Turn away mine eyes from be | holding | vanity; Let thy mercies come also unto | me, O | Lord, word. f my f mouth, For I have hoped | in thy | judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually, And I will walk at liberty Thy statutes have been my songs I am a companion of all them that fearthce, The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: Teach | me thy statutes. PART 3. Thou hast dealt well with thy | servant, O Lord, According to thy | word. Before I was afflicted, I went a | stray; But now have I kept thy | word. Thou art good, and doest | good: It is good for me that I have been afflicted, I know, O Lord, that thy | judgments are right, And that thou in | faithfulness | hast afflicted me: Let I pray thee, thy merciful kindness | be for my comfort, According to thy | word unto thy servant. Unless thy law had been my chief de | light, I should long ago have | perished in my affliction. But thy commandment | is exceeding | broad. It is my meditation | all the | day. ancients, Because I keep thy | precepts. I have refrained my feet from every | evil | way, I have not departed from thy | judgments : Thy word is a lamp un | to my | feet, And a light unto my path. The free will offerings of my mouth ac | cept, j Lord, And teach me thy | judgments. I hate vain | thoughts; But thy law do I love. Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. PART 4. Righteous art thou, O Lord, And upright are thy judgments. Thou hast commanded righteousness in thy testi monies, And the most perfect | truth. Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant | loveth it, Yet do I not forget thy precepts. Thy righteousness is an ever | lasting | righteousnesɛ, And thy law | is the truth. Trouble and anguish have | over | taken me: Yet thy commandments | are my great delight. Great peace have they which | love thy | law: And nothing My soul hath causeth them to stumble. And I love them exceedingly. Let my cry come near before | thee, O | Lord: My lips shall utter | praise, When thou hast | taught me thy statutes. For thy precepts | I have chosen. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; I have gone astray as a lost sheep; | seek thy | servant SELECTED FROM PEALM CXIX. 39. I WILL lift up mine eyes un to the hills, earth. He will not suffer thy | foot to be moved : Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy | keeper: The Lord is thy | shade up on thy right hand, Nor the moon | by | night. The Lord shall preserve thee | from all | evil; He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy | coming in, From this time forth, and | even for ever | more. PSALM CXXI, 40. EXCEPT the Lord build the house, They labour in | vain that | build it, The watchman | walketh | but in | vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, To eat the bread of sorrows: Truly he giveth to | his be | loved | sleep. Blessed is every one that feareth the | Lord; The labour of thine hands, thou shalt surely eat: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, by the sides of thy house; Thy children like olive plants | round about tl y | LORD, my heart is not | haughty, Nor are mine | eyes | lofty: Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too | high for me. Truly I have com | posed And quieted my spirit, As a weaned child | towards its | mother: If thou, Lord, shouldest | mark in | iquities, But with thee is forgiveness, That thou mayest be feared. For with the Lord there is mercy; And with him is plenteous redemption. Shall reap in | joy. I |