PENITENTIAL PSALMS.
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anguish, while the thorn is fastened.
I have acknowledged my sin to Thee, and my injustice I have not concealed.
I said, I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord, and Thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin.
For this shall every one that is holy pray to Thee in a seasonable time.
Yet in a flood of many waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.
I will give Thee understanding, and I will instruct Thee in this way in which Thou shalt go: I will fix my eyes upon Thee.
Be not as the horse and mule, that have not understanding.
With bit and bridle bind fast
