Dealwith Your servantaccording to Your lovingkindnessAnd teachme Your statutes.
"You gaveYour goodSpiritto instructthem, Your mannaYou did not withholdfrom their mouth,And You gavethem waterfor their thirst.
He has not dealtwith us according to our sins,Norrewardedus according to our iniquities.
Blessedare You, O LORD;Teachme Your statutes.
Turnto me and be graciousto me, After Your mannerwith those who loveYour name.
I have toldof my ways,and You have answeredme; Teachme Your statutes.
May Your lovingkindnessesalso cometo me, O LORD,Your salvationaccording to Your word;
Reviveme according to Your lovingkindness,So that I may keepthe testimonyof Your mouth.Lamedh.
O Israel,hopein the LORD;For with the LORDthere is lovingkindness,And with Him is abundantredemption.
You hidethem in the secretplaceof Your presencefrom the conspiraciesof man;You keepthem secretlyin a shelterfrom the strifeof tongues.
Be graciousto me, O God,according to Your lovingkindness;According to the greatnessof Your compassionblotout my transgressions.
But as for me, my prayeris to You, O LORD,at an acceptabletime;O God,in the greatnessof Your lovingkindness,Answerme with Your savingtruth.
Answerme, O LORD,for Your lovingkindnessis good;According to the greatnessof Your compassion,turnto me,
Do not rememberthe iniquitiesof [our] forefathersagainst us; Let Your compassioncomequicklyto meetus, For we are broughtverylow.
"O my God,inclineYour earand hear!OpenYour eyesand seeour desolationsand the citywhichis calledby Your name;for we are not presentingour supplicationsbeforeYou on accountof any meritsof our own, but on accountof Your greatcompassion.
"But the tax collector,standingsome distance away,was evenunwillingto liftup his eyesto heaven,but was beatinghis breast,saying,'God,be mercifulto me, the sinner!'
