119You're blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by GOD.H835H8549H1870H1980H8451H30682You're blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him.H835H5341H5713H1875H38203That's right—you don't go off on your own; you walk straight along the road he set.H6466H5766H1980H18704You, GOD, prescribed the right way to live; now you expect us to live it.H6680H8104H6490H39665Oh, that my steps might be steady, keeping to the course you set;H305H1870H3559H8104H27066Then I'd never have any regrets in comparing my life with your counsel.H954H5027H46877I thank you for speaking straight from your heart; I learn the pattern of your righteous ways.H3034H3476H3824H3925H6664H49418I'm going to do what you tell me to do; don't ever walk off and leave me.H8104H2706H5800H39669How can a young person live a clean life? By carefully reading the map of your Word.H5288H2135H734H8104H169710I'm single-minded in pursuit of you; don't let me miss the road signs you've posted.H3820H1875H7686H468711I've banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won't sin myself bankrupt.H565H6845H3820H239812Be blessed, GOD; train me in your ways of wise living.H1288H3068H3925H270613I'll transfer to my lips all the counsel that comes from your mouth;H8193H5608H4941H631014I delight far more in what you tell me about living than in gathering a pile of riches.H7797H1870H5715H5921H195215I ponder every morsel of wisdom from you, I attentively watch how you've done it.H7878H6490H5027H73416I relish everything you've told me of life, I won't forget a word of it.H8173H2708H7911H169717Be generous with me and I'll live a full life; not for a minute will I take my eyes off your road.H1580H5650H2421H8104H169718Open my eyes so I can see what you show me of your miracle-wonders.H1540H5869H5027H6381H845119I'm a stranger in these parts; give me clear directions.H1616H776H5641H468720My soul is starved and hungry, ravenous!— insatiable for your nourishing commands.H5315H1638H8375H4941H625621And those who think they know so much, ignoring everything you tell them—let them have it!H1605H2086H779H7686H468722Don't let them mock and humiliate me; I've been careful to do just what you said.H1556H2781H937H5341H571323While bad neighbors maliciously gossip about me, I'm absorbed in pondering your wise counsel.H8269H3427H1696H5650H7878H270624Yes, your sayings on life are what give me delight; I listen to them as to good neighbors!H5713H8191H582H609825I'm feeling terrible—I couldn't feel worse! Get me on my feet again. You promised, remember?H5315H1692H6083H2421H169726When I told my story, you responded; train me well in your deep wisdom.H5608H1870H6030H3925H270627Help me understand these things inside and out so I can ponder your miracle-wonders.H995H1870H6490H7878H638128My sad life's dilapidated, a falling-down barn; build me up again by your Word.H5315H1811H8424H6965H169729Barricade the road that goes Nowhere; grace me with your clear revelation.H5493H1870H8267H8451H260330I choose the true road to Somewhere, I post your road signs at every curve and corner.H977H1870H530H4941H773731I grasp and cling to whatever you tell me; GOD, don't let me down!H1692H5715H3068H95432I'll run the course you lay out for me if you'll just show me how.H7323H1870H4687H7337H382033GOD, teach me lessons for living so I can stay the course.H3384H3068H1870H2706H5341H611834Give me insight so I can do what you tell me— my whole life one long, obedient response.H995H5341H8451H8104H382035Guide me down the road of your commandments; I love traveling this freeway!H1869H5410H4687H265436Give me a bent for your words of wisdom, and not for piling up loot.H5186H3820H5715H121537Divert my eyes from toys and trinkets, invigorate me on the pilgrim way.H5674H5869H7200H7723H2421H187038Affirm your promises to me— promises made to all who fear you.H6965H565H5650H337439Deflect the harsh words of my critics— but what you say is always so good.H5674H2781H3025H4941H289640See how hungry I am for your counsel; preserve my life through your righteous ways!H8373H6490H2421H666641Let your love, GOD, shape my life with salvation, exactly as you promised;H2617H935H3068H8668H56542Then I'll be able to stand up to mockery because I trusted your Word.H1697H6030H2778H982H169743Don't ever deprive me of truth, not ever— your commandments are what I depend on.H5337H1697H571H3966H6310H3176H494144Oh, I'll guard with my life what you've revealed to me, guard it now, guard it ever;H8104H8451H8548H5769H570345And I'll stride freely through wide open spaces as I look for your truth and your wisdom;H1980H7342H1875H649046Then I'll tell the world what I find, speak out boldly in public, unembarrassed.H1696H5713H4428H95447I cherish your commandments—oh, how I love them!