Dover (Daniel Read)
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CPDL #31812:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-05-02). Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 28 kB Copyright: Public Domain
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General Information
Title: Dover
Composer: Daniel Read
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1785
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, adaptation of Psalm 119:5
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Original text and translations
English text
O that the Lord would guide my ways
To keep His statutes still!
O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do His will!
Order my footsteps by Thy word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.
Assist my soul, too apt to stray,
A stricter watch to keep.
If ever I forget Your way,
Restore Thy wandering sheep.
Make me to walk in Thy commands,
'Tis a delightful road;
Nor let my head, or heart, or hands,
Offend against my God.