This Blessed Old Book

“Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.” Psalm 17:4

A portion of Spurgeon’s comments on the above verse is – “That heavenly Book which lies neglected on many a shelf is the only guide for those who would avoid the enticing and entangling mazes of sin; and it is the best means of preserving the youthful pilgrim from ever treading those dangerous ways.”

The following song came to my mind this morning:

This Blessed Old Book

It’s a well of pure water when I’m thirsty and dry,
Bread when I’m hungry and worn.
When the battle is raging, it’s my faithful sword,
– shelter from life’s troubled storm.

It’s a light to my pathway and a lamp to my feet,
When the world gets so dark you can’t see.
And I’ve not made a change to one word that it says,
But it’s sure made a change in me.

This blessed old Book that I hold in my hand,
It’s true from beginning to end.
It’s the solid foundation where I firmly stand,
Sin kept me from it, now it keeps me from sin.

When I think what it cost just to hold in my hand,
I’m reminded that I owe a great debt,
To all of the martyrs who went to the stake,
And quoted it with their dying breath.

Well its critics are many and believers are few,
But one thing I’ve found to be true.
If you find when you read it that there’s something wrong,
Then there’s something wrong with you.

This blessed old Book that I hold in my hand,
It’s true from beginning to end.
It’s the solid foundation where I firmly stand,
Sin kept me from it, now it keeps me from sin.

(Gary Duty)