—H8173H4687H15748relishing every fragment of your counsel.H3709H5375H4687H157H7878H270649Remember what you said to me, your servant— I hang on to these words for dear life!H2142H1697H5650H317650These words hold me up in bad times; yes, your promises rejuvenate me.H5165H6040H565H242151The insolent ridicule me without mercy, but I don't budge from your revelation.H2086H3966H3887H5186H845152I watch for your ancient landmark words, and know I'm on the right track.H2142H4941H5769H3068H516253But when I see the wicked ignore your directions, I'm beside myself with anger.H2152H270H7563H5800H845154I set your instructions to music and sing them as I walk this pilgrim way.H2706H2158H1004H403355I meditate on your name all night, GOD, treasuring your revelation, O GOD.H2142H8034H3068H3915H8104H845156Still, I walk through a rain of derision because I live by your Word and counsel.H5341H649057Because you have satisfied me, GOD, I promise to do everything you say.H2506H3068H559H8104H169758I beg you from the bottom of my heart: smile, be gracious to me just as you promised.H2470H6440H3820H2603H56559When I took a long, careful look at your ways, I got my feet back on the trail you blazed.H2803H1870H7725H7272H571360I was up at once, didn't drag my feet, was quick to follow your orders.H2363H4102H8104H468761The wicked hemmed me in—there was no way out— but not for a minute did I forget your plan for me.H2256H7563H5749H7911H845162I get up in the middle of the night to thank you; your decisions are so right, so true—I can't wait till morning!H2676H3915H6965H3034H6664H494163I'm a friend and companion of all who fear you, of those committed to living by your rules.H2270H3372H8104H649064Your love, GOD, fills the earth! Train me to live by your counsel.H776H3068H4390H2617H3925H270665Be good to your servant, GOD; be as good as your Word.H6213H2896H5650H3068H169766Train me in good common sense; I'm thoroughly committed to living your way.H3925H2898H2940H1847H539H468767Before I learned to answer you, I wandered all over the place, but now I'm in step with your Word.H6031H7683H8104H56568You are good, and the source of good; train me in your goodness.H2896H2895H3925H270669The godless spread lies about me, but I focus my attention on what you are saying;H2086H2950H8267H5341H6490H382070They're bland as a bucket of lard, while I dance to the tune of your revelation.H3820H2954H2459H8173H845171My troubles turned out all for the best— they forced me to learn from your textbook.H2896H6031H3925H270672Truth from your mouth means more to me than striking it rich in a gold mine.H8451H6310H2896H505H2091H370173With your very own hands you formed me; now breathe your wisdom over me so I can understand you.H3027H6213H3559H995H3925H468774When they see me waiting, expecting your Word, those who fear you will take heart and be glad.H3373H8055H7200H3176H169775I can see now, GOD, that your decisions are right; your testing has taught me what's true and right.H3045H3068H4941H6664H530H603176Oh, love me—and right now!—hold me tight! just the way you promised.H2617H5162H565H565077Now comfort me so I can live, really live; your revelation is the tune I dance to.H7356H935H2421H8451H819178Let the fast-talking tricksters be exposed as frauds; they tried to sell me a bill of goods, but I kept my mind fixed on your counsel.H2086H954H5791H8267H7878H649079Let those who fear you turn to me for evidence of your wise guidance.H3373H7725H3045H3045H571380And let me live whole and holy, soul and body, so I can always walk with my head held high.H3820H8549H2706H95481I'm homesick—longing for your salvation; I'm waiting for your word of hope.H5315H3615H8668H3176H169782My eyes grow heavy watching for some sign of your promise; how long must I wait for your comfort?H5869H3615H565H559H516283There's smoke in my eyes—they burn and water, but I keep a steady gaze on the instructions you post.H4997H7008H7911H270684How long do I have to put up with all this? How long till you haul my tormentors into court?H3117H5650H6213H4941H729185The arrogant godless try to throw me off track, ignorant as they are of God and his ways.H2086H3738H7882H845186Everything you command is a sure thing, but they harass me with lies. Help!H4687H530H7291H8267H582687They've pushed and pushed—they never let up— but I haven't relaxed my grip on your counsel.H4592H3615H776H5800H649088In your great love revive me so I can alertly obey your every word.H2421H2617H8104H5715H631089What you say goes, GOD, and stays, as permanent as the heavens.H5769H3068H1697H5324H806490Your