My soul melts from heaviness; strengthen me according to Your Word. You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light. The fear of the Lord adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short. Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding. [Wisdom says:] "Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them."
   Before the world began, there was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
   The Word became a Man and lived among us. We saw His glory - the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace and truth. No one has ever seen God, but God the only Son, who is at the Father's side, has made Him known.
   O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. For You have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; for the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
   The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold. They are sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb. For they warn us away from harm and give success to those who obey them. But how can I ever know what sins are lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. And keep me from deliberate wrongs; help me to stop doing them. Only then can I be free of guilt and innocent of some great crime.
   Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
   As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him. For Who is God besides the Lord? And Who is the Rock except our God?

Taken from Ps. 119, II Sam. 22, Pr. 10, 23, 4, Jn. 1, Is. 25, Ps. 19, The New King James,
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