GIMEL – ג

17-24

 ¹⁷Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.  ¹⁸Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.  ¹⁹I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me. ²⁰My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times. ²¹You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed, those who stray from your commands. ²²Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes. ²³Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees. ²⁴Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors. (NIV)

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PRAYER: Give me this, O LORD, that you will bless me out of the abundance of your grace so that I will live to keep your word; for without your grace, I have no hope of keeping your law. I am blind. Open my eyes then, Lord, that I may see rightly, and come to realize the wonders of your law (Col 2:2-3, Romans 10:3-5), and the promise of your salvation that is the end of it.

This world is not my home, so keep my feet on the right path; keep your law ever before me lest I be taken up with this world’s fleeting distractions and lose my bearings. As beasts are drawn to water, my soul thirsts with longing for your judgments. I focus my life steadfastly on your commands, for I long to stay true your word.

I pay attention when you say that your judgments against the prideful are destruction, because they raise themselves up above your law (Deut. 27:26; Isaiah 26:9). They treat your servant with contempt and make me a thing of reproach for my devotion to your law and as a sign (Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 71:7; Hebrews 10:33). But you alone are Judge; therefore, remove their oppression from me.

Even the powerful in this world have set themselves against me in their courts. But I will set my mind on your truths, for your truth is ever my delight and my true counsel.

© 2018 by ReadPsalm119.com. Update: Dec 22, 2019.

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Translations – KJV, ESV, RVR

NOTE: The King James Version (KJV) and the 1960 La Biblia Reina-Valera – Español (RVR) are in the public domain. Thanks to BibleStudyTools.com for the (RVR).

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GIMEL – ¹⁷Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. ¹⁸Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. ¹⁹I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. ²⁰My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. ²¹Thou has rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. ²²Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. ²³Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. ²⁴Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. (KJV)

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GIMEL – Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me! My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times. You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments. Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies. Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors. (ESV)

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