Psalm 119 - 2 (Beth)
Psalm 119
ST. PAUL (ABERDEEN)  |  Bible Passage
Author: 1650 Scottish Psalter
Musician: Chalmers' Collection, Aberdeen, 1749

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  9  By what means shall a young man learn
        his way to purify?
     If he according to thy word
        thereto attentive be.
 10  Unfeignedly thee have I sought
        with all my soul and heart:
     O let me not from the right path
        of thy commands depart.

 11  Thy word I in my heart have hid,
        that I offend not thee.
 12  O Lord, thou ever blessèd art,
        thy statutes teach thou me.
 13  The judgments of thy mouth each one
        my lips declarèd have:
 14  More joy thy testimonies' way
        than riches all me gave.

 15  I will thy holy precepts make
        my meditätion;
     And carefully I'll have respect
        unto thy ways each one.
 16  Upon thy statutes my delight
        shall constantly be set:
     And, by thy grace, I never will
        thy holy word forget.


BIBLE PASSAGE:

9 ¶ BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 ¶ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 ¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 ¶ Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13 ¶ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.