Your word is a lantern to my feet :
and a light to my path.
I have vowed and sworn an oath :
to keep your righteous judgements.
I have been afflicted beyond measure :
Lord, give me life according to your word.
Accept, O Lord, the freewill offerings of my mouth :
and teach me your judgements.
I take my life in my hands continually :
yet I do not forget your law.
The wicked have laid a snare for me :
but I have not strayed from your precepts.
Your commands are my inheritance for ever :
they are the joy of my heart.
I have set my heart to fulfil your statutes :
always, even to the end.
I loathe those who are double-minded :
but your law do I love.
You are my shelter and my shield :
and in your word is my hope.
Away from me, all you that do evil :
I will keep the commandments of my God.
Be my stay, according to your word, that I may live :
and do not disappoint me in my hope.
Hold me up, and I shall be safe :
and I will ever delight in your statutes.
You scorn all those who swerve from your statutes :
for their calumnies against me are lies;
All the ungodly of the earth you count as dross :
therefore I love your commands.
My flesh shrinks for fear of you :
and I am afraid of your judgements.
I have done what is just and right :
O do not give me over to my oppressors.
Stand surety for your servants good :
let not the proud oppress me.
My eyes fail with watching for your salvation :
for the fulfilment of your righteous word.
O deal with your servant according to your loving mercy :
and teach me your statutes.
I am your servant, O give me understanding :
that I may know your commands.
It is time for the Lord to act :
for they violate your law.
Therefore I love your commandments :
more than gold, more than the finest gold;
Therefore I straighten my paths by all your precepts :
and I hate all lying ways.
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