BAXTER's · POEMS, 177 If thou the failing~ ~hQuldst obsene, Ps. 130. 3. E'en of the most upright, - And give to them a& they deserve Who should stand in thy sight? 0 !Jlessed is the rpan to whom Ps. 32. I. Are fi·eely pard01ied All the transgressions he hath done ! Whose sin is covered. · · Blessed is he to whom the Lord Ps. 32. 2. Imputeth not his sin ; Whose heart hath all deceit abhorr'd, And guile 's not found therein. Lord, hide thy face from all my sins, Ps. 51 . 9 . 10. And my misdeeds deface: 0 God, make clean my heart within, Renew it with thy grace. . 0 then let joy and gladness speak, Ps. 51 . B. And let me hear their voice ; That so the bones which thou didst break May feelingly rejoice! . . 0 that niy ways thou wouldst direct~ Ps. ll9 . 5 . 6. And to thy statute.s frame! , Which when entirely I respect, ·.. Then shall I. lmow no shame . . What mortal man can fully see Ps. 19. 12: The errors of his thoughts ? Then cleanse me, and deliver me From all my' secret faults: From every presumptuous crime Thy servant , Lord, restrain ; 1 2
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