1. Lord, hear the right, attend my cry,unto my pray'r give heed,That doth not in hypocrisyfrom feigned lips proceed.
2. And from before thy presence forthmy sentence do thou send:Toward these things that equal aredo thou thine eyes intend.
3. Thou prov'dst mine heart, thou visit'dst meby night, thou didst me try,Yet nothing found'st; for that my mouthshall not sin, purpos'd I.
4. As for men's works, I, by the wordthat from thy lips doth flow,Did me preserve out of the pathswherein destroyers go.
5. Hold up my goings,Lord, me guidein those thy paths divine,So that my footsteps may not slideout of those ways of thine.
6. I called have on thee, O God,because thou wilt me hear:That thou may'st hearken to my speech,to me incline thine ear.