Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Oh that the Lord would guide my ways
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 57
Page Number: 059, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOh that the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still!
O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will.
O send thy spirit down, to write
Thy law upon my heart;
Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.
From vanity turn off mine eyes,
Let no corrupt design,
Nor covetous desires arise,
Within this soul of mine.
Order my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.
My soul hath gone too far astray,
My feet too often slip;
Yet since I've not forgot thy way,
Restore thy wandering sheep.
Make me to walk in thy commands,
'Tis a delightful road,
Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands,
Offend against my God.