Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Aleph

¹1 Blessed are those whose kway is blameless,

who lwalk in the law of the Lord!

²Blessed are those who mkeep his ntestimonies,

who oseek him with their whole heart,

³who also pdo no wrong,

but walk in his ways!

⁴You have commanded your qprecepts

to be kept diligently.

⁵Oh that my ways may rbe steadfast

in keeping your statutes!

⁶sThen 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 tyour righteous rules.2

⁸I will keep your statutes;

udo not utterly forsake me!

Beth

⁹How can va young man keep his way pure?

By guarding it according to your word.

¹⁰wWith my whole heart I seek you;

let me not xwander from your commandments!

¹¹I have ystored up your word in my heart,

that I might not sin against you.

¹²Blessed are you, O Lord;

zteach me your statutes!

¹³With my lips I adeclare

all the rules3 of your mouth.

¹⁴In the way of your testimonies I bdelight

as much as in all criches.

¹⁵I will dmeditate on your precepts

and fix my eyes on your eways.

¹⁶I will fdelight in your statutes;

I will not forget your word.

Gimel

¹⁷gDeal bountifully with your servant,

hthat I may live and keep your word.

¹⁸Open my eyes, that I may behold

wondrous things out of your law.

¹⁹I am ia sojourner on the earth;

jhide not your commandments from me!

²⁰My soul is consumed with klonging

for your rules4 at all times.

²¹You rebuke lthe insolent, maccursed ones,

who nwander from your commandments.

²²Take away from me oscorn and contempt,

pfor I have kept your testimonies.

²³Even though qprinces sit plotting against me,

your servant will rmeditate on your statutes.

²⁴Your testimonies are my sdelight;

they are my tcounselors.