5 If God to me his statutes shew,
And heavenly truth impart,
His work forever I'll pursue,
His law shall rule my heart.
Ver. 50, 71.
6 This was my comfort when I bore
Variety of grief;
It made me learn thy word the more,
And fly to that relief.
7 [In vain the proud deride me now;
I'll ne'er forget thy law;
Nor let that blessed gospel go,
Whence all my hopes I draw.
Ver. 27, 171.
8 When I have learn'd my Father's will,
I'll teach the world his ways:
My thankful lips, inspir'd with zeal,
Shall loud pronounce his praise.]
PSALM 119.-10th Part. C. M. [b]
Pleading the promises.
1 BEHOLD thy waiting servant, Lord,
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
Ver. 41, 58, 107.
2 Hast thou not sent salvation down,
And promis'd quickening grace?
Doth not my heart address thy throne?
And yet thy love delays.
Ver. 123, 42.
S Mine eyes for thy salvation fail;
O bear thy servant up!
Nor let the scoffing lips prevail,
Which dare approach my hope.
Ver. 49, 74.
4 Didst thou not raise my faith, O Lord?
Then let thy truth appear:
Saints shall rejoice in my reward,
And trust as well as fear.
Breathing after holiness.
Ver. 5, 33.
THAT the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still!
O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will!
2 O send thy spirit down to write
Thy law upon my heart!
Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.
3 From vanity turn off mine eyes;
Let no corrupt design
Nor covetous desires, arise
Within this soul of mine.
4 Order my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.
Ver. 176.
5 My soul hath gone too far astray;
My feet too often slip;
Yet since I've not forgot thy way,
Restore thy wandering sheep.
6 Make me to walk in thy commands, 'Tis a delightful road;
Nor let my head, or heart, or hands,
Offend against my God.
PSALM 119.-12th Part. C. M. [b]
Breathing after comfort and deliverance.
MY God, consider my distress,
Let mercy plead my cause;
Though I have sinn'd against thy grace,
I can't forget thy laws.
2 Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach
Which I so justly fear;
Uphold my life, uphold my hopes,
Nor let my shame appear.
Ver. 122, 135.
3 Be thou a surety, Lord, for me,
Nor let the proud oppress;
But make thy waiting servant see
The shinings of thy face.
4 Mine eyes with expectation fail;
My heart within me cries,
"When will the Lord his truth fulfil,
"And make my comforts rise?
Ver. 132.
5 Look down upon my sorrows, Lord,
And shew thy grace the same,
As thou art ever wont t' afford
T those that love thy name.
PSALM 119.-13th Part. C. M. [b]
Holy fear, and tenderness of conscience.
WITH my whole heart I've sought thy
O let me never stray
From thy commands, O God of grace,
Nor tread the sinner's way!
2 Thy word I've hid within my heart,
To keep my conscience clean,
And be an everlasting guard
From every rising sin.
3 I'm a companion of the saints,
Who fear and love the Lord:
My sorrows rise, my nature faints,
When men transgress thy word.
Ver. 161, 163.
4 While sinners do thy gospel wrong,
My spirit stands in awe ;
My soul abhors a lying tongue,
But loves thy righteous law.
Ver. 161, 120.
5 My heart with sacred reverence hears
The threatenings of thy word;
My flesh with holy trembling fears
The judgments of the Lord.
My God, I long, I hope, I wait
For thy salvation still;
While thy whole law is my delight,
And I obey thy will.
PSALM 119.-14th Part. C. M. [b] Benefit of afflictions, and support under them. Ver. 153, 81, 82.
NONSIDER all my sorrows, Lord,
1 And thy deliverance send
My soul for thy salvation faints;
When will my troubles end?
2 Yet I have found 'tis good for me
To bear my Father's rod;
Afflictions make me learn thy law,
And live upon my God.
3 This is the comfort I enjoy
When new distress begins,
I read. thy word, I run thy way,
And hate my former sins.
4 Had not thy word been my delight,
When earthly joys were fled,
My soul opprest with sorrow's weight,
Had sunk among the dead.
5 I know thy judgments, Lord, are right,
Though they may seem severe :
The sharpest sufferings I endure
Flow from thy faithful care.
6 Before I knew thy chastening rod,
My feet were apt to stray;
But now I learn to keep thy word,
Nor wander from thy way.
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