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PSALM 37. Third Part. C.M.
The way and end of the righteous and the wicked. (cont.)

6	Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was found,    Where all that pride had been.
7	But mark the man of righteousness,    His sev'ral steps attend: True pleasure runs thro' all his ways,    And peaceful is his end.

PSALM 38. C.M.
Prayer for pardon and health.

1	AMID thy wrath remember love,    Restore thy servant, Lord; Nor let a father's chast'ning prove    Like an avenger's sword.
2	Thine arrows stick within my heart,    My flesh is sorely prest: Between the sorrow and the smart,    My spirit finds no rest.
3	My sins a heavy load appear,    And o'er my head are gone; Too heavy for my soul to bear,    Too hard for me t' atone.
4	My thoughts are like a troubled sea,    My head still bending down; And I go mourning all the day,    Beneath my Father's frown.
5	Lord, I am weak and broken sore,    None of my pow'rs are whole: The inward anguish makes me roar,    The anguish of my soul.
6	All my desire to thee is known,    Thine eye counts ev'ry tear; And ev'ry sigh, and ev'ry groan,    Is notic'd by thine ear.
7	Thou art my God, my only hope,    My God will hear my cry:

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PSALM 38. C.M.
Prayer for pardon and health. (cont.)

7	My God will bear my spirit up,    When Satan bids me die.
8	My foes rejoice to see me slide    Into the miry pit: They raise their pleasure and their pride,    When they supplant my feet.
9	But I'll confess my guilt to thee,    And grieve for all my sin: I feel how weak my graces be,    And beg support divine.
10	My God, forgive my follies past,    And be forever nigh: O Lord of my salvation haste,    Before thy servant die.

PSALM 39. First Part. C.M.
Prudence and zeal.

1	THUS I resolv'd before the Lord:    "Now will I watch my tongue, "Lest I let slip one single word;    "Or do my neighbour wrong."
2	And, if I'm e'er constrain'd to stay    With men of lives profane; I'll set a double guard that day,    Nor let my talk be vain.
3	I'll scarce allow my lips to speak    The pious thoughts I feel; Lest scoffers should th' occasion take    To mock my holy zeal.
4	Yet if some proper hour appear,    I'll not be overaw'd; But let the scoffing sinners hear,    That I can speak for God.