With my whole heart I’ve sought Thy face:
O let me ne­ver stray
From Thy com­mands, O God of grace,
Nor tread the sin­ner’s way.

Thy word I’ve hid with­in my heart
To keep my con­science clean,
And be an ev­er­last­ing guard
From ev­ery ris­ing sin.

I’m a com­panion of the saints
Who fear and love the Lord;
My sor­rows rise, my na­ture faints,
When men trans­gress Thy Word.

While sin­ners do Thy Gos­pel wrong
My spir­it stands in awe;
My soul ab­hors a ly­ing tongue,
But loves Thy right­eous law.

My heart with sac­red re­ver­ence hears
The threat­en­ings of Thy Word;
My flesh with holy trem­bling fears
The judg­ments of the Lord.

My God, I long, I hope, I wait,
For Thy sal­va­tion still;
While Thy whole law is my de­light,
And I ob­ey Thy will.