Lord before my eyes lieth the Testimonies of Thine Which Thou hast trusted to reveal me in Thy all-seeing greatness Once these wondrous Decrees are shown they are to be kept for all time I have longed after Thy Precepts, and from them I shall never decline
Immerse Thou me deeper into the sea of Thy Laws Enlarge and harden my heart to Thy stringent Statutes Overawed I hearken to the holiness of Thy words O deathgiving Death imperishable, my sole Lord
In umbra mortis iacet angusta via Beati immaculati in via qui ambulant in lege Domini
Never shall I err from His revered Ordinances Obsessed and firm I stand in obedience unto His Code Do merely what He willeth shall be the whole of the law Depart human will , vanish human desires , be forever gone
The sceptre of holy Iniquity pointeth at the straight path So rigorous and stern , narrow and inhumane With morbid ardour I will follow this illful road His immutable Law shall be my beacon light on this journey to the kingdom of kingdoms Sola Mandeta Tua