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Text:Thy Word Sheds Light upon My Path
Tune:REPENTANCE
Composer:Theodore E. Perkins, 1831-1912
Media:MIDI file

7004. Thy Word Sheds Light upon My Path

1. Thy Word sheds light upon my path;
A shining light, it guides my feet;
Thy righteous judgments to observe
My solemn vow I now repeat.

2. In my distress I plead with Thee,
Send help according to Thy Word;
Accept my sacrifice of praise
And make me know Thy judgments, Lord.

3. In danger oft and nigh to death,
Thy law remembered is my aid;
The wicked seek my overthrow,
Yet from Thy truth I have not strayed.

4. Thy precepts are my heritage,
For daily they my heart rejoice;
To keep Thy statutes faithfully
Shall ever be my willing choice.

Text Information
First Line: Thy Word sheds light upon my path
Title: Thy Word Sheds Light upon My Path
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: The Psalter (Pittsburgh: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: LOUVAN, Virgil C. Taylor, Choral Anthems (Boston, Massachusetts: 1850)
Tune Information
Name: REPENTANCE
Composer: Theodore E. Perkins, 1831-1912
Meter: LM
Incipit: 11231 21712 23425
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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