And guard their lives, from sin?
Thy word the choicest rules imparts
To keep the conscience clean.
2'Tis, like the sun, a heavenly light,
That guides us all the day,
And, through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.
3Thy precepts make us truly wise;
We hate the sinner's road:
We hate our own vain thoughts that rise,