Psalm 119
English Standard Version (ESV)
Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet
NOTE: This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter.
אָשַׁר –
from the root: אָשַׁר – a verb meaning to go straight, walk, go on, advance, make progress
119 Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord!
2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart,
3 who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!
4 You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.
5 Oh that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!
6 Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
7 I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous rules.
8 I will keep your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me!
- Is your way blameless? Do you walk with integrity?
My way has not always been blameless. I have sometimes wandered from the narrow way of Christ Jesus and had no resemblance to our Lord.
Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
I’ve broken His Law in my heart and transgressed the Commandment of His will.
“Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
The testimony of my life, my marriage and my work is NOT the witness of a Christian, though I seek Christ Jesus with my whole heart. I do what I do not want to do and do not do what the Lord wants me to do (like Paul {Romans 7:15}).
I am shamed by what I am and what I have done, even in the house of the Lord!
I praise you, Lord Jesus.
Do not utterly forsake me (as many whom I love in your Name have forgotten your servant and reject Your love through my heart with trepidation and unforgiveness).
