grant thee thy heart's desire, and fulfill all thy counsel.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.

They have set thy sanctuary on fire. They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.

Show us thy loving kindness, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

Thou have abhorred the covenant of thy servant. Thou have profaned his crown to the ground.

Thou have made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

with trumpets and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the King--LORD.

Thou send forth thy Spirit, they are created, and thou renew the face of the ground.

and ate up every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

He turns rivers into a wilderness, and water springs into a thirsty ground,

Remove from me the way of falsehood, and grant me thy law graciously.

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I exercise myself in grand matters, or in things too wonderful for me.

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked man. Do not further his evil device. They exalt themselves. Selah.

For the enemy has persecuted my soul. He has smitten my life down to the ground. He has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead.

LORD upholds the meek. He brings the wicked down to the ground.