Poem - 21
Part
I
Lord, how can I thank
you for the gifts you endowed to me
To know You and
be with You is the greatest gift on earth
Lord, I thank You
for everything You gave me
Lord, I thank You
for choosing me from far ends of the earth
How can I keep
my ways spotless? By keeping Your Word
Lord, You taught
me to keep your Word in my heart
To avoid sinning
against You the Holy One
I do not forget Your
Words, to find delight in Your will.
Lord I have
repeated Your judgments and found joy in Your instructions
Your Words are
beyond all the wealth on earth
Let me ponder Your
percepts and fix my gaze on Your paths
Lord, let me
find delight in Your will and will not forget Your Words.
Lord, I lie
prostrate in the dust and with Your Word revive me
Lord, avert my
eyes from pointless images; by Your Word give me life.
Let me rely on
Your Word and keep the promise to Your servant,
By Your faithful
love come to save me, the malicious enemy
Lord, teach me
Your holy ways to obey You
Lord, Show me
the way of Your own precepts
Let me reflect
on Your blessings and wonders,
Am
melting away for grief; by Your truthful Word, raise me up.
Give
me an answer to the taunts against me, since I rely on Your Holy Word.
Lord, let me
live in all freedom because I have sought Your precepts.
Your
commandments Lord, fills me with delight and love them dearly,
Your
judgments are my song where am live in exile.
Lord, keep
my eyes away from seeing the unworthy images of this world
Lord, let me
keep Your percepts in my heart
May Your mercy
and love consume me?
By Your
saving justice give me life
Give me an answer to the taunts
against me, since I rely on Your Word,
Do not take Your faithful Word
away from me, since my hope lies in your judgements.
I have kept your age-old judgements in mind, Yahweh, and I am comforted.
All night, Yahweh, I hold Your
name in mind, I keep Your Law.
You are
generous and act generously, teach me Your will,
It was good for me that to
suffer, better to learn Your judgments.
The Law You
have uttered is more precious to me than all the wealth in the world.
Lord, let those who fear You rejoice, since we put our hope in Your
word.
Your
faithful love is my consolation, as You have promised Your servant.
Lord, let me
wear Your rob of salvation, because Your word is my hope.
Lord, Your
Word is planted firm in Heaven and we praise Your constant love
We have seen
that Your perfection is infinite, and Your commandment has no limit.
Lord, I
shall never ashamed to proclaim Your truth in front of kings,
Your
commandments; fills me with Your delight
I love Your
precepts more than anything this world,
And I
stretch out my hands and proclaim Your commandments which I love
Lord, You made me wiser than all my teachers because
I ponder Your Word.
Let my foot
restrain from evil paths to keep Your Holy Word.
Lord, from Your
precepts l learn wisdom, so I hate all deceptive ways,
Your word is
a lamp for my feet and light on my path.
I hurry without delay to keep Your commandments.
At midnight I rise to praise you for Your upright judgements.
Your faithful love fills the earth, Yahweh, teach me Your
judgments.
All Your commandments show constancy, help me when they pursue me
dishonestly.
All the
night Lord, hold Your name in my mind and keep Your Law.
My only
ambition, Lord, is to keep Your Word.
At midnight
let me rise to praise You for Your upright judgments,
Your
faithful love fills the earth, Yahweh, teach me Your judgments.
MPI-CG
