Psalm 119

English Standard Version (ESV)

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes;
and I will keep it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.
35 Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in it.
36 Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to selfish gain!

“Teach me…” is more than instruction only. It is plea to Jehovah to point in the right direction.

Point by way of statutes, law, commandments and testimonies.

Let me, O God, NOT be selfish!

37 Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
and give me life in your ways.

‘Turn away mine eyes from vanity,’ states the King James Version.

Could that mean such things as: facebook, cell phones, endless hours of television and the numerous games and movies of entertainment?

Let the Spirit and the Word of God convict each of us!

38 Confirm to your servant your promise,
that you may be feared.
39 Turn away the reproach that I dread,
for your rules are good.
40 Behold, I long for your precepts;
in your righteousness give me life!

Do you long for the precepts of God, lived for us in the life of Christ Jesus?

OR do these other desires of your flesh point the arrow of your soul in a path downward of heaven?