How Shall the Young Direct their Way?
How shall the young di-rect their way?
What light shall be their per-fect guide?
Thy Word, O Lord, will safe-ly lead,
If in its wis-dom they con-fide.
Sin-cere-ly I have sought Thee, Lord,
O let me not from Thee de-part;
To know Thy will and keep from sin
Thy Word I cher-ish in my heart.
O bless-ed Lord, teach me Thy law,
Thy right-eous judg-ments I de-clare;
Thy test-i-mo-nies make me glad,
For they are wealth be-yond com-pare.
Up-on Thy pre-cepts and Thy ways
My heart will med-i-tate with awe;
Thy Word shall be my chief de-light,
And I will not for-get Thy law.