The wondrous works which thou hast done shall be my constant talk.

28 But see, my soul within me sinks, press'd down with weighty care; Do thou, according to thy word, my wasted strength repair.

29 Far, far from me be all false ways
and lying arts remov'd;

But kindly grant I still may keep
the path by thee approv❜d.

30 Thy faithful ways, thou God of truth,
my happy choice I've made;

Thy judgments, as my rule of life,
before me always laid.

31 My care has been to make
my life
with thy commands agree;
O then preserve thy servant, Lord,
from shame and ruin free.

32 So in the way of thy commands
shall I with pleasure run,

And, with a heart enlarg'd with joy, successfully go on.

HE.

33 Instruct me in thy statutes, Lord, thy righteous paths display;

And I from them, through all my life, will never go astray.

34 If thou true wisdom from above wilt graciously impart,

To keep thy perfect laws I will devote my zealous heart. 35 Direct me in the sacred ways to which thy precepts lead; Because my chief delight has been thy righteous paths to tread.

36 Do thou to thy most just commands incline my willing heart;

Let no desire of worldly wealth from thee my thoughts divert.

37 From those vain objects turn my eyes, which this false world displays;

But give me lively power and strength to keep thy righteous ways.

38 Confirm the promise which thou mad'st, and give thy servant aid,

Who to transgress thy sacred laws
is awfully afraid.

39 The foul disgrace I justly fear,

in mercy, Lord, remove;

For all the judgments thou ordain'st
are full of grace and love.

40 Thou know'st how after thy commands
my longing heart does pant;
O then make haste to raise me up,
and promis'd succour grant.

VAU.

41 Thy constant blessing, Lord, bestow,
to cheer my drooping heart;
To me, according to thy word,
thy saving health impart.

42 So shall I, when my foes upbraid,
this ready answer make;

"In God I trust, who never will "his faithful promise break." 43 Then let not quite the word of truth be from my mouth remov'd;

Since still my ground of steadfast hope thy just decrees have prov'd.

44 So I to keep thy righteous laws will all my study bend;

From age to age my

time to come

in their observance spend.

45 Ere long I trust to walk at large,

from all incumbrance free;

Since I resolve to make my life

with thy commands agree.

46 Thy laws shall be my constant talk; and princes shall attend,

Whilst I the justice of thy ways with confidence defend.

47 My longing heart and ravish'd soul shall both o'erflow with joy, When in thy lov'd commandments I my happy hours employ.

48 Then will I to thy just decrees lift up my willing hands;

My care and business then shall be to study thy commands.

ZAIN

49 According to thy promis'd grace,
thy favour, Lord, extend;
Make good to me the word on which

thy servant's hopes depend.

50 That only comfort in distress

did all my griefs control;

Thy word, when troubles hemm'd me round,

reviv'd my fainting soul.

51 Insulting foes did proudly mock,

and all my hopes deride;

Yet from thy law not all their scoffs could make me turn aside.

K

52 Thy judgments then of ancient date,
I quickly call to mind,

Till, ravish'd with such thoughts, my soul
did speedy comfort find.

53 Sometimes I stand amaz'd, like one
with deadly horror struck,
To think how all my sinful foes
have thy just laws forsook.
54 But I thy statutes and decrees
my cheerful anthems made;

Whilst through strange lands and desert wilds
I like a pilgrim stray'd.

55 Thy name, that cheer'd my heart by day,
has fill'd my thoughts by night:
I then resolv'd by thy just laws

to guide my steps aright.

56 That peace of mind, which has my soul
in deep distress sustain'd,

By strict obedience to thy will
I happily obtain'd.

CHETH.

57 O Lord, my God, my portion thou
and sure possession art;
Thy words I steadfastly resolve

to treasure in my heart.

58 With all the strength of warm desire I did thy grace implore;

Disclose, according to thy word,

thy mercy's boundless store.

59 With due reflection and strict care
on all my ways I thought;

And so, reclaim'd to thy just paths,
my wand'ring steps I brought.

60 I lost no time, but made great haste,
resolv'd, without delay,

To watch, that I might never more from thy commandments stray.

61 Though num'rous troops of sinful men to rob me have combin'd,

Yet I thy pure and righteous laws have ever kept in mind.

62 In dead of night I will arise

to sing thy solemn praise;

Convinc'd how much I always ought

to love thy righteous ways.

63. To such as fear thy holy name, myself I closely join;

To all who their obedient wills to thy commands resign.

64 O'er all the earth thy mercy, Lord,

abundantly is shed;

O make me then exactly learn

thy sacred paths to tread.

TETH

65 With me, thy servant, thou hast dealt
most graciously, O Lord;
Repeated benefits bestow'd,

according to thy word.

66 Teach me the sacred skill, by which
right judgment is attain'd.
Who in belief of thy commands
have steadfastly remain'd.

67 Before affliction stopp'd my course,
my footsteps went astray;
But I have since been disciplin'd
thy precepts to obey.

68 Thou art, O Lord, supremely good,
and all thou dost is so;

On me, thy statutes to discern, thy saving skill bestow.

69 The proud have forg'd malicious lies, my spotless fame to stain;

But my fix'd heart, without reserve, thy precepts shall retain.

70 While pamper'd, they, with prosp❜rous ills, in sensual pleasures live, My soul can relish no delight,

but what thy precepts give.

71 'Tis good for me that I have felt affliction's chast'ning rod,

That I might duly learn and keep the statutes of my God.

72 The law that from thy mouth proceeds,

of more esteem I hold,

Than untouch'd mines, than thousand mines

of silver and of gold.

JOD.

73 To me, who am the workmanship of thy Almighty hands,

The heavenly understanding give to learn thy just commands.

74 My preservation to thy saints strong comfort will afford,

To see success attend my hopes, who trusted in thy word.

75 That right thy judgments are, I now by sure experience see;

And that in faithfulness, O Lord, thou hast afflicted me.

76 O let thy tender mercy now afford me needful aid;

According to thy promise, Lord, to me, thy servant, made. 77 To me thy saving grace restore, that I again may live:

Whose soul can relish no delight,
but what thy precepts give.
78 Defeat the proud, who, unprovok'd,
to ruin me have sought,
Who only on thy sacred laws
employ my harmless thought.

79 Let those that fear thy name espouse
my cause, and those alone
Who have, by strict and pious search,
thy sacred precepts known.

80 In thy blest statutes let my heart
continue always sound;

That guilt and shame, the sinner's lot,
may never me confound.

САРН.

81 My soul with long expectance faints
to see thy saving grace;
Yet still on thy unerring word
my confidence I place.

82 My very eyes consume and fail
with waiting for thy word;

O! when wilt thou thy kind relief
and promis'd aid afford?

83 My skin like shrivell'd parchment shows, that long in smoke is set;

Yet no affliction me can force
thy statutes to forget.

84 How many days must I endure
of sorrow and distress?

When wilt thou judgment execute
on them who me oppress ?

85 The proud have digg'd a pit for me,
that have no other foes,

But such as are averse to thee,
and thy just laws oppose.

86 With sacred truth's eternal laws
all thy commands agree;

Men persecute me without cause;
thou, Lord, my helper be.

87 With close designs against my life

they had almost prevail'd;

But in obedience to thy will,

my duty never fail'd.

88 Thy wonted kindness, Lord, restore,
my drooping heart to cheer;
That by thy righteous statutes I
my life's whole course may steer.