Thou art my por­tion, O my God;
Soon as I know Thy way,
My heart makes haste t’ob­ey Thy Word,
And suf­fers no de­lay.

I choose the path of hea­ven­ly truth,
And glo­ry in my choice;
Not all the rich­es of the earth
Could make me so re­joice.

The tes­ti­mo­nies of Thy grace
I set be­fore my eyes;
Thence I derive my dai­ly strength
And there my com­fort lies.

If I once wan­der from Thy path,
I think up­on my ways,
Then turn my feet to Thy com­mands,
And trust Thy par­don­ing grace.

Now I am Thine, for ev­er Thine,
O save Thy ser­vant, Lord;
Thou art my shield, my hid­ing place;
My hope is in Thy Word.

Thou hast in­clined this heart of mine
Thy sta­tutes to ful­fill;
And thus till mor­tal life shall end
Would I per­form Thy will.