Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
1Alleluia. ALEPH. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2Blessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heart.
3For those who work iniquity have not walked in his ways.
4You have ordered your commandments to be kept most diligently.
5I wish that my ways may be directed so as to keep your justifications.
6Then I will not be confounded, when I will look into all your commandments.
7I will confess to you with honesty of heart. In this way, I have learned the judgments of your justice.
8I will keep your justifications. Do not utterly abandon me.
9BETH. By what does an adolescent correct his way? By keeping to your words.
10With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me be driven away from your commandments.
11I have hidden your eloquence in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.
12Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications.
13With my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouth.
14I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches.
15I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.
16I will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your words.
17GHIMEL. Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your words.
18Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law.
19I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me.
20My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times.
21You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed.
22Take me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimonies.
23For even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justifications.
24For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel.
25DALETH. My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your word.
26I have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justifications.
27Instruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wonders.
28My soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your words.
29Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law.
30I have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgments.
31I have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound me.
32I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart.
33HE. O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it.
34Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart.
35Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this.
36Bend my heart with your testimonies, and not with avarice.
37Turn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your way.
38Station your eloquence with your servant, along with your fear.
39Cut off my disgrace, which I have taken up, for your judgments are delightful.
40Behold, I have longed for your commandments. Revive me in your fairness.
41VAU. And let your mercy overwhelm me, O Lord: your salvation according to your eloquence.
42And I will respond to those who reproach me by word, for I have hoped in your words.
43And do not utterly take away the word of truth from my mouth. For in your judgments, I have hoped beyond hope.
44And I will always keep your law, in this age and forever and ever.
45And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments.
46And I spoke of your testimonies in the sight of kings, and I was not confounded.
47And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved.
48And I lifted up my hands to your commandments, which I loved. And I was trained in your justifications.
49ZAIN. Be mindful of your word to your servant, by which you have given me hope.
50This has consoled me in my humiliation, for your word has revived me.
51The arrogant act altogether iniquitously, but I have not turned aside from your law.
52I called to mind your judgments of antiquity, O Lord, and I was consoled.
53Faintness has taken hold of me, because of the sinners, those who abandon your law.
54Your justifications were the subject of my worthy singing, in the place of my pilgrimage.
55During the night, I remembered your name, O Lord, and I kept your law.
56This has happened to me because I sought your justifications.
57HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said that I would keep your law.
58I have beseeched your face with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
59I have considered my ways, and I have turned my feet toward your testimonies.
60I have been prepared, and I have not been disturbed, so that I may keep your commandments.
61The ropes of the impious have encircled me, and I have not forgotten your law.
62I arose in the middle of the night to confess to you, over the judgments of your justification.
63I am a partaker with all those who fear you and who keep your commandments.
64The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy. Teach me your justifications.
65TETH. You have done well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.
66Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge, for I have trusted your commandments.
67Before I was humbled, I committed offenses; because of this, I have kept to your word.
68You are good, so in your goodness teach me your justifications.
69The iniquity of the arrogant has been multiplied over me. Yet I will examine your commandments with all my heart.
70Their heart has been curdled like milk. Truly, I have meditated on your law.
71It is good for me that you humbled me, so that I may learn your justifications.
72The law of your mouth is good for me, beyond thousands of gold and silver pieces.
73IOD. Your hands have created me and formed me. Give me understanding, and I will learn your commandments.
74Those who fear you will see me, and they will rejoice. For I have greatly hoped in your words.
75I know, O Lord, that your judgments are fairness. And in your truth, you have humbled me.
76Let it be your mercy that consoles me, according to your eloquence to your servant.
77Let your compassion draw near to me, and I will live. For your law is my meditation.
78Let the arrogant be confounded, for unjustly they have done iniquity to me. But I will be trained in your commandments.
79Let those who fear you turn to me, along with those who know your testimonies.
80Let my heart be immaculate in your justifications, so that I may not be confounded.
81CAPH. My soul has faltered in your salvation, yet in your word, I have hoped beyond hope.
82My eyes have failed in your eloquence, saying, “When will you console me?”
83For I have become like a wineskin in the frost. I have not forgotten your justifications.
84How many are the days of your servant? When will you bring judgment against those who persecute me?
85The iniquitous have spoken fables to me. But these are unlike your law.
86All your commandments are truth. They have been persecuting me unjustly: assist me.
87They have nearly consumed me on earth. Yet I have not forsaken your commandments.
88Revive me according to your mercy. And I will keep the testimonies of your mouth.
89LAMED. O Lord, your word remains firm in heaven, for all eternity.
90Your truth is from generation to generation. You have founded the earth, and it remains firm.
91By your ordinance, the day perseveres. For all things are in service to you.
92If your law had not been my meditation, then perhaps I would have perished in my humiliation.
93I will not forget your justifications, for eternity. For by them, you have enlivened me.
94I am yours. Accomplish my salvation. For I have inquired into your justifications.
95The sinners have waited for me, in order to destroy me. I have understood your testimonies.
96I have seen the end of the consummation of all things. Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
97MEM. How have I loved your law, O Lord? It is my meditation all day long.
98By your commandment, you have made me able to see far, beyond my enemies. For it is with me for eternity.
99I have understood beyond all my teachers. For your testimonies are my meditation.
100I have understood beyond the elders. For I have searched your commandments.
101I have prohibited my feet from every evil way, so that I may keep your words.
102I have not declined from your judgments, because you have stationed a law for me.
103How sweet is your eloquence to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!
104I obtained understanding by your commandments. Because of this, I have hated every way of iniquity.
105NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my paths.
106I have sworn it, and so I am determined to keep the judgments of your justice.
107I have been altogether humbled, Lord. Revive me according to your word.
108Make the willing offerings of my mouth well pleasing, Lord, and teach me your judgments.
109My soul is always in my hands, and I have not forgotten your law.
110Sinners have set a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from your commandments.
111I have acquired your testimonies as an inheritance unto eternity, because they are the exultation of my heart.
112I have inclined my heart to do your justifications for eternity, as a recompense.
113SAMECH. I have hated the iniquitous, and I have loved your law.
114You are my helper and my supporter. And in your word, I have greatly hoped.
115Turn away from me, you malignant ones. And I will examine the commandments of my God.
116Uphold me according to your eloquence, and I will live. And let me not be confounded in my expectation.
117Help me, and I will be saved. And I will meditate always on your justifications.
118You have despised all those who fell away from your judgments. For their intention is unjust.
119I have considered all the sinners of the earth to be transgressors. Therefore, I have loved your testimonies.
120Pierce my flesh with your fear, for I am afraid of your judgments.