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Psalm 25: Ad te, Domine, levavi

Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 614. In the 30-day Psalter it is read on day 5, at Morning Prayer.

1

To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

my God, I put my trust in you; *

let me not be humiliated,

nor let my enemies triumph over me.

2

Let none who look to you be put to shame; *

let the treacherous be disappointed in their schemes.

3

Show me your ways, O LORD, *

and teach me your paths.

4

Lead me in your truth and teach me, *

for you are the God of my salvation;

in you have I trusted all the day long.

5

Remember, O LORD, your compassion and love, *

for they are from everlasting.

6

Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions; *

remember me according to your love

and for the sake of your goodness, O LORD.

7

Gracious and upright is the LORD; *

&nbsptherefore he teaches sinners in his way.

8

He guides the humble in doing right *

and teaches his way to the lowly.

9

All the paths of the LORD are love and faithfulness *

to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

10

For your Name's sake, O LORD, *

forgive my sin, for it is great.

11

Who are they who fear the LORD? *

he will teach them the way that they should choose.

12

They shall dwell in prosperity, *

and their offspring shall inherit the land.

13

The LORD is a friend to those who fear him *

and will show them his covenant.

14

My eyes are ever looking to the LORD, *

for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

15

Turn to me and have pity on me, *

for I am left alone and in misery.

16

The sorrows of my heart have increased; *

bring me out of my troubles.

17

Look upon my adversity and misery *

and forgive me all my sin.

18

Look upon my enemies, for they are many, *

and they bear a violent hatred against me.

19

Protect my life and deliver me; *

let me not be put to shame, for I have trusted in you.

20

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, *

for my hope has been in you.

21

Deliver Israel, O God, *

out of all his troubles.

When it is appointed