105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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נ Nun

105 Your word is a lamp(A) for my feet,
    a light(B) on my path.

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29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

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29 At midday you will grope(A) about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue(B) you.

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Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

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Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(A)
They pursue evil schemes;(B)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(C)
The way of peace they do not know;(D)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(E)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.(F)

So justice is far from us,
    and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;(G)
    for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10 Like the blind(H) we grope along the wall,
    feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble(I) as if it were twilight;
    among the strong, we are like the dead.(J)
11 We all growl like bears;
    we moan mournfully like doves.(K)
We look for justice, but find none;
    for deliverance, but it is far away.

12 For our offenses(L) are many in your sight,
    and our sins testify(M) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
    and we acknowledge our iniquities:(N)
13 rebellion(O) and treachery against the Lord,
    turning our backs(P) on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,(Q)
    uttering lies(R) our hearts have conceived.
14 So justice(S) is driven back,
    and righteousness(T) stands at a distance;
truth(U) has stumbled in the streets,
    honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(V) is nowhere to be found,
    and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    that there was no justice.(W)

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