l ord, you have dealt well with your servant, your promise is faithful and just. instruct me in...

LORD, you have dealt well with your servant,

your promise is faithful and just.

Instruct me in judgment and knowledge,

for in your commandments I trust.

[Sing to the Lord 119:65-72]

2. Before my affliction I wandered,

but now your good word I obey.

O LORD, you are good and you do good,

now teach me your statutes, I pray.

3. The proud have assailed me with slander;

your precepts shall still be my guide.

Your law is my joy and my treasure,

though sinners may boast in their pride.

4. Affliction has been for my profit,

that I to your statutes may hold.

Your law to my soul is more precious

than thousands of silver and gold.

Sing to the Lord 119:65-72

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Text: Psalter Hymnal, 1957, alt.

Tune: Dick L. Van Halsema, 1954, Psalter Hymnal, 1957

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