Psalm 119: Tau

Yield me this favour, Lord,
My plaint may presse into thy sight,
And make me understand aright
According to thy word.

Admitt to sight I say
The praier that to thee I send,
And unto me thy help extend,
Who on thy promise stay.

Then from my lipps shall flow
A holy hymn of praise to thee:
When I thy scholer taught shall be
By thee thy lawes to know.

Then shall my tongue declare
And teach againe what thou hast taught:
All whose decrees to triall brought
Most just, nay justice are.

O then reach out thy hand,
And yield me aid I justly crave
Since all things I forsaken have,
And chosen thy command.

I looke, I long, O Lord,
To see at length thy saving grace:
And only doe my gladnes place
In thy glad-making word.

I know my soule shall live,
And living thee due honor yield:
I know thy law shall be my shield,
And me all succour give.

As sheep from shepherd gone
So wander I: O seeke thy sheep,
Who soe in mind thy precepts keep,
That I forgett not one.