I take delight in your promise

 

Daytime Prayer, Friday 28 June 2024

Psalm 119:161-168
XXI (Shin)

A meditation on God’s law

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

Though princes oppress me without cause *
I stand in awe of your word.
I take delight in your promise *
like one who finds a treasure.

Lies I hate and detest *
but your law is my love.
Seven times a day I praise you *
for your just decrees.

The lovers of your law have great peace; *
they never stumble.
I await your saving help, O Lord, *
I fulfill your commands.

My soul obeys your will *
and loves it dearly.
I obey your precepts and your will; *
all that I do is before you.

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.

 

Ara salmi oħra