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Psalm 119. v. 97, to 104. (13. PART.)
The power of Religion in practice.
THY Law O how I prise,
I mind it all the day:
Thereby thou mak'st me wise,
yea wiser, Lord, than they
that are my foes:
For still with me thy precepts be,
whence wisedom flows.
I have attain'd more skill
than all my teachers have,
By studying on thy will:
and more than men more grave,
I understand:
Because I do keep close unto
thy strict command.
My feet I have refrain'd
from every evil way:
That I might keep unstain'd
the word which thou dost say:
I have not gone
From thy decrees, for thou by these,
hast led me on.
Thy Words how sweet they are,
how sweet unto my taste?
Yea sweeter, Lord, by far
than honey for repast:
thy precepts praise
It Is, that I get skill, and fly
from all false ways.