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PSALM 25. Third Part. S.M.
Distress of Soul.

1	MINE eyes and my desire    Are ever to the Lord: I love to plead his promises,    And rest upon his word.
2	Turn, turn thee to my soul;    Bring thy salvation near: When will thy hand release my feet    Out of the deadly snare?
3	When shall the sov'reign grace,    Of my forgiving God, Restore me from those dang'rous ways,    My wand'ring feet have trod?
4	The tumult of my thoughts    Doth but enlarge my woe; My spirit languishes; my heart    Is desolate and low.
5	With ev'ry morning light    My grief anew begins; Look on my anguish and my pain,    And pardon all my sins.
6	Behold the hosts of hell,    How cruel is their hate! Against my life they rise, and join    Their fury with deceit.
7	O keep my soul from death,    Nor put my hope to shame: For I have plac'd my only trust    In my Redeemer's name.
8	With humble faith I wait,    To see thy face again: Of Israel it shall ne'er be said,    He sought the Lord in vain.

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PSALM 26. L.M.
Self-Examination: or, Evidences of grace.

1	JUDGE me, O Lord, and prove my ways, And try my reins, and try my heart; My faith upon thy promise stays, Nor from thy law my feet depart.
2	I hate to walk, I hate to sit With men of vanities and lies: The scoffer and the hypocrite Are the abhorrence of mine eyes.
3	Among thy saints will I appear, With hands well wash'd in innocence; But when I stand before thy bar. The blood of Christ is my defence.
4	I love thy habitation, Lord, The temple where thine honours dwell; There shall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell.
5	Let not my soul be join'd at last With men of treachery and blood; Since I my days on earth have past Among the saints, and near my God.

PSALM 27. First Part. C.M.
The Church is our delight and safety.

1	THE Lord of glory is my light,    And my salvation too: God is my strength; nor will I fear    What all my foes can do.
2	One privilege my heart desires;    O grant me an abode, Within th' assemblies of thy saints,    The temples of my God!
3	There shall I offer my requests,    And see thy beauty still;