Psalms of Grace ‎#119:9-16a

119:9-16a. By What Means

1 By what means shall a young man learn
his way to purify?
If he according to Thy Word
thereto attentive be.

2 Unfeignedly Thee have I sought
with all my soul and heart:
O let me not from the right path
of Thy commands depart.

3 Thy Word I in my heart have hid,
that I offend not Thee.
O LORD, Thou ever blessed are,
Thy statutes teach Thou me.

4 The judgments of Thy mouth each one
my lips declared have:
More joy Thy testimonies’ way
than riches all me gave.

5 I will Thy holy precepts make
my meditation;
And carefully I’ll have respect
unto Thy ways each one.

6 Upon Thy statutes my delight
shall constantly be set:
And, by Thy grace, I never will
Thy holy Word forget.

Text Information

• First Line: By what means shall a young man learn
• Title: By What Means
• Meter: 8.6.8.6 CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2022
• Scripture:
  Psalm 119:9-16
• Source: Scottish Metrical Psalter, 1650

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