Minister: Lift up your hearts!
Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord!
Can this poor man a servant be?
Deal bountifully with me,
That I may live and keep Your Word,
That I might walk and never stray,
In all the blessings You poured out.
And if You open both my eyes,
I will behold Your law,
And see those wondrous things within.
I am a stranger in this earth,
Hide not Your Word from me.
My soul is broken with desire,
And longs to see Your law.
You have rebuked the proud and cursed,
Who stray and wander from Your Word,
Who do not walk with clean intent.
Remove from me reproach and mirth,
For I have kept Your Word.
When princes laughed and spoke my name,
I suffered influential scorn,
And mediated on Your law.
Your testimonies speak to me,
They are my counselors.
I hear their sage and sound advice,
I hang on all their wisdom now,
And I delight in them.
And so, gracious Father, we worship You now through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end, amen
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