Teach me thy way, O Lord
The methods of thy grace, which thou hast taken, and dost take,
in the salvation of men, in the contrivance, impetration, and
application of it; or the way which thou hast marked out for thy
people to walk in, the way of thy commandments: each of these the
psalmist had knowledge of before; but he desires to be more and
more instructed therein, as every good man does; see ( Psalms 25:4 Psalms 25:5 ) (
Isaiah 2:3 ) .
I will walk in thy truth;
in Christ, the truth of types, and by whom grace and truth came,
and who is truth itself, and the true way to eternal life; and to
walk in him is to walk by faith in him, in hope of eternal
happiness through him, ( John 1:17 ) ( 14:6 ) ( Colossians
2:6 ) or in the truth of the Gospel, of Gospel doctrine,
Gospel worship, and Gospel conversation; to walk in it is to walk
becoming it, and abide by it, its truths and ordinances; see (
2 John 1:4 ) (
3 John 1:3
3 John 1:4 )
unite my heart to fear thy name;
there must be an heart given to man to fear the Lord; for the
fear of the Lord is not naturally in their hearts, or before
their eyes; and they should have, not a divided and distracted
heart, an heart divided between God and the world, between the
fear of God and the fear of man; but a heart united to the Lord,
that cleaves to him, and him only; a single and a sincere heart;
a heart that has a single view to his glory, and a sincere
affection for him; and such a heart the Lord has promised to give
to his people, in order to fear him, ( Jeremiah
32:39 ) .