O How Love I Thy Law
- Words:
- Psalms 19:7-13, Arranged
- Music:
- James McGranahan
Sheet music
- 1Unspotted is the fear of God,And ever doth endure;The judgments of the Lord are truthAnd righteousness most pure.“O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day;O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day. (all the day.)”
- 2They more than gold, yea, much find gold,To be desired are,Than honey from the honeycombThat droppeth sweeter far.“O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day;O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day. (all the day.)”
- 3Moreover they, Thy servant warn,How he his life should frame,A great reward provided isFor them that keep the same.“O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day;O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day. (all the day.)”
- 4Who can his errors understand?From secret faults me cleanse;Thy servant also keep Thou backFrom all presumptuous sins.“O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day;O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day. (all the day.)”
- 5And do not suffer them to haveDominion over me;I shall be righteous, then, and fromThe great transgression free.“O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day;O how love I Thy law,O how love I Thy law;It is my meditation all the day. (all the day.)”
In the hymnals
- Written in 1883, the words are in 39 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.