¶My earthly life clings to the dust;
Revive and refresh me according to Your word. [Ps 143:11]
I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
So that I will meditate (focus my thoughts) on Your wonderful works. [Ps 145:5, 6]
My soul dissolves because of grief;
Renew and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.
Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness,
And graciously grant me Your law.
I have chosen the faithful way;
I have placed Your ordinances before me.
I cling tightly to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!
I will run the way of Your commandments [with purpose],
For You will give me a heart that is willing.
¶Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,
And I will [steadfastly] observe it to the end.
Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law;
And observe it with all my heart. [Prov 2:6; James 1:5]
Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to dishonest gain and envy. [Ezek 33:31; Mark 7:21, 22; 1 Tim 6:10; Heb 13:5]
Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant,
As that which produces [awe-inspired] reverence for You. [Deut 10:12; Ps 96:9]
Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your ordinances are good.
I long for Your precepts;
Renew me through Your righteousness.
¶May Your lovingkindness also come to me, O LORD,
Your salvation according to Your promise;
So I will have an answer for the one who taunts me,
For I trust [completely] in Your word [and its reliability].
And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
For I wait for Your ordinances.
I will keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever [writing Your precepts on my heart].
And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek and deeply long for Your precepts.
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed. [Ps 138:1; Matt 10:18, 19; Acts 26:1, 2]
For I shall delight in Your commandments,
Which I love.
And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
Which I love;
And I will meditate on Your statutes.
¶Remember [always] the word and promise to Your servant,
In which You have made me hope.
This is my comfort in my affliction,
That Your word has revived me and given me life. [Rom 15:4]
The arrogant utterly ridicule me,
Yet I do not turn away from Your law.
I have remembered [carefully] Your ancient ordinances, O LORD,
And I have taken comfort.
Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who reject Your law.
Your statutes are my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
O LORD, I remember Your name in the night,
And keep Your law.
This has become mine [as the gift of Your grace],
That I observe Your precepts [accepting them with loving obedience].
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