Minister: Lift up your hearts!
Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord!
Down to the dust my soul bends down,
Quicken me with spoken Word.
I have declared Your Word and ways,
You heard my supplicating cry,
Teach me Your statutes and Your law.
Make me to understand Your precepts now,
Then I will talk of them.
My soul now melts in heaviness,
Strengthen me as Your Word says,
That I might stand, and stand upright.
Remove from me all lying words,
And grant your gracious law.
For I have chosen truthful ways,
Your judgments I have set in place,
And laid them out so I can see.
Your testimonies are in hand,
I have held tight to them.
In Your commandments I will run,
In this curriculum of law,
You will enlarge my heart.
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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