truth never goes out of fashion; it's as up-to-date as the earth when the sun comes up.H530H1755H1755H3559H776H597591Your Word and truth are dependable as ever; that's what you ordered—you set the earth going.H5975H3117H4941H565092If your revelation hadn't delighted me so, I would have given up when the hard times came.H3884H8451H8191H6H604093But I'll never forget the advice you gave me; you saved my life with those wise words.H5769H7911H6490H242194Save me! I'm all yours. I look high and low for your words of wisdom.H3467H1875H649095The wicked lie in ambush to destroy me, but I'm only concerned with your plans for me.H7563H6960H6H995H571396I see the limits to everything human, but the horizons can't contain your commands!H7200H7093H8502H4687H3966H734297Oh, how I love all you've revealed; I reverently ponder it all the day long.H157H8451H7881H311798Your commands give me an edge on my enemies; they never become obsolete.H4687H2449H341H576999I've even become smarter than my teachers since I've pondered and absorbed your counsel.H7919H3925H5715H7881100I've become wiser than the wise old sages simply by doing what you tell me.H995H2205H5341H6490101I watch my step, avoiding the ditches and ruts of evil so I can spend all my time keeping your Word.H3607H7272H7451H734H8104H1697102I never make detours from the route you laid out; you gave me such good directions.H5493H4941H3384103Your words are so choice, so tasty; I prefer them to the best home cooking.H4452H565H2441H1706H6310104With your instruction, I understand life; that's why I hate false propaganda.H6490H995H8130H8267H734105By your words I can see where I'm going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path.H1697H5216H7272H216H5410106I've committed myself and I'll never turn back from living by your righteous order.H7650H6965H8104H6664H4941107Everything's falling apart on me, GOD; put me together again with your Word.H6031H3966H2421H3068H1697108Festoon me with your finest sayings, GOD; teach me your holy rules.H7521H5071H6310H3068H3925H4941109My life is as close as my own hands, but I don't forget what you have revealed.H5315H8548H3709H7911H8451110The wicked do their best to throw me off track, but I don't swerve an inch from your course.H7563H5414H6341H8582H6490111I inherited your book on living; it's mine forever— what a gift! And how happy it makes me!H5715H5157H5769H8342H3820112I concentrate on doing exactly what you say— I always have and always will.H5186H3820H6213H2706H5769H6118113I hate the two-faced, but I love your clear-cut revelation.H8130H5588H8451H157114You're my place of quiet retreat; I wait for your Word to renew me.H5643H4043H3176H1697115Get out of my life, evildoers, so I can keep my God's commands.H5493H7489H5341H4687H430116Take my side as you promised; I'll live then for sure. Don't disappoint all my grand hopes.H5564H565H2421H954H7664117Stick with me and I'll be all right; I'll give total allegiance to your definitions of life.H5582H3467H8159H2706H8548118Expose all who drift away from your sayings; their casual idolatry is lethal.H5541H7686H2706H8649H8267119You reject earth's wicked as so much rubbish; therefore I lovingly embrace everything you say.H7673H7563H776H5509H157H5713120I shiver in awe before you; your decisions leave me speechless with reverence.H1320H5568H6343H3372H4941121I stood up for justice and the right; don't leave me to the mercy of my oppressors.H6213H4941H6664H3240H6231122Take the side of your servant, good God; don't let the godless take advantage of me.H6148H5650H2896H2086H6231123I can't keep my eyes open any longer, waiting for you to keep your promise to set everything right.H5869H3615H3444H565H6664124Let your love dictate how you deal with me; teach me from your textbook on life.H6213H5650H2617H3925H2706125I'm your servant—help me understand what that means, the inner meaning of your instructions.H5650H995H3045H5713126It's time to act, GOD; they've made a shambles of your revelation!H6256H3068H6213H6565H8451127Yea-Saying God, I love what you command, I love it better than gold and gemstones;H157H4687H2091H6337128Yea-Saying God, I honor everything you tell me, I despise every deceitful detour. WH6490H3474H8130H8267H734129Every word you give me is a miracle word— how could I help but obey?H5715H6382H5315H5341130Break open your words, let the light shine out, let ordinary people see the meaning.H6608H1697H215H995H6612131Mouth open and panting, I wanted your commands more than anything.H6473H6310H7602H2968H4687132Turn my way, look kindly on me, as you always do to those who personally love you.H6437H2603H4941H157H8034133Steady my steps with your Word of promise