2 With all the strength of warm desires
Thy grace, LORD, I implore;
Disclose, according to Thy word,
Thy mercy's boundless store.

-3 O'er all the earth Thy mercy, LORD,
Abundantly is shed;

O make me then exactly learn
Thy sacred paths to tread.

PSALM 119. PART 8. (C. M.

The benefit of affliction.

1 WITH me, Thy servant, Thou hast dealt
Most graciously, O LORD;
Repeated benefits bestow'd,
According to Thy word.

2 Before affliction check'd my cours
My footsteps went astray;
But I have since been disciplin'd,
Thy precepts to obey.

3 'Tis good for me that I have felt
Affliction's chast'ning rod;
That I might duly learn to keep
The statutes of my God.

4 The law, that from Thy mouth proceeds, Of more esteem I hold

Than mines, which pour exhaustless heaps
Of silver and of gold.

PSALM 119. PART 9. (C. M.)

For Divine guidance.

1 THOU art, O LORD, supremely good,
And all Thou dost is so;
On me Thy statutes to discern,
Thy saving skill bestow.

2 To me, who am the workmanship
Of Thy Almighty hands,

The heavenly understanding give
To learn Thy just commands.

3 In Thy bless'd statutes let
Continue always sound;

my heart

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

PART 10. (C. M.)

The unchangeableness of God.

1 FOR ever and for ever, LORD,
Unchang'd 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,

As doth the earth, which Thou uphold'st By Thy Almighty hand.

3 All things the course by Thee ordain'd
Ev'n to this day fulfil:

They are Thy faithful subjects all,
And servants of Thy will.

4 I've seen an end of what we call
Perfection here below;

But Thy commandments, like Thyself,
No change or period know.

PSALM 119. PART 11. (C. M.)

The Word of God delightful.

1 WHAT great desire and fervent love Unto Thy law I bear!

In it my daily study is,

That so I may Thee fear.

2 How sweet are all Thy words to me!
O what Divine repast!

How much more grateful to my soul
Than honey to my taste.

3 Taught by Thy sacred precepts, I
With heavenly skill am blest;

Through which the treach'rous ways of sin I utterly detest.

PART 12. (C. M.)

Praise to God for His word.

1 THY word is to my feet a lamp,
The way of truth to show,
A cheering light to mark the path
Wherein I ought to go.

2 When I with griefs am so oppress'd,
That I can bear no more;

According to Thy word, do Thou
My fainting soul restore.

3 O let my sacrifice of praise,
With Thee acceptance find;

And in Thy righteous judgments, LORD,
Instruct my willing mind.

4 Thy testimonies I have made
My heritage and choice:

For they, when other comforts fail,
My drooping heart rejoice.

PSALM 119. PART 13. (C. M.)
God the refuge of his people.

1 My hiding-place, my refuge, tow'r
And shield art Thou, O LORD;
I firmly anchor all my hopes
On Thy unerring word.

2 According to Thy gracious word,
From danger set me free;

Nor make me of those hopes asham'd,
That I repose on Thee.

3 In Thy bless'd statutes let

Continue always sound;

my heart

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

1 THE

The excellency of the Word of God.

very entrance to Thy word
- Celestial light displays;
And knowledge of true happiness
To simple minds conveys. -

2 With favour, LORD, look down on me, Who Thy relief implore;

As Thou art wont to visit those
Who Thy blest name adore.

3 Directed by Thy heavenly word
Let all my footsteps be;
Nor wickedness of any kind
Dominion have o'er me.

PSALM 119. PART 15.

1 ON

PART 15. (C. M.

Prayer for Divine wisdom.

me, devoted to Thy fear,
LORD, make Thy face to shine;
Thy statutes both to know and keep,
My heart with zeal incline.

2 Thy righteousness shall then endure,
When time itself is past:
Thy law is truth itself, that truth
Which shall for ever last.

3 Eternal and unerring rules
Thy testimonies give :
Teach me the wisdom that will make

My soul for ever live.

PART 16. (C. M.)

The faithfulness of God.

1 THOU art the righteous Judge in whom Wrong'd innocence may trust;

And, like thyself, Thy judgments, Lord,
In all respects are just.