2 If thou true wisdom from above To keep thy perfect laws I will 3 Direct me in the sacred ways 4 Do thou to thy most just commands Let no desire of worldly wealth 5 From those vain objects turn mine eyes, 6 Confirm the promise of thy word, Who to transgress thy sacred laws 7 The censure and reproach I fear For all the judgments thou ordain'st 8 Thou know'st how after thy commands PART VI. VAU. C. M. 1 THY constant blessing, LORD, bestow, 2 So shall I, whosoe'er upbraids, 3 Then let not quite the word of truth 4 So I to keep thy righteous laws And constantly my time to come 5 My soul shall gladly walk at large, Since I resolve to make my life 6 My longing heart and ravish'd soul 7 Then will I to thy holy laws PART VII. ZAIN. C. M. 1 According to thy promised grace, 2 That only comfort in distress Thy word, when troubles hemm'd me round, Revived my fainting soul. 3 Thy judgments then of ancient date Till, ravish'd with such thoughts, my soul 4 Thy name, that cheer'd my heart by day, I then resolv'd by thy just laws To guide my steps aright. 5 That peace of mind, which has my soul By strict obedience to thy will 1 O LORD, my God, my portion thou Thy words I steadfastly resolve 2 With all the strength of warm desire 3 With deep reflection and strict care 4 Prolonging not the time, my soul To watch, that I might never more 1 WITH me, thy servant, thou hast dealt 2 Teach me the sacred skill by which 3 Before affliction stopp'd my course, 4 Thou art, O LORD, supremely good, 5 'T is good for me that I have felt That I may duly learn and keep 6 The law that from thy mouth proceeds Of more esteem I hold Than richest mines, than thousand mines PART X. JOD. C. M. 1 To me, who am the workmanship 2 My preservation to thy saints 3 That right thy judgments are, I now And that in faithfulness, O LORD, 1 FOR ever and for ever, LORD, 2 Through circling ages, LORD, thy truth As doth the earth, which thou uphold'st By thine almighty hand. 3 All things the course by thee ordain'd They are thy faithful subjects all, 4 Unless thy sacred law had been I must have fainted and expired 5 Thy precepts therefore from my thoughts Shall never, LORD, depart; For thou by them hast to new life Restored my dying heart. 6 I've seen an end of what we call But thy commandments, like thyself PART XIII. MEM. C. M. 1 THE love that to thy laws I bear 2 My feet with care I have refrain'd That to thy sacred word I might 3 I have not from thy judgments stray'd, For, LORD, thou hast instructed me 4 How sweet are all thy words to me! How much more grateful to my soul 5 Taught by thy sacred precepts, I Through which the treach❜rous ways of sin I utterly detest. 1 THY word is to my feet a lamp, A watch-light, to point out the path 2 I've vow'd, and from my cov❜nant, LORD, 3 Let still my sacrifice of praise And in thy righteous judgments, LORD, 4 Thy testimonies I have made For they, when other comforts fail, 5 My heart with early zeal began And, till my course of life is done, |