Lord, how I love your law!

 

Daytime prayer, Tuesday 9th September 2025

Psalm 119:97-104
XIII (Mem)

A meditation on God’s law

I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you (John 13:34).

Lord, how I love your law! *
It is ever in my mind.
Your command makes me wiser than my foes; *
for it is mine for ever.

I have more insight than all who teach me *
for I ponder your will.
I have more understanding than the old *
for I keep your precepts.

I turn my feet from evil paths *
to obey your word.
I have not turned from your decrees; *
you yourself have taught me.

Your promise is sweeter to my taste *
than honey in the mouth.
I gain understanding from your precepts; *
I hate the ways of falsehood.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, *
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, *
and will be for ever. Amen.