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SAMECH.
All thoughts that vain and wicked are
I do always detest;
But for thy precepts and thy laws,
I ever love them best.
Thou art my hid and secret place,
my shield and strong defense;
Therefore have I thy promises
looked for with confidence.
Therefore ye evil doers all,
away from me be gone;
For the commandments will I keep
of God my Lord alone.
As thou hast promised, so perform
that I may live and be
Never ashamed of the hope
which thou hast given me.
Uphold me, and I shall be safe
for ought they do or say,
And in thy statutes pleasure take
I will both night and day.
Under thy feet thou hast trod such
as do thy statutes break;
For naught avails their subtlety,
their counsels are too weak.
Like dross thou cast'st the wicked out
Wherever they do dwell;
Therefore can I as thy commands
love nothing half so well.
My flesh doth quake for fear of thee,
my soul is much dismayed;
By reason of thy judgments great
my heart is sore afraid.
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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 119:113-120;
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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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