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PSALM 119. Fourteenth Part. C.M.
Benefit of afflictions, and support under them. (cont.)

5	The sharpest suff'rings, I endure,    Flow from thy faithful care.
6	Before I knew thy chast'ning rod,    My feet were apt to stray; But now I learn to keep thy word,    Nor wander from thy way.

PSALM 119. Fifteenth Part. C.M.
Holy resolutions.

1	O THAT thy statutes ev'ry hour    Might dwell upon my mind! Thence I derive a quick'ning pow'r,    And daily peace I find.
2	To meditate thy precepts, Lord,    Shall be my sweet employ; My soul shall ne'er forget thy word;    Thy word is all my joy.
3	How would I run in thy commands,    Should'st thou my heart discharge From sin, and Satan's hateful chains,    And set my feet at large!
4	My lips with courage shall declare    Thy statutes and thy name; I'll speak thy word, tho' kings should hear,    Nor yield to sinful shame.
5	Let bands of persecutors rise,    To rob me of my right; Let pride and malice forge their lies,    Thy law is my delight.
6	Depart from me, ye wicked race,    Whose hands and hearts are ill: I love my God, I love his ways,    And must obey his will.

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PSALM 119. Sixteenth Part. C.M.
Prayer for quickening grace.

1	MY soul lies cleaving to the dust;    Lord, give me life divine: From vain desires and ev'ry lust,    Turn off these eyes of mine.
2	I need the influ'nce of thy grace    To speed me in thy way; Lest I should loiter in my race,    Or turn my feet astray.
3	When sore afflictions press me down,    I need thy quick'ning pow'rs; Thy word, that I have rested on,    Shall cheer my heaviest hours.
4	Are not thy mercies sov'reign still,    And thou a faithful God? "Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal    To run the heav'nly road?
5	Does not my heart thy precepts love,    And long to see thy face? And yet how slow my spirits move,    Without enliv'ning grace!
6	Then shall I love thy gospel more,    And ne'er forget thy word; When I have felt its quick'ning pow'r,    To draw me near the Lord.

PSALM 119. Seventeenth Part. L.M.
Grace shining in difficulties and trials.

1	WHEN pain and anguish seize me, Lord, All my support is from thy word: My soul dissolves with heaviness, Uphold me with thy strength'ning grace.
2	The proud have fram'd their scoffs and lies, They watch my feet with envious eyes;