Psalm 25

To Thee, O Lord, my soul I raise;
I trust in Thee for pardoning grace;
Ah! put me not to shame!
Ah! do not let my sins prevail!
Let none who wait Thy mercy fail,
But all who hate Thy name.

Thy ways to me, O Jesus, show.
And teach me in Thy paths to go;
Direct my willing heart:
O God of my salvation, lead
A soul that in Thy steps would tread.
Nor ever more depart.

All the day long I wait on Thee;
In tender love remember me,
And save me by Thy grace:
Forgive, forget my follies past,
Behind Thy back in mercy cast,
And all my sins efface.

The righteous Lord is kind and good:
Sinners who faint beneath their load.
He quickly will relieve;
Instruct and grant them power to' obey,
Whom first He briijgs into His way,
And freely doth forgive.

The meek He will in mercy guide,
Nor let the lame be turn'd aside,
Who now their burden feel;
Mercy and truth are all His ways
To them that keep His pardoning grace,
And love to do His will.

Thy will, O God, I fain would do;
To me Thy pardoning mercy show,
For which I ever wait;
Forgive me, for Thy glorious name.
Because I a mere sinner am, —
Because my sin is great.

What man is he that fears the Lord?
Divinely taught His sacred word,
He all His will shall prove;
His soul shall dwell in perfect peace;
His seed shall the new earth possess,
The paradise of love.

The secret of the Lord is known

humble, trembling souls alone,
Pierced through with filial fear;
He will to them His covenant show,
Ordain'd His spotless life to know
And bear His image here.

Mine eyes to God I ever lift;
I humbly wait the heavenly gift.
Which shall my guilt remove;
From all the toils of hell set free,
Redeem from all iniquity,
And perfect me in love.
ID Turn to me, Lord, in mercy turn!
While with redoubled grief I mourn.
My troubled heart relieve;
Look on my pain with pitying eye,
My load remove, my guilt pass by.
And all my sins forgive.

Regard my cruel, countless foes;
While fiends, and men, and sins oppose,
My constant Saviour prove:
O! let me not be put' to shame,
Who trust in Thine almighty name,
And hang upon Thy love!

Preserve my waiting soul in peace.
Thine image, in true holiness,
To me, to all, restore:
An end of sin let Israel see;
From all his troubles saved by Thee, —
Let Israel sin no more.