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| LORD, 1 to my words incline thine ear, | |
| My meditation weigh: | |
| My King, my God, vouchsafe to hear | |
| My cry to thee, I pray. | |
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| Thou in the morn shalt hear my mone, | 5 |
| For in the morn will I | |
| Direct my prayers to thy Throne, | |
| And thither lift mine eye. | |
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| Thou art a God, whose puritie | |
| Cannot in sins delight: | 10 |
| No evil, Lord, shall dwell with thee, | |
| Nor fools stand in thy sight. | |
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| Thou hat’st those that unjustly do, | |
| Thou slay’st the men that lie; | |
| The bloody man, the false one too, | 15 |
| Shall be abhorr’d by thee. | |
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| But in th’ abundance of thy grace | |
| Will I to thee draw near, | |
| And toward thy most holy place | |
| Will worship thee in fear. | 20 |
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| Lord, lead me in thy righteousness, | |
| Because of all my foes; | |
| And to my dym and sinful eyes | |
| Thy perfect way disclose: | |
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| For wickedness their insides are, | 25 |
| Their mouths no truth retain, | |
| Their throat an open sepulchur, | |
| Their flattering tongues do fain. | |
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| Destroy them, Lord, and by their own | |
| Bad counsels let them fall | 30 |
| In height of their transgression; | |
| O Lord! reject them all. | |
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| Because against thy Majesty | |
| They vainly have rebell’d; | |
| But let all those that trust in thee | 35 |
| With perfect joy be fill’d. | |
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| Yea, shout for joy for evermore, | |
| Protected still by thee; | |
| Let them that do thy name adore | |
| In that still joyful be. | 40 |
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| For God doth righteous men esteem, | |
| And them for ever bless; | |
| His favour shalt encompass them, | |
| A shield in their distress. | |
