Immanuel Lutheran High School, College, and Seminary
Eau Claire, WI

2008-01-29 ILC Chapel — God uses common events to…

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Date : 2008-01-29
Speaker : Seminarian Scott Schiermeister

Psalm 119:1–10 (Listen)

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Aleph


119:1   1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
    who walk in the law of the LORD!
2   Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
    who seek him with their whole heart,
3   who also do no wrong,
    but walk in his ways!
4   You have commanded your precepts
    to be kept diligently.
5   Oh that my ways may be steadfast
    in keeping your statutes!
6   Then I shall not be put to shame,
    having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
7   I will praise you with an upright heart,
    when I learn your righteous rules.2
8   I will keep your statutes;
    do not utterly forsake me!

Beth


9   How can a young man keep his way pure?
    By guarding it according to your word.
10   With my whole heart I seek you;
    let me not wander from your commandments!

Footnotes

[1] 119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter

[2] 119:7 Or your just and righteous decrees; also verses 62, 106, 160, 164

(ESV)