Minister: Lift up your hearts!
Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord!
Educate me now, Oh Lord
In Your statute law
And I will keep it to the end,
And I will walk within the way,
Until this journey finally ends.
Give an understanding heart
So that I keep Your law,
With all my heart I’ll keep that law.
Make me to go commandment-wise
For in Your law I taste delight.
Incline my heart to perfect law
And not to lust for things,
Keep me away from covetousness,
Turn back my eyes from vanity,
And quicken me within Your way.
Establish law within me now,
Within Your servant here,
That I might now devote myself
Unto Your fear, and never stray.
Perfect Your perfect law in me.
Reproaches come, turn them away
I fear and loathe them, Lord.
Your judgments, God, are very good,
Behold, I long to taste Your law,
So quicken me in righteousness.
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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