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. | |