Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet 1 CPDV Alleluia. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. BSB BSB: Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
2 CPDV Blessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heart. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
3 CPDV For those who work iniquity have not walked in his ways. BSB BSB: They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
4 CPDV You have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligently. BSB BSB: You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
5 CPDV I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications. BSB BSB: Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
6 CPDV Then I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandments. BSB BSB: Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
7 CPDV I will confess to you with honesty of heart. In this way, I have learned the judgments of your justice. BSB BSB: I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
8 CPDV I will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon me. BSB BSB: I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
9 CPDV By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words. BSB BSB: How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
10 CPDV With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandments. BSB BSB: With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
11 CPDV I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you. BSB BSB: I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
12 CPDV Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications. BSB BSB: Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
13 CPDV With my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouth. BSB BSB: With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
14 CPDV I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches. BSB BSB: I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
15 CPDV I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways. BSB BSB: I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
16 CPDV I will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your words. BSB BSB: I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
17 CPDV Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your words. BSB BSB: Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
18 CPDV Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law. BSB BSB: Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
19 CPDV I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me. BSB BSB: I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
20 CPDV My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times. BSB BSB: My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
21 CPDV You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed. BSB BSB: You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
22 CPDV Take me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimonies. BSB BSB: Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
23 CPDV For even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justifications. BSB BSB: Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
24 CPDV For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel. BSB BSB: Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
25 CPDV My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your word. BSB BSB: My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
26 CPDV I have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justifications. BSB BSB: I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
27 CPDV Instruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wonders. BSB BSB: Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
28 CPDV My soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your words. BSB BSB: My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
29 CPDV Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law. BSB BSB: Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
30 CPDV I have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgments. BSB BSB: I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
31 CPDV I have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound me. BSB BSB: I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
32 CPDV I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart. BSB BSB: I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
33 CPDV O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it. BSB BSB: Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
34 CPDV Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart. BSB BSB: Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
35 CPDV Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this. BSB BSB: Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
36 CPDV Bend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avarice. BSB BSB: Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
37 CPDV Turn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your way. BSB BSB: Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
38 CPDV Station your eloquence with your servant, along with your fear. BSB BSB: Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
39 CPDV Cut off my disgrace, which I have taken up, for your judgments are delightful. BSB BSB: Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
40 CPDV Behold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairness. BSB BSB: How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
41 CPDV And let your mercy overwhelm me, O Lord: your salvation according to your eloquence. BSB BSB: May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
42 CPDV And I will respond to those who reproach me by word, for I have hoped in your words. BSB BSB: Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
43 CPDV And do not utterly take away the word of truth from my mouth. For in your judgments, I have hoped beyond hope. BSB BSB: Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
44 CPDV And I will always keep your law, in this age and forever and ever. BSB BSB: I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
45 CPDV And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments. BSB BSB: And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
46 CPDV And I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confounded. BSB BSB: I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
47 CPDV And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved. BSB BSB: I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
48 CPDV And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justifications. BSB BSB: I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
49 CPDV Be mindful of your word to your servant, by which you have given me hope. BSB BSB: Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
50 CPDV This has consoled me in my humiliation, for your word has revived me. BSB BSB: This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
51 CPDV The arrogant act altogether iniquitously, but I have not turned aside from your law. BSB BSB: The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
52 CPDV I called to mind your judgments of antiquity, O Lord, and I was consoled. BSB BSB: I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.
53 CPDV Faintness has taken hold of me, because of the sinners, those who abandon your law. BSB BSB: Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.
54 CPDV Your justifications were the subject of my worthy singing, in the place of my pilgrimage. BSB BSB: Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 CPDV During the night, I remembered your name, O Lord, and I kept your law. BSB BSB: In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
56 CPDV This has happened to me because I sought your justifications. BSB BSB: This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
57 CPDV O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your law. BSB BSB: The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
58 CPDV I have beseeched your face with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. BSB BSB: I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
59 CPDV I have considered my ways, and I have turned my feet toward your testimonies. BSB BSB: I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
60 CPDV I have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandments. BSB BSB: I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
61 CPDV The ropes of the impious have encircled me, and I have not forgotten your law. BSB BSB: Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
62 CPDV I arose in the middle of the night to confess to you, over the judgments of your justification. BSB BSB: At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
63 CPDV I am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandments. BSB BSB: I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
64 CPDV The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach me your justifications. BSB BSB: The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
65 CPDV You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word. BSB BSB: You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
66 CPDV Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandments. BSB BSB: Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
67 CPDV Before I was humbled, I committed offenses; because of this, I have kept to your word. BSB BSB: Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
68 CPDV You are good, so in your goodness teach me your justifications. BSB BSB: You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
69 CPDV The iniquity of the arrogant has been multiplied over me. Yet I will examine your commandments with all my heart. BSB BSB: Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
70 CPDV Their heart has been curdled like milk. Truly, I have meditated on your law. BSB BSB: Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.
