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(158) Psalm 119.

How shall the young secure their hearts,

And guard their lives from sin?

Thy word the choicest rules imparts

To keep the conscience clean.

2 'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light,

That guides us all the day;

And, through the dangers of the night,

A lamp to lead our way.

3 Thy precepts make me truly wise;

I hate the sinners' road;

I hate my own vain thoughts that rise

But love thy law, my God!

4 Thy word is everlasting truth;

How pure is every page!

That holy book shall guide our youth,

And well support our age.

Isaac Watts, 1719.