Daily Bible GNT November 18 Verses

Faith in the Law of the LORD

⁸⁹Your word, O LORD, will last forever;

it is eternal in heaven.

⁹⁰Your faithfulness endures through all the ages;

you have set the earth in place, and it remains.

⁹¹All things remain to this day because of your command,

because they are all your servants.

⁹²If your law had not been the source of my joy,

I would have died from my sufferings.

⁹³I will never neglect your instructions,

because by them you have kept me alive.

⁹⁴I am yours--save me!

I have tried to obey your commands.

⁹⁵The wicked are waiting to kill me,

but I will meditate on your laws.

⁹⁶I have learned that everything has limits;

but your commandment is perfect.

Love for the Law of the LORD

⁹⁷How I love your law!

I think about it all day long.

⁹⁸Your commandment is with me all the time

and makes me wiser than my enemies.

⁹⁹I understand more than all my teachers,

because I meditate on your instructions.

¹⁰⁰I have greater wisdom than those who are old,

because I obey your commands.

¹⁰¹I have avoided all evil conduct,

because I want to obey your word.

¹⁰²I have not neglected your instructions,

because you yourself are my teacher.

¹⁰³How sweet is the taste of your instructions--

sweeter even than honey!

¹⁰⁴I gain wisdom from your laws,

and so I hate all bad conduct.

Light from the Law of the LORD

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to guide me

and a light for my path.

¹⁰⁶I will keep my solemn promise

to obey your just instructions.

¹⁰⁷My sufferings, LORD, are terrible indeed;

keep me alive, as you have promised.

¹⁰⁸Accept my prayer of thanks, O LORD,

and teach me your commands.

¹⁰⁹I am always ready to risk my life;

I have not forgotten your law.

¹¹⁰The wicked lay a trap for me,

but I have not disobeyed your commands.

¹¹¹Your commandments are my eternal possession;

they are the joy of my heart.

¹¹²I have decided to obey your laws

until the day I die.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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