Let my meditation[9] be sweet unto Him;
civ. 34.
or, in the words of another psalm—
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation[9] of my heart, be
acceptable in Thy sight,
O Lord, my Strength, and my Redeemer.
xix. 14.
Devout meditations which do not actually speak to God are amongst the
best and most truly devotional hymns. Watts’s spiritual song,
There is a land of pure delight,
is an example of the hymn which is only indirectly a prayer; whilst