2 My hiding-place, my refuge-tow'r, 3 Away from me, ye wicked men, 4 According to thy gracious word, Nor make me of those hopes asham'd, 1 MINE eyes, alas! begin to fail, 3 On me, devoted to thy fear, The full extent may know. 4 Thy laws and precepts I account They teach me to discern the right, 1 THE wonders which thy laws contain Therefore to learn and practise them 2 The very entrance to thy word, And knowledge of true happiness 3 With eager hopes I waiting stood, That of thy wise commands I might 4 With favour, LORD, look down on me, 6 On me, devoted to thy fear, LORD, make thy face to shine: PART XVIII. TSADDI. (C. M.) 1 THOU art the righteous Judge, in whom And, like thyself, thy judgments, LORD 2 Most just and true those statutes were 3 LORD! each neglected word of thine, Is pure, and for eternal truth 4 Thy righteousness shall then endure. Thy law is truth itself, that truth 5 Though trouble, anguish, doubts, and dread, Thy precepts my delight. 6 Eternal and unerring rules Thy testimonies give : Teach me the wisdom that will make My soul for ever live. 1 WITH my whole heart to GOD I call'd LORD, hear my earnest cry; And I thy statutes to perform 2 Again more fervently I pray'd- 3 My earlier pray'r the dawning day To him upon whose faithful word 4 LORD, hear my supplicating voice, 5 Concerning thy divine commands, That they were true, and shall their truth PART XX. RESCH. (c. M.) 1 CONSIDER my affliction, LoRd, 2 Defend my cause, and me to save, With beams of mercy quicken me, 3 From harden'd sinners thou remov'st 'Tis just thou shouldst withdraw from them Who from thy statutes stray. 4 Since great thy tender mercies are According to thy judgments, LORD, 5 Consider, O my gracious GOD, O therefore quicken me with beams 6 As from the birth of time thy truth So shall thy righteous judgments firm 1 THY sacred word my joyful breast 2 Perfidious practices and lies But to thy laws affection bear 3 Seven times a day, with grateful voice, 4 Secure, substantial peace have they No smiling mischief them can tempt, 5 For thy salvation I have hop'd, 6 Thy testimonies I have kept, Because the love I bore to them Thy service easy made. 7 From strict observance of thy laws I never yet withdrew ; Convine'd that my most secret ways 1 To my request and earnest cry, Inspire my heart with heavenly skill, 2 Let my repeated prayer at last Before thy throne appear; 3 Then shall my grateful lips return When thou thy counsels hast reveal'd, 4 My tongue the praises of thy word For thy commands are right, thy laws 5 Let thy almighty arm appear, Nor comfort knew, but what thy laws, 7 Prolong my life, that I may sing 8 Though like a sheep that's lost I've stray'd, And from thy ways declin'd, Do thou, O LORD, thy servant seek, From the cxxi. Psalm of David. 1 TO Sion's hill I lift my eyes, 3 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings, Where neither sun nor moon shall thee 4 From common accidents of life The LORD shall guard thee still, 'Tis even he that shall preserve Thy soul from ev'ry ill. 5 At home, abroad, in peace, in war, Thy GoD shall thee defend; |