Jehovah’s Perfect Law

Jehovah’s perfect law
Restores the soul again;
His testimony sure
Gives wisdom to men;
The precepts of the Lord are right,
And fill the heart with great delight.

The Lord’s commands are pure,
They light and joy restore;
Jehovah’s fear is clean,
Enduring evermore;
His statutes, let the world confess,
Are wholly truth and righteousness.

They are to be desired
Above the finest gold;
Than honey from the comb
More sweetness far they hold;
With warnings they Thy servant guard,
In keeping them is great reward.

His errors who can know?
Cleanse me from hidden stain;
Keep me from willful sins,
Nor let them o’er me reign;
And then I upright shall appear
And be from great transgressions clear.

When Thou dost search my life,
May all my thoughts within
And all the words I speak
Thy full approval win.
O Lord, Thou art a Rock to me,
And my Redeemer Thou shalt be.

Author: Unknown

This is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 19:7-13. No specific author is credited in common sources; it appears in various 19th- and 20th-century psalters and hymnals (often Presbyterian or Reformed) without attribution or as 'anonymous.' The use of 'Jehovah' suggests possible 18th/19th-century British or American origin but does not match well-known versifiers such as Watts, Tate & Brady, or the 1650 Scottish Psalter.