Psalm 1

1. How much happier we are when we are to bless the Lord. You are honored in us Lord when we keep from the wicked. May you keep our steps from wandering into the sinful traps of this world. May you keep our hearts from those who would speak against you. May you keep our hearts pure from those who would mock you and mock those you have created.

2. How much happier we are when we recognize your Words and the life they bring. May our hearts not only desire to read your word, but that all of our being would delight in knowing it. May we recognize the special treasure we have in your Word. May we truly recognize Scripture as you speaking to us, and may we think about it as often as we can. May we not just think about it, but may we live in it. May what we read in your Word delight our hearts and change our living.

3. May our delight in your Word grow strong roots in our heart and anchor us to your truth. May we find refreshment and life sustaining nutrients in all that you reveal to us, and may we never stray to seek refreshment elsewhere for it will surely be poison to our souls. May your Word produce in us the necessary fruits. May we anxiously await for the next good deed we can do for you, in your name. May we prosper and our lives be blessed as long as we look to you for our sustenance. And may we remember you in all that we do.

4-5. May our lives be the opposite of the wicked. May we be a contrast to those who are against you. May we constantly recognize the benefits we have in you. May we not compare ourselves to the temporary benefits it may seem the wicked get for you tell us that they will one day be blown away like chaff. They have no roots in you, and in the day you return they will try to reconcile with you, and have no foundation to stand on. May we remember the blessing we have in being rooted in you and your truth. When you judge us, if our hearts are not rooted in the foundation of Christ we will be cast away and never be able to dwell among you and your people. May our hearts long to be with you and be with those who desire you.

6. Lord, know my heart, know me, continue to reveal to me the benefits of your word, and the blessings of being your child. Direct my paths and help me to remember the way of destruction that I might keep far from it.