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Psalm 119. v. 65, to 72. (9. PART.)
The keenest affliction profitable.
ACcording to thy promise free,
Lord thou hast dealt full well with me,
Who am thy Servant fearing thee:
Teach me good judgment, Lord, I pray,
And knowledge of thy word and way,
for I believe what thou dost say.
While unchastised with thy rod
I went astray from thee, O God,
but in thy paths I since have trod:
Lord thou art good, thy nature's so,
And thou dost good, thy works do show,
teach me, O Lord, thy Laws to know.
The proud against me forg'd a lie,
But my whole heart I will apply
to keep thy precepts faithfully:
As fat as grease their heart is grown,
But, Lord, the Law which thou dost own
is my delight and that alone.
'Twas good for me to undergo
Th' afflicting hand of God, I know,
that I might keep thy Statutes so:
The Law of thy dear mouth I hold
Better to me a thousand fold,
than heaps of Silver and of Gold.