Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#264

264. O how I love thy holy law!

1 O how I love thy holy law!
'Tis daily my delight:
And thence my meditations draw
Divine advice by night.

2 My waking eyes prevent the day
To meditate thy word:
My soul with longing melts away
To hear thy gospel, Lord.

3 How doth thy word my heart engage!
How well employ my tongue!
And in my tiresome pilgrimage
Yields me a heav'nly song.

4 Am I a stranger, or at home,
'Tis my perpetual feast;
Not honey dropping from the comb
So much allures the taste.

5 No treasures so enrich the mind;
Nor shall thy word be sold
For loads of silver well refin'd,
Nor heaps of choicest gold.

6 When nature sinks, and spirits droop,
Thy promises of grace
Are pillars to support my hope,
And there I write thy praise.

Text Information

• First Line: O how I love thy holy law!
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 119:97
  ;
  Psalm 119:148
  ;
  Psalm 119:3
  ;
  Psalm 119:13
  ;
  Psalm 119:54
  ;
  Psalm 119:19
  ;
  Psalm 119:103
  ;
  Psalm 119:71
  ;
  Psalm 119:127
  ;
  Psalm 119:28
  ;
  Psalm 119:49
  ;
  Psalm 119:175
• Notes: Part 5

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