A Psalm of David.
First Version (S.M.)
6,6,8,6
^1To thee I lift my soul:
^2O Lord, I trust in thee:
My God, let me not be asham'd,
nor foes triumph o'er me.
^3Let none that wait on thee
be put to shame at all;
But those that without cause transgress,
let shame upon them fall.
^4Shew me thy ways, O Lord;
thy paths, O teach thou me:
^5And do thou lead me in thy truth,
therein my teacher be:
For thou art God that dost
to me salvation send,
And I upon thee all the day
expecting do attend.
^6Thy tender mercies, Lord,
I pray thee to remember,
And loving-kindnesses; for they
have been of old for ever.
^7My sins and faults of youth
do thou, O Lord, forget:
After thy mercy think on me,
and for thy goodness great.
^8God good and upright is:
the way he'll sinners show.
^9The meek in judgment he will guide,
and make his path to know.
^10The whole paths of the Lord
are truth and mercy sure,
To those that do his cov'nant keep,
and testimonies pure.
^11Now, for thine own name's sake,
O Lord, I thee entreat
To pardon mine iniquity;
for it is very great.
^12What man is he that fears
the Lord, and doth him serve?
Him shall he teach the way that he
shall choose, and still observe.
^13His soul shall dwell at ease;
and his posterity
Shall flourish still, and of the earth
inheritors shall be.
^14With those that fear him is
the secret of the Lord;
The knowledge of his covenant
he will to them afford.
^15Mine eyes upon the Lord
continually are set:
For he it is that shall bring forth
my feet out of the net.
^16Turn unto me thy face,
and to me mercy show;
Because that I am desolate,
and am brought very low.
^17My heart's griefs are increas'd:
me from distress relieve.
^18See mine affliction and my pain,
and all my sins forgive.
^19Consider thou my foes,
because they many are;
And it a cruel hatred is
which they against me bear.
^20O do thou keep my soul,
do thou deliver me:
And let me never be asham'd,
because I trust in thee.
^21Let uprightness and truth
keep me, who thee attend.
^22Redemption, Lord, to Israel
from all his troubles send.