Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. I have sworn and confirmed That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
I am afflicted very much; Revive me, O LORD, according to Your word. Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, And teach me Your judgments.
My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law. The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts. Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end.
This stanza continues a theme frequently woven into a Psalm or a portion thereof. An appropriate label for this type of praise would be John 14:15 praise. Obedience that is offered up without quibble, but in wholehearted immediacy.
I love the two 'yets' for they take the place of the often offered up 'Oh, I guess I forgot.' The yets indicate a life lived to determine the application of the Word of God to a daily life in all its challenges and tests.
Reading
Morning Psalm 4, Noon Psalm 119:17-24, Evening Psalm 93
