1 Thy Gracious ear, O Lord, encline,
O hear me I thee pray,
For I am poor, and almost pine
With need, and sad decay.
2 Preserve my soul, for † I have trod [ 5 ]
Thy waies, and love the just,
Save thou thy servant O my God
Who still in thee doth trust.
3 Pitty me Lord for daily thee
I call; 4. O make rejoyce [ 10 ]
Thy Servants Soul; for Lord to thee
I lift my soul and voice,
5 For thou art good, thou Lord art prone
To pardon, thou to all
Art full of mercy, thou alone [ 15 ]
To them that on thee call.
6 Unto my supplication Lord
Give ear, and to the crie
Of my incessant praiers afford
Thy hearing graciously. [ 20 ]
7 I in the day of my distress
Will call on thee for aid;
For thou wilt grant me free access
And answer, what I pray'd.
8 Like thee among the gods is none [ 25 ]
O Lord, nor any works
Of all that other gods have done
Like to thy glorious works.
9 The Nations all whom thou hast made
Shall come, and all shall frame [ 30 ]
To bow them low before thee Lord,
And glorifie thy name.
10 For great thou art, and wonders great
By thy strong hand are done,
Thou in thy everlasting Seat [ 35 ]
Remainest God alone.
11 Teach me O Lord thy way most right,
I in thy truth will bide,
To fear thy name my heart unite
So shall it never slide. [ 40 ]
12 Thee will I praise O Lord my God
Thee honour, and adore
With my whole heart, and blaze abroad
Thy name for ever more.
13 For great thy mercy is toward me, [ 45 ]
And thou hast free'd my Soul
Eev'n from the lowest Hell set free
From deepest darkness foul.
14 O God the proud against me rise
And violent men are met [ 50 ]
To seek my life, and in their eyes
No fear of thee have set.
15 But thou Lord art the God most mild
Readiest thy grace to show,
Slow to be angry, and art stil'd [ 55 ]
Most mercifull, most true.
16 O turn to me thy face at length
And me have mercy on,
Unto thy servant give thy strength,
And save thy hand-maids Son. [ 60 ]
17 Some sign of good to me afford
And let my foes then see
And be asham'd, because thou Lord
Do'st help and comfort me.
