35 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit.
36 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
37 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
38 O Lord open thou my lips, and my mouth shall. show forth thy praise.
39 For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.
40 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
CHAPTER IX.
He again persuades them to compose their divisions.
THUS has the humility and godly fear of these great and excellent men recorded in the Scriptures, through obedience, made not only us, but also the generations before us better; even as many as have received his holy oracles with fear and truth.
2 Having therefore so many, and such great and glorious examples, let us return to that peace which was the mark that from the beginning was set before us;