; my soulthirsts, as dry land, for thee.
7. Haste, Lord, to hear, my spirit fails:hide not thy face from me;Lest like to them I do becomethat go down to the dust.
8. At morn let me thy kindness hear;for in thee do I trust.Teach me the way that I should walk:I lift my soul to thee.
9. Lord, free me from my foes; I fleeto thee to cover me.
10. Because thou art my God, to dothy will do me instruct:Thy Sp'rit is good, me to the landof uprightness conduct.
11. Revive and quicken me, O Lord,ev'n for thine own name's sake;And do thou, for thy righteousness,my soul from trouble take.
12. And of thy mercy slay my foes;let all destroyed beThat do afflict my soul: for Ia servant am to thee.
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