I Lift my heart to thee,
my God and guide most just:
Now suffer me to take no shame,
for in thee do I trust.
[verse 2] Let not my foes rejoyce,
nor make a scorn of me:
And let them not be overthrown
that put their trust in thee.
[verse 3] But shame shall them befal
which harm them wrongfully:
Therefore thy paths and thy right ways
unto me, Lord, descry.
[verse 4] Direct me in thy truth,
and teach me, I thee pray:
Thou art my God and Saviour,
on thee I wait alway.
[verse 5] Thy mercies manifold
I pray thee, Lord, remember,?
And eke thy pity plentiful,
for they have been for ever.
[verse 6] Remember not the faults
and frailty of my youth:
Remember not how ignorant
I have been of thy truth.
Nor after my deserts
let me thy mercy finde:
But of thine own benignity
Lord have me in thy minde.
[verse 7] His mercy is full sweet,
his truth a perfect guide:
Therefore the Lord will sinners teach,
and such as go aside.
[verse 8] The humble he will teach
his precepts for to keep:
He will direct in all his ways
the lowly and the meek.
[verse 9] For all the ways of God
are truth and mercy ••oth,
To them that keep his testament
the witness of his troth.