Instruction from scripture. <br /> <br />ver. 9 <br /> <br />How shall the young secure their hearts, <br />And guard their lives from sin? <br />Thy word the choicest rules imparts <br />To keep the conscience clean. <br /> <br />ver. 130 <br /> <br />When once it enters to the mind, <br />It spreads such light abroad, <br />The meanest souls instruction find, <br />And raise their thoughts to God. <br /> <br />ver. 105 <br /> <br />'Tis like the sun, a heav'nly light, <br />That guides us all the day; <br />And through the dangers of the night, <br />A lamp to lead our way. <br /> <br />ver. 99,100 <br /> <br />The men that keep thy law with care, <br />And meditate thy word, <br />Grow wiser than their teachers are, <br />And better know the Lord. <br /> <br />ver. 104,113 <br /> <br />Thy precepts make me truly wise: <br />I hate the sinner's road; <br />I hate my own vain thoughts that rise, <br />But love thy law, my God. <br /> <br />ver. 89-91 <br /> <br />[The starry heavens thy rule obey, <br />The earth maintains her place; <br />And these thy servants night and day <br />Thy skill and power express. <br /> <br />But still thy law and gospel, Lord, <br />Have lessons more divine; <br />Not earth stands firmer than thy word, <br />Nor stars so nobly shine.] <br /> <br />ver. 160,140,9,116 <br /> <br />Thy word is everlasting truth, <br />How pure is every page! <br />That holy book shall guide our youth, <br />And well support our age.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-119-part-4/
