The Hymnbook ‎#253

253. How I Love Thy Law, O Lord!

1 How I love Thy law, O Lord!
Daily joy its truths afford;
In its constant light I go,
Wise to conquer every foe.

Refrain:
Sweeter are Thy words to me
Than all other good can be;
Safe I walk, Thy truth my light,
Hating falsehood, loving right.

2 Thy commandments in my heart
Truest wisdom can impart;
To my eyes Thy precepts show
Wisdom more than sages know. [Refrain]

3 While my heart Thy word obeys,
I am kept from evil ways;
From Thy law, with Thee to guide,
May I never turn aside. [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: How I love Thy law, O Lord!
• Title: How I Love Thy Law, O Lord!
• Refrain First Line: Sweeter are Thy words to me
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7. with Refrain
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Psalm 119
• Topic: Bible, The; Scriptures, The Holy
• Source: The Psalter, 1912; alt. 1950

Tune Information

• Name: SPANISH HYMN
• Harmonizer: David Evans (1927)
• Meter: 7. 7. 7. 7. with Refrain
• Key: A Major
• Source: Source unknown
• Copyright: Music from The Church Hymnary, Revised Edition. Used by permission of Oxford University Press.