Psalm 119:1-32
Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
א ALEPH
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Blessed are the 1 undefiled in the way,
a Who walk in the law of the LORD!
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Blessed are those who keep His testimonies,
Who seek Him with the b whole heart!
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c They also do no iniquity;
They walk in His ways.
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You have commanded us
To keep Your precepts diligently.
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Oh, that my ways were directed
To keep Your statutes!
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d Then I would not be ashamed,
When I look into all Your commandments.
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I will praise You with uprightness of heart,
When I learn Your righteous judgments.
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I will keep Your statutes;
Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
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How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
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With my whole heart I have e sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
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f Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.
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Blessed are You, O LORD!
Teach me Your statutes.
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With my lips I have g declared
All the judgments of Your mouth.
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I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
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I will meditate on Your precepts,
And 2 contemplate Your ways.
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I will h delight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
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i Deal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word.
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Open my eyes, that I may see
Wondrous things from Your law.
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j I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
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k My soul 3 breaks with longing
For Your judgments at all times.
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You rebuke the proud - the cursed,
Who stray from Your commandments.
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l Remove from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies.
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Princes also sit and speak against me,
But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
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Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.
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m My soul clings to the dust;
n Revive me according to Your word.
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I have declared my ways, and You answered me;
o Teach me Your statutes.
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Make me understand the way of Your precepts;
So p shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
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q My soul 4 melts from 5 heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
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Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law graciously.
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I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgments I have laid before me.
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I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!
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I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall r enlarge my heart.