Metrical Psalms 1650

Psalms 119:25-36 Metrical Psalms 1650 (MP1650)

25. My soul to dust cleaves: quicken me,according to thy word.

26. My ways I shew'd, and me thou heard'st:teach me thy statutes, Lord.

27. The way of thy commandementsmake me aright to know;So all thy works that wondrous areI shall to others show.

28. My soul doth melt, and drop away,for heaviness and grief:To me, according to thy word,give strength, and send relief.

29. From me the wicked way of lieslet far removed be;And graciously thy holy lawdo thou grant unto me.

30. I chosen have the perfect wayof truth and verity:Thy judgments that most righteous arebefore me laid have I.

31. I to thy testimonies cleave;shame do not on me cast.

32. I'll run thy precepts' way, when thoumy heart enlarged hast.

33. Teach me, O Lord, the perfect wayof thy precepts divine,And to observe it to the endI shall my heart incline.

34. Give understanding unto me,so keep thy law shall I;Yea, ev'n with my whole heart I shallobserve it carefully.

35. In thy law's path make me to go;for I delight therein.

36. My heart unto thy testimonies,and not to greed, incline.