Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet 1(118:1) Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. 2(118:2) Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart. 3(118:3) For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways. 4(118:4) Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts. 5(118:5) O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances. 6(118:6) Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments. 7(118:7) I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness. 8(118:8) I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly. 9(118:9) Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words. 10(118:10) With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments. 11(118:11) I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. 12(118:12) Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances. 13(118:13) With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14(118:14) I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. 15(118:15) I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways. 16(118:16) I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words. 17(118:17) Render a recompense to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words. 18(118:18) Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of thy law. 19(118:19) I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 20(118:20) My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times. 21(118:21) Thou has rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments. 22(118:22) Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies. 23(118:23) For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances. 24(118:24) For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors. 25(118:25) My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word. 26(118:26) I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me: teach me thine ordinances. 27(118:27) Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works. 28(118:28) My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words. 29(118:29) Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law. 30(118:30) I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments. 31(118:31) I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame. 32(118:32) I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. 33(118:33) Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually. 34(118:34) Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart. 35(118:35) Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it. 36(118:36) Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 37(118:37) Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way. 38(118:38) Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee. 39(118:39) Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good. 40(118:40) Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness. 41(118:41) And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; even thy salvation, according to thy word. 42(118:42) And so I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words. 43(118:43) And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 44(118:44) So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever. 45(118:45) I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments. 46(118:46) And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed. 47(118:47) And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly. 48(118:48) And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances. 49(118:49) Remember thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope. 50(118:50) This has comforted me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me. 51(118:51) The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law. 52(118:52) I remembered thy judgements of old, O Lord; and was comforted. 53(118:53) Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake thy law. 54(118:54) Thine ordinances were my sons in the place of my sojourning. 55(118:55) I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and kept thy law. 56(118:56) This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances. 57(118:57) Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law. 58(118:58) I besought thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word. 59(118:59) I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies. 60(118:60) I prepared myself, (and was not terrified,) to keep thy commandments. 61(118:61) The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law. 62(118:62) At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness. 63(118:63) I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments. 64(118:64) O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances. 65(118:65) Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant, o Lord, according to thy word. 66(118:66) Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 67(118:67) Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word. 68(118:68) Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances. 69(118:69) The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out thy commandments with all my heart. 70(118:70) Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law. 71(118:71) It is good for me that thou hast afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances. 72(118:72) The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. 73(118:73) Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments. 74(118:74) They that fear thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words. 75(118:75) I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness, and that thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me. 76(118:76) Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant. 77(118:77) Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation. 78(118:78) Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments. 79(118:79) Let those that fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me. 80(118:80) Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed. 81(118:81) My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words. 82(118:82) Mine eyes failed in waiting for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83(118:83) For I am become as a bottle in the frost: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances. 84(118:84) How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me? 85(118:85) Transgressors told me idle tales; but not according to thy law, O Lord. 86(118:86) All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help thou me. 87(118:87) They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not thy commandments. 88(118:88) Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. 89(118:89) Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever. 90(118:90) Thy truth endures to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it abides. 91(118:91) The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants. 92(118:92) Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have perished in mine affliction. 93(118:93) I will never forget thine ordinances; for with them thou hast quickened me. 94(118:94) I am thine, save me; for I have sought out thine ordinances. 95(118:95) Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; but I understood thy testimonies. 96(118:96) I have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is very broad. 97(118:97) How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day. 98(118:98) Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies in thy commandment; for it is mine for ever. 99(118:99) I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my medication. 100(118:100) I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments. 101(118:101) I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy words. 102(118:102) I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast instructed me. 103(118:103) How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth! 104(118:104) I gain understanding by thy commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness. 105(118:105) Thy law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths. 106(118:106) I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of thy righteousness. 107(118:107) I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to thy word. 108(118:108) Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments. 109(118:109) My soul is continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law. 110(118:110) Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments. 111(118:111) I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart. 112(118:112) I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, in return for thy mercies. 113(118:113) I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law. 114(118:114) Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words. 115(118:115) Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God. 116(118:116) Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation. 117(118:117) Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually. 118(118:118) Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous. 119(118:119) I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies. 120(118:120) Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy judgments. 121(118:121) I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me. 122(118:122) Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely. 123(118:123) Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. 124(118:124) Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me thine ordinances. 125(118:125) I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies. 126(118:126) It is time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken thy law. 127(118:127) Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz. 128(118:128) Therefore I directed myself according to all thy commandments: I have hated every unjust way. 129(118:129) Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out. 130(118:130) The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and instruct the simple. 131(118:131) I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after thy commandments. 132(118:132) Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love thy name. 133(118:133) Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134(118:134) Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments. 135(118:135) Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances. 136(118:136) Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law. 137(118:137) Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. 138(118:138) Thou has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, as thy testimonies. 139(118:139) Thy zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 140(118:140) Thy word has been very fully tried; and thy servant loves it. 141(118:141) I am young and despised: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances. 142(118:142) Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. 143(118:143) Afflictions and distresses found me: but thy commandments were my meditation. 144(118:144) Thy testimonies are an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live. 145(118:145) I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances. 146(118:146) I cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies. 147(118:147) I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words. 148(118:148) Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles. 149(118:149) Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment. 150(118:150) They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law. 151(118:151) Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth. 152(118:152) I have known of old concerning thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever. 153(118:153) Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law. 154(118:154) Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word. 155(118:155) Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances. 156(118:156) Thy mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment. 157(118:157) Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: but I have not declined from thy testimonies. 158(118:158) I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine oracles. 159(118:159) Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy. 160(118:160) The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for ever. 161(118:161) Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of thy words. 162(118:162) I will exult because of thine oracles, as one that finds much spoil. 163(118:163) I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law. 164(118:164) Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness. 165(118:165) Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them. 166(118:166) I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments. 167(118:167) My soul has kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly. 168(118:168) I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord. 169(118:169) Let my supplication come near before thee, o Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle. 170(118:170) Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle. 171(118:171) Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances. 172(118:172) Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous. 173(118:173) Let thine hand be prompt to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments. 174(118:174) I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation. 175(118:175) My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me. 176(118:176) I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments. The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851) Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible |