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AIN.
I do the thing that lawful is,
and give to all men right;
Resign me not to them that would
oppress me with their might.
But for thy servant surety be
in that thing which is right;
And never let the proud oppress
me with their rage and spite.
My eyes do fail with waiting for
thy health which I do crave;
And for thy righteous promise, Lord,
whereby thou wilt me save.
Entreat thy servant lovingly,
and favor to him show;
And thy commands most excellent
teach me also to know.
Thy humble servant, Lord, I am,
grant me to understand
How by thy statutes I may know
best what to take in hand.
It is now time, Lord, to begin,
for truth doth quite decay;
Thy law likewise they have made void,
and none doth it obey.
This is the cause wherefore I love
thy laws much more than gold,
Or jewels fine, which are esteemed
most costly to be sold.
I thought thy precepts all most just,
and so them kept in store;
All crafty and malicious ways
I greatly do abhor.
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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 119:121-128;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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