Metrical Psalms 1650

Psalms 119:12-22 Metrical Psalms 1650 (MP1650)

12. O Lord, thou ever blessed art,thy statutes teach thou me.

13. The judgments of thy mouth each onemy lips declared have:

14. More joy thy testimonies' waythan riches all me gave.

15. I will thy holy precepts makemy meditation;And carefully I'll have respectunto thy ways each one.

16. Upon thy statutes my delightshall constantly be set:And, by thy grace, I never willthy holy word forget.

17. With me thy servant, in thy grace,deal bountifully, Lord:That by thy favor I may live,and duly keep thy word.

18. Open mine eyes, that of thy lawthe wonders I may see.

19. I am a stranger on this earth,hide not thy laws from me.

20. My soul within me breaks,and doth much fainting still endure,Through longing that it hath all timesunto thy judgments pure.

21. Thou hast rebuk'd the cursed proud,who from thy precepts swerve.

22. Reproach and shame remove from me,for I thy laws observe.