"You have done many good things for me, LORD,
just as you promised." Psalm 119:65 (NLT)

Meditation: Thank you, Father, for all the prayers you have answered for me.

"May I be blameless in keeping your decrees;
then I will never be ashamed." Psalm 119:65 (NLT)

Meditation: "Keep my heart pure, Jesus, my tender Spouse!... Cover me with nothing but your shadow today."^† 

"I am yours; rescue me!
For I have worked hard at obeying your commandments."
Psalm 119:94 (NLT)

Meditation: Lord, you saved me because I obeyed your commandments. 

"Your word is a lamp to guide my feet
and a light for my path." Psalm 119:105 (NLT)

Meditation: I seek the Lord's will in all I do; his word illuminates the road that leads to eternal life.

"I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward." Psalm 119:112 (Douay-Rheims Bible)

Meditation: "O my Jesus, you know well that it is not for the reward that I serve you; but uniquely because I love you and to save souls."^† 

"You are my refuge and my shield;
your word is my source of hope." Psalm 119:114 (NLT)

Meditation: Lord, you are my refuge, my shield, my rock, my salvation, and my only source of hope. 

"I will hurry, without delay,
to obey your commands.
I am even wiser than my elders,
for I have kept your commandments.
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet
and a light for my path.
I am insignificant and despised,
but I don’t forget your commandments." 
Psalm 119:60,100,105,141 (NLT)

Meditation: "We typically measure experience in years. In his adolescence, the saintly King David sang to his Lord: 'I am young and scorned.' Nevertheless, in the same psalm 118, he is not afraid to say: 'I have become wiser than the elders because I sought to do your will... Your word is a lamp that lights my steps... I am ready to carry out your commandments and nothing will stop me from doing it.'"^†  (Although David was young, he had gained more wisdom than those much older than he by studying God's word.)

^†de Lisieux, St. Thérèse. La Bible avec Thérèse de Lisieux. Paris, France: Les Éditions du Cerf et Desclée De Brouwer, 1979. 88. Print. Trans. John P. Gross.

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