Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Aleph

¹1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless,

who walk in the law of the Lord!

²Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,

who seek him with their whole heart,

³who also do no wrong,

but walk in his ways!

⁴You have commanded your precepts

to be kept diligently.

⁵Oh that my ways may be steadfast

in keeping your statutes!

⁶Then I shall not be put to shame,

having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

⁷I will praise you with an upright heart,

when I learn your righteous rules.2

⁸I will keep your statutes;

do not utterly forsake me!

Beth

⁹How can a young man keep his way pure?

By guarding it according to your word.

¹⁰With my whole heart I seek you;

let me not wander from your commandments!

¹¹I have stored up your word in my heart,

that I might not sin against you.

¹²Blessed are you, O Lord;

teach me your statutes!

¹³With my lips I declare

all the rules3 of your mouth.

¹⁴In the way of your testimonies I delight

as much as in all riches.

¹⁵I will meditate on your precepts

and fix my eyes on your ways.

¹⁶I will delight in your statutes;

I will not forget your word.

Gimel

¹⁷Deal bountifully with your servant,

that I may live and keep your word.

¹⁸Open my eyes, that I may behold

wondrous things out of your law.

¹⁹I am a sojourner on the earth;

hide not your commandments from me!

²⁰My soul is consumed with longing

for your rules4 at all times.

²¹You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,

who wander from your commandments.

²²Take away from me scorn and contempt,

for I have kept your testimonies.

²³Even though princes sit plotting against me,

your servant will meditate on your statutes.

²⁴Your testimonies are my delight;

they are my counselors.

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