110 PSALMS. CXIX. z 4 Had not thy words been my delight When earthly joys were Ned, My soul opprest with sorrow's weight Had sunk among the dead. Ver. 75. 5 I know thy judgments, Lord,are right, l'ho' they may seem severe; The sharpest sufferings I endure Flow from thy faithful care. Ver. 67. 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. PSALM CXIX. PART XV. Holy resolution. Ver. 93. 1 O THAT thy statutes every hour Might dwell upon my mind! Thence 1 derive a quickening power, Anddaily peace I find. Ver. 15, 16. 2 To meditate thy precepts, Lord, Shall be my sweet employ ; My soul shall ne'er forget thy word, Thy word is all my joy. Ver. 32. 3 How would I run in thy commands, If thou my heart discharge From sin and Satan's hateful chains, And set my feet at large ! Ver. 13, 46. 4 My lips with courage shall declare Thy statutes and thy name ; I'll speak thy word tho' kings should hear, Nor yield to sinful shame. Ver. 61, 69, 70, 5 Let bands of persecutors rise To rob me of my right, Let pride and malice forge their lies, Thy law is my delight. Ver. 115. 6 Depart from me, ye wicked race, Whose hands and hearts are ill : I love my God, I love his ways, And must obey bis will. . PSALM CXIX. Pam XVI. Prayer for quickening grace. Ver. 35, 37. 1 MY soul lies cleaving to the dust : Lord give me life divine ; From vain desires and every lust Turn off these eyes of mine. 2 J need the influence of thy grace To speed me in thy way, Lest I should loiter in my race, Or turn my feet astray. Ver. 107. 3 When sore afflictions press me down, I need thy quick'ning powers ; Thy word that I have tested on Shall help my heaviest hours. Ver. 156, 40. 4 Are not thy mercies sovereign still? And thou a faithful God ? Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal To run the beav'nly road ? Ver. 159, 40. 5 Does not my heart thy precepts love, And long to see thy face? And yet how slow my spirits move Without enliv'ning grace I Ver. 93. 6 Then shall I love thy gospel more, And ne'er forget thy word, When I have felt its quick'ning power To draw me near the Lord. PSALM CXIX. PART XVII. Courage and perseverance under per- secution ; or, Grace shining in diffi- culties and trials. Ver. 143, 26. 1 WHEN painand anguish seize me,Lord, All my support is from thy word My soul dissolves for heaviness, Uphold me with thy strengthening grace ! 'Ver. 51, 69, 110. 2 The proud have framed their scoffs and lies, They watch my feet with envious eyes, And tempt my soul to snares and sin, Yet thy commands I ne'er decline. Ver. 161, 76. 3 They hate me, Lord, without a cause, They hate to see me love thy laws ; But I will trust and fear thy name, Till pride and malice die with shame. PSALM CXIX. Parr XVIII. Sanetify'd affliction : or Delight in the Word of God. Ver. 67. 59. 1 FATTIER, I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chastising rod, That forded my conscience to a stand, t Andbrought my wand'ring soulto God. 2 Foolish and vain I went astray Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord, I left my guide, and lost my way ; But now I love and keep thy word. Ver. 71. 3 _'Tis good for me to wear the yoke, For pride is apt to rise and swell; 'Tis good to bear. my Father's stroke, That I might learn his statutes, well. Ver. 72. 4 The law thatissues from thy mouth. Shall raise my cheerful passions more Than all the treasures of the south, Or western hills of golden ore.
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