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6 I've seen an end of what we call

Perfection here below;
But thy commandments, like thyself,

No change or period know.

MEM.

C. M.

PART XIII.
1 The love that to thy laws I bear

No language can display;
They with fresh wonders entertain

My raptured thoughts all day.
2 My feet with care I have refrain'd

From every sinful way,
That to thy sacred word I might

Entire obedience pay.
3 I have not from thy judgments stray'd

By vain desires misled;
For, LORD, thou hast instructed me

Thy righteous paths to tread.
4 How sweet are all thy words to me!

O what divine repast!
How much more grateful to my

soul
Than honey to my taste!
5 Taught by thy sacred precepts, I

With heav'nly skill am blest;
Through which the treach'rous ways of sin

I utterly detest.

C. M.

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PART XIV. NUN.
1 Thy word is to my feet a lamp,

The way of truth to show :
A watch-light, to point out the path

In which I ought to go.
2 I've vow'd, and from my cov'nant, LORD,

Will never start aside,
That in thy righteous judgments I

Will steadfastly abide.
3 Let still my sacrifice of praise

With thee acceptance find;
And in thy righteous judgments, LORD,

Instruct my willing mind.

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1 DECEITFUL thoughts and practices

I utterly detest;
But to thy law affection bear

Too great to be express'd.
2 My hiding-place, my refuge-tower,

And shield art thou, O LORD; I firmly anchor all my hopes

On thy unerring word. 3 Away from me, ye wicked men,

Approach not my abode; For firmly I resolve to keep The precepts of my

GOD. 4 According to thy gracious word,

From danger set me free; Nor make me of those hopes ashamed,

That I repose on thee.

4 Thy laws and precepts I account

In all respects divine;
They teach me to discern the right,

And all false ways decline.

PE.

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PART XVII.

C. M.
1 The wonders which thy laws contain

No words can represent;
Therefore to learn and practise them

My zealous heart is bent.
2 The very entrance to thy word

Celestial light displays,
And knowledge of true happiness

To simplest minds conveys.
3 With eager hopes I waiting stood,

And fainting with desire,
That of thy wise commands I might

The sacred skill acquire.
4 With favor, LORD, look down on me,

Who thy relief implore;
As thou art wont to visit those

Who thy blest Name adore.
š Directed by thy heavenly word

Let all thy footsteps be;
Nor wickedness of any kind

Dominion have o'er me.
6 On me, devoted' to thy fear,

LORD, make thy face to shine:
Thy statutes both to know and keep

My heart with zeal incline.

PART XVIII. TSADDI. C. M.
1 Thou art the righteous Judge, in whom

Wrong'd innocence may trust;
And, like thyself, thy judgments, LORD,

In all respects are just.
2 Most just and true those statutes were

Which thou didst first decree;
And all with faithfulness perform'd

Succeeding times shall see.

3 LORD! each neglected word of thine,

Howe'er by men despised, Is pure, and for eternal truth

By me, thy servant, prized.

4 Thy righteousness shall then endure

When time itself is past;
Thy law is truth itself, that truth

Which shall for ever last.

5 Though trouble, anguish, doubts and dread,

To compass me unite;
Beset with danger, still I make

Thy precepts my delight. 6 Eternal and unerring rules

Thy testimonies give :
Teach me the wisdom that will make

My soul for ever live.

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PART XIX. KOPH. C. M.

Mar 8.1 1 With my whole heart to God I call'd

LORD, hear my earnest cry; And I thy statutes to perform

Will all my care apply. 2 Again more fervently I pray'dO save me, that I may

L Thy testimonies fully know,

And steadfastly obey.
3 My earlier prayer the dawning day

Prevented, while I cried
To him upon whose faithful word ü

My hope alone relied.
4 LORD, hear my supplicating voice,

And wonted favor show;
O quicken me, and so approve

Thy judgments ever true.
5 Concerning thy divine commands

My soul has known, of old
That they were true, and shall their truth

To endless ages hold.

PART XX. RESCH. C. M. 1 CONSIDER my affliction, LORD,

And me from bondage draw; Think on thy servant in distress,

Who ne'er forgets thy law.
2 Defend my cause, and me to save

Thy timely aid afford;
With beams of mercy quicken me,

According to thy word.
3 From harden'd sinners thou remov'st

Salvation far away; "T is just thou should'st withdaw from them

Who from thy statutes stray. 4 Since great thy tender mercies are,

To all who thee adore; According to thy judgments, LORD,

My fainting hopes restore.
5 Consider, O my gracious God,

How I thy precepts love;
O therefore quicken me with beams

Of mercy from above.
6 As from the birth of time thy truth

Has held through ages past,
So shall thy righteous judgments firm

To endless ages last.

1 Thy sacred word my joyful breast

With heav'nly rapture warms; Nor conquest, nor the spoils of war,

Have such transporting charms. 2 Perfidious practices and lies

I utterly detest;
But to thy laws affection bear,

Too vast to be express'd.
3 Sev'n times a day, with grateful voice,

Thy praises I resound, Because I find thy judgments all

With truth and justice crown'd.