obedience to God

I’m most familiar with this portion of the Psalms in the New International Version and King James Version of the Bible. But I also love how it’s translated in The Message:

By Your words I can see where I’m going;

they throw a beam of light on my dark path.

I’ve committed myself and I’ll never turn back

from living by Your righteous order.

Everything’s falling apart on me, God;

put me together again with Your Word.

Festoon me with Your finest sayings, God;

teach me Your holy rules.

My life is a s close as my own hands,

but I don’t forget what You have revealed.

The wicked do their best to throw me off track,

but I don’t swerve an inch from Your course.

I inherited Your book on living;

it’s mine forever–what a gift!

And how happy it makes me!

I concentrate on doing exactly what You say–

I always have and always will.

PSALM 119:105-112 (MSG)