I will praise thee That is, worship and serve thee; with uprightness of heart With a single eye to thy glory, and with a sincere desire to know and do thy will; when I shall have learned, &c. When, by thy good Spirit, I shall be more fully instructed in the meaning of thy word. I will keep thy statutes It is my full purpose so to do, whatsoever it may cost me. O forsake me not utterly For then I should fall into the foulest sins. Not that he was contented to be forsaken in the least degree, but this he more especially deprecates, as he had great reason to do.
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Psalms 119:7-8
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.