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)
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.
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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).
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)
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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17 GIMEL. Haz bien á tu siervo; que viva Y guarde tu palabra.
18 Abre mis ojos, y miraré Las maravillas de tu ley.
19 Advenedizo soy yo en la tierra: No encubras de mí tus mandamientos.
20 Quebrantada está mi alma de desear Tus juicios en todo tiempo.
21 Destruiste á los soberbios malditos, Que se desvían de tus mandamientos.
22 Aparta de mí oprobio y menosprecio; Porque tus testimonios he guardado.
23 Príncipes también se sentaron y hablaron contra mí: Mas tu siervo meditaba en tus estatutos.
24 Pues tus testimonios son mis deleites, Y mis consejeros. (RVR)