Psalm 19

Dewey Westra, 1931

1. The spacious heavens laud
   The glory of our God
   With full, majestic praise;
   The open firmament,
   Unmeasured in extent,
   His handiwork displays.
   Day will to day proclaim
   His sovereignty and fame
   With joyful exultation;
   Night will to reveal to night
   Jehovah’s boundless might
   And thoughtful ministration.
   
2. The fear of God is clean,
   A fountain of serene
   And everlasting bliss;
   The judgments of the Lord,
   Which purest light afford,
   Are truth and righteousness.
   More to be sought are they
   Than gold and silver, yea,
   More precious far than money;
   In sweetness they excel
   The sweetnesses that well
   From honeycomb and honey.
   
3. God’s law, a perfect whole,
   Is saving to the soul,
   And every secret tries.
   His testimony sure,
   Which ever shall endure,
   Will make the simple wise.
   His statutes, right and true,
   Rejoice the heart anew
   And show the Lord’s salvation;
   His pure commands have lent
   Mine eyes enlightenment
   In all my meditation.
   
4. Moreover, they forewarn
   Thy servant that he scorn
   All evil ways, O Lord.
   He that, in faith on Thee,
   Observes them piously
   Shall reap a great reward.
   But, Lord, where is the man
   Who with precision can
   Discern his every error?
   Thou Fount of joy divine,
   O clear this heart of mine
   From secret faults forever!