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8 So in the way of thy commands
Shall I with pleasure run;

And, with a heart enlarged with joy,
Successfully go on.

PART V. HE. C. M.

1 INSTRUCT me in thy statutes, LORD,
Thy righteous paths display;

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And I from them, through all my life,
Will never go astray.

2 If thou true wisdom from above
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To keep thy perfect laws I will
Devote my zealous heart.

3 Direct me in the sacred ways
To which thy precepts lead;
Because my chief delight has been
Thy righteous paths to tread.

4 Do thou to thy most just commands
Incline my willing heart;

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Let no desire of worldly wealth
From thee my thoughts divert.

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5 From those vain objects turn mine eyes,
Which this false world displays;
But give me lively power and strength
To keep thy righteous ways.

6 Confirm the promise of thy word,
And give thy servant aid,

Who to trangress thy sacred laws
Is awfully afraid.

7 The censure and reproach I fear
In mercy, LORD, remove;

For all the judgments thou ordain'st
Are full of grace and love.

8 Thou know'st how after thy commands
My longing heart does pant;

O then make haste to raise me up,
And promised succor grant.

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PART VI. VAU. C. M.

1 THY constant blessing, LORD, bestow,
To cheer my drooping heart;
To me, according to thy word,
Thy saving health impart.
2 So shall I, whosoe'er upbraids,
This ready answer make;
"In GOD I trust, who never will
His faithful promise break."

3 Then let not quite the word of truth
Be from my mouth removed;
Since still my ground of steadfast hope,
Thy judgments, LORD, have proved.

4 So I to keep thy righteous laws
Will all my study bend;

And constantly my time to come
In their observance spend.

5 My soul shall gladly walk at large,
From all oppression free,

Since I resolve to make my life
With thy commands agree.

6 My longing heart and ravish'd soul
Shall both o'erflow with joy,
When in thy loved commandments I
My happy hours employ.

7 Then will I to thy holy laws
Lift up my willing hands;

My care and business then shall be
To study thy commands.

PART VII. ZAIN. C. M.

1 ACCORDING to thy promised grace,
Thy favor, LORD, extend;
Make good to me the word on which
Thy servant's hopes depend.

2 That only comfort in distress

Did all my griefs control;

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Thy word, when troubles hemm'd me round,
Revived my fainting soul.

3 Thy judgments then of ancient date
I quickly call'd to mind,

Till, ravish'd with such thoughts, my soul
Did speedy comfort find.

4 Thy name, that cheer'd my heart by day,
Has fill'd my thoughts by night:
I then resolved by thy just laws
To guide my steps aright.

5 That peace of mind, which has
In deep distress sustain'd,
By strict obedience to thy will
I happily obtain❜d.

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1 O LORD, my God, my portion thou,
And sure possession art;

Thy words I steadfastly resolve
To treasure in my heart.

2 With all the strength of warm desire

I did thy grace implore;-
Disclose, according to thy word,
Thy mercy's boundless store.

3 With deep reflection and strict care
On all my ways I thought;
And so, reclaim'd to thy just paths,
My wand'ring steps I brought.

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4 Prolonging not the time, my soul
Resolved without delay

To watch, that I might never more
From thy commandments stray.
5 To such as fear thy holy Name,
Myself I closely join;

To all who their obedient wills
To thy commands resign.

6 O'er all the earth thy mercy, Lord,
Abundantly is shed;

O grant that I may truly learn
Thy sacred paths to tread.

1 WITH me, thy servant, thou hast dealt

Most graciously, O LORD;

Repeated benefits bestow'd,

According to thy word.

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2 Teach me the sacred skill by which
Right judgment is attain'ď,
Who in belief of thy commands
Have steadfastly remain'd.

3 Before affliction stopp'd my course,
My footsteps went astray;
But I have since been disciplined
Thy precepts to obey.

4 Thou art, O LORD, supremely good,
And all thou dost is so;

On me, thy statutes to discern,
Thy saving skill bestow.

5 'Tis good for me that I have felt
Affliction's chast'ning rod,

That I may duly learn and keep
The statutes of my GOD.

6 The law that from thy mouth proceeds,
Of more esteem I hold

Than richest mines, than thousand mines
Of silver and of gold.

1 To me, who am the workmanship
Of thy almighty hands,

The heavenly understanding give
To learn thy just commands.

2 My preservation to thy saints
Strong comfort will afford,
To see success attend my hopes,
Who trusted in thy word.

3 That right thy judgments are, I now
By sure experience see;
And that in faithfulness, O LORD,
Thou hast afflicted me.

4 O let thy tender mercy now
Afford me needful aid;
According to thy promise, LORD,
To me, thy servant, made.

5 To me thy saving grace restore,
That I again may live;

Whose soul can relish no delight
But what thy precepts give.

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6 In thy blest statutes let my heart
Continue always sound;

That guilt and shame, the sinner's lot,
May never me confound.

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PART XI. CAPH. C. M.

1 My soul with long expectance faints
To see thy saving grace;

Yet still on thy unerring word
My confidence I place.

2 My very eyes consume and fail
With waiting for thy word;

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And promised aid afford?

3 Thy wonted kindness, LORD, restore,
My drooping heart to cheer;
That by thy righteous statutes I
My life's whole course may steer.

1 FOR ever and for ever, LORD,
Unchanged thou dost remain;

Thy word, establish'd in the heav'ns,
Does all their orbs sustain.

2 Through circling ages, LORD, thy truth
Immoveable shall stand,

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As doth the earth, which thou uphold'st
By thine almighty hand.

3 All things the course by thee ordain'd,
E'en to this day. fulfil;

They are thy faithful subjects all,

And servants of thy will.

4 Unless thy sacred law had been

My comfort and delight,

I must have fainted and expired

In dark affliction's night.

5 Thy precepts therefore from my thoughts

Shall never, LORD, depart;

For thou by them hast to new life

Restored my dying heart.

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