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DALETH.
Alas! I am as brought to grave,
and almost turned to dust;
Therefore restore my life again,
as thy promise is just.
My ways when I acknowledgèd,
with mercy thou didst hear;
Hear now also, and me instruct
thy laws to love and fear.
Make me, O Lord, to understand
thy precepts evermore;
Then on thy works I'll meditate,
and lay them up in store.
My soul I feel so sore oppressed,
that it doth melt for grief;
According to thy word therefore
haste, Lord, to send relief.
From lying and deceitful lips
let thy grace me defend;
And that I may learn thee to love,
thy holy law me send.
The way of truth both straight and sure
I chosen have and found;
Before me I thy judgments set,
which keep me safe and sound.
Since then, O Lord, I readily
thy covenants embrace,
Let me therefore have no rebuke,
nor check in any case.
Then will I run most joyfully
where thy word doth me call,
When thou enlarged hast my heart,
and rid me out of thrall.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Dates:
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1560,1812
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Bible Refs:
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Ps 119:25-32;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1812 | # 119 |
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