A prayer of David.
1 BOw down o Lord, thine ear,
and hearken unto me:
because that I afflicted am,
also I am needy.
2 Do thou preserve my soul,
for gracious am I:
o thou my God, thy servant save,
that doth on thee rely.
3 Lord pity me, for I
daily cry thee unto.
4 Rejoice thy servants soul: for Lord,
to thee mine lift I do.
5 For thou o Lord, art good,
to pardon prone withal:
and to them all in mercy rich
that do upon thee call.
6 Jehovah, o do thou
give ear my pray’r unto:
and of my supplications
attend the voice also.
7 In day of my distress,
to thee I will complain:
by reason that thou unto me
wilt answer give again.
(2)
8 Amongst the gods, o Lord,
none is there like to thee:
neither with thine are any work
that may compared be.
9 All nations o Lord,
whom thou hast made, the same
shall come and worship thee before:
and glorify thy Name.
10 Because thou might art,
the things that thou hast done
are wonderful, thou art thy self
the mighty God alone.
11 Jehovah, unto me
o make thy way appear,
walk in thy truth I will; mine heart
unite thy name to fear.
12 Withal mine heart I will
o Lord my God, thee praise:
and I will glorify thy name,
for evermore always.
13 Because that unto me
thy mercy doth excel;
also thou hast delivered
my soul from lowest hell.
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14 O God, the proud, and troops
of violent rose ‘gainst me,
after my soul they sought: nor have
before them placed thee.
15 But Lord thou art a God,
tender, and gracious;
longsuffering, and in mercy thou
and truth art plenteous.
16 O turn thou unto me,
and mercy on me have:
unto thy servant give thy strength:
thine handmaid’s son do save.
17 Me shew a sign for good,
that mine haters may see,
and be asham’d; because Lord, thou
dost help, and comfort me.