so nothing malign gets the better of me.H3559H6471H565H205H7980134Rescue me from the grip of bad men and women so I can live life your way.H6299H6233H120H8104H6490135Smile on me, your servant; teach me the right way to live.H6440H215H5650H3925H2706136I cry rivers of tears because nobody's living by your book!H6388H4325H3381H5869H8104H8451137You are right and you do right, GOD; your decisions are right on target.H6662H3068H3477H4941138You rightly instruct us in how to live ever faithful to you.H5713H6680H6664H3966H530139My rivals nearly did me in, they persistently ignored your commandments.H7068H6789H6862H7911H1697140Your promise has been tested through and through, and I, your servant, love it dearly.H565H3966H6884H5650H157141I'm too young to be important, but I don't forget what you tell me.H6810H959H7911H6490142Your righteousness is eternally right, your revelation is the only truth.H6666H5769H6664H8451H571143Even though troubles came down on me hard, your commands always gave me delight.H6862H4689H4672H4687H8191144The way you tell me to live is always right; help me understand it so I can live to the fullest.H6664H5715H5769H995H2421145I call out at the top of my lungs, "GOD! Answer! I'll do whatever you say."H7121H3820H6030H3068H5341H2706146I called to you, "Save me so I can carry out all your instructions."H7121H3467H8104H5713147I was up before sunrise, crying for help, hoping for a word from you.H6923H5399H7768H3176H1697148I stayed awake all night, prayerfully pondering your promise.H5869H6923H821H7878H565149In your love, listen to me; in your justice, GOD, keep me alive.H8085H6963H2617H3068H2421H4941150As those out to get me come closer and closer, they go farther and farther from the truth you reveal;H7126H7291H2154H7368H8451151But you're the closest of all to me, GOD, and all your judgments true.H7138H3068H4687H571152I've known all along from the evidence of your words that you meant them to last forever.H5713H3045H6924H3245H5769153Take a good look at my trouble, and help me— I haven't forgotten your revelation.H7200H6040H2502H7911H8451154Take my side and get me out of this; give me back my life, just as you promised.H7378H7379H1350H2421H565155"Salvation" is only gibberish to the wicked because they've never looked it up in your dictionary.H3444H7350H7563H1875H2706156Your mercies, GOD, run into the billions; following your guidelines, revive me.H7227H7356H3068H2421H4941157My antagonists are too many to count, but I don't swerve from the directions you gave.H7227H7291H6862H5186H5715158I took one look at the quitters and was filled with loathing; they walked away from your promises so casually!H7200H898H6962H8104H565159Take note of how I love what you tell me; out of your life of love, prolong my life.H7200H157H6490H2421H3068H2617160Your words all add up to the sum total: Truth. Your righteous decisions are eternal.H1697H571H7218H6664H4941H5769161I've been slandered unmercifully by the politicians, but my awe at your words keeps me stable.H8269H7291H2600H3820H6342H1697162I'm ecstatic over what you say, like one who strikes it rich.H7797H565H4672H7227H7998163I hate lies—can't stand them!— but I love what you have revealed.H8130H8581H8267H8451H157164Seven times each day I stop and shout praises for the way you keep everything running right.H7651H3117H1984H6664H4941165For those who love what you reveal, everything fits— no stumbling around in the dark for them.H7227H7965H157H8451H4383166I wait expectantly for your salvation; GOD, I do what you tell me.H3068H7663H3444H6213H4687167My soul guards and keeps all your instructions— oh, how much I love them!H5315H8104H5713H157H3966168I follow your directions, abide by your counsel; my life's an open book before you.H8104H6490H5713H1870169Let my cry come right into your presence, GOD; provide me with the insight that comes only from your Word.H7440H7126H6440H3068H995H1697170Give my request your personal attention, rescue me on the terms of your promise.H8467H935H6440H5337H565171Let praise cascade off my lips; after all, you've taught me the truth about life!H8193H5042H8416H3925H2706172And let your promises ring from my tongue; every order you've given is right.H3956H6030H565H4687H6664173Put your hand out and steady me since I've chosen to live by your counsel.H3027H5826H977H6490174I'm homesick, GOD, for your salvation; I love it when you show yourself!H8373H3444H3068H8451H8191175Invigorate my soul so I can praise you well, use your decrees to put iron in my soul.H5315H2421H1984H4941H5826176And should I wander off like a lost sheep—seek me! I'll recognize the sound of your voice.H8582H6H7716H1245H5650H7911H4687