71 CPDV It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I may learn your justifications. BSB BSB: It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
72 CPDV The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces. BSB BSB: The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
73 CPDV Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments. BSB BSB: Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
74 CPDV Those who fear you will see me, and they will rejoice. For I have greatly hoped in your words. BSB BSB: May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
75 CPDV I know, O Lord, that your judgments are fairness. And in your truth, you have humbled me. BSB BSB: I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 CPDV Let it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servant. BSB BSB: May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.
77 CPDV Let your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my meditation. BSB BSB: May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
78 CPDV Let the arrogant be confounded, for unjustly they have done iniquity to me. But I will be trained in your commandments. BSB BSB: May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
79 CPDV Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your testimonies. BSB BSB: May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
80 CPDV Let my heart be immaculate in your justifications, so that I may not be confounded. BSB BSB: May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81 CPDV My soul has faltered in your salvation, yet in your word, I have hoped beyond hope. BSB BSB: My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
82 CPDV My eyes have failed in your eloquence, saying, “When will you console me?” BSB BSB: My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
83 CPDV For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justifications. BSB BSB: Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
84 CPDV How many are the days of your servant? When will you bring judgment against those who persecute me? BSB BSB: How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
85 CPDV The iniquitous have spoken fables to me. But these are unlike your law. BSB BSB: The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
86 CPDV All your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist me. BSB BSB: All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
87 CPDV They have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandments. BSB BSB: They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 CPDV Revive me according to your mercy. And I will keep the testimonies of your mouth. BSB BSB: Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
89 CPDV O Lord, your word remains firm in heaven, for all eternity. BSB BSB: Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
90 CPDV Your truth is from generation to generation. You have founded the earth, and it remains firm. BSB BSB: Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
91 CPDV By your ordinance, the day perseveres. For all things are in service to you. BSB BSB: Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
92 CPDV If your law had not been my meditation, then perhaps I would have perished in my humiliation. BSB BSB: If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
93 CPDV I will not forget your justifications, for eternity. For by them, you have enlivened me. BSB BSB: I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
94 CPDV I am yours. Accomplish my salvation. For I have inquired into your justifications. BSB BSB: I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 CPDV The sinners have waited for me, in order to destroy me. I have understood your testimonies. BSB BSB: The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
96 CPDV I have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broad. BSB BSB: I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
97 CPDV How have I loved your law, O Lord? It is my meditation all day long. BSB BSB: Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
98 CPDV By your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternity. BSB BSB: Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
99 CPDV I have understood beyond all my teachers. For your testimonies are my meditation. BSB BSB: I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 CPDV I have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandments. BSB BSB: I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
101 CPDV I have prohibited my feet from every evil way, so that I may keep your words. BSB BSB: I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
102 CPDV I have not declined from your judgments, because you have stationed a law for me. BSB BSB: I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
103 CPDV How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth! BSB BSB: How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104 CPDV I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity. BSB BSB: I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
105 CPDV Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths. BSB BSB: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106 CPDV I have sworn it, and so I am determined to keep the judgments of your justice. BSB BSB: I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 CPDV I have been altogether humbled, Lord. Revive me according to your word. BSB BSB: I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
108 CPDV Make the willing offerings of my mouth well pleasing, Lord, and teach me your judgments. BSB BSB: Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
109 CPDV My soul is always in my hands, and I have not forgotten your law. BSB BSB: I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
110 CPDV Sinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandments. BSB BSB: The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 CPDV I have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation of my heart. BSB BSB: Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112 CPDV I have inclined my heart to do your justifications for eternity, as a recompense. BSB BSB: I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
113 CPDV I have hated the iniquitous, and I have loved your law. BSB BSB: The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
114 CPDV You are my helper and my supporter. And in your word, I have greatly hoped. BSB BSB: You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
115 CPDV Turn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my God. BSB BSB: Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
116 CPDV Uphold me according to your eloquence, and I will live. And let me not be confounded in my expectation. BSB BSB: Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 CPDV Help me, and I will be saved. And I will meditate always on your justifications. BSB BSB: Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
118 CPDV You have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjust. BSB BSB: You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
119 CPDV I have considered all the sinners of the earth to be transgressors. Therefore, I have loved your testimonies. BSB BSB: All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
120 CPDV Pierce my flesh with your fear, for I am afraid of your judgments. BSB BSB: My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
121 CPDV I have accomplished judgment and justice. Do not hand me over to those who slander me. BSB BSB: I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 CPDV Uphold your servant in what is good. And do not allow the arrogant to slander me. BSB BSB: Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123 CPDV My eyes have failed in your salvation and in the eloquence of your justice. BSB BSB: My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
124 CPDV Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your justifications. BSB BSB: Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
125 CPDV I am your servant. Give me understanding, so that I may know your testimonies. BSB BSB: I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
126 CPDV It is time to act, O Lord. They have dissipated your law. BSB BSB: It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
127 CPDV Therefore, I have loved your commandments beyond gold and topaz. BSB BSB: Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
128 CPDV Because of this, I was directed toward all your commandments. I held hatred for every iniquitous way. BSB BSB: Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
129 CPDV Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul has been examined by them. BSB BSB: Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
130 CPDV The declaration of your words illuminates, and it gives understanding to little ones. BSB BSB: The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
131 CPDV I opened my mouth and drew breath, for I desired your commandments. BSB BSB: I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
132 CPDV Gaze upon me and be merciful to me, according to the judgment of those who love your name. BSB BSB: Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
133 CPDV Direct my steps according to your eloquence, and let no injustice rule over me. BSB BSB: Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
134 CPDV Redeem me from the slanders of men, so that I may keep your commandments. BSB BSB: Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
135 CPDV Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your justifications. BSB BSB: Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
136 CPDV My eyes have gushed like springs of water, because they have not kept your law. BSB BSB: My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
137 CPDV You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right. BSB BSB: Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
138 CPDV You have commanded justice: your testimonies and your truth even more so. BSB BSB: The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
139 CPDV My zeal has caused me to pine away, because my enemies have forgotten your words. BSB BSB: My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
140 CPDV Your eloquence has been greatly enflamed, and your servant has loved it. BSB BSB: Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
141 CPDV I am young and treated with contempt. But I have not forgotten your justifications. BSB BSB: I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
142 CPDV Your justice is justice for all eternity, and your law is truth. BSB BSB: Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
143 CPDV Tribulation and anguish have found me. Your commandments are my meditation. BSB BSB: Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
144 CPDV Your testimonies are fairness unto eternity. Give me understanding, and I will live. BSB BSB: Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
145 CPDV I cried out with my whole heart. Heed me, O Lord. I will ask for your justifications. BSB BSB: I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
146 CPDV I cried out to you. Save me, so that I may keep your commandments. BSB BSB: I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
147 CPDV I arrived first in maturity, and so I cried out. For in your words, I have hoped beyond hope. BSB BSB: I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
148 CPDV My eyes preceded the dawn for you, so that I might meditate on your eloquence. BSB BSB: My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
149 CPDV Hear my voice according to your mercy, O Lord. And revive me according to your judgment. BSB BSB: Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
150 CPDV Those who persecute me have drawn near to iniquity, but they have been brought far from your law. BSB BSB: Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
151 CPDV You are near, O Lord, and all your ways are truth. BSB BSB: You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
152 CPDV I have known from the beginning about your testimonies. For you founded them in eternity. BSB BSB: Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
153 CPDV See my humiliation and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your law. BSB BSB: Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
154 CPDV Judge my judgment and redeem me. Revive me because of your eloquence. BSB BSB: Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
155 CPDV Salvation is far from sinners, because they have not inquired about your justifications. BSB BSB: Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
156 CPDV Many are your mercies, O Lord. Enliven me according to your judgment. BSB BSB: Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
157 CPDV Many are those who persecute me and who trouble me. I have not turned away from your testimonies. BSB BSB: Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
158 CPDV I saw the prevaricators, and I pine away. For they have not kept your word. BSB BSB: I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
159 CPDV O Lord, see how I have loved your commandments. Revive me in your mercy. BSB BSB: Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
160 CPDV The beginning of your words is truth. All the judgments of your justice are for eternity. BSB BSB: The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
161 CPDV The leaders have persecuted me without cause. And my heart has been awed by your words. BSB BSB: Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
162 CPDV I will rejoice over your eloquence, like one who has found many spoils. BSB BSB: I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163 CPDV I have held hatred for iniquity, and I have abhorred it. Yet I have loved your law. BSB BSB: I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
164 CPDV Seven times a day, I uttered praise to you about the judgments of your justice. BSB BSB: Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
165 CPDV Those who love your law have great peace, and there is no scandal for them. BSB BSB: Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
166 CPDV I have waited for your salvation, O Lord. And I have loved your commandments. BSB BSB: I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
167 CPDV My soul has kept to your testimonies and has loved them exceedingly. BSB BSB: I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
168 CPDV I have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sight. BSB BSB: I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
169 CPDV O Lord, let my supplication draw near in your sight. Grant understanding to me according to your eloquence. BSB BSB: May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
170 CPDV Let my petition enter before you. Rescue me according to your word. BSB BSB: May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
171 CPDV A hymn will burst forth from my lips, when you will teach me your justifications. BSB BSB: My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
172 CPDV My tongue will pronounce your eloquence. For all your commandments are fairness. BSB BSB: My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
173 CPDV Let it be your hand that saves me. For I have chosen your commandments. BSB BSB: May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
174 CPDV O Lord, I have longed for your salvation, and your law is my meditation. BSB BSB: I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
175 CPDV My soul will live and will praise you, and your judgments will assist me. BSB BSB: Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
176 CPDV I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Seek out your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments. BSB BSB: I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
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