Thou Art My Portion, O My God

Thou art my por­tion

O my God;

Soon as I know Thy way

My heart makes haste t’ob­ey Thy Word

And suf­fers no de­lay.

I choose the path of heav­en­ly truth

And glo­ry in my choice;

Not all the rich­es of the earth

Could make me so re­joice.

The tes­ti­mo­nies of Thy grace

I set be­fore my eyes;

Thence I derive my dai­ly strength

And there my com­fort lies.

If I once wan­der from Thy path

I think up­on my ways

Then turn my feet to Thy com­mands

And trust Thy par­don­ing grace.

Now I am Thine

for ev­er Thine

O save Thy serv­ant

Lord;

Thou art my shield

my hid­ing place;

My hope is in Thy Word.

Thou hast in­clined this heart of mine

Thy sta­tutes to ful­fill;

And thus till mor­tal life shall end

Would I per­form Thy will.