PSALM 25:1-10
Dear LORD, I call out from the deepest part of my being.
I've trusted in you,
don't let me be ashamed;
don't let my enemies rejoice over me.
I'm sure that those who wait for you will not be put to shame;
but those without principles, who act without faith,
they will be put to shame.
Show me your ways, LORD;
teach me your way to behave.
Help me walk in your way, and teach me;
for you are my saving God.
I wait for you all day because of your goodness;
remember your acts of mercy, LORD
- and your lovingkindness - they have been for ever.
Don't remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways,
remember me according to your lovingkindness.
You, LORD, are good and upright,
and showing sinners the way.
You help the humble walk in justice
and teach the humble your way.
All your paths are lovingkindness and faithfulness
for those keeping your covenant and your teaching.

PSALM 25 (another version)
To you, O LORD, I lift up my inmost being.
In you, O LORD, have I trusted,
let me not be ashamed; do not let my enemies rejoice over me.
Indeed, those who wait for you will not be put to shame;
the unprincipled who act faithlessly will be put to shame.
Make your ways known to me, O LORD,
teach me your ways (of behaviour)
Make me walk in your way, and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation.
I have waited for you all the day
on account of your goodness.
Remember your acts of mercy, O LORD,
and your lovingkindness, for they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellions,
remember me according to your lovingkindness.
The LORD is good and upright,
therefore he is showing sinners (in) the way.
He will make the humble walk in justice
and teach the humble his way.
All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and faithfulness
for those keeping God's covenant and decrees.

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HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR ADVENT 1 - YEAR C
Jeremiah 33:14-16
Bread of the world in mercy broken	TIS 512	AHB 437
Comfort, comfort all my people	TIS 647	SA 25
O bless the God of Israel	TIS 284
O come, 0 come, Emmanuel	TIS 265	AHB 193
The voice of God goes out to all the world	TIS 282	SA 86
Psalm 25:1-10
God, who stretched the spangled heavens	TIS 163	AHB 112
Lord, take my hand and lead me	TIS 593	AHB
Now let us from this table rise	TIS 530	AHB 450
O Lord, make me know your ways	TIS 14
Seek, 0 seek the Lord	TIS 464	AHB 397
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Christ is the world?s true light	TIS 238	AHB 179
I want to walk as a child of the light	TIS 643
My heart is full of Christ and longs	TIS 214	AHB 143
Praise to you, 0 Christ our Saviour	TIS 258
The great love of God is revealed in the Son	TIS 164	AHB 105
We limit not the truth of God...	TIS 453	AHB 335
When he comes back, when he xomes back	TIS 280	SA 92
Luke 21:25-36
Come, thou long-expected Jesus	TIS 272	AHB 200
Forty days and forty nights	TIS 591	AHB 506
God, your glory we have seen in your Son	TIS 461	AHB 395
Hail to the Lord's anointed	TIS 275	AHB 203
Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes	TIS 269	AHB 197
Hark! a herald voice is calling	TIS 264	AHB 192
Joy to the world! the Lord is come	TIS 268	AHB 224
Lord Jesus, if the same you are	TIS 566
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour	TIS 520	AHB 441
O day of God draw near	TIS 616	AHB 547
Wake, awake! for night is flying	TIS 266	AHB 198