Psalm 119:97-120

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Mem

97
Oh how x I love your law!
It is my y meditation all the day.
 98 Your commandment makes me z wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for a your testimonies are my meditation.
 100 I understand more than b the aged, 1
for I c keep your precepts.
 101 I d hold back my feet from every evil way,
in order to keep your word.
 102 I do not turn aside from your rules,
for you have taught me.
 103 How e sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
 104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore f I hate every false way.

Nun

105
g Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
 106 I have h sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to keep your i righteous rules.
 107 I am severely j afflicted;
k give me life, O Lord, according to your word!
 108 Accept l my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord,
and m teach me your rules.
 109 I hold my life n in my hand continually,
but I do not o forget your law.
 110 The wicked have laid p a snare for me,
but q I do not stray from your precepts.
 111 Your testimonies are r my heritage forever,
for they are s the joy of my heart.
 112 I t incline my heart to perform your statutes
forever, u to the end. 2

Samekh

113
I hate v the double-minded,
but I love w your law.
 114 You are my x hiding place and my y shield;
I z hope in your word.
 115 a Depart from me, you evildoers,
that I may b keep the commandments of my God.
 116 Uphold me c according to your promise, that I may live,
and let me not be d put to shame in my e hope!
 117 f Hold me up, that I may be safe
and have regard for your statutes continually!
 118 You g spurn all who h go astray from your statutes,
for their cunning is in vain.
 119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like i dross,
therefore j I love your testimonies.
 120 My flesh k trembles for fear of you,
and I am afraid of your judgments.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 119:113
    I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.
    Psalms 119:163
    I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.
    Psalms 119:165
    Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
    Psalms 1:2
    But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 119:15
    I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:6
    Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
  4. Cross References
    2 Timothy 3:15
    And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
  5. Cross References
    Job 32:7 - 9
    I said, 'Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 119:56
    This blessing has fallen to me, that I have kept your precepts.
    Psalms 119:69
    The insolent smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.
  7. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:15
    My son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 19:10
    More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 119:128
    Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.
  10. Cross References
    Proverbs 6:23
    For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
  11. Cross References
    Nehemiah 10:29
    Join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 119:7
    I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 119:25
    My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!
    Psalms 119:50
    This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 119:88
    In your steadfast love give me life, that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.
    Psalms 71:20
    You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
  15. Cross References
    Hosea 14:2
    Take with you words and return to the Lord ; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 119:12
    Blessed are you, O Lord ; teach me your statutes!
  17. Cross References
    Judges 12:3
    And when I saw that you would not save me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 119:83
    For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 91:3
    For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 119:10
    With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
  21. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:4
    When Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 119:14
    In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.
    Psalms 119:162
    I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 119:36
    Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 119:33
    Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.
  25. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:21
    And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." And the people did not answer him a word.
    James 1:8
    He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
    James 4:8
    Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 119:97
    Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
  27. Cross References
    Psalms 32:7
    You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 3:3
    But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 119:74
    Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
  30. Cross References
    Psalms 6:8
    Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
  31. Cross References
    Psalms 119:22
    Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies.
  32. Cross References
    Psalms 119:41
    Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 119:31
    I cling to your testimonies, O Lord ; let me not be put to shame!
    Psalms 25:2
    O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
  34. Cross References
    Psalms 146:5
    Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God.
  35. Cross References
    Psalms 20:2
    May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!
  36. Cross References
    Lamentations 1:15
    The Lord rejected all my mighty men in my midst; he summoned an assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
  37. Cross References
    Psalms 119:10
    With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
    Psalms 119:21
    You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments.
    Psalms 119:110
    The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts.
  38. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:25
    I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
    Ezekiel 22:18
    Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.
    Malachi 3:2 - 3
    But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.
  39. Cross References
    Psalms 119:97
    Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
  40. Cross References
    Job 4:14
    Dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
    Habakkuk 3:16
    I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us.
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