Psalm 17:1-15, ESV
A Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.

I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words. Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly. They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.

He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush. Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword, from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants. As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

Psalm 17:1-15, JN paraphrase
LORD, hear me as one who has been tried and tested by You. I have been vindicated by Your close examination that I speak as a man without deceit. My feet have not slipped from the path ordained by You.

Now LORD, God, the Almighty, answer my call, demonstrate Your steadfast love for those who seek your Face. Support me as the apple of Your eye, as one hidden in the shadow of Your wings. The wicked have attempted to assault me aided by the desperate enemies who seek to turn You against me. They are identified by their haughty and arrogant demeanor and their compulsion to destroy me and mine on Your eyes.

O, LORD, save me and mine from those whose only portion is in this life; they have no vision of the life to come in Your presence. They have no sense of the joy to come when I behold Your Face, and the righteousness that emanates from You.

Recommended Reading

Time for another one from T. M. Moore: Restore Us! A Call to Serious Prayer for Revival. BTW: All of his books at the Fellowship of Ailbe Bookstore are FREE with a $5 S&H fee.

Psalm 119:33-40, ESV
He Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart. Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways. Confirm to your servant your promise, that you may be feared. Turn away the reproach that I dread, for your rules are good. Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!

Psalm 119:33-40, JN paraphrase
Ish Elohim, as usual, gets it right straight out of the blocks. The SOURCE OF ALL GOODNESS IS THE LORD, GOD, THE ALMIGHTY and the HOLY WORD. He then delineates the necessary steps to reap the benefits of the transformation.\

1. Turn my heart from selfish gain to His testimonies.
2. Turn my sight from worthless things to life in His ways.
3. The fear of the LORD, God, the Almighty is a result of the confirmation of His promises.
4. I no longer need to dread anything in life, for His rules are ‘good.
5. I am transformed by a longing for obedience to the Word of the LORD, for I receive life through the righteousness of the LORD, God, the Almighty.
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Recommended Reading

Time for another one from T. M. Moore: Restore Us! A Call to Serious Prayer for Revival. BTW: All of his books at the Fellowship of Ailbe Bookstore are FREE with a $5 S&H fee.

Psalm 16:1-11, ESV
Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 16:1-11, JN paraphrase
LORD, You are my refuge, the source of all that is good in me. My examples are your saints; those who have gone before me and are my treasured examples. All in contrast to those who chase other gods and whom I must not follow.

You are my example for You provide pure leadership, without error or miss-step. Therefore, I will not be shaken.

The gladness of my heart, the rejoicing of my being is evident to all. Your path is one of life, joy, never ending pleasure.

Recommended Reading

Time for another one from T. M. Moore: Restore Us! A Call to Serious Prayer for Revival. BTW: All of his books at the Fellowship of Ailbe Bookstore are FREE with a $5 S&H fee.

Psalm 15:1-5, ESV
A Psalm of David. O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 15:1-5, JN paraphrase
"O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?"

1. A blameless walker.
2. A rightful doer.
3. A truth speaker and liver.
4. Defends a friend against reproach.
5. Does not honor the vile doer.
6. Gives honor to those who fear the LORD.
7. Who not defend his actions when it might be to his benefit to do otherwise.
8. Who does not loan for the sake of interest received.
9. Who refuses bribes to the determent of the innocent.

Hmmm, sounds to me like a description of someone whose life has been transformed by the sacrifice of the LORD Jesus the Christ and is living a life of obedience to the 10 Commandments as a result.

Recommended Reading

Time for another one from T. M. Moore: Restore Us! A Call to Serious Prayer for Revival. BTW: All of his books at the Fellowship of Ailbe Bookstore are FREE with a $5 S&H fee.

Psalm 119:25-32, ESV
Daleth My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word! When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes! Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.

My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word! Put false ways far from me and graciously teach me your law!

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me. I cling to your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame! I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!

Psalm 119:25-32, JN paraphrase
Ish Elohim, (the man of God, my name for the author of the 119th Psalm) has a passion for using the language of this Psalm to nail his relationship with the LORD, God, the Almighty. Look at that last paragraph. He recognizes the essential steps as he declares the necessity for adsorbing the Word of the LORD, of avoiding any action or statement that would be contrary to his witness, and very importantly, that the strength to walk this path depends upon strength from the LORD. Oh, that my prayer would be likewise.

Recommended Reading

Time for another one from T. M. Moore: Restore Us! A Call to Serious Prayer for Revival. BTW: All of his books at the Fellowship of Ailbe Bookstore are FREE with a $5 S&H fee.