Psalm 119:25-48

Common English Bible

²⁵ My life is stuck in the dirt.
    Now make me live again according to your promise!
²⁶ I confessed my ways and you answered me.
    Now teach me your statutes!
²⁷ Help me understand what your precepts are about
    so I can contemplate your wondrous works!
²⁸ My spirit sags because of grief.
    Now raise me up according to your promise!
²⁹ Remove all false ways from me;
    show mercy to me by means of your Instruction.
³⁰ I’ve chosen the way of faithfulness;
    I’m set on your rules.
³¹ I’m holding tight to your laws, Lord.
    Please don’t let me be put to shame.
³² I run the same path as your commandments
    because you give my heart insight.

³³ Lord, teach me what your statutes are about,
    and I will guard every part of them.
³⁴ Help me understand so I can guard your Instruction
    and keep it with all my heart.
³⁵ Lead me on the trail of your commandments
    because that is what I want.
³⁶ Turn my heart to your laws,
    not to greedy gain.
³⁷ Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.
    Make me live by your way.
³⁸ Confirm your promise to your servant—
    the promise that is for all those who honor you.
³⁹ Remove the insults that I dread
    because your rules are good.
⁴⁰ Look how I desire your precepts!
    Make me live by your righteousness.

⁴¹ Lord, let your faithful love come to me—
        let your salvation come to me according to your promise—
⁴²     so I can have a response for those who mock me
        because I have trusted in your word!
⁴³ Please don’t take your true word out of my mouth,
    because I have waited for your rules.
⁴⁴ I will always keep your Instruction,
    always and forever!
⁴⁵ I will walk around in wide-open spaces,
    because I have pursued your precepts.
⁴⁶ I will talk about your laws
    before rulers with no shame whatsoever.
⁴⁷ I will rejoice in your commandments
    because I love them.
⁴⁸ I will lift up my hands to your commandments
    because I love them,
    and I will contemplate all your statutes.