"I hate vain thoughts: but Thy law do I love" (Psalm 119:113). "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom.... all the things that thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her" (Proverbs 3:13-15). "He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Thy God?" (Micah 6:8).
We ought to hate the thoughts so hollow
That fill us with this world's cares,
Distracting us when we would follow
Our Lord, with whom no one compares.
The Lord has shown us what is good;
So shouldn't we be more concerned
With truth that we have understood,
Which by His Spirit is discerned?
We ought to give more earnest heed
To wisdom God will now commend,
Than hollow thoughts that we don't need,
Which have no profit in the end.
So teach us, Lord, to justly hate
The hollow things we should despise,
That we may more appreciate
And love the truth that makes us wise.
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