by your word, give me life

 

Daytime prayer, Saturday 25th October 2025

Psalm 119:33-40
V (He)

A meditation on God’s law

Loving God means keeping his commandments (1 John 5:3).

Teach me the demands of your precepts *
and I will keep them to the end.
Train me to observe your law, *
to keep it with my heart.

Guide me in the path of your commands; *
for there is my delight.
Bend my heart to your will *
and not to love of gain.

Keep my eyes from what is false: *
by your word, give me life.
Keep the promise you have made *
to the servant who fears you.

Keep me from the scorn I dread, *
for your decrees are good.
See, I long for your precepts: *
then in your justice, give me life.

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.