v.2-5 <br />L. M. <br />Watchfulness and brotherly reproof. <br />A morning or evening Psalm. <br /> <br />My God, accept my early vows, <br />Like morning incense in thine house; <br />And let my nightly worship rise <br />Sweet as the evening sacrifice. <br /> <br />Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, <br />From every rash and heedless word; <br />Nor let my feet incline to tread <br />The guilty path where sinners lead. <br /> <br />O may the righteous, when I stray, <br />Smite, and reprove my wand'ring way! <br />Their gentle words, like ointment shed, <br />Shall never bruise, but cheer my head. <br /> <br />When I behold them pressed with grief, <br />I'll cry to heav'n for their relief; <br />And by my warm petitions prove <br />How much I prize their faithful love.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-141/
