Saturday, April 3, 2021

Psalm 119/8

  Psalm 119 is a 22-stanza poem of 8 lines each wherein each line begins with the same Hebrew letter. For this week, I've re-compiled it into 8 different acrostic poems.

 

Psalm 119/8

I will keep your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
I will run the course of Your commandments, for You shall enlarge my heart.
Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness.
My hands also will lift up to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes.
This has become mine, because I kept your precepts.
The earth, O LORD, is full of Your mercy; teach me Your statutes.
The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of coins of gold and silver.
Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, so that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.
I have seen the consummation of all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate very false way.
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, to the very end.
My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.
Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way.
Rivers of water run down from my eyes, because men do not keep Your law.
The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding and I shall live.
Concerning Your testimonies, I have known of old that You have founded them forever.
The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.

Friday, April 2, 2021

Psalm 119/7

 Psalm 119 is a 22-stanza poem of 8 lines each wherein each line begins with the same Hebrew letter. For this week, I've re-compiled it into 8 different acrostic poems.

 Psalm 119/7

I will praise You with uprightness of heart, when I learn Your righteous judgments.
I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways.
Princes also sit and speak against me, but Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
I cling to Your testimonies; O LORD, do not put me to shame!
Turn away my reproach which I dread, for Your judgments are good.
And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love.
I remember Your name in the night, O LORD,and I keep your law.
I am a companion of all who fear You, and of those who keep Your precepts.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes.
Let those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
They also made an end of me on earth, but I did not forsake Your precepts.
The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies.
How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore, I love your testimonies.
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold!
Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your commandments are my delights.
You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are truth.
Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.
My sou keeps Your testimonies and I love them exceedingly.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; and let Your judgments help me.

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Psalm 119/6

 Psalm 119 is a 22-stanza poem of 8 lines each wherein each line begins with the same Hebrew letter. For this week, I've re-compiled it into 8 different acrostic poems.

 Psalm 119/6

Then I would not be ashamed, when I look into all Your commandments.
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.
Establish Your word to Your servant, who is devoted to fearing you.
I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
At midnight, I will rise to give thanks to You, because of Your righteous judgments.
Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in Your law.
Let the proud be ashamed, for they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; but I will meditate on Your precepts.
All Your commandments are faithful; they persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
I am Yours, save me; for I have sought Your precepts.
I have not departed from Your judgments, for You Yourself have taught me.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
You reject all those who stray from Your statutes, for their deceit is falsehood.
It is time for You to act, O LORD, for they have regarded Your law as void.
Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth.
They draw near who follow after wickedness; they are far from Your law.
I see the treacherous and am disgusted, because they do not keep Your word.
LORD, I hope for Your salvation, and I do Your commandments.
I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.