"I hope in your word"

A few lines from Psalm 118(119), which on this day sound and feel appropriate.

Some few short lines from this Psalm are read at Morning Prayer today.

I call with all my heart; answer me, Lord,

    and I will obey your decrees.

 I call out to you; save me

    and I will keep your statutes.

 I rise before dawn and cry for help;

    I have put my hope in your word.

 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,

    that I may meditate on your promises.

 Hear my voice in accordance with your love;

    preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.

 Those who devise wicked schemes are near,

    but they are far from your law.

 Yet you are near, Lord,

    and all your commands are true.

 Long ago I learned from your statutes

    that you established them to